Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 267, Decatur, Adams County, 12 November 1913 — Page 4

- - • •- PRIMARY RULES WERE ADOPTED Fixing Straight and Narrow! Path for Democratic Candidates for Office. AT RECENT MEETING Os the County Central Com-J mittee-Assessments Must be Paid by the 20th. 'lour Commit!* on Ruh- begs to submit tlio following: Tile Adonis county democratic. ceu-, iriil <it>mm4tt<>“, in executive session l ti. emhieil. adopt the following rules for the control amt regulation of the! democratic primary election for the nomination of candidates to be voted I for at the general < lection to be held! in 1914. Section* 1. The demacrat’c primary election of Adam county, Indiana,! si oil be held on ’ Friday. the sth day! of Di’cemb r, 1913, and, except as herein otherwise provided, shall be l g.tv< rne.l as far as practical, by the bias of the state of Indian:.. govern-; in general elections. Said primary eteclion shall bo I- Id for ti c purpose of nominating all county, judicial, legislative, and township candidates to be voted for at the next general election ex< lusixely by said Adams . oun'y, or the resp« ctlve districts and tm-. n hip- within said county, and also for the election of one committeeman from each precinct in said county. Sec. 2. The central committee dosires to especially call attention of all voters, candidates and all other persons interested that the law conitponly known as the 'Corrupt I’rue , tice Vet.” ns tiie same uppeanl in 4h«i A<ie of,the General Assembly of the ■State of Indiana for the year 1913, on 4st- and 500 -pplies to this primary election and the provisions of said law must be conformed with and followed by all persons interested. See. 3. Each eligible person desir Ing to bi a candidate for the nomination for any of said offices shell at least J 5 days before said primary election day pay to the treasurer of said 1 committee the asse tunentMTr the n«c-' »-sary cost and expense of holding said election as may be assessed Sir. 4. The chairman of the conn-' ty central committee shall at least twenty days prior to said primary election day give notice of the tint and place of holding said election, the j hours during which the polls shall b<> opened, and he office for which candi dates are to lie nominated, which noli, ■ :!! In- given by on,- publication in the Decatur Daily Democrat, of WaUish township, and the pro . clnct “Genova it” shall include the v.i si half of the south half of Waitash i towm-liip, The voting places shall be 1 designated mid the voting IsMitlis ar-; ranged for and provided by the conn ty chairman and lire committeemen ' from tho respective preclmt*. Sec. 5. The election prefects for raid primary election shall lie the! precincts heretofore fixed and establish) d by the board of county coinmissioners of Adams county Indiana, j except that there shall be but one | precinct in Union township, one pre • clnct in each ward In tiie city of De- 1 e.itur. the north Im'f of Monroe town i ' whip ahull Is- known as precinct , • North Monroe.” precinct “iJcrne A.” I iliull in< lu<l<- the east lin'f of the loiitii half of Mowroe township. Pre ; <uh t Berne "If.” hull includi- tin-;

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| west half of the south half of Monroe township, the north half cf Wabash ! township shall be known as “North Wabash,” precinct Geneva "A” shall include the east half of the south half against him as a candidate for the Os j lice to which he aspires. If any candi j date neglects or refuses to comply with any of the provisions of these rules or with the requirements of this central committee, the name of such candidate shall not appear on I the tickets used in said primary election. Sec. fi. The election officers in each precinct shall he one inspector, one judge, two clerks and one election ' sheriff, who shall be appointed by the i county chairman and sha'l take the i oath and serve as provided by the laws governing general elections; Provided. That if ten days before said primary election any committeeman shall designate any person or persons for any or all of such election offices in his precinct, such person or persons shall be appointed. Provided, I further, that no committeeman whose 1 name appear as that of a candidate for the nomination for any of said of ices, excepting the office of precinct oinmitteeman, on the tickets al said i primary election, or who has any relative whose name may appear as a candidate for any of said otlices, shall be eligible to serve on said board, nor , -hall he be atloweu io Select any of . aid election officers. See. 7. Tim chairman, secretary and treasurer of said general commit-it-e shall form an constitute tliej board of primary election commission■rs at said primary election. *The aid chairman shall perform te du'les that are required to be performed by the clerk of the circuit court at aid primary election. The said ■hairman shall perform the duties hat are required to be performed by lie clerk of the circuit court at a gen■nil election Said ’board shall do and ■erform all duties required of similar 1 lioards at general election. Provided, I ■hat any two members of said hoard nay do and perform said duties. It -.hall be the duty of said board to prepare and distribute county prie.jwrjt;|>al'ots on which shall be print--d t’i'e tuifiras of all candidates for all >f said county judicial and legislative rtfices, and also township ballots for ach township on which shall be printed the names of all candidates or al! township offices, however, that n arranging the said tickets, the names of candidates shall be arrang -d in alphabetical order. The inspec--1 tors of theseveral precincts shall call upon said commissioners at the city ! >f I>ecatur. not more than three days ’ nor more than one day before said irimary and receive all ballots, poll >ooks and other supplies. Section S. The qualifications of he voters at said primary election hall be that he is a bona fide resident of the precinct where he offers o vote, that he is a legal voter ther •-, n or will bi before the next general lection, and that he voted the regular leiuocrati cticket at the general elec- ■ ion of 1912, or, if under the age of wenty-one years or otherwise dis-1 lualifled at said last general election,' le intends to affiliate wit'll and vo’e lor the candidates of the democratic ' 'tarty. See. it. Any qualified voter of a precinct who Ims voted or intends to ' vote in aucli precinct at said primary •lection may challenge any other jer■sou offering to vote in such precinct ! it such primary upon the grounds i hat he is not or will not l<e_ a legal! 1 voter at the general election, or that j he is not an adherent of the demoI ratic party. If challenged on the ground that I he Is not a legal voter the law govruing the mode of proeoedlng tn the , challenge of a voter ut a general elecj 'ion shall l>e followed, making such 1 ■ hutiges only us may !»■ necessary iu ; irdor to comply with these rules. If challenged oh the grounds that |

——■■■■ ■ i ■—I tn «- - M . *» — | NER DAY I dernlgt j Frank 1 rs’ Store Did «» Sai tineas Last «» *’ . i day t j(j n t — c- genUt be OPENING allow -, of votes J Far and Notion board .. minting of any Vnat hereof, and any endorsed with poll clerks as prox w v,‘ and any ballot which thall bhar any distinguishing marks >r mutilation shall be void and shall mt be counted, and any ballot from which it is impossible io determine he elector's choice of candidates | hall not be counted as to the candi- i lutes affected thereby. All ballot,'! voted and not voted .together with all! protested, disputed and uncounted ba! lots shall be preserved by the inspector, and at the close of the count placed in separate packages, together with the seals of the ballot packages, in paper bags securely seab*d and delivered by said inspector to the said j board of canvassers on the day before mentioned in Section 10. The poll; clerks shall also w-cord op the tally! I heet memoranda of such ballots and '.he condition of the seal of the Uillot ,ackages,, and in any contest of such lection, such ballots bud seals may >o submitted tn evidence. And bo ore said ballots are placed in the digs as aforesaid one of the poll , -lerks shall indorse upon the bach ’f each disputed ballot the words Counted,” or "Not Counted,” as the ase may be. and said endorsement hall l»e signed by each of sfid clerks. The election board shall immediately nakc a mcmorand'i of the total vote ast for each candidate and deliver, i copy thereof to each member of aid election board. qpuukJcentral ■ommlttee shall constitute and be the ’ward of canvasser* for said primary I election, which board shall meet ou I the day following said primary elecion. at the city of Decatur in said county at 10 o'clock a. m. and shall I receive from each inspector or com mitteeman the returns of said election I and shall proceed to perform the du- ! ties required of a board of canvass rs at a general election insofar as applicable thereto, and shall make the necessary return and certificate of the result of said election. ITovßicd, that in case of the tie vote for any candidate the tie shall forthwith be determined by lot by said board of canvassers. See. 12. All contests and disputes ! arising out of the canvass end counts as aforesaid shall be settled and ad-1 udicated by the said county central ■ committee. AH contests shall be in writing and filed with the said com- ! mittee within ten days after said pri- ' mary election and if not so filed within said time, the same shall be con- , sidered waived. Sec. 13. In case any candidate nominated under the provisions of :heae rules shall die. resign or for any reasim become indigible, the said county central committee shall till such vacancy upon a call be the chairman of the committee for that purpose. in such maimer as the raid committee may then and there agree upon. Sef. 14. Should any candidate violate the rules and regulations of the raid county committee and thereby iraudulently secure the nomination to the office which he may aspire, the candidate for such office who ahull rmeive the next highest number of voles, provided such candidate ahull ! not have also fraudulently violated [ said rub's and rrgulatkma sliall, b> u

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JOHN J. SOLDNER R. D. No. 4, BERNE, IND., Nov. 3,1 Mr. Louis F. Schroeder: Dear SinInclosed you will find a check of two dollars, It two bottles of your Rheumatism Liniment. . And Obliged J John J. Soldnei P. S. The bottle which 1 got of you is used up. and» liked it so please send me some more. ■ L. F. SCHROEDER I • 7th, Street. Republic Stockfood & Medical Co I Phone 354. Decatur, Ind.