Chester County Republican Nominations

Citations

• 213 Pa. 64
• 62 A. 258
• 1905 Pa. LEXIS 375

Syllabus

<p>Election law — A ppeals — Certiorari—Facts—Record.</p> <p>On an appeal in an election contest where the facts appear upon the record, the Supreme Court will examine whether the judgment is correct upon such facts, and may for that purpose consider the opinion of the court as part of the record.</p> <p>Election law — Party rules — Appeals—Nominations.</p> <p>The statutes relating to primary elections and nominations make party rules the law of each particular case, and the authority of the courts as in the review of corporate or ecclesiastical elections and trials, is merely to see that the acting body proceeded regularly according to its own rules.</p> <p>The rule of a party provided for a nominating convention to be composed of delegates from the different election districts. This convention was to be held at such time and place as might be fixed by the county committee. It was also provided that at the time and place the members of the party met to elect delegates to the convention, they should also “elect a member of the county committee for such district, for the ensuing year.” Another rule provided that “the affairs of the party shall be managed by a county, committee elected as aforesaid.” The delegate elections were not held at any set date, but at “such time and place as may be fixed by the county committee.” From the rules generally considered it appeared that the whole party machinery of party elections was centered in and to a large extent dependent upon the initiatory action of the county committee for the county and the committeeman for his district. Held, that the words “ensuing year” used in the rule relating to the election of the county committee, did not mean the calendar year, but did mean the political year, that is, the interval between one election and the next annual election which might be more or less than twelve calendar months.</p> <p>Under the above rules an election for committeemen should be held each political year. If the electors