People ex rel. Breckon v. Board of Election Commissioners

The relator, a citizen of the United States and of the State of Illinois, a legal resident and voter of the city of Chicago and a member of the socialist party of said city, filed in this court, in pursuance of leave granted for that purpose, his petition for a writ of mandamus directed.to the defendants, the board of election commissioners of the city of Chicago, commanding them to allow the said party to hold a primary election under the act of May 11, 1901. (Laws of 1901, p. 172.) The petition alleges that the socialist party of Cook county is, and for five years last past has been, a…