The weekly Placer herald., 1854-08-26
Correspondence Of the Demo.
cratic Central Committee.

queSted ny many democrats to make the
following propositions to you for harmon
izng the Democratic party in Placer
county, accordingly present them for your
acceptance or reflections:
lst. That both tickets resign to their
respective Committees.
2nd. The two chairinen call an election
ofdelegates for the 26th inst, who shall
meet in convention at Auburn, on Mon
day the 20th August. Said Convention
to be apportioned as follows: Iowa Hill,
six delegates; Green Valley two delegates
for the South side of'the river; Green
Valley, two delegates for the North side
consn Hill, (for Elizabethtown precinct,)
four delegates; Sarahsvile, Forks House,
and Deadwood, to be considered as pre-
cincts, with two delegates each. The
rest of the precincts to he represented by
one delegate for the precinct, and one for
every one hundred democratic voters, or
fractional number thereof. The highest
democratic vote of 1853 to be taken as
the basis.
Srd That the two Chairmen occupy
the presiding seat, and that the Secretaries
Of the two committees act rs Secretaries
Of the Convention temporarily. The rt II
Of precincts shall be called, commencing
with Township No. l. AS the precincts
are called, the delegates shall present
their credentials to the Secretaries, and
take their seats AS members of the con-
ventiOn, provided their seats are not con-
tested, their names shall be enrolled by
the Secretaries as regular members of the
convention. The whole Of the precincts
shall be passed upon IN this manner. If
there should be any contested seats, the
legal delegates in convention, by vote OF
ayes and nays, shall decide who is the
rghtful claimant to the seat. Pr0vided,
however, that no one shall be
considered as having right to contest a
seat who is not resident of the precinct,
and has not been elected at the regular
meeting called by the two chairnen Of the
committees; and no election shall be con
sidered legal if it is not held by the Judge,
Inspector, or their proxies, and at the
place and hour named.
4th. Messrs. Mitchell and Astn shall
appoint one Judge and Inspector of cleo
ton in each precinct, who shall have
power to choose proxies, and in case of
the absence of both, the people at the polls
shall select. The Judge and Inspector
shall appoint their own Clerk; the three
a board Of election. The
board shall give a certificate to the person
having the highest number of votes.
5th. No person shall be permitted to
vote in precinct where he does not re-
side. And where foreigners vote Is
challenged, he shall produce his natnrali-
zation papers, to show that he is IA legal
voter, aud if he refuses to do so, his vote
shall be rejected.
9th. No proxy delegate shall be allowed
a seat in convention without written
proxy from a regular delegate.
7th. Where no election is held in
precinct, the majority Of delegates from
the same township shall decide who shall
cast the vote of the unrepresented pre-
cinct.
Sth. Where an elected delegate fails
to attend the convention, either in person
or hy proxy, the other delegates from the
same precinct shall have the power to cast
the ful! vote Of the precinct, and in case
all the delegates are absent, then the pow
er to cast the vote Of the unrepresented
precinct shall be vested in majority of
the delegates from the Ownship.
9th. When all the delegates have been
enrolled AS legal members, the convention
shall elect by ballot President, two Vice
aud two Secretaries, from the
body Of the convention.
10th. That the order Of business, after
the permanent organization, shall be the
election Of new Central Committee for
the year; next, the nomination and cleo
ton of candidates, commencing with the
office of State Senator, and SO on down to
the end of the ticket.
l1th. That two persons shall be ap-
pointed by Messrs. Mitchell and Astn, as
Sergeamts- alarms, for the convention,
whose duty it shall be to admit only those,
previous to its permanent organization,
who are delegates or their proxies.
18th. The County Convention to con-
vene at l O'Clock on the day it is called
for, and it shall be brought to order by
one of the chairmen reading the articles
of agreement, aud the call for county
published by both committees:
18th. That for the future peace and
honor of the democracy Of Placer county,
both committees publicly request, in
Joint communication, Charles A. Tuttle to
resign the office Of State Senator.
18th. That if these propositions are
accepted, Messrs. Mitchell and Astin, or
their proxies, meet on Saturday the 18th
inst, and make the call to the democracy
Of the County, naming the time and place
of election in the different precincts, to