Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1867-08-28
DELEGATE ELECTION.
The Democratic electors Of the Sc

The Democratic electors OF the sewers
ownsbips in Wyoming, County and Tunk.
hammock Borough are requested to meet a
the several election Districts on Saturday
the 81 inst, between the hours of two
and Eve o'clock, P. NJ, and elect delegatei
to represent them in Comg Convention, 4
be held at Tunkhannock, on sMonday, tn,
Asd- day of September, 1867 =
4 vIGILAkcf COMMITTEES.
The following named persons are choser
as Vigilance committees
BRAIkrRlM H. P, Hill, Phillip Thomas, j
CLINrok-s. S. Decay, Frank Castle, Mil,
ton Britton.
ExErER-Geo. Sick Ter Cd, Lewis Whitlocl
T. d. Headley.
! EAroN-J.N Pilgrim, Wm. Benedict, Sam.
ue Neigh. t-
FALLs--C. Sherwood, D. c. Post, A. T
/ Dewitt.
FoRKsroN--D. Fasset, Thos. P. Hitch.
cock, r. Rodgers.
LEnoN-Eiijah Wilson, Rob't Shales, z. NJ
Smith.
| MEHoopANY-A. X. Farr, Rufus Decker
| WIN. Jennings.
! MErHoppEN-A. Williams, S. III. Jenkins,
W. Ii. Cortright.
MoNRoE-W. F. CARL, Daniel Morgan,
NortoD'L. Newberry.
NORTH BRANcH-J. r. HurlbeIt, N. G,
Finney, S. B. Valentine.
NoRTHMoRELAND-L. Avery, P. G. Hat
| field, A. o, Lutes.
NIcHoLsoN-Dan'l Decker, v. P. Wilcox,
j. r. Smith.
Observation-Disclosures Ager, Riley Mott,
Alfred Mahon.
TUNK. BoRo.-Wm. Piatt, John Stemples
George d. Williams.
TUNk TwP-Srephen Wllsey, J. Flum.,
merfelt, Jas. Wagner.
WAsHINGroN-John Melhuish, Lewis
Cook
WiNDHAM-E. D. Fassett, Ansel Gay, Ly-
man Carey,
RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTIONS, &C.
l. The Democratic electdraef each election
district in this county, shall annually, on the
last Saturday in August, meet at the place OF
holding their General and Township elections
and elect three suitable persons to serve as a
Committee of Vigilance for the ensuing year
whose duty il shall be to superintend all 9th
er meetings of the Democrat electors of their
district.
At the same time and place, shall also be
elected two delegates to the County Conven-
ton, who shall ON tho following Monday
meet at the Court House, in the Boro. OF
Tunkhannock, and after organizing by elect
ing one of their number for President, and
two Secretaries shall proceed to nominate
such District and County Officers as are to be
voted for at the ensuing General Election -
elect Conference for such District officers as
they shall nominate-appoint Delegates to
the next State Convention and Standlag
Committee for the County.
3. All County Conventions shall be held
with open doors.
4. All candidates for nomination shall be
voted for pird roce and the one receiving a
majority of all the votes polled, for any office
shall be declared duly nominated. =.
S. The Convention shall keep journal Of
| all it's proceedings which shall be duly pub
| lished in the Democratic paper or papers ol
the County and any nomination not made q
conformity with the foregoing rules shall be
declared void, and the vacancy or vacancies
so occurring, shall be supplied in the manner
hereinafter provided. a ss:.
6. The Standing Committee shall consist ol
nine Democratic citizens of the county, who
shall hold their Office for one year from and
after the date of the election and it shall be
their duty, during that time, to call all Coun
| ty Conventions, Mass and other meetings OF
| the party-to fill all vacancies in the Ticket
occasloned either by the deciination Of nomi
nees, by want Of conformity to the forego-
| ing rules, or where the Convention shall
have failed to make nomination, and also ir
case of special elections, where the necessity
for doing SD occurs after the regular time fol
| holding County Conventions-and to fill
vacancies in the Committee Vigilance, occa-
stoned by removal, death, or failure on the
! part nf the citizens, to elect them. 3.
r. The Standing Committee shall annually
hereafter, in issuing the call for the election
Of Delegates to the County Convention, cause
a copy OF the foregoing rules to be published
in connection Herewith.
8. These rules may be amended, or new
ones added therein bY q general meeting o
the Democratic citizens Of the county callec
for that purpose by the Standing Committe
or if the same shall pass two successive Coun
ty County Conventions without amendment
and not otherwise. - -.
Chairman Standing Committee