Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-12-19


direction. have special charge of one Congress
sional District.
I Twenty four consulting members, three of
whom shall reside in each Congressional Dis
trct, and who may be convened by the resi- |
dent committee whenever, in their judgment, |
it shall be proper.
IL A Committee for each County and Cafy, /
viz: A Superintendent for the County or City,
WHO shall be chairman Of the committee, shall
act as aid 10 the Associate Director 70 the dis
rict, and shall, subject to his diyection, have
special Charge Of the county or city.
"A Superintendent for each Registration Dis
trict, VINO stssli be a member of the committee,
shall act as aid TO the county or city Supern-
tendent, and shall, subject to his direction,
have special charge of his own District
These local committees will be charged with
the duty to maintain he completeness and
efficiency of he local organization. Shall ad
wise the Slate CenYinittee Of any local matters
requiring attention, and shall be specially
charged with providing the means to defray
necessary expenses.
III. District Organization:
|. The Registered Voters willing to act and
to vote With Tire Conservatives, will be formed
into s'Tens." in each of which one member
will be Leqder
2. Five Tens will be organized as fifty
and to each Fifty there will be a Chief
8 The sChiefs Of FJ'y' will be chosen by
the Superintendent in each District, will act as
his Aids, and will each, subject lis direction,
have special charge of his own Fifty.
4 The ''Leaders Of Ten in each Fifty will
be chosen by the cdi@f-will act as his aids
and will each subject to his direction have
special charge of the organization and super
vision of his own Ten.
". Organization hoav formed ard Kept up.
! l. The State Committee will be chosen by
authority Of the State Convention, and will
maintain its organization by removing naem-
bers. filing vacancies &C.. as occasion may
require.
2 The County and City Committees will be
chosen by popular meetings, or by County or
City Committees already formed, and when
CHI sen will snpersede all other local commit
| tees. They also will have the power by remov-
ais, filing vacancies, &C., to keep up their
organization,
g. In all other cases the officer appointing
may remove, fill vacancies however occurring
and if any county OF city chall fail to appoint
a committee, the State Committee may make
the appointment.
Plan Of Operations
| l. All preparations Tor election under
the present system are so dependent upon the
rcgistrai lists that we must, if possible, place
III the hands of every county or city superin-
| tendent the lists Of his county or city, and fur
| nish to each District Superintendent, Chief Of
| Fifty and Leader Of Ten. the list for his Dis
trict. They can be printed and furnished at
an expense to each officer not exceeding Is cts
z The names ON the Registration lists are
numbered Three numbers should be attached
to the names Of all the rolls made of Ten, and
care should be taken that each voter is
registered by his true name. The time may
come when in adverse hands the least variance
may be fatal. Any mistake discovered should
be corrected when the lists are next opened for
| Registration.
g. As voters are enrolled in the Tens the
TACT should be noticed on the Regstra'ion list $
so as 10 indicate the Ten and Fifty in which
each is enrolled In this way attention is gra-
dilai}y concentrat ed upon those not enrolled,
AAStA = i-ssoi 10 syst eGlatiealiy mar
! rowed
4. The voters who cannot be enrolled in one
organization of Tens, may. as the election ap
proaches, be divided up and assigned among
the Tens for special attention. If they cannot
be induced to vote with US they may be per
suaded not to vote against US.
5. Ii will be constant duty of every Leader
IN member OF The Tens to fino out and report
ali persons in their District entitled 10 register
wilo have not attended to that duty. There
| will be assigned to Tens. and each member
| will be charged 18th, the duty to see that all
such persons duly registered at the first
| opportunity, and THAI when registered they
are enrolled IN some Ten.
3. 1t will in like manner be the duty of all to
! report all persons who for any cause are or
have been held to be, distranchised under the
acts OF Congress- and the cause alleged for
such eiisfranchisement. Each case will be
carefully examined, ana whenever a Doubt ex-
lists to the observation-disclosures. The case will
be submitted for rehearing at the Grst oppor-
tunlty.
I. Periodical reports will be required from
Leaders of Ten, Chiefs of Fifty District and
County Superin' endents, forms and blanks for
which will be furnished, covering all the points
for which information is required.
Constitutionazity Of the Reconstruction
1fcts
Colonel Anderson, of Botetourt offered he
following r-solation:
Resolved, That the Executive Committee be
instructed to inquire into the expediency Of
adopting measures by this Convention for test
ing the validity Of the acts Of Congress. called
| the Reconstruction acts by the adjudication
of the Suplem Court of the United States.
( Gen. Imboden said the question of the con
stlution}lity of the Reconstruction acts az far
as the right of suffrage was concerned, had
been tested by him b. applying for writ of
aa0ndamus nisi, which had been granted by the
Circuit Court of the United States for this dis
.rict; that II had been served on General Scho~
field, who said il was matter OF great import
ance, and request "a tIlat month nigh be al
lowed him, in which to form his opinion on
the subject. This. General lmboden, through
his counsel, refused, and the matter now stands
as stated Gen. Imboden said he had no idea
that such decision would be rem Tered by the
Supreme Court as would declare the law uncon
s,ltutional.
Mr.. L. Woodson, of Craig, offered the
following resolution :.
Resolved That the sole object Of this Con-
| vention is TO organize the White Mans party
of The State of Virginia, and no subjects for
eign t. this object should be discussed upon
the floor Of this Convention.
A motion to lay the resolution on the table
was carried.
The Eaecmice Committee.
Mr.. B lldwin moved hat the president of the
Convention be authorized to appoint he Exec
utiye Committee at his leisure and report it
through the Press of the city. Carried.
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