Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-08-12
Delegate Elections to County Conven'
ton.

ton.
The Democratic electors of Tunkhan-
mock Borough and the several election
districts in Wyoming County, are request,
| ed to meet in their several election dis
tricts on Saturday the 29th inst, between
the hours of two and five o'clock T. NJ
and elect delegates to represent them in
County Conveation to be held at Tunk-
hammock on Monday the 3lst inst,
VIGILANCE COMMITTEES
The following Vigilance Committees.
for the several districts in said County,
were returned at the last annual Conven-
ton:
Braintrin, George Kennard, Hamlet
Hill, A. g. Seymour.
Clinton, David Armstrong, Daniel BIZ
dleman, A. o. Utley.
Exeter, Sam'l Wall. Benz. Sickler, Fish
er Gay.
Eaton, George Jayne, John Lee, Bow
CTS Hunter
Falls, Andrew Dewitt, Ira Weed, G..
w. Sherwood.
Forkston, Russell Comstock, Chas. Mil
Ter, Oscar Farr.
Lemon, George Bcbec, II. Billings, L.
Clouse.
Mchoopany, Warren Gof; John Shehan,
Henry Love.
Meshoppen, John Bridget, J. G. Davis,
Erastus Bowman.
Monroe, C. S. Shooley, W. Watson,
VIM. Sickler.
North Branch, W. Hoxie, C. Adams,
D. S. Catlin.
Northumberland, L. Winters, J. Perry,
E. r. Hallock.
Nicholson, E. N Bacon. NJ. Oakley,
J. Stevens.
Overfeld, Henry Agcr, Henry Bur
CESS, Henry ii. Walter.
Tunk. Boro, Thos. Osterhout, VIM s.
kutz, James Young.
Tunk. Twp, S. Nryhart, D. L. Michael
VIM, Ball.
Washington, Z. Overfeld, J. Robinson,
W. Crawford.
WinIham, II W. Keeney, Chas. Fes-
soft, w. T. keithline.
RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF DEMO-
CRATIC CONVENTIONS, &c.
|. The Democratic elec; ors Of each elec-
ion district in this county, shall annually
on the last Saturday in August, meet at the
place of holding their General and Town
ship elections and elect three suitable per>
sons 70 serve as Committee Of Vigilance
for the ensuing year, whose duty it shall be
10 superintend all other meetings of the
Democrat electors Of their district.
2. At the same time and place, shall also
be elected two delegates to the County Con>
yention, who shall on the following Monday,
meet at the Court House, in the Boro OF
Tunkhannock, and after organ izing by elect
ing one Of their number for a President, and
two Secretaries shall proceed 10 nominate
such District and G unity 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 a Standing
Committee for the County.
3. All County Conventions shall be held
with open doors.
4. All candidates for nomination shall be
voted for rira roce and the one receiving a
majority Of all the votes polled, for any office
shall be nominated.
S The Convention shall keep journal Of
all it's proceedings which shall be duly pub
IlShed in the Democratic paper or papers OF
the County and any nomination not made
conformity with the foregoing rules shall be
declared void, and the vacancy or vaca nicies
so occurring, shall be supplied in the manner
hereinafter provided.
6, The Standing Committee shall consist
Of nine Democratic citizens of the county,
who shall hold their office for one year from
and alteI the date OF the election and it
shall be their duty, during that time, to call
at all County Conventions, Mass and other
meetings Of the party-to fill all vacancies of
he Ticket, occasloned either BY the declina-
ton Of nominees. by want of conformity to
the foregoing rules, or where the Convention
shall have failed TO make nomination, and
also IN special elections, where the necessity
for doing so occurs after the regular time for
holding County Conventions and to fill
vacancies in the Committee Vigilance, occa-
stoned by removal, death, or failure on the
part Of the citizens, TO elect him
7. The Standing Commit tee shall annual
ly hereafter, in issuing the call for the cleo
ton of Delegates to the County Convention,
cause a copy of the foregoing rules to be pub.
lished in connection Herewith.
s. These rules may be amended, or new
ones added therein by a general meeting OF
the HeInocratc citizens Of the county called
for that purpose by the Standing Committee
or If the same shall pass two successive Coun.
ty Conventions without amendment and not
otherwise.
J.V. SMITH.
Chairman Standing Commit tee