Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-02

approval Of your committee, and whlcl
| they have the honor 10 Recommend, Is
/. A Central Executive Committee.
2. Congressional committees for eacl
Congressional district.
3. County committees for each county
4. Civil district aud ward committees
|. The Central Executive Committee
to have general supervisory power co
extensive with the State, but for conve
nience Of action to be subdivided into
division committees, one subdivision ioi
each grand division Of the State. Each
subdivision committee to have lmmedl'
ate control of the Congressional commit.
tees in its division The General Central
Committee to be the umpire in all cases
not satisfactorily adjusted by the subdl'
vision committee, this umpirage to ap.
pertain to questions of organization, aud
not to questions of party creed, that
heing a matter which must always be
omen to the authorized conventions OF
the party.
,. Congressional Committees to have
| jurisdiction Of party matters within Their
Congressional district, and especially to
have a supervisory control of the county
committees. N
3. County Committees to have juris-
diction within the limits Of single coun-
ties and supervisory control OF civil dis
trict and ward committees.
| A. Civil District and Ward Commit
tees. having jurisdiction within their re-
spectiye civil districts and wards, with
authority to fix the time and place OF the
meetings Of the people therein, TO furn-
| ish and prepare suitable places OF meet
ing TO call the meeting to order, ETC.,
and especially to see that delegates are
elected or appointed to attend the various
conventions oil the party.
The Central Committee, being the
highest authority in point Of organiza-
ton, will, in all questions arising IN re-
gard thereto be supreme, their decisions
being subject to the supervision and re-
visal of State Conventions, and in case
of vacancy from death, resignation or
otherwise of regular candidate of the
party for any office TO be voted for by
the people of the whole State, except
Congressional elections, this committee
will nominate and announce a suitable
candidate to take his place, provided
always the day OF election is so near at
hand as to make 1t absolutely impossible
to call a convention of the party; but IN
case the same is practicable 1t is always
their imperative duty to call conyen-
ton, by whom such vacancy will be
filled. Congressional Committees VIII
report to this committee and be consid-
cred the proper medium through which
the Executive Committee shall dissent
mate information upon all matters oil
interest TO the party and especially In
the distribution of documents, etc.
The Congressional Committees will
have all the power within their district
that the Central Committee has IN the
State, except that this power is to be ex,
ercised under the supervisory control OF
the Central Executive COMMITTEE; this
Committee will have power to hill 'yacan-
cies occurring by death, resignation or
otherwise, OF Congressional electors, and
will have supervisory control over county
committees; they will appoint the time
and place Of meeting in their Congress
sional districts for all Congressional
district purposes; will hear and determ-
inc all questions OF organization coming
from county committees; their decisions
not TO be final, however, but subject to
the supervisory power Of the Central
Executive Committee.
County Committees to have the same
power within their counties that Congress
sional Committees have within their dis
tricts, and to report to the same.
Civil Districts and Ward Committees
10 have the same power within their re-
speetiys civil districts and wards that
the County Committees have in their
counties.
CONVENTIONS.
Your committee venture TO express
the opinion that conventions are abso-
lutely necessary 10 the proper working
of marty orOanizations ~ any rate no
Marty has ever VET successfully substi.
tnted any other system: that without
them the marty would soon become de-
moral;zed. its candidates suffer newt.
able and almost universal defeat But
while thew exnress Themselves Tins "a
yorably 10 conventions tbev desire N he
understood as referring N fair conren-
Gons refec,ing The nnb1;c sent;nen, ~
viii ~ tbe neonla tbev nronoso ~ ra,,ro-
cont Gov oopveptionS * sny o,har TIA
are not oSIv nnwise and fatal 10 he snc.
cess of narties but frauds nnon he moo.
nile. and while thew hold he ennnc;s-
hon Of a creed and the nomination If a
candidate mada bv a fair conyant;on IL
the b;gbest authority known 10 marty or
gan;zst;on The action Of an npfa;r one
e no, onIv not b;nd;nc bn, !, l. 49, dn,,,
of everv ;rne man ,o rennd;.ta =. ~,
his sv:tem NAV he nod wbat - f.;en5s
claim for Il yonr oo,n,n;,,aa sr ~, III
foIlaw;ng nlo1. 'N sS'' INC
Tba, asd gI e;v;l d;s,.;.,.1.l;
S,a,a 10 ant;,IaJ, o1, ~ d',u .atu - tne
ono bundled Voter 81 ~ az ~ ~ e..
tional part of one hundred voters that
may be in its limits That the vote given
to the candidate highest on the list in the
last general party election preceding the
convention to which the delegate or del
egates are to be sent be the basis Of cal
culation by which 10 6T the number each
civil district and ward may be entitled to.
That the county committees shall mako
the calculation, and publish for a rea-
sonable time before each election Of del
egaieg the number each civil district or