The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-12-30

give lnelr VOTES 10 q smaller NUMBER OF
candidates than the whole number TO
be elected, in the manner provided in
the fourth section of the Bloomsbury
act of 4th of March, 1870.
vi. The delegate elections shall be
by ballot and shall be held and conduct.
ed by a Judge and clerk, to be selected
by the Democrats in attendance, and
the said officers shall keep list OF vo-
tiers and tally of votes counted, to be
sent by them to the Convention with
their certificate of the result of the elec.
tion.
VII. All cases of disputed seats in
Convention shall be disposed of openly
by vote after hearing the respective
claimants and their evidence.
VIII. All delegates must reside in
the district they represent. In case of
an absent delegate he may depute an
other, if he fail to do so his colleagues in
attendance may substitute for him. In
other cases the Convention may fill up
the representation from the citizens of
the district in attendance.
lX. The voting in Conventions shall
be open, and any two members may
require the yeas and nays on any ques-
ton pending.
X. Special Conventions may be called
when necessary, by the Standing Com.
mittee, the proceedings of which shall
conform to these rules.
XII. All county nominations and all
appointments of conferees and of dele
gates to State Conventions, shall be
made in County Conventions.
XII. The Standing Committee shall
consist of one member from each elec.
tion district, who shall be elected by
the people at the delegate elections.
who shall choose their own Chairman
and any five of them shall be a quo
rum, when called together by the Chair
man.
XIII. No member of the Legislature
shall be chosen by this county as a Del
egate to State Convention during his
term of Office.
XIV. In Convention majority of
all the votes given shall be necessary 10
nomination, and no person named
shalt be peremptorily struck from the
list of candidates until after the fourth
vote, when the lowest name shall be
struck off and so on at each successive
vote until nomination shall be effec-
ted.
XIV. Delegates instructed by the vo-
tiers who select them shall obey their
instructions in Convention, and votes
given by them in violation of their in
structions shall be disallowed by the
Convention. All instruction shall be
reported by the election officers.
XVI. Conventions shall be called to
order by the Chairman of the Standing
Committee, or in his absence by some
other member thereof, who shall enter
tain and put to vote motions for the
election of President and two Secre-
taries for purposes Of temporary organ
iZitiOn
XVII. No person shall be eligible to
a nomination by Convention who has
opposed the Democratic ticket at the
next preceding election; but this rule
shall apply only to cases of opposition
to tickets hereafter formed.
XVIII. 1t shall be good cause of
challenge against any person Offering
to vote at any delegate ele ,tion that he
has voted against Democratic candid
ate5 at Federal or State elections with.
in two years, or has opposed the Demo.
cratic ticket at the last preceding cleo
tion, or has taken or agreed to take
money or other valuable thing, or any
pecuniary advantage, as a consideration
for his vote at such delegate election,
or has corrupted or attempted to cor
rupt any voter of the district with ref.
erence to the same but this rule shall
apply only to causes of challenge aris-
ing subsequent to its adoption.
XIX. If it shall be made to appear
to the satisfaction of majority of a
Convention that any candidate before
1t for nomination to any Office shall
have offered or paid any money or val
liable thing, or made any promise of
money or valuable thing to take effect
in future, as an inducement to any dele
gate to vote for him or to any other
person with the view of inducing or
securing the votes of delegates or if
the same shall be done by any other
person with the knowledge or approha-
ton of such candidate, the name of such
candidate shall lie Immediately struck
from the list of candidates; or if such
fact be ascertained after his nomination
to any Office and before the final ad.
iournment, the nomination shall be
struck from the ticket and the vacancy
supplied by new nomination and in
either case such person shall be ineligi-
BILE to any nomination by Convention
or to election as delegate, for period
of two years.
XIX. If any delegate shall receive any
money or other valuable thing, or ac-
ceptt the promise of money or other val
liable thing, or any pecuniary adyan-
tage to be paid, delivered or secured in
future, either to himself or to any other
person for him, from any candidate or
other person for such candidate, as an
lnducement for his vote, or under any
other pretext; upon proof of the fact to
the satisfaction of a majority of the
Convention. such delegate shall be
forthwith expelled and shall not be re-
ceived as delegate to any future Con-
vention for period of two years, and
during that time shall also be ineligi.
BILE for any party nomination. Cases |
arising under this and the next prece.
ding rule shall have precedence over
all other business in Convention until |
determined.
XXI. None of these rules shall be |
altered or rescinded at a regular annual
Convention, unless by a Vote of two.
thirds of all the delegates present.
APPoRTIoNMENT OF DELEGATES UN- |
DER THE SECOND AND THIRD
RULES ABOVE:
1869.