The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-12
PLAN OF ORGANIZATION AND PLAT
FORM OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
OF VIRGINIA.
Plan OF Organization.


Plan OF Organization.
PRECINCT oEGANIzATIcY
LIST There shall be an Executive Commlttc IN
each voting precinct, consisting OF seven MEM
bers to be selected by the voters of said precinct
whose duty it shall be to make a thorough can
vas of such precinct; TO organize, and make EN-
Gent a Republican club; to procure list oil reg
istered and legal voters, and to do all IN tnelr
power before registration, and at the polls, TO Sc
cure the success of the Republican party, rms
Committee shall select one member OF the conn conn
ty Executive Committee to represent the preclnct
in that body. The Precinct Commitlee sh"ii
TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE,
which shall be composed of five members Sc
lected by the voters of the township. The said
committee shall have the general superlntehu-
ence of the precincts and snail see thit q
thorough canvass is made OF eacn precil te'c
The Township Committee. shall report 10 the
County Committee, which shall consist OF one
member from each precinct. This County com
mittee shall have general and supreme controi Oh
the organization and systematic canvass OF the
county. -,
1t shall be the duty of the secretary of the
County Committee TO report Handgv u Pba
condition and wants of the party IN their re-
spectiye counties
shall be selected County Executive Commit
tee, not exceeding five in number.
Each general County Committee shall se eles,
| County Committee shall report
CITY ORGANIZATION.
In the cities the organization shall exist as at
present constituted; but subject to the modiiica-
| ton and control of the State Central Executive
/ Committee as TO the system OF organization
THE STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
shall consist of three (S) members from each Con
gressiona District to be selected by the delegate,
| thereof and one member at large, to be elected
| by the Convention, and be chairman OF the Com
| mittee. NM, ,,,,4 .
secretary and treasurer, and provide for the pay
The state Central Committee shall select an
| Executive Committee to consist of such number
Us they may elect, and to be located SO as 10 DE
most conveniently assembled
BASIS OF REPRESENTATION.
In all State Conventions, and State Nominating
Conventions the basis of representation shalt be
the same as provided by the State Constitution, OF
in that proportion.
In ali Conventions for the nomination OF can
ddates for Congress, State Senator, or Conven-
lions of Congressional or Senatorial Distllcts,
each county in said District shall have repre-
sentation in proportion to the Republican vote
cast at the last preceding Gubernatorial or Con-
gressonal election: except in counties or districts
where Conventions have already been ordered
In all County and City Conventions, each
township of the county, and each ward OF the
city, shall have representation in proportion tc
the Republican vote cast at The last preceding
Gubernatoral or Congressional election: pro
yided that in cases where nominations are TO DC
|
Committee of such county or city snail call Q
Convention to make such nominations.
In District composed of more than one county
or civ where no District Committee exists, Con
yentions shall be called by the joint action OF tn
Executive Committees of said counties and cities
, and majority of each committee shau DO SUI
fcient to give authority to such calls,
Platform.
= The Republican party of Virginia, in Conven
l ton assembled, realiirm their devotion TO tn
! | a;,xl. OF he Moi Rpnnhpan lpnrtX
the United States, as enunciated in the Chicag
: platform at the last National Convention.
f. We are in favor OF, and support as nationa
:. A tariff, which, while securing the necessary
shall give incidental protection TO American IL
y dustry
safe aud uniform currency, and absolute securit
> to bill-holders
S The policy of extending government aid TO tn
g States in improving their rivers and harbors;
4 The absolute payment of all Obligations OF tn
!, government, and Il sufficient yearly reduction
d the national debt to convince the world OF on
+ determination to ultimately extinguish it, white
= at the same time, we carefully avoid burdenin
Z the people with onoroas and unnecessary TAX
!, ton
= 4 President Grant, and are unanimously in fave
" of his denomination in 1877
}, STATE POLICY.
n No honest man can deny that the tendency
n the Legislation OF the past year in Virginia n.
= been to depress all the material interests OF u
. people. Taxation has been increased almost D
it yond the limits of human endurance, ana II
~ Democratic Legislature with its two-thirds m
) iority has passed oppressive and unnecessaI
IS laws, among which the funding bill stands pron
e inent Under its provisions taxation on the pr
= perty of the State will be double what IL is noN
:" or not less than one dollar on every hrndre
Worse still, because it is unnecessary, they ma
compelled the people of Virginia to raise none
'e either by sacrificing their property, or product
a. or by paying an enormous rate OF interest to pt
+, these onorous taxes by the LIST day OF Septemoe
:, 1871 or forfeit five per cent, While We are no
r. officially informed by the Treasurer OF the Sta
that the money collected is not needed until ia
~, uary and July, 1872, and is lying in the banks
- the city of Richmond drawing only four per ceI
le interest presenting the astonishing spectacle OF
State forcing its citizens to loan wealthy corpor
80 tions more than million dollars At the low ra
~ of four per cent. per annlIln, while at the sa
w time, under this extraordinary combination
ye circumstances our citizens are thus compelled
Ia borrow their own money at the rate OF lWel
~ ~ per cent per annum.
? The passage of such acts in Virginia by
Democratic Legislature is only in keeping WI
~ Democratic legislation wherever That party G
ny tains power as exemplified by that great leadi
1y Democratic organization of the United States
nd the Tammany ring of New York. This Leg
no lature has passed laws neutrahzing ana rend'
~ ing void and of effect the homestead provisio
10 OF the constitution placing the execution OF /
ca laws establishing common schools in parts
IN, and unfriendiy hands, and have violated anne
VI every pledge made by their authorized represe
II tatiyes when pleading for the admission OF I
It. State to Federal representation.
They have created paruzan judiciary, Il
given the county judges created by caucus nor
IH nations, unprecedented and unheard of pow
oe They have reGstabished that relic OF Il bar b
y, Gus past the whipping-post, and by giving
"a Judges power 10 select the jllries III AL cas-
,ct have enabled them to do, as they have done II
IN vast majority OF instances, exclude the color
u, man from the iury-box, and deprive him OF
lal right so dear to ALL of defence before jury OF
we peers. The Republican party invite the coop
,a+ alton of all good citizens in correcting III
i"o abuses, and do hereby
ey 'sResolce, That we are opposed TO levy
rs | upon our citizens any further tax than is nee
M sary to a strictly economical administration
A,9 the State government, and demand that
III, REPRESENTATIVES, in the Legislature shall DO
ey in their power to alleviate to the greatest
se tent possible, the burdens OF the people, ana
" decrease the expenses of the State
ght "ResoJue That we demand the honest 6
TO scrupulous enforcement of the constitution
the state in all its parts, and such legislat
iei as will secure the equal rights to all, gu
see anteed by that instrument, equitable taxatl
lis the benefits of the homestead act, thoro'
III, system of common school education, and an
WI partial and non-paItisan judiciary"
re- r., -
Resolutions.
err Rssotued, That the battle of universal freed
H. and universal suffrage having been fought
', ,, won and those amendments TO the Consutu'