The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-14
PLAN or ORGANIZATION AND PLAT
FORM OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
OF VIRGINIA.
Plan of Organization.

LIST. There shall be an Executive Comnitte in
each voting precinct, consisting of seven MEM
beers, to be selected by the voters of said precinct
whose duty it shall be TO make thorough cam
vas of such precinct; TO organize, and make eli
Gent, Republican club; TO procure II list ofrcg-
istered and legal voters, and TO do all in their
power before registration, and at the polls, 10
cure the success of the Republican party, This
Committee shall select one member of the Coun-
ty Executive Committee to represent the precinct
in that body The Precinct Committee shall
report to the
TOWNSHIP GoMMITrEE,
which shall be composed of five members
lected by the voters of the township. The said
committee shall have the general supeIintend-
ence of the precincts and shall see that q
thorough canvass is made of each precinct.
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 control of
the organization and systematic canvass of the
county.
1t shall be the duty of the secretary of the
County Committee to report immediately upon
| organization, and regularly every Monday the
condition and wants of the party in their re-
spective counties.
From the general County Committee there
shall be selected u County Executive Commit
tee, not exceeding five in number.
Each general County Committee shall select
q member to represent said county in the Con-
gressional District Committee, TO whom the
County Committee shall report.
CITY ORGANIZATION
In the cities the organization shall exist as at
present constituted; but subject TO the modiilca
ton and control of The State Central Executive
Committee as to the system of organization
THE STATE cESTRAL coaMiTTEE
shall consist of three 81 members from each Con
gressional 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.
The Committee thus constituted shall elect q
secretary and treasurer, and provide for the pay
| ment of the latter.
nh IL.
Executive Committee 10 consist of such number
as they may elect, and to be located so rs TO be
most conveniently assembled. -aa,
BASIS OF REPRESENTATION.
| In all State Conventions, and State Nominating
Conventions, the basis of representation shall be
the same as provided by the State Constitution or
| in that proportion.
In ali Conventions for the nomination Of can
didates for Congress, State Senator, or Conyen-
tons of Congressional or Senatorial Districts,
each county in said District shall have repre-
sentation in proportion TO the Republican vote
cast at the last preceding Gubermatorial or Con-
gressional election except in counties Or districts
where Conventions have already been ofderer'.
| In all County and City Conventions, each
township of the county, and each ward of the
city, shall have representation in proportion 10
the Republican vote cast Mt The last preceding
| Gnbernatorial Congressional election: pro-
vided, that in cases where nominations are to be
M. de for a city or county alone, the Executive
Gnm, ,itte9 of such county or city shall call a
Gomven On to make such nominations
In District o. more man one county
yentons shall lie called by the joint action OF the
Executive Committees of said counties ana cities,
and a majority of each committee sl;iii De SUI
ficent to give authority 70 sueh caiis.
Platform.
The Republican party of Virginia, ~ CohNeh-
ton assembled reatiirm their devotion 10 the
principles of the National Republican Party OF
The United States, us enunciated i'll the chicago
platform at the last National Convention.
We are in favor OF, and supp9gt us national
principles
tariff. which, while securing the necessary,
shall give incidental, protection to American m
dastry. ..
national banking system, that shall give us q
safe and Uniform currency, and absolute security
to biIl-holders.
The policy of extending government aid 10 the
States in improving their rivers and harbors.
The absolute payment of all obligations of the
| government and Il sufficient yearly reduction OF
| the national debt to convince the world OF our
determination to ultimately extinguish it, while,
| at the same time, we carefully avoid burdening
| the people with onorous and unnecessary tixi-
| ton.
That we heartily endorse the administration OF
President Grant, and are unanimously in favor
| of his denomination in 1872.
| STATE PeLICY.
No honest man can deny that the tendency OF
the Legislation of the past year in Virginia has
been to depress all the material interests of the
people. Taxation has been Increased almost be
yond the limits of human endurance, ana the
| Democratic WIFI IT'S tWO-tiHitio ma
| iority. has passed oppressive and unnecessary
! laws among whichtile funding bill stands prom
| inent Under its provisions taxation on tho pro
| perty of the State will be double what IL is now
| or not less than dollar on every hundred
Worse STILL because it Is unnecessary, they have
compelled the people of Virginia To raise money
either by sacrificing their property, or products
or by paying an enormous rate of interestto pay
these onorous taxes by the LIST day of September
1871, or forfeit five per cent, while we are now
officially informed by the Treasurer of the STATE
that the money so colectedis not needed until Jan
uary and July, 1872, and is lying in the banks o
| the city of Richmond drawing only four per cent
interest presenting the astonishing spectacle of;
State forcing its citizens to loan wealthy corpora
tions more than million dollars at the low rate
of four per cent. per annum, while at the SAM
time, under this extraordinary combination o
circumstances, our eitZcns are thus compelled L
borrow their own money at the rate OF twelve
per cent per annuin.
The passage of such acts in Virginia by
Democratic Legislature is only in keeping witt
Democratic legislation wherever that party OBJ