The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-06-23
Columbia County Convention Rules.

Court House in Bloomsbury on the 26th
day of December, 1870, and unanimously
adopted the following, to wit:
1. Tho annual County Convention
shall be held at the Court House in
Bloomsbury, on the second Tuesday of
August, at 1 o'clock p. M, and the
Delegate Elections shall be held on the
Saturday before at the places of holding
the general elections in the several elec-
ton districts, between the hours of
three and seven o'clock in the after
noon.
II. The representation of districts in
| County Convention shall be in proper
tion to the Democratic vote f each as
cast at the most recent election for Gov
ernor, but the whole number of dele
gates shall not exceed seventy nor be
less than fifty -four, and no district shall
be allowed less than two nor moro than
four delegates.
III. Until the next election for Gov
crnor delegates shall be allowed to dis.
tricts upon ratio Of sixty voters for
delegate, allowance being made for the
| largest fractions of ratio.
". The Standing Committee shall
whenever necessary make an apportion-
ment of delegates to the several dis.
tricts under these rules and publish it,
| together with the rules as amended, in
the Democratic newspapers of the coun-
| ty, at least two weeks before each an
nual convention.
V. Voters at Delegate elections may
give their votes to smaller number of
| candidates than the whole number to
be elected, in the manner provided in
the fourth section of the Bloomsburg
act of 18th of March, 1870.
VI. The delegate elections shall be
by ballot and shall be held and conduct.
ed by Judge and clerk, to be selected
by the Democrats in attendance, and
the said officers shall keep a list of vot-
ers 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.
TX. The voting in Conventions shall
be open, and any two members may
| require the yeas and nays on any ques-
tion pending.
y. Special Con ventions may be call
ed when necessary, by the Standing
Committee, the proceedings of which
shall conform to these rules.
XI. All county nominations and all
appointments of conferees and of dele
gates to State Conventions, shall be
made in County Conventions.
XII. The standing Com mittee 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 Eve of them shall be quo
rum, when called together by the Chair
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XIII. No member of the Legislature
shall be chosen by this county as Del
egate to State Convention during his
| term of Office.
XIV. In Convention a majority of
all the votes given shall be necessary to
a nomination, and no person named
shall be peremptoriiy struck from tho
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 effect
ed.
XIV. Delegates instructed by the vot-
ers 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 instructions 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
ization.
XVII. No person shall be eligible to
nomination by Convention who has
opposed the Democratic ticket at the
next preceding election; but this rule
shall apply only to eases Of opposition
to tickets hereafter formed.
XVIII. 1t shall be good cause of
challenge against any person Offering
to vote at any delegate election that he
has voted against Democratic candi-
dates at Federal or State elections with
in two years, or has opposed the Demo-
cratic ticket at the last preceding elec.
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
it 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 approba-
tion of such candidate, the name of such
candidate shall be Immediately struck
from the list of candidates; or if such
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