Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1872-09-17

any club, on any occasion, when they request
it SO to do.
| ~. It shall be charged with the supply Of
campaign documents to clubs, which apply fol
| them, and the circulation of the same.
| V. It shall cooperate with the State Com
mittee, and shall be within and auxiliary to the
organization of the Conservative party of Vir.
ginia, in promoting the election of Greeley and
Brown.
In accordance with the above plan of organi.
zation, the following officers were selected unani-
mously:
President-Gen. Bradley T. johnson.
1st Vice e-President-Newton M. Lee.
I'd Vice-President-J. j. English.
1st Secretary-F. w. Mahood. I'd Secretary
Geo. G. Wilde.
Treasurer--Powhatan Weisiger.
VIM. B. Isaacs, Chm, E. P. Brannan
w. ?. M. Kellam, Sau McCubbin,
Meyer May, r. L.. Hobson,
A. Fl. Lynneman.
And, on motion, the President and 1st Secre-
tary were made ec o6fcio members of the Ex-
ecutive Committee latter to be and act as
Secretary therefor.
Gen. B. T. johnson, Gen. Peyton Wise and
W. D. Chesterman were appointed commit
tee to prepare and publish an address to the
people of Virginia, which will be found above.
The form of the constitution, which is pub
lished herewith for the organization and gov
ernment of Greeley and Brown clubs in the
State, was adopted and recommended to the
different clubs to be organized in the various
counties and cities of the State, for their adop-
ton and guidance.
As soon as clubs desirous of CO. operating with
this committee are formed, they will please
communicate with E. w. Mahood, Secretary
Of the Club Central Committee, P. 0. Box 225,
Richmond, Va, to whom all communications
must be addressed.
1t is earnestly desired by this committee, that
all clubs now organized, or hereafter organized,
shall correspond with this committee, giving
lists of their officers and members, and the
names of the five delegates to this committee,
which each club shall appoint, and all additions
to their membership, together with the state
of the canvass in their respective sections and
neighborhoods. The committee also desire fire.
quent reports from each club, in order that
they may be able to form estimates.
By order. BRADLEY I. JOHNSON,
President.
T. w. MAHooD, Secretary.
AGREEMENT AND CONSTITUTION.
The undersigned, voters of the
township. ward, county or city, who are op-
nSsed to the administration of the Government
By u. s. Grant and his corrupt minions, and
who favor the reformations pledged by the Gin
cnnati Platform and ticket as adopted by the
National Democratic Convention at Baltimore,
and who earnestly support Horace Greeley for
President and B. Gratz Brown for Vice-Presi-
dent, do hereby organize themselves into
working body, to cooperate with the regular
Conservative organization and the Club Cen
tral Committee at Richmond, which shall be
known as the Greeley and Brown Club Of
and adopt for the regulation Of their pro-
ooa1iu0c the fnlIovciuU ooHe
/. The officers of the club shall be
l. A President.
q As many Vice Presidents as may be deem
ed desirable
3. A Secretary and Corresponding Secreta-
4. A Treasurer and Finance Committee.
5. An Executive Committee of five men,
bers
Ii. Regular meetings of the club shall be
held on the of each month, at such
hour as may be designated by the President
ed advisable by the President. and may also be
held by appointment, at any regular or special
meeting.
III. The President shall preside at all meet
ings and preserve order thereat. In his absence
the senior Vice President shall preside. In the
absence of the President and Of all the Vice
Presidents, the club shall choose a presiding Of
hcer pro tenapore.
". The Secretary shall keep record of the
proceedings Of each meeting, and,a roll alpha
betically arranged and duly signed by each
member, Of all the members of the club, and
shall report the names and numbers, of the
members of the club, to the Club Central Com
mittee, at Richmond, regularly, together with
all additions thereto.
V. The Treasurer shall safely keep, aud dis
burse on the order ofthe Executive Committee,
such moneys as shall be contributed to pay the
expenses of the club.
vi. The Executive Committee shall provide
room, with suitable furniture, for the meet
ings of the club; shall procure and attend to the
distribution Of the documents among its mem
bers and others; shall vigilantly attend to the
interests OF the Conservative cause; make pro-
per arrangements to secure the polling of the
full vote at Che Presidential election appoint
sub-committees OF visitation and enrolment;
and perform generally such duties in connection
with the purposes of the club asshall be assign
ed them.
VII. The club shall elect five delegates to
represent it, in the Club Central Committee,
whose duty shall be to keep the committee at
Richmond, regularly supplied with reports of
the condition and prospects of the campaign in
their sections, furnishing data therefor when
they can be obtained.
VIII. The Recording Secretary shall COM
municate the names of the officials and mem
bers of the club to the Central Club Commit
tee,' and send, regularly, all additions to their
members, together with the spirit and workings
of the club.
TX. Amendments to this code may be made
by the vote Of a majority at any regular meet
ing of the club.
Dated, 1872.
Signatures.
EgE-Address all communications to E. W.
Mahood, Secretary, P. o. Box 225, Richmond,
Va.