Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-06-18
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Room,


At meeting OF the State Committee
Of the Conservative party called to con
slider subjects of much interest to the
future of the party, involving Its integ
rity, the following resolutions, after
due deliberation, were unanimously
adopted:
Reso5ued, l. 1t is respectfully urged
| that conventions should be called in
each Of the Congressional districts
| where there is a clear Conservative
majority and in the other districts
such course should be persued as the
members Of the State committee in
such districts may deem most condu-
Give to the interests OF the Conservative
party.
g That it is the special duty of the
three members cf the State Committee
I in each district to Issue the call for the
assembage Of the conventions and to
name the time and place
g. The Conservative vote Of each
county and city cast at the late euber
Material election should be accepted as
| VIC bdoto VI iS Socit"iloii.
4. Uniformity III the manner of ap~
pointing delegates to convention is i'm.
portant; it is, therefore, in the lan>
guage Of the plan adopted by the late
State Convention, recommended that
in the Congressional election of dele
gates to an convention, ii shall be the
duty Of such committee Of the city or
county to prescribe by public notice
whether such appointments shall be
made by ward, townships city, or coun
ty meeting; and the number of dele
gates to which such ward, township, city
OF county shall be entitled; bat to se-
cure uniformity in the appointment Of
delegates when determined to be made
by townships it is earnestly recommend
ed that the county chairman shall give
give notice OF the assemblage Of the
Conservative voters at some convenient
point in each township Of the county
for the purpose of electire the number
OF delegates said township may be en-
titled to, and that said meetings be call
ed for the same day in each township
Of the county.
5. 1t is recommended that each
township of county and ward of a
/ city shall be entitled to one delegate
/ for each one hundred Conservative
voters, and one Tor fractions over ff
ty.
6. That an act canvass for the nomi-
nation by aspirants for Congressional
honors is greatly to be deprecated, and
should be discountenanted
7. That the resolutions of the last
State Convention, and also of the State
Committee, adopted during the late
gubernatorial canvass, are hereby re-,
affirmed as follows:
"Resoto d, That in the opinion of
this Convention it is as much the duty
of every Conservative voter of this
Commonwealth to vote against a1l In
dependent candidates protesting to be
Conservatives while running against
the regular nominees of the party as
| it is their duty to vote against the re
gular Radical nominees.
/ BY the State Committee:
'Rssolyed, That while this committee
expressly disclaims the right or the
purpose to interfere in the choice of
candidates or in the conduct of local
elections, it does claim the right AMI
/ declare their earnest purpose not only
to throw the whole weight of the party
organization against Radical candidates
every where, but III accordance with
the resolution unanimously adopted by
the State Convention, to treat boilers
from our organizations, or opponents of
our candidates, in all respects as Raids
Gals