The daily gazette., 1876-09-04
FIRST EDITION
The County Convention.
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follows, to wit, the city of Whining.
ton shall be the first district, and shall
be entitled to one Senator ard one
Representative. provided, that this
shall not apply to the First District,
until the expiration of the term of the
Senator from Brandywine Hundreds;
the Hundreds of Brandywine, Chris
tiana' Mill Creek, White Clay Creek
and Pencader shall constitute the
Second District, and shall be entitled
to one Senator and three Representa-
tives; the Hundreds of New Castle,
Red Lion. St. Georges, Appoquini.
mink and Blackbird shall constitute
the Third District and shall be entl.
tied to one Senator and three Repre>
sentatives. The Senators and Repre-
scntaJives shall be allotted among the
severalHupdreds of theSecond g. Third
Districts, respectively, by the County
Committee such allotment shall be
made and published in all the Demo.
cratic papers of the County, before the
1st day of August.
RULE 8. At the County Meeting
provided for by the County Commit
tee, to consist of three persons for the
city of Wilmington and one person
from each of the Hundreds of the
County, shall be appointed, whose
duty it shall be to supervise the cam.
pain, and direct the calls for mass
meetings and perform any services
required by these Rules. In case of
contested nominations arising under
Rules and 3, the County Committee
shall determine the same by vote of
the majority of the whole number of
said committee; contestants with their
witnesses and counsel may appear be-
fore said committee.
In case of death ,declination or ipabi-
lity to serve of any person nominated
under rules 2 and 3, the County Com.
mittee shall make make provision for
another nomination. The power of
said committee shall continue until
the next biennial County meeting.
RULE 6. When call shall be issued
by the State Committee for Convens
tion to nominate candidates for Cover
nor or Representative in Congress. or
to nominate an Electoral ticket, or to
appoint delegates to National Con.
ventio1, the judges aforesaid shall
hold an election on the day recon-
mended by the said committee, or if
no day be recommended, on day to
be named by the said judges between
the hours mentioned in rule 2, for the
purpose of choosing delegates to such
State Convention, according to ap>
pointment. Where hundred is divi-
ded into election districts, the dele.
gates shall be appointed to such dis
tricts by the Executive Comm ittee
of the hundred. If State Conven
ton is called at sach a time that il
would not be practicable for the judg
es aforesaid TO hold such election, the
County Committee shall provide fol
| electing delegates to such convention
according to the said appointment.
RULE z. These srules shall govern
the Democratic party in the severa
Hundreds, and shall not be altered
amended or suspended, except in tn,
following manner, to wit. Upon thu
suggestit n IN writing ofany al Iteration
or amendments signed by at least fifty
ty Democrats, in good standing, ant
presented to the County meeting il
May, the Chairman of said meeting
shall order a County Convention to b.
held before the first of September mex
ensuing, to take cb..suggeBted altera
tions or amendments to the rules, ant
no others, into consideration. Th
action of such Convention In the pre-
misses shall be final. Such Convention
shall be composed of sixty delegates
appointed according to Rule 6, and l
be chosen at an election, the time @
which shall be fixed by the Count
meeting aforesaid; such election sha
be held by the same judges and unde
the same regulations as elections fo
the nomination of candidates.
Mr.. Townsend objected to the 4t h rule
and said it had been voted down by tn
people with the other rales, on the st
of August.
Geo. Gray moved that the ticket, a
presented by the Convention, be ratified
Adopted unanimously.
Thomas M. Ogle moved that the rule
be adopted.
Benz. II. Biggs stated that the Conven
tion Lad adopted the fourth rule by
large majority.
n Joseph Dean, Jr., raised the point
order that the rules had been adopted b
the Convention, and that the meetin
had nothing to do with them.
Mr.. Townsend declared that when tf
. rights of the people were trampled III
on, they would remedy their grievanc,
in the way God has given them to d
it.
r The point of order raised by Mr.. Dea
was well taken, after which the neetin
" at $50 o'clock, adjourned.