The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-01-24
SG6NBTITllTION.s
Tho Organization of Precinct and Count,
CIubs OF tho Democratic Party.

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ARTICLE l.lTbcre shall be one or more
democratic clubs organized in each elec-
tion precinct, eacn Of which clubs shall
hayes distinct title, " Democrs. :.
ie Club" and shall elect presidents, one
or moro vice-presidents, recording
and corresponding secretary, and q
treasurer, and shali have the following
working committees, Of not less than
three members each, viz: A committee Oh
registration, ar executive committee, and
| such other committees as to each club
may seem expedient.
ART. 2. The meetings of the clubs
should be frequent, after the opening Of
the canvass and some member of the
club OF invited speaker deliver an address
at each meeting, if practicable.
Art 3. The president shall have power
TO call an extra meeting o. the club;
| and - members of the club shall
constitute quorum for the transaction
of business.
ART. 4. The clubs in each county shall
be held together and operate under the
| control of county executive committee,
| which shall consist of one member from
each CAB, to be nominated by the respec.
tive clubs and elected by the county con.
vention, and such Othet members as the
convention may add. The executive COM
mittee, when elected, shall appoint its
own officers, and fill all vacancies which
may arise when the convention is not
in session: The tenure Of office of the
executive committee shall be until the
! next general campaign, unless sooner re-
moved or suspended by the county con.
vcntiOn. The present county executive
committees shall continue in Office until
the frat meeting Of the county conven-
tion under this organization.
ATR. 8. County democratic conventions
shall be composed Of delegates elected by
the several local clubs-one delegate for
every club, and al additional delegate
for every twenty-five enrolled members
with the right to each county conyen.
ton TO enlarge or diminish the represeu-
tation, according to circumstances. This
convention shall be called together by
| the chairman Of the executive committee,
| under such rules as each county may
| adopt; and when assembled shall be call
ed to order by the chairman Of the ex-
ecutive committee, and shall proceed to
elect, from among its members, presi.
| dent, one or more vice-presidents, Sec
retary and treasurer. The convention
| shall proceed to business, and when.the
same Is transacted it shall adjourn sine
| die.
AIT. 6. The mode and manner of
nominating candidates for county offices,
orHor delegates to the state, judicial and
congressional conventions, shall he
regulated in each county by the respec-
tive county conventions.
ART. z. The state convention shall be
composed of delegates from each county
in the numerical proportion to which
that county is entitled in both branches
of the'general assembly.
ART. 8. The officers shall be presi-
dent, one vice-president from each con-
gressional district two secaetaries and q
treasurer.
AIT. 6. The a!a!e executive cemmittes
shall be composed of three from each
congressional district. The delegates
f.om the counties comprising the con-
gressional district to nominate the candi-
dates from that district, and the conven-
tion shall then proceed to an election.
ART. 10. The executive committee
shall elect it's own chairman and other
officers, and shall meet at the call of the
chairman, or any five members, at such
times and places as he or they may ap-
point.
ART. ii. The executive committee shall
have power, by the vote of majority Of
the whole committee, to call convention
OF the democratic party of the state, at
! such time and place as it may designate; !;
and is charged with the execution and
direction Of the pelicy of the party in
the state, subject only to this censt;tJ-
ton, the principles declared in the plat
form, and such Instructions, by resolu-
tions or otherwise, as the state conyen.
ton may from time to time adopt aud
shall continue in Office for two years from
the time of election or until the
assembling Of the next state convention
for the nomination of state ticket, un-
less superseded by the action of the state
convention. And if any vacancy bs oc-
casioned by death, removal. or other
cause, the committee shall have power
10 fill the vacancy.
ART. IL. When the state democratic
convention assemblies, it shall be cslled
to order by the chairman of the state
executive committee, shall elect a tenn
porary president, and shall proceed i'm
mediately to the election of permanent
officers, and the transaction of business.
The convention, when it has concluded
its business, shall adjourn sine die. And
when q convention is called by the exec
utive committee, such convention shall
be composed of newly elected delegates.
ART. Is. This organization shall not
60 into force until the state campaign of
1873. .tRf:
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