Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-06-05
THE LAW OF THE PARTY.
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE SOUTH CARO-
LIMA DEMOCRACY.

ARTICLE l. There shall be one or more
Democratic clubs organized in each election
precinct, each of which clubs shall have
distinct title, 'The - Democratic Club"
and shall elect president, one or more vice.
presidents, a recording and corresponding
Secretary, and treasurer, and shall have
the following working committees, or not
less than three members each, VIZ: COM
mittee on registration, an executive COM
mittee, and such other committees as to
the club may seem eXpedient.
ART. II. The meetings Of the clubs should
be frequent after opening of the canvass, and
some member of the club or invited speak
er deliver an address at each meeting, If
practicable.
ART. III. The president shall have pow
er to call an extra meeting OF the CLUB,
and - members of the club shall consti-
tute quorum for the transaction of busi-
ness.
ART. ". The clubs in each county shall
be held together and operate under the con-
troll of a county executive committee, which
shall consist of one member from each club,
to be nominated by the respective clubs and
elected by the County Convention, and such
other members as the convention may add.
The executive committee, when elected,
shall appoint its own officers and fill all va
cancies which may arise when the cOnven-
tion is not in session. The tenure Of office
of the the executive committee shall be un-
til the next general campaign, unless sooner
removed or suspended by the County Con-
vention.
ART. V. County Democratic Conventions
shall be composed of delegates elected by the
several local clubs-one delegate for every
club, and one additional delegate for every
twenty-five enrolled members-With the
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or diminish representation, according to
circumstances. This convention shall be
called together by the chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee, under such rules as each
county may adopt, and when assembled
shalled be called to order by the chairman
of the executive committee, and proceed to
elect from it's members president, one or
more vice-presidents, a secretary and treas
urer. The convention shall proceed to bus
mess, and when the same is transacted 1t
shall adjourn sine die.
ART. vi. The mode and manner of nom-
mating candidates for county offices for the
State, Judicial and Congressional Conven-
tions shall be regulated in each county, by
the respective County Conventions.
ART. VII. 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. VII. The officers shall be presi-
dent, one vice president from each Congress
sional District, two secretaries and treas
urer.
ART. TX. The State Executive Commit
tee shall be composed of three from each
Congressional District to nominate the can
didates from that district, and the Conven-
tion shall then proceed to an election. The
member representing South Carolina on the
National Democratic Committee shall be
er-OficiO member of the State Democratic
Committee.
ART. x. 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 appoint.
ART. XII. The EeXecutiVe Committee
shall have power, by the vote of majority
of the whole committee, to call Conven-
ton of the Democratic party in the State,
at such time and place as it may designate;
and is charged with the execution and di-
rection Of the policy of the party in the
State, subject only to this Constitution, the
principles declared in the Platform and such
instructions, by resolution or otherwise, as
the State Convention may from time to
time adopt; and shall continue in office for
two years from the time of election, or until
the assembling of the next State Conven-
tion for the nomination of State ticket,
unless superseded by the action of the State
Convention. And if any vacancy on the
State ticket be occasioned by death, remov-
al, or other cause, the committee shall have
power to fill the vacancy: Provided, this
Shall not apply to the office of Governor
when there shall be sufficient time to call a
State Convention.
ART. XII. When the State Democratic
Convention assemblies, it shall be called to
order by the chairman Of the State EXecu-
tive Committee, shall elect temporary
president, and shall proceed Immediately
to the election of permanent officers and the
transaction of business. The convention,
when it has finished it's business, shall ad-
iourn sine die And when convention is
called by the Executive Committee, such
convention shall be composed of newly
elected delegates.
ART. XIII. Representation in Judicial
and Congressional Conventions shall be on
the same basis as in State Conventions. A
majority of delegates shall be present at
convention to constitute a quorum for
nominating candidate either for Congress
or solicitor. The delegation of each county
in Congressional or Judicial Convention
shall have power to fill any vacancy in the
delegation. And whenever any county is
or shall be subdivided among two or more
Congressional Districts the delegates to the
conventions Of the several Congressional
Districts shall he elected hV the County