Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-02
Rooms STATE Dem. EXECUTIVE Com.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Sept. 25, 1854.

ALEXANDRIA, va, SepG. 70, 1oot. J
The State Executive Committee, at q
meeting in Lynchburg, on the 23d instant,
determined to publish such portions OF
the Plan of Organization as are relevant
to the pending canvass, and to urge the
earnest cooperation OF all the district ana
county authorities in perfecting the patty
organization in the State, which is by no
means what it ought to be.
They therefore invite the attention of the
party officials to the following extracts, and
beg that they will give their immediate and
active attention to the same:
DISTRICT COMMITTEES.
/. The Congressional District Committees
will assemble as soon as practicable, elect
respectively, chairman and secretary, ap-
portion the counties of their districts among
themselves, and report their action in de-
tail to the chairman of the State Executive
Committee.
Q. It shall be the duty of each member of
the District Committees to visit the counties
apportioned to him, to assist the county
chairman in the organization of their coun-
ties, to appoint county chairman If one
has not been selected, and to report in de-
tail to the district chairman. The district
chairman will report a0eek1y to the chairman
of the Executive COMMITTEES the progress
of organization, and the condition and wants
of the party in their several districts.
8. The District Committeeman will have
the County and City Committees organize at
once, if not already organized, having an
eye to harmonizing all the elements Of the
party.
4. The Congressional District Committees
shall appoint two or more speakers for
each congressional and senatorial district,
and each county, to be designated as Dis
trict, Senatorial and County canyassers.
COUNTY AND CITY COMMITTEES.
Each county and city committee will proceed
to an immediate organization, and appoint Sec
rotary and treasurer.
posed of not less than five members, and always
number sufficient to have every locality In the
precinct represented ON the committee; and Will
designate the charmen of the same
They will see that tho precinct committees pro-
cure copy of the registration books of each pre-
cinct as soon as possible. The Importance OF this
cannot be over-cstimatcd. The politics of every
voter should be ascertained and indicated on these
copies by a letter opposite each name-D. LOT
democrat r. for republican, and U. for uncertain
They will also appoint canvaSser for each
precinct from the members Of the precinct COM
mittee, to ascertain who arc not registered, who
need transfers &C., and to report all pertlnentmat
ters to the precinct chairman.
non-registered democratic voters are duly regis.
!, tered forthuih-not waiting for the set days of
registration-and they will be depended oil to poll
the full vote of their precincts.
County aud precinct committees are charged
with the duty of providing the funds necessary
for election purposes III their counties and pre-
cincts, and with making proper arrangements for
speakers assigned them during the canvass
They are urged to appoint precinct and neigh
borhood meetings to procure local speakers to ad-
dress the same, and to do everything which their
sound discretion may suggest to promote success
in the canvass
The precinct committees will appoint two per-
sons to hold tickets and two to act rs challengcrs
on election day, and the whole committee is en-,
Joined to remain at the polls from sunrise until
the count is completed. .
County chairmen will send to this office, with
out delay, the names and postofice address OF all
precinct committees, and will also make weekly
reports of the progress and needs OF the canvass
to the chairmen of their respective Congressional
district committees, and especially to this office.
And this committee will be glad to have, at all
times, from any friend of the party, any informa-
ton pertinent to the campaign.
All democratic papers are specially re-
quested to copy the above, and to keep it
standing during several issues.
JOHN S. BARBOUR, Chairman.
II. SHEPHERD, Secretary.