The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-12
DEMOCRATIC oRGANrzArron.
Plan of Organization Of the Democrats
Party of North Carolina

DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION.
Plan of Organization Of the Democratic
| Party of North Carolina.
DEMOCRATIC CNr'L Elk. CoMl
RALEIGH, NC. June I6 1861
| The following is the plan of or
ganization heretofore adopted by
| the State Democratic Committee
for the guidance of the party:
TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION.
I. The unit of county organiza-
ton shall be the township. In each
township there shall oe an execu-
| tive committee, to consist of FIVE ac-
| tive Democrats, who shall be elect
several townships in meetings call
| ed by the county executive commit
| tee. And said committee SO elect
ell hall elect one of its members as
chairman, who shall preside at all
said committee meetings.
2. The several township execu-
tive committees shall convene at
| the meetings of the several county
conventions, or at any time aud
place that a majority of them may
elect, and shall elect county exc
| cutive committee to consist of not
less than five members, one of whom
shall be designated'as chairman,
who shall preside at al said meet
| ings.
Z. In case there shall be failure
on the part of any township to elect
its executive committee for the peri
cd of eight days the county execu-
tive committee shall appoint said
commit.e from the Democratic yot-
ers of said township.
d. The members of the township
committees shall elect to any
vacancy occurring in said com mi.
tees.
S. The county executive commit
tee shall call all necessary county
conventions, by giving at least ten
days notice by public advertise
ments in three public places in each
township, at the court house door,
and in any Democratic newspaper
that may be published in said coun-
ty, requesting all Democrats of the
county to meetin convention in their
respective townships on common
day therein stated, which said Gay
shall not be less than three days be-
fore the meeting of the county con-
veasion, for the purpose of electing
their delegates 10 the county con-
ventions. That thereupon the con-
ventions SO held shall elect their
delegates to represent the town
ships in the county conventions from
the voters of the respective town
ships, which delegates, or such of
them as shall attend, shall vote the
full Democratic strength of their
respective townships on all ques-
tons that may come before the
said county conventions. That in
case no convention shall be held in
any township in pursuance Of said
call, or no election shall be made,
the township executive committee
shall appoint such delegates.
E. Each township shall be EMIT
led to cast in the county convention
one vote fer every twenty five Dem
ocratlc voters, and one vote for
fraction of fifteen Democratic votes
cast by the township in the last
proceeding gubernatorial election
Provided. That every township
shall be entitled to cast at least one
vote, and each township may send
as many delegates as it may see
fit.
2 That in cases where townships
~
or ward, each Of said precincts or
wards shall pc entitled to send del
egates to county conventions, and
shall cast its proportionate part OF
its townships vote based upon the
last preceding vote for Governor in
said township.
8. The chairman of township
committees shall preside at all town
ship conventions; in their absence
any other member of said commit.
tees may preside.
Q. In cases where all the town.
ship executive committees are re-
quired to meet for the purpose of
electing county executive commit
tee, said meeting shall be deemed
to have quorum when majority
of such townships shall be present
ed in said meeting.
COUNTY AND DISTRICT CoNvEH-
TIONs.
I. The several county conven-
tons shall be entitled to elect to their
senatorial, judicial and COMPRESSION
al conventions one delegate and
one alternate for every fifty Demo-
cato votes. and one delegate for
fractions over twenty five Demo
cratic voters cast at the last proceed
ing gubernatorial election in their
respective counties, and none but
delegates or alteinatcs SO elected
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