The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-07-29
DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION.
Plan Of Organization Of the DeMesrat1s
Party Of North Carolina.

RALEIGH, N &. June rs 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 &C
tive Democrats, who shall be elect
ed by the Democratic voters of the
several townships in meetings call
ed by the county executive commit
tee. And said committee SO elect
ed shall elect one Of its memhers 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 and
place that majority Of them may
elect, and shall elect a county exc
cutive committee to consist of not
less than five memb ers, 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 vot-
ers of said township.
l. ~,
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 iii each
township, at the court house door,
and in any Democratic newspaper
that may be published in said coun-
ty, requesting all Democ, ats of the
county to meet in convention in their
respective townships on a common
dav therein stated, which said cay
shall not be less than three days be-
fore the meeting of the county con-
vcntion, for the purpose of electing
their delegates 10 the county con-
ventlons. 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.
g. Each township shall be EMIT
led to cast in the county convention
one vote for every twenty five Dem
ocratic voters, and one vote for
traction 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.
7 That in cases where townships
| consist OF more than one precinct
or ward, each of said precincts or
wards shall ne 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.
o. 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 a majority
OF such townships shall be present
ed in said meeting.
COUNTY AND DISTRICT CoNvEN-
| TIONS.
1.-THE several county convcn
/ tons shall be entitled to elect to their
senatorial, judicial anG congression-
al conventions one delegate and
one alternate for every fifty Demo
cato votes. AMI one delegate for
fractions over twenty-five Demo
cratic voters cast at the la.t proceed
ing guhernatorial election in their
respective counties. and none but
delegates or altelnatc~ so elected
shall he entitled to seat. in SAID con-
ventious; Pro. idcd. That every
county shall have at least oce vote
in each of said conventions.
\ D. The chairman. or in his absence