Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-07-14
SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRACY.


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CONSTITUTION OF I'll DEMOCRATIC 4
TY OF U CAROLINA, rs AMENDED IN
CONVENTION, At COLUMBIA, s. c., AUGUST
2, 1882.
ARTICLE /. There shall be one or more
Democratic clubs organized in each election
precinct, each of which clubs shall have a
distinct title, "The- Democratic Club"
and shall elect a president, one or more
vice-presidents, arecording and correspond
ing secretary and a treasurer; and shall have
the following working committees, of not
less than three members each, viz: a COM
mittee on registration, an executive COM
mittee and such other committees as to
each club may seem eXpedient.
ART. II. The meetings of the clubs should
and some member of the club or invited
speaker deliver an address at each meeting,
if practicable.
ART. III. The president shall have power
to call an extra meeting of the club, and
- members of the club shall constitute
of quorum for the transaction of business.
ART. ". The clubs in each county shall
be held together and operate under the
control 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
vacancies which may arise When the con-
v~ention is not in session. The tenure OF
office of the executive committee shall be
until the next general campaign unless soon
er removed or suspended by the county
convention.
ART. V. County Democratic conventions
shall be composed of delegates elected by
the several local clubs-one delegate for ev-
cry club, and an additional delegate for
every twenty-five (25) enrolled members
with the right to each county convention to
enlarge or diminish the representation, &C.
cording 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 assem-
bled shall be called to order by the chair
man of the executive committee, and pro-
coed to elect from among its members a
president, one or more vice-presidentS, a
secretary and treasurer. The convention
shall proceed to business, and when the
same is transacted it shall adjourn sine die.
ART. vi. The mode and manner of NOM
mating candidates for county offices, or for
the State, Judicial and Congressional Con-
ventions, 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. VIII. The officers shall be a presi-
dent, one vice-president from each Congress
sional district, two secretaries and a treas
urer.
ART. TX. The State Executive Commit
tee shall be composed of three from each
Congressional district. The delegates from
the counties comprising the Congressional
district to nominate the candidates from
that district, and the convention shall then
proceed to an ELECTION. The member repre-
sentingSouth Carolina in the National Dem
ocratic Committee shall be er-06fciO a men,
Der of the State Democratic Committee.
ART. X. The Executive Committee shall
elect its W chairman and other officers,
and shall meet at the call Of the chairman or
any five members, at such time and places
as he or they may appoint.
ART. XI. The Executive Committee shall
have power, by the vote of a majority. OF
the whole committee, to call a 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 policy of the part in the State, subject
only to this Constitution, the principles de-
clared in the platform, and such instructions,
by resolution or otherwise, as the State Con-
vention may from time to time adopt and
shall continue in office for two years from
the time of election, or until the assem-
bling of the next State Convention for the
nomination of a State ticket unless super
seeded by the action of the State Convention.
And if any vacancy on the State ticket be
occasioned by death, removal, 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 Con-
vention.
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 a temporary
president, and shall proceed Immediately
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
a convention is called by the Executive
Crmmittee, such convention shall be com
posed OF newly elected delegates.
ART. NH. Representation in Judicial
and Congressional conventions shall be on
the same basis as in State Conventions. A
majority of delegates shall be present at a
convention to constitute a quorum for NOM
mating a candidate either for Congress or
solicitor. The delegation of each county in
a Congressional or Judicial convention shall
have power to fill any vacancy in the dele
cation. 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 be elected by the Dem
ocratic convention, and apportioned among
the respective Congressional subdivisions of
the county in proportion to population.
In every convention to nominate a can
didate for Congress or for the office OF sollc-
itor, a majority of the votes shall be neces-
sary to a choice, and the votes shall be
taken viUu rOce and recorded, unless there
be but one candate, in which event the vote
may be taken by reclamation. AS soon as
a Congressional or Judicial convention has
nominated the party candidate for Con-
gress or solicitor, it shall adjourn sine die;
and whenever a candidate to fill an uneX-
pired term of either Office has to be nOmi-
mated, it shall be done by a new convention
of delegates fresh from the people. The eX.
ecutive committee of each Congressional
district or Judicial circuit shall consist Of
the several county chairmen of the respect
i've counties and parts of counties compos-
ing such district or circuit, which commit
tee shall elect it's own chairman, secretary
and treasurer, who shall continue in office
for two years in a district and four yearsin a
circuit, respectively, or until their success
sors shall have been elected. 1t shall re-
quire the consent of a majority of the whole
executive committee in any district or cir
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