The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-07-08
o~ hip Organization.

heretofore adopted by the state Demo
cratic Committee Tor thu guidance of The
party
Township Organization.
1. The uuIt Of county organization shall
be the township In each township there
shall he an Executive Committee To con
%ISi Of five active Democrats. who shall be
elected 10y the Democratic voters of the
several townships in meetings called by
the Comfy Executive Committee. And
said committee So elected shall elect one
Of lt~ members rs chairman who shalt
preside al AL committee meeting,
,. The several Township Executive Com
mittees shall convene at the meetings Of
The several County Conventions. or at any
time and place that a majority of them
may elect and shall elect a County Exec
utlVc Committee, to consist of not less
than five members, one Of whom shall be
designated As chairman, who shall preside
at All Of said committee meetings
, In case there shall be a failure on the
part of any township to elect its Executive
Committee for the period of thirty days,
the County Executive Committee shall APP
point SAID committee from the Democratic
voters of said township.
l. The members of the Township Com
mittecs shall elect to any vacancy occur
/
,. The County Executive Committee
shall call all necessary County Conven-
tions by giving at least ten days notice by
public advertisement in three public places
III each township, at the court house door,
and in any Democratic newspaper that
may be published III said county, request
ing all Democrats Of the county to meet in
convention III their respective townships,
on a common day therein stated, which
said day shall not be less than three days
before the meeting of the County Conven-
ton, for the purpose of electing their del
egates to the County Conventions. There
upon the conventions so held shall elect
their delegates TO represent the townships
III the County Conventions from the voters
Of the respective townships, which dele
gates, or such of them as shall attend
shall vote the full Democratic strength of
their respective townships on all questions
that may come before the said County
Conventions. III 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 APP
point such delegates.
6. Each township shall be entitled to
cast in the County Convention one vote
for every twenty-five Democratic votes,
and one vote for fractions of fifteen Dem
Ocratic votes cast 10y that township at 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.
:. In cases where townships consist of
more than one ward or precinct, each of
said wards or precincts shall be entitled
to send delegates to County Conventions,
and shall cast its proportionate part of its
townships vote, based upon the last pre-
cedlng vote for Governor in said township.
s. The chairman of township commit
tees shall preside at all township conven-
tions: in their absence any other member
Of said committees may preside.
8. In cases where all the Township Ex-
ecutive Committees are required to meet
for the purpose of electing County EXecu-
tive Committees, said meetings shall be
deemed to have quorum when a ma jOrity
of such townships shall be represented in
said meeting.
County and District Conventions.
I. The several County Conventions shall
be entitled to elect to their Senatorial, Ju-
dicial and Congressional Conventions, one
delegate and one alternate for every fifty
Democratic votes, and one delegate for
fractions over twenty-five Democratic
votes cast at the last preceding Guberna-
tOrial election in their respective counties,
and none but delegates or alternates so
elected shall be entitled to seats in said
Provided, That every coun-
ty shall have at least one vote in each Of
said conventions.
,. The chairman, or in his absence any
member of the County, Senatorial, Judi
cial and Congressional Committee shall
TO boir
and hold the craftsmanship thereof until
the convention shall elect its chairman
3. The Executive committee of the Sen
Congressional and Judicial Dis
tricts, respectively, shall, at the call of
their respective chairmen, meet at some
time and place in their respective districts,
designated in said call. And it shall be
their duty to appoint the time and place
for holding conventions in their respective
and the chairmen of said respec
tive committees shall Immediately notify
the chairmen of the different County En-
exutive Committees of said appointment,
and the said County Executive Commit
tees shall forthwith call conventions of
their respective counties in conformity to
said notice, to send delegates to said re
SpectIVc District Conventions.
State Conventions.
/. The State Convention shall be com
posed of delegates appointed by the several
County Conventions Each county shall
be entitled to elect one delegate and one
alternate for every one hundred and fifty
Democratic votes, and one delegate for
fractions over seventy-five Democratic
votes cast therein at the last preceding
election; and none but dele
gates or alternateS 50 elected shall be en-
titled to seats in said convention: Prcvld
ed, That every county shall have at least
one vote in said convention.
General Rules.
/. Such delegates COR alternates OF absent
delegates) as may be present at any Dem
ocratic convention shall be allowed to cast
the whole vote to which their township or
county may be entitled.
,. In all conventions provided for by
this system, after a vote Is cast there shall
be no change in such vote until the final
result of the ballot shall be announced by
the chairman of said convention.
B. All Democratic Executive Commit
tees shall have the power to fill any va
cancv occurring in their respective bodies
t. That the charmen of the different
County Conventions shall certify the list
of delegates and tlternateS to the different
District and State Conventions, and GER
titled list of said delegates and alternateS
to the State Conventions shall be sent to
Secretary of the State Central Committee.
For the Committe,
r. H. BATTLE, Chairman
b. G. BECKWITH, Secretary.
In Hopeless Minority.