The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-05-10
TIE LAW OF TIE PARTY.
DEMOCRATIC CKEGULATIONsIN SOUTH
CAROLINA.
The Consl .rution as Amended by tho State
Convention, August q, 1896.

election precincl, each of which clubs
shall have distinct title, "The--
Democratic club" and shall elect Il
President, one or more Vice Presidents,
Il Recording and Corresponding Secrcta-
ry, and u Treasurer; and shall have the
following working committees, of not
less than three members each, viz: A
Committee on Registration, an Execu-
tive Committee, and such other commit
tees rs to each club may seem expedient.
ART. Ii. The meeting of tho clubs
should be frequent after tho opening of
| tho canvass, and SomC member of the
club or invited speaker deliver au ad-
dress at each meeting, if practicable.
AKr. LII. The president shall have
power to call un extra meeting of the
club, And----mcmbcrs Of tho club shall
constitute IL quorum for tho transaction
Of business.
ART. ". The clubs in each county
shall be held together and operate under
the contr u of Il County Executive Com
mlttcc, which shall consist Of one mem
bcr from each club, to be nominated by
tho respective clubs, and elected by the
county convention, and Snch other
members us the convention may add.
| The Executive Committee, when elect
all vacaucIcs which may arise when the
convention is not in session. The tenure
Of Office Of the Executive Committee
shall he until the next general campaign,
unless sooner removed or suspended b>
the county convention.
AKr. Y. County Democratic conven-
tons shall be composed of delegates
elected by the several local cmbs-one
GllpDDtn l,,11 Il la
al delegate for every twenty five (25) en-
rolled members with the right to each
county convention to enlarge or dimin-
lSh the representation, according to
circumstances. This convention shall
be called together by the chairman of
tho executive committee, under such
rules rs each county may adopt, and
when assembled shall be called to order
| by the chairman Of the executive COM
mlLtcc, and proceed to elect from among
ITS members II President, one or more
Nlce-Presldcnts, Secretary and Treas
uror. The convention shalt proceed to
| BUSINESS, and when tho same is trans
acted it shall adjourn sine die.
ART. vi. The mode and manner Of
nominating candidates for county Offices
or for the state, Judicinl and Congress
sional conventions shall be regulated in
each county by the respective county
conventions.
ART. VII. The State Convention shall
be composed OF delegates from each
county, i'll the numerical proportion to
winch that county Ii entitled in both
branches of the General Assembly.
ART. VIII. The officers sIlnl be a |
President, one Vice President from each
Congressional District, two Secretaries
and II Treasurer.
ART IN. The State Executive Com
mittco shall be composed Of three from
each Congressional District. The dele
gates from the counties comprising the
Congressional District to nominate the
candidate from that district, and the
convention shall then proceed to an
election. The member representing |
South Carolina on the National Demo
cratic Committee shall be cx.otlcio a
member Of the State Democratic Com
mlttcC.
ART. X. The Executive Committee
shall elect it's own chairmum and other
officers, and shall meet at the call of the
chairman or any five mcmbc g, ut such
times and places as he or they may APP
point.
ART. ~ The Executive Committee
Hluli nave power, ny ln0 vote Oh 81 |
minority o the whole committee, to call |
, convention Of the Democratic party of |
DO State. Mt such times and places us it |
mny dcSiguato; and is clIurged with the |
execution and direction of the policy of
the purity in the State, subject only to
this cOnstition, the principles declared
i'll the platform, and such Instructions,
by resolution or otherwise, as the State
Convention may from time to time
adopt; and shall continue in Office for |
two years from the time Of election, or
until tho assembling Of the next State |
Convention for the nomination of II
State ticket, unless superseded by the |
action of the State convention. And if |
any vacancy on the State ticket be |
occasloned 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 State convention.
ART. MI. When the State Demo
cratic convention assemblies il shall be
called to order by the chairman of the
State Executive Committee; shall elect
temporary President, and shall proceed
Immediately to the election Of permanent
officers and the transaction of business.
The convention, when it has con