The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-07-10
DEMOCRATIC PLAN OF OR
GANIZATION.

GANIZATION.
The following is the plan of
organization heretofore adopted
by the State Democratic Com
mittee for the guidance of the
party:
TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION
/. The unit of county organi-
cation shall be the township.
In each township here shall be
an executive committee, to CON
sist Of five active Democrats,
who shall be elected by the
Democratic voters of the same
townships in meetings called
by the county executive com
Inittee. And said committee
SO elected shall elect one of it's
members as chairman, who
shall preside at all committee
meetings.
2. The several township exc
cutive committees shall con-
vene at the meetings of the
several county conventions; or
at any time and place that q
majority Of them may elect,
and shall elect a county execu
tive committee, to consist of
not less that FIVE members, one
Of whom shall be designated as
chairman, who shall preside at
all Of said committee meetings.
3, In case there shall 1a 2
failure on the part OF any town
ship TO elect its executive com
nittee for the period II thirty
days, the county executive com
nittee shall appoint said com
mittee from the Democratic
voters Of said township.
t. The lnem bers Of the town
ship committees shall elect to
any vacancy occurring i'll said
committee.
3. The County Executive
Committee shall call all neces
sary county conventions by
giving at least ten days notice
by public advertisement in
three public places in each
township, at the court house
door, and in any Democratic
newspaper that may be publish
ed III said county, requesting all
democrats OF the county to
meet i'll convention IN their
respective townships on a com
mon day therein stated, which
said day shall not be less than
three days before the meeting
OF the county convention, for
the purpose of electtng their
delegates to the conventions.
Theroupon the conventions SO
held shall elect their delegates
to represent the townships in
the county conventions from
the votes of the respective
townships, which delegates, or
such Of them as shall attend,
shall vote the full Democratic
strength of their respective
townships on ali questions that
may come before the said coun-
ty convention. In case no con-
lentioi, shall be held in any
township in pursuance Of said
call, Or 10 election committee
shall appoint 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 Democratic votes cast by
that township at the last pre-
ceeding gubernato elections:
Provided, that every township
shall be entitled to cast at leas.
one vote, and each township
may send as many delegates as
Is sees fit.
I. 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 con-
ventiOns, AID shall cast It's pro
portlonate part Of its townships
vote, based upon the last pre-
ceeding vote for Governor in
said township.
s. The chairman Of township
comm tees shall preside at all
township conventions. In their
absence any other member of
said committee may preside.
8. In cases when all the town.
ship executive committees are
required to meet for tie pur-
pose of electing a county exc
cutive committee, said meeting
shall be deemed to have a
majority of such townships
shall he represented in said
meeting.
| COUNTY AND DISTRICT CoNyEN-
TONS.
l. The several county con
ventions shall be entitled to