Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-09-25
Constitution OF the Democracy OF
South Carolina.

- Democratic Glub,n and shall
elect a,presidsnt, one or more vice.
presidents, q recording and a CORE.
spending secretary, and a treasurer,
and shall have the following working
committees, of not less than three
members each, viz A committee on
Registration, an executive committee,
and such other committees as to each
club may seem expSdient.
ART. II. The meetings Of the
clubs should be Eloquent after The
opening of the canyass, and some
member Of. the tclub or invited
speaker deliver adj address at each
meeting if practicable.
Arr. III. The president shall have
power to call an extra meeting of
the club and one-fourth of the mem
bers shall constitute. a quorum for
the transaction of business.
ART. Nv. The, clubs in each county
shall be held together and operate
under the control Of o county exeou-
tive committee, which shall consist
of M member from each club, to be
nominated by the respective clubs
and elected by the county convention,
but these powers to tho said exeou-
tive committees do not carry with
them the power to pass upon the
election of members to the county
convention, or their qualification to sit
as members, for this power belongs
to the members of the convention
through the appointment and action
of a committee on credentials, whose
report shall be acted upon as to the
members Of the convention may
seem proper. The executive COM
mittee, when elected, shall appoint
it's own officers, and fill all vacancies
which may arise when the conven-
ton is not in session. The tenure of
office of the executive committee
shall be until the first Monday in
May of each election year, at which
time the. county conventions shall be
called together to re-organize tho
party. Every Presidential election
year these county. conventions in
May shall elect delegates to a State
convention called for the purpose of
eleoting delegates to the National
Democratic Convention and to elect
the members of the National Demo
cratic executive committee from
this State, and such State conven-
ton shall exercise no other power.
This State convention shall be called
by the State executive committee to
meet every Presidential election year
ON the third Wednesday in May, and
the State Democratic nominating
convention shall DO called by the
State Democratic executive commit
tee to meet on the third Wednesday
in September OF each election year.
ART. V. County Democratic con
ventions shall be composed of dele
gates elected by the several local
clubs, one delegate for every twenty
five members, and one delegate for a
majority fraction thereof, with tho
right to each county convention to
enlarge or diminish the representa-
ton according to circumstances. The
county conventions shall DO called
together by the chairman of the re-
spcctive executive committees under
such rules, not inconsistent with this
constitution, rs each county may
adopt, and when assembled, shall be
called to order by the chairman of
tho executive committee, and the
convention shall proceed to nominate
and elect from among its members, a
president, n or more v%ice-presi.
dents, a secretary and a treasurer.
The clubs recognized by the respect
i've county conventions which sent
delegates to the State convention
which met on the August IS, 1890,
shall be recognized as tho only legal
clubs, provided, however, that any
county convention may permit the
formation of a now club or clubs by
a two-thirds vote of it's members;
provided, further, that in all cities
with a population of five thousand
and over, there may be two clubs in
each ward; they shall be organized
in obedience to this constitution as
arc the clubs elsewhere in this State,
and in organizing said clubs they
shall have representation in tho
county conventions respectively, as
said conventions shall declare in &C.
cordance with the provisions of this
constitution.
ART. vi. The State nominating
convention for tho nomination OF
Governor, Lieutcnant.G Governor and