The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-29
CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
As Amended in State CoLTentlo :, at Col
urnbia, =. c Sept. 6. 'SS.

Article l.-There shall be one or
more Democratic Clubs organized IN
each election precinct, each OF when
Clubs shall have distinct title, "Ihe
Club and
shall elect a President, one or more
Vice-Presidents, a Recording and Cor
responding Secretary. and Treasurer
and shall have the following Working
Committees, of not less than three
members each, viz: \ Committee on
Registration, an Executive Committee,
and such other Committees as to each
Club may seem eXpedient.
ARTICLE II.-lhe meetings of the
Clubs should be frequent after the
opening of the canvass, and some MEM
ber of the Club or invited speaker
deliver an address at each meeting, Il
practicable.
ARTICLE III.-The President shall
have power to call an extra meeting Of
the Club and-members Of the Club
shall constitute quorum for the trans
action Of business.
ARTICLE IV.-The Clubs in each
County shall be held together and
operate under the control of a County
Executive Committee, which shall con-
sist 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 Con-
vention may add.
The Executive Committee, when
elected, shall appoint its own officers
and fill all vacancies which may arise
when the Convention is not in session.
The tenure Of office Of the Executive
Committee shall be until the next
general campaign, unless sooner re-
moved or suspended by the County
Convention.
ARTICLE E.-County Democratic
Conventions shall be composed of dele
gates elected by the several local Clubs
-one delegate for every 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,
according to circumstances. This Con-
vention shall be called together by the
Chairman of the Executive Committee,
under such rules AS each County may
ADOPT, and when assembled shall be
called to order by the Chairman Of the
Executive Committee, and proceed to
elect from among its members Presi
dent. one or more Eice-P Presidents, a
Secretary and Treasurer. The Conven-
ton shall proceed to business, and when
the same is transacted it shall adjourn
| sine die.
ARr1CLE.VI.-The mode and manner
of nominating candidates for County
Offices or for the State, Judicial and
Congressional Conventions shall be
regulated in each County by the respec-
tive County Conventions.
ARTICLE VII.-The State Conven-
ton shall be composed of delegates
from each County, in the numeral
proportion to which that County is
entitled in both branches of the General
Assembly.
ARTICLE VIIT.-The officers shall be
a President, one Vice President from
each Congressional District, two Secre-
! taries, and a Treasurer.
ARTICLE IN.-The State Executive
Committee 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 representing
South Carolina on the National Demo-
cratic Committee shall be er otfciO a
| member of the State Democratic Com
| mittee.
ARTICLE N.-The Executive Com
mittee shall elect its own Chairman
| and other officers, and shall meet at
the call of the Chairman or any five
| members, at such times and places as
be or they may appoint.
ARTICLE NI.-The Executive Com
mittee shall have power, by the vote
| of majority Of the whole Committee,
to call Convention of the Democratic
| Party of the State, at such time and
place as it may designate;a and is charged
with the execution and direction of the
| policy of the party in the State, subject
only to this Constitution, the principles
declared in 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 the assembling of the
next State Convention for the nomina-
ton of a State ticket, unless superseded
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 ill the vacancy; PoWded,
This shall not apply to the office of
Governor when there shall be sufficient
time to call State Convention.
| ARTICLE NII.-When the State De-
nocratic Convention assemblies il shall
| be called to order by the Chairman of
the Safe Ex ,cutive 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 con-
cluded its business, shall adjorn sine
| die. And when Convention is called
by the Executive Committee, such
Convention shall he composed of newly
elected delegates.
| Any County, if it see fit, may at the
same time choose delegates to attend
| t,ro different State Conventions; Pro-
vided, The same be held not more TIN. n
four months apart; Proridcd also, That
notice of the same be given in the call
to elect such delegates. es.-Amendment
Sept. 9Th, 1888.
! ARTICLE NIII.-Representation in
Judicial and Congressional Conventions
shall be OH the same basis as in State
Conventions. A majority of delegates
| shall be present at a Convention to
constitute quorum for nominating a
candidate either for Congress or Solici-
tor. The delegation of each County in
a Congressional or Judicial Convention
shall have power to fill any vacancy in
the delegation. And whenever any
County is or shall be subdivided among