Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-06-05
The Document Under Wh'ah we Work.
CoNsTiTuT1oN or THE DEMOCRATIC
.Ss8 q PARTY or TifE STATE OF
ssss8l SOUTH CAROLINA.

little Of its provisions, and as a mat
ter of interest because it is likely to
be much discussed this year. Cut it
out and keep it:
Article 1. Thcre shall be one or
more Democratic Clubs organized in
/. each election precinct, each of which
clubs shall have distinct title.
$$"rhe ---- Democratic club" and
shall elect a president, one or more
! yice-presidents, q recording and cor
1 responding secretary, and trcasu-
+ rer; and shall have the following
working committees, of not less
than three members each, viz: n
committee on registration, an exccu-
y tive committee and such other COM
Y mittees rs to each club may seem
+ @expedient.
Art. 9. The meetings of tho clubs
should be frequent after the opening
q of the canvass, and some member of
the club or invited speaker deliver
m address ot o,cb moot;na e ,r,c
ticablc.
Art. 3. The president shall have
power to call an extra meeting Of
the cIub. and - members of tho
club shall constitutc !, ouorum for
tho tr,nsoct;o, of hns;,css
Art. d. The clubs in each co,ntv
shall bo hold touo,hor ond o,oroto
under tho control of . co,,ntv nxoc,
two c,nm;tton which sboli o,,s;.t
Of ono mcmbcr from oocb ,lnb 10
bc nominated NV Tho rosnoc,;vn cluhs
and elected bv thc county conv,n-
t;on ond srob ,,bor mon,,,ors 90 .ho
convention nav add,
rho oyocu,;,,o oon,,,;,t,o ,,Lo,,
elected shall ,nno;nt lis own o,,;cors
and fiji NIL vacancies which NAV
arise whon tho convention IS no, in
session. The tcnprc of of);cc or tho
executive conm;ttcc shall bc mill
tho ncxt unnorol r,m,o;u, un1os,
sooner ,cmoycd or susnnndcL NV Tho
countv convention
Art & Countv Democratic ,on-
yentions shall bc comnoscd Of 1clc-
rates elected bv ,bc scvcrol local
clubs-onc dclcootc for every club
and an additional delegate for every
TWENTY-FIVE (25) enrolled members
with tho riubt to cocb comfy CON-
vcntion to enlarge or diminish the
representation, according to circ,m-
stances. This convention shall be
called tomcthcr bv lhc chairman of
the executive committee. under such
rules as each county nav odont. and
when assembled shall be called TO or
der by the chairman Of the cyccu-
tive committee. and procccd to elect
from among its members a urcs;,lcnt,
one or moro viccprcsi,lcnts, a sccre-
tarv and treasurer. The convention
shall proceed to business, and when
the same is transacted it shall adj
iourn sine die.
Art, G. The mode and manner Of
nominating candidates for county
offices or for the State, Judicial and
Congressional conventions shall be
regulated i'm each county by the re-
spcctivc county conventions.
Art. 7. The State convention shall
be COMPOSED of DELEGATES from each
county, in the numerical proporti6n
to which that county is entitled in
both branches of the General Assem-
bly,.
Art. 8. The officers shall he
president, one vice president from
each Congressional district, two
secretaries and u treasurer.
Art. 9. The State executive com
mittce shall be composed of three
from each Congressional district.
The delegates from the counties
comprising the Congressional district
to nominate the candidates from that