The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-04-08
CONSTITUTION
ID n M Q . n Alto p RT x,
OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
ADOPTED BY the DEMOCRATIC coSyExrioS
HELD IN COLUMBIA, IN 1890.
OF THE

corresponding secretary and . Treasurer.
aud shall have the following working com
mittess Of not less than three members each,
viz: A commit os on registration, an execu-
tive committee, and such other committees ~
10 each club may seem expedisnt.
Article III. The meeting Of the clubs should !
ts frequent after the opening Of the canvass,
and some member Of the club or invited
speaker deliver an address at each meeting,
" practicable.
Article III. The president shall have
power to call IN extra meeting OF the
club and one fourth Of the members shall
constitute Q quorum for the transaction OF
business.
Article Nv. The clubs in each county
shall be held together and operate apier the
control Of county executive committee,
which shall consist Of one member from each
club, to bs nominated by the respective
clubs and elected by the county convention;
but these powers to tho said executive com.
mittee do not carry with them the power to
pass upon the election OF members 10 the
county convention or their qualification to
IN vVfI tvosIou, rnfotry,r-- the
appointment aud action Of committee on
credentials, whose report shall be actod
upon as to the members Of the c INVENTION
may seem proper. lbs executive committee,
when elected, shall appoint its own officers,
buu ult Ill NhChuClcS WHICH ulNy ailcc NHOn
the convention il not in session. The tenure
Of Office Of the executive committee shall be
until the first Monday in May of each cleo
tion year, at which time the county couvsn-
tions shall be called together to reorganizs
the party. Every Presidential election year
these county conventions in May shall eject
delegates to the State convention, called for
the purpose Of electing delegates to tho
national Democratic convention, and to cloct
tho member Of the national Democratic
executive committee from this Stn,e, and
such state convention shall exercise no ether
power. This State convention shali be
called by tho State executive committee to
meet every Presidential election year on tho
third Monday in May. Another State Demo
cratic nominating convention shall be called
by the State Democratic executive committee
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Article, " County Democratic convcn-
< tiops shall be composed Of delegates elected
by the several local clubs. ono delegate for
every twenty five members. and one delegate
for q majority fraction thereof, with the
right to each county convention to enlarge
or diminish the representation according to
circumstances.
The county conventions shall he called
together by the chairmen Of the respective
executive committees under such rulcI nGi
inconsistent with this constitution, nS each
county may adopt, and when assembled shall
be called to order by tho chairman of the
executive committee, and the convention
shall proceed to nominate and elsct from
among its members n president one or NOR,
vice presidents, n secretary and n treasurer
The clubs recognized by the respectiv,
county conventions which sont delegates tt
the State convention which met Oh the 1871
day of August 1890, shall be recognized al
fhe 0Dlv leual cluha rrnvi1aH hn- al
any county convention may permit the for.
nation Of q new club or clubs by two
thirds vote Of its members; provided, further
that in all cities with y population Of 5000
and over, there may be two clubs in each
HAg4 iRiT N fhis .hs1 sl.ts and n -.
ciuos they shall have representation in the
county conventions, respectively, as said
conventions shall declare in accordance with
this Constitution.
Article VI. Tho State nominating con-
vention for tho nomination of Governor.
lieutenant Governor and other State officers
IN looZ, and thereafter, and for electors for
fresldent aud vice President in tho same
year. anu every Presidential year thereafter,
shall DO composed Of delegates from each
county in the numerical proportion TO which
such county is entitled in both brauchc. of
the Gensral Assembly; said delegates are TO
De CHOSEN by primary elections to bs hold On
the last Tuesday in August Of each election
year. the delegates to be elected to receive ~
majority OF the votes cast At this election
only white Democrats shall Re allowed 70
vote, except the negroes who voted for
Henera! Hampton in 1876, and who have
voted the Democratic ticket continuously
slnce, may be allowed to vote The club
rolls OF tue party shall constitute the registry
iist' ani be open to inspection by any mem
Der OF the party, and tho election under thi.
clause shall be held and regulated under the
- ~"N. General Assembly of this State,
approved December 22nd, 1888, and any
subsequent acts Of the Legislature of this
STATE, Second primaries, Thcn necessary,
snail De held two weeks later.
Article VII. The officers of the State con-
vehtlon snail be a president. one vice presi-
dent from each congressional district. two
secretaries and u treasurer
Article VIII. The Statv executive commit.
Tee shall be composed of one member from
ehch county, to be selected by the respective
delegations and elected by The convention.
hsn elected, said executive committee shall
choose Its own officers: shall meet at the call
ofthe chairman or any five members. and
at such time and place us he or they may
appoint.
The member of the Natioual Democratic
Executive Committee from South Cnro'in,
shall be elected by the May State conyen-
ton In 1872, and every five years thereafter.
ana when elected shall be cx otlicio mem
ber OF the State executive committee. Vacan-
cies on said executive committee by death.
resignation or otherwise, shall be i!!lsd by |
the respective county executive committees.
Inc State executive committee is charged |
WIN the execution and direction of the |
policy OF the party in the State, subject TO |
this constitution, the principles declared in |
the platform Of principles and such in>tr,,.-
tons by resolution or otherwise as n State
convention may, from time to time, ADOPT,
and shall continue in Office for two years
from The time Of election, or until the Assem-
bling OF the State nominlting convention,
which meets in September of each election
year. Ii any vacancy shall occur ON the
State ticket or for electors, by death. removal |
or other cause the committee shall have the
power to I'LL the vacancy 10y majority vote
Of the whole committee
Article IN. When the State convention
assemblies, il shall be called to order by the