The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-27

Of delegates to which each district is
entitled, and publish the same in due
time before each convention.
Rule, 0, The County Committee
shall consist Of three members from
each election district, who shall be Sc
lected at the annual County Meeting.
Said committee shall choose a chair
man who may be one of their own
number or not, as they may elect, and
any five Of them shall be a quorum
when called together by the Chairman.
and notice Of their appointment and
the time and place of meeting shall be
given by the President of the county
meeting at which they were appointed.
Rule, Z. The delegate elections shall
be by ballot, and all delegates must re-
side in the district they we're elected to
represent, but in case Of Sbsence a sub
stitute may be made by the delegate,
and on failure to make such substitute
his colleagues may all the vacancy.
Rule, 8. The credentials Of the dele
gates shall be sent or delivered to the
chairman of the county committee as
soon after the election as practicable,
who shall make and return TO the con
vention list of the delegates, together
with the credentials received by him.
Upon all questions the vote in conven.
tion shall be taken viva Yoce, and any
five members may require the yeas and
nays upon any question pending. In
the nomination Of candidates each
delegate shall rise and pronounce dis
tinctly the name of the candidate for
whom he votes, which shall be repeated
by the Secretary as the vote is marked
down.
Rule, 8. The proceedings Of each
convention shall be carefully recorded
by the secretaries, in book to be kept
for that purpose by the chairman of
successive county committees.
Rule, 10. All county nominations, ap-
pointments Of conferees and delegates
to States conventions, shall be made in
the county convention, but in case of a
failure so to do by any convention the
county committee may make the ap.
pointmentst thus left vacant and also flll
vacancies ACQUIRING either on county
ticket, state delegates or district con
ferees.
Rule, IL. In convention majority
of all the votes cast shall be necessary
to make nomination; and no person
shall be excluded from the list of can
didates until after the fifth ballot,
when the person receiving the lowest
number of votes shall be deemed with
drawn; and so on at each successive
ballot until nomination is made.
Rule, -. No person shall have a
right to vote for delegates at a delegate
election who failed to support the
Democratic ticket at the previous gen
eral election.
Rule, ID. In convention the nomina-
ton of conferees and delegates to State
Conventions shall be taken up first,
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shall be made for the several offices to
be filled at the ensuing election in the
order set forth in the Sherif's procla-
nation; and shall be balloted for in
the same order; and in all ballots the
districts shall be called alphabetically.
Rule, IA. If it shall be made to ap-
pear to the satisfaction of majority
of the convention that any candidate
before it for nomination to any office
shall have offered or paid ony money
or valuable thing, or made any promise
of money or valuable thing to take
effect in future, as an inducement. to
any delegate to vote for him, or any
other person with the view of inducing
or securing the votes of delegates; or
if the same shall be done by any other
with the knowledge or appreciation of
such candidate, the name of such can
didate shall be Immediately struck
from the list of candidates, or if such
fact be ascertained after his nomina-
ton to any office and before the final
adjournment, the nomination shall be
struck from the ticket, and the vacancy
be supplied by new nomination; and
in either case such person shall be
ineligible to any nomination by CON
vention, or to election as delegate for
a period of two years.
Rule, 10. If any delegate shall re-
ceive any money or other valuable
thing or accept the promise of money
or any or other valuable thing or any
pecuniary advantage to be gained, de
livered or secured in the future, either
to himself, or to any other person for
him, from any candidate or other per.
son for such candidate, as an induce
ment for his vote or under any other
pretext, uDon proof OF the fact TO the
satisfaction of a majority of conven.
tion such delegate shall be forthwith
expelled and shall not be received as
delegate to any future convention for
period Of two years, and during that
time shall also be ineligible for any
party nomination. Gases arising under
this and the next proceeding rule shall
have precedence over all other bust.
ness in convention until determined.
Rule, l6. The foregoing rules may
be altered or amended at any annual
County Convention by a vote of two
thirds of all the delegates present.
Provided: two weeks previous notice
be given Of such intended amendment
by publication in the county papers.