The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-07-20
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
Constitution of the Democratic Party o.
South Carolina as Adopted in State
Convention, Columbia, Sep
tember 10, 1890

township or Waru, each OF Wn!cn cIuos
shall have President, one or more
Vice Presidents, a Recording and
Corresponding Secretary, and Treas
urer, and shall have the following
working committees, of not less than
three members each, viz: A commit
tee on registration, an executive COM
mittee, and such other committees as
to each club may seem expedient.
Article II. The meetings of the clubs
should be frequent after the opening of
the canvass, and some member Of the
club or invited speaker deliver an ad-
dress at each meeting, if practicable.
Article III. The president shall have
power to call ali extra meeting Of the
club, and one fourth Of the members
shall constitute quorum for the trans
action Of business.
Article ". The clubs in each county
shall be held together and operate un-
der the control Of county executive
committee, which shall consist of one
member from each club, to be nomi-
mated by the respective clubs and
elected by the county convention, but
these powers to the executive commit
tees do not carry with them the powers
to pass upon the election of members
to the county convention, or their quail
ifcation to sit IS members, for this
power belongs to the members of the
convention through the appointment
and action of committee on creden-
tia,s, whose report shall be acted upon
as to the members of the convention
may seem proper. The executive COM
nlittee, 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 De
until the first Monday in May Of each
election year, at which time the county
convention shall be called together to
organize the party. Every Presidential
election year these county conventions
in May shall elect delegates to the State
convention called for the purpose Of
electing delegates to the National Dem
ocratic Convention, and to elect the
membe. of the National Democratic
Executive Committee from this State,
and such State Convention shall eXer-
else no other power. This State Con-
vention shall be called by the State Ex-
ecutive Committee to meet every Pres
idential election year on the third
Wednesday in May, and the State
Democratic Nominating Convention
shall be called by the State Democratic
Executive Committee to meet on the
third Wednesday in September of each
election year.
Article V. County Democratic Con-
ventions shall be composed of delegates
elected by the several local clubs, one
delegate for every twenty-five men,
bers, and one delegate for majority
fraction thereof, with the right to each
county convention to enlarge or dimin-
ish the representation according to
circumstances. The county conven-
ton shall be called together by the
chairmen of the respective executive
committees under such rules, not in
consistent with this constitution, as
each county may adopt, and when as
sembled shall be called to order by the
chairman of the executive committee,
and the convention shall proceed to
nominate and elect from among its
members a president, one or more vice
presidents, secretary and treasurer.
The clubs recognized by the respective
county conventions which sent dele.
gates to the State Convention which
met on August l3, 1890, shall be recog-
nized as the only legal clubs, provided,
however, that any county convention
may permit the formation of new
club or Clubs by a two-thirds vote Of
its members; provided, further, that in
all cities with q population of five thou
sand and over three may be two clubs
in each ward; they shall be organized
in obedience 10 this Constitution as are
the clubs elsewhere in this State, and
organizing said clubs they shall have
representation in the county conven-
tioss, respectively, as said conventions
shall declare in accordance with the
provisions of this Constitution.
Article VI. The State Nominating
Convention for the nomination of Gov
srnor, Lieutenant-G and other
State officers in 1892 and thereafter,
and for electors for President and Vice
President in the same year and every
Presidential year thereafter, shall be
composed Of delegates from each
county, in the numerical proportion to
which such county is entitled in both
branches of the General Assembly, said
delegates to be chosen by primary
elections to be held on the last Tuesday
in August of each election year; the
delegates elected to receive a majority
Of the votes cast. At this election only
white Democrats shall be allowed to
vote, except that negroes who voted
for Gen. Hampton in 1876 and who
have voted the Democratic ticket con-
tinuously constitute the registry list
and shall be open to inspection by any
member Of the party and the election
under this clause shall be held and reg
ulated under the Act of the General
Assembly of this State, approved De-
cember %, 1883, and any subsequent
Acts o. the Legislature of this State.
Second primaries, when necessary,
shall be held two weeks later
Article VII. The officers OF the State
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