The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-06-28
PLAN ORGANIZATION
Of the Democratic Party of North
Carolina.
Rooms OF THE STATE

ship there shall be an executive COM
mittee, to consist of five active Demo
Gratis, who shall be elected by the
Democratic voters of the several town
ships in meetings called by the county
executive committee and said COM
mittees SO elected shall elect one
of its members as chairman who shall
preside at all committee meetings.
2. The several township executive
committees shall convene at the meet
ings of the several county conventions,
or at any time and place that a
majority OF them may elect, and shall
elect county executive committee, TO
consist of not less than five members,
one of whom shall be designated as
chairman, who shall preside at all OF
the said committee meetings.
:. In case there shall be failure
on the part of any township to elect
its executive committee for the period
of thirty days, the county executive
committee shall appoint said com
mittee from the Democratic voters Of
said township.
4. The members Of the township
committees shall elect to any vacancy
occurring in said committees.
:. The county executive committee
shall call all necessary county con-
ventions by giving at least 10 days
notice by public advertisement in three
public places in each township, at the
court house door, and in any Demo-
cratic newspaper that may be published
in said county, requesting all Demo-
Gratis of the county to meet in con-
vention in their respective townships
on a common day therein stated,
which said day shall not be less than
three days before the meeting Of the
county convention, for the purpose OF
electing their delegates to the county
convention.
Thereupon the conventions so held
shall elect their delegates to represent
the townships in the county conven-
tons from the voters of the respective
townships, which delegates, or such of
them as shall attend, shall vote the full
Democratic strength of their respective
townships on all questions that may
come before the said county conven-
tons. In case no convention shall be
held in any township in pursuance of
said call, or no election shall be made,
the township executive committee shall
appoint such delegates.
6. Each township shall be entitled
to cast in the county convention one
vote for every twenty-five Democratic
votes, and one vote for fractions OF
fifteen Democratic votes cast by the
last preceding gubernatorial election
Provided, That every township shall
be entitled to cast at least one vote,
and each township may send as many
delegates as it may see fit.
7. In cases where townships con-
sist of more than one ward or pre-
cinct, each of said wards or precincts
shall be entitled to send delegates to
county conventions, and shall cast its
proportonate part of its township vote
based upon the last preceding vote for
Governor in said township.
s. The chairmen of township COM
mittees shall preside at all township
conventions. In their absence any
other member of said committee may
preside.
9. In cases where all the township
executive committees are required to
meet for the purpose of electing county
executive committees, said meetings
shall be deemed to have a quorum
when a majority of such townships
shall be represented in said meeting.
| COUNTY AND DISTRICT CONVENTION.
I. The several county conventions
shall be entitled to elect to their
senatorial, judicial and congressional
conventions one delegate and one
alternate for every 50 Democratic
voters, and one delegate for fractions
of over IS Democratic votes cast
at the last preceding gubernational
election in their respective counties,
and none but delegates or alternates
SO elected shall be entitled to seats
in said convention; Provided, That
every county shall have at least one
vote in each of said conventions.
TAT meeting of the State Execu-
tive Committee, held March end,
1892, the following provision was
adopted and recommended to the
county conventions for their favorable
action, not to be binding however, on
any convention unless adopted by it,
| viz:
Provided, That in all county con-
ventions in which delegates shall be
selected to attend any State, congress
sional, judicial or other convention, a
vote shall be taken in accordance with
the plan of organization as to the
candidates whose names may be pre-
sented to such county convention.
The delegates shall be selected from
the friends and supporters of each
candidate voted for in proportion to
the number of votes he shall receive in
such county convention, and no other
instructions shall be given: Provided,
That when only one candidate is
presented and voted for at such county
convention it shall be lawful to in
struct for such candidate
?. The chairman, or in his absence
any member of the County, Senatorial,
Judicial and Congressional committee,
shall call to order their respective
conventions, and hold the chairman
ship thereof until the convention shall
elect its chairman.
3. The executive committees of
the Senatorial, Congressional and
Judicial districts, respectively, shall at
the call of their respective chairmen,
meet at some time and place in their
respective districts, designated in said
call. And it shall be their duty TO
appoint the time and place for holding