The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-28
CALLED TO CONVENE
Texas Democracy to Meet in
Convention August a,
TO Put a State Ticket in the Field and
Adopt 4 Platform.

committee, has Issued the folio wing
call:
Waco, Tex, March u, 1894.
To the Democratic party Of Texas:
BY virtue of the authority vested
in me by the Democratic executive
committee of the state of Texas:
i. | hereby call Democratic
state convention to be holden In the
city of Dallas, Dallas county, Tex,
at ii O'Clock a. m, Tuesday, the
l4th day Of August, 1894, for the
purpose of making Democratic
nominations to fill the state Offices
2. The basis of representation
recommended in the sald state con-
vention is that each county have
one vote for each 800 votes or a
fraction Of 80 votes or over caat
for the Democratic presidential
electors at the general election in
1892 in such county, provided that
each organized county in the state
shall have at least one vote in the
said state convention; but no organ
lied county to which an unOrganized
county or counties may be attached
for judicial purpose shall have the
right TO cast the vote of such I'M
organized county or counties And
each county entitled to representa-
ton in said convention shall b. its
primaries elect delegates to said
convention to cast its vote.
3. The test recommended for atlil
iation in the tmocratic primaries
and conventions, to be holden
throughout the state in 1894, is the
vote for the Presidential Demo.
cratic electors at the general cleo
tion in 1892; and no person, who
was then of age, and did not so
vote, unless prevented by sickness,
absence or other good cause, and no
person who will not pledge himself
to abide by the action of the state
Democratic convention, hereby
called, shall be allowed to partici-
pate in the Democratic primaries.
Such other tests in addition to the
foregoing may be resorted to, if es-
sential, to protect the primaries
from adverse organizations.
4. Vacancies in the Offices of
county chairman may be filed by
appointment made by any member
of the state Democratic executive
committee in whose district sold
county may be situated; or if there
be full corps of precinct chairmen
in the county of such vat ancy, they
may meet and elect county chair.
man to till such vacancy, and county
chairmen, by appointment, will ill
all vacancies in precinct chairmen.
s, All county or precinct chair
men appointed during the cam
paign in 1892, or since, or those
elected by any organ, zation, arr
respectfully requested to disbanC
and yield to the county and precinc
chairmen elected by the reguls
organized conventions.
6. The state Democratic conven
ton of 1892 adopted the following
resolution:
"W hereas, A difference Of opin
ion exists among Democrats in thi
state relative to the policy of adopt
ing the two.thirds rule in the nomi
nation of state officers; therefor
be it
Resolved, That the state Demo
cratic executive committee is hereb
instructed to refer this question t.
the several precinct and county con
ventlons for their action for futur
state conventions.
Now in obedience to the foregc
ing resolution, each county will de
termine for itself in its primarie
and county conventions Its choic
in making state nominations, an
accordingly instruct its delegates 4
the state convention.
7. 1t is recommended that Demo
cratic clubs be organized in eac
voting precinct in Texas 10y enroll
ing the IN mbers, and the electio
of Il president and secretary AM
such Other officers as ia necessary
that the names and addresses @
such officers and number OF men
bership of such clubs be repor, e
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