The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-25
OUR POLITICAL CHART.
The State Constitution as Adopted In state
Convention at Columbia. s. c., septem-
Der 10, $50, and Amended in State
Convention at Columbia, Septem-
bez FL, 1892.

Der 10, $50, and Amended In StAte
Convention at Columbia SepteIn-
bez FL, 1892.
Article !. There shall be one or more
Democratic Clubs organized in each
Township or Ward, each OF which
Clubs shall have distinct title, "The
Democratic Club" and shall
elect q president, one or more vice
presidents, a recording and a cores
ponding secretary, and treasurer, end
shall have the following working COM
mittees. of not less than three members
each, viz: A Committee on Registra-
ton, an Executive committee, and
such other committees as to each club
may seem expedient.
Art. 2. 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, ifpracticable.
Article 5. The president shall have
power to call an extra meeting Of the
club, and one-fourth Of the members
shall constitute quorum for the trans
action of business.
Art. 4. The clubs In each county
shall be held together and operate un-
der the control of a County Executive
Committee, which shall consist of enc
member from Zach club, to be elected
by the respective clubs, but these
powers to the said Executive Commit
tees do not carry with them the power
to pass upon the election of members
of the county convention, or their quail
ification to sit as members, for this
power belongs to the members OF the
convention through the appointment
and action of committee on creden-
tials, whose report shall be acted upon
as the members of the convention may
deem proper. The Executive Com
mittee, when elected, shall appoint its
own officers, who shall not necessarily
be members of said Committee, and
fill all vacancies which may arise when
the convention is not in session; pro-
vided that any officer 80 elected, who
is not a member of the committee,
shall not be entitled to vote on any
question, except the chairman, and
then only in case of tie vote. The
tenure of office of the Executive Com
mittee shall be until the first Monday
in August of each election year, at
which time the County Conventions
shall be called together to reorganize
the parry. Every Presidential year
County Conventions shall be called by
the County Executive Committee in
May and shall elect delegates to
State Convention called for the pur-
pose of electing delegates to the Ma
tionai Democratic Convention, and to
elect the member of the National Dem
ocratic Executive Committee for this
State, and such State Convention shall
exercise no other power. This State
Convention shall be called by the
State Executive Committee to meet
every Presidential election year on the
third Wednesday in May, and the
State Democratic Nominating Conven-
ton shall be called by the State Demo-
cratic Executive Committee to meet
on the third Wednesday in September
of each election year.
Art. 5. County Democratic Conven-
tions shall be composed OF delegates
elected by the several local clubs, one
delegate for every twenty-five voters,
as shown by the poll list made at the
preceding first primary election, and
one delegate. for majority fraction
thereof, with the right to each County
Convention to enlarge or dimihish the
representation according to circum-
stances. The County Conventions
shall be called together by the chair
man of the respective Executive Com
mittees under such rule, not inconsist-
ent with the Constitution nor with the
rules adopted by the State Democratic
Executive Committee, as each County
may adopt, and when assembled 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 delegates to
the State Convention which met on
August 13, 1890, shall be recognized as
the only legal clubs: Provided, howeuer,
That any County Convention may per
NIT the formation of a new club or
clubs by a majority vote of its men,
bers: Prorided, further, That in all
cities with population of 5000 and
over there may be two clubs in each
Ward; they shall be organized in obe-
dience to this Constitution, as are the
clubs elsewhere in this State, and in
organizing said clubs they shall have
representation in the County Conven-
tions, respectively, as said Conventions
shall declare in accordance with the
provisions of this Constitution.
Art. s. The Nominating Convention
for the nomination of Governor, Lieu
tenant Governor and other State Off
GERS, in 1892 and thereafter, and for
electors for President and Vice Presi-
dent in the same year and every Presi-
dart;ol vaor thareaft shall he com.