The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-09
Democratic Plan Of Organization.

/. The unit Of county organization
shall be the township. In each town
ship there shall he an executive com
mittee. to consist Of five active Demo
Gratis who shall he elected by the Demo
cratic voters Of the several townships III
meetings called by the county executive
committee. And said committees 50
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,
OF at any time and place that majority
Of them may elect, and shall elect a
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 com
mIttee meetings.
,. In case there shall be failure on
the part Of any township to elect It's
executive committee for the period Of
thirty days, the county executive com
mittee shall appoint said committee
from the Democratic voters of sad
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 cOnven-
tons 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 Democratic
newspaper that may be published IN
sad county, requesting all Democrats
OF the county to meet IN convention III
their respective townships on common
day therein stated, which said day shall
not be less than three days before the
meetings Of the county convention, Tor
the purpose Of electing their delegates
to the county convention.
Thercupon the conventions so held
shall elect their delegates to represent
the townships in the county conven-
tions 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 conventions
In case no convention shall be held in
any township IN pursuance to said call
or no election shall be made. the town
ship executive committee shall appoint
such delegates.
6. Each township shall be entitled
to cast III the county convention one
vote for every twenty-five democratic
votes, and one vote for fractions Of
fifteen Democratic votes cast in the
last proceeding gubernatorial election !:
Provided, That every township shall be
entitled to cast at least one vote, and
each township may send as many dele
gates us it may see fit.
l. In cases where townships consist
of more than one ward Or precinct.
each Of said wards or precincts shall be
entitled to send delegates to county
conventions, and shall cast its proper
upon the last preceding vote for Gov
crnor III said township.
8. The chairman OF township com
mittec shall preside at all township
conventions. In their absence any
other member OF said committee may
preside
.. In cases where all the township
executive committees are required to
meet for the purpose of electing county
executive committees, SAID meetings
shall he deemed to have quorum when
IL majority of such townships shall be
represented in said meeting.
COUNTY AND DISTRICT CONVENTION.
|. The several county conventions
shall he entitled to elect to their sena-
tOrlal, judicial and congressional con-
ventions one delegate and one alternate
for every 80 Democratic voters, and one
delegate for fractions of over % Demo-
cratic votes cast at the last gubernatOral
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
At a meeting of the State Executive
committee, held March 2nd. 1892. the
following provision was adopted and