The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1894-05-16

IN tne same year and every Presidential
year thereafter, shall be composed oi
delegates from each county, double the
number to which such county is en-
titled in both branches for the General
assembly. Said delegates are to be
chosen by primary elections to be held
on the last Tuesday in August Of each
election year; the delegates elected to
receive majority Of the votes cast At
this election only white Democrats shall
be allowed to vote, except that negroes
who voted for General Hampton In 1876
and who have voted the Democratic
ticket continuously since may be al
lowed to vote. The club rolls Of the
party shall 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 %, 1885,, and any subsequent
Acts of the Legislature Of this State.
Second primaries when necessary shall
be held two weeks later.
Art. Z. The officers OF the State Con.
vention shall be President, Vice.
President from each Congressional Dis
trict, two Secretaries and Treasurer.
Art. 8. The State Executive Com
mittee shall be composed OF one member
from each county, to be selected by the
respective delegations and elected by
the Convention. When elected said
Executive Committee shall choose its
own officer, not necessarily members
thereof prior to said election: trovided,
That any officers so elected who is not
q member Of the committee shall not be
entitled to vote on any question, ex-
cept the chairman, and then only In
case Of q tie vote. The Executive Com
mittee shall meet at the call Of the chair
man or any five members, and at such
time and place as he or they may ap-
point. The member Of the National
Democratic Executive Committee from
South Carolina shall be elected by the
May State Convention in 1892, and
every four years thereafter, and when
elected shall be e1 of1cio member of
the State Executive Committee Va
cancies on said Executive Committee
by death, resignation or otherwise shall
be filed by the respective County Exc.
cutive Committees. The State Executive
Committee Is charged with the exscu
ton and direction of the policy Of the
party in the State, subject to this Con-
stitution, the principles declared in the
platform Of principles, and such in
structions by resolution or otherwise as
State Convention may from time to
time adopt, and shall continue In Office
for two yaars from the time Of election
or until the assembling OF the Stats
Nominating Convention which meets In
September Of each election year. II
any vacancy occur on the State ticket
or for electors, BY death, removal or
other Gauge, the committee shall have
the powek$n. all tas vacsneyby ma.
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Art. o. When the State Convention
assemblies It shall be called to order byl
the Chairman Of the State Executive
Committee. A temporary president
shall be nominated aud elected by the
convention, and after its organization
the convention shall proceed imme-
diately to the election of permanent
officers and to the transaction OF bust.
ness. When the business has concluded
1t shall adjourn sine die.
Art. 10. Thsre shall be a primary
election In each Congressional District
In this State on the last Tuesday in
August, 1892, and every two years there.
after, to nominate candidates for Con-
gress, to be conducted and managed as
is herein-before provided in the election
Of dele9ates to the State Convention.
The vote to be received, tabulated and
announced by the State Executive
Committee, to the chairman OF which
the result Is to be transmitted by the
County Chairmen by the
first Tuesday In September, 1892, and
every two years thereafter. The cleo
ton for Solicitors Of the different Cir.
cults shall be by primary, subject to the
same rules and regulations, and to be
in the same way as before
set forth for Congressman.
Art. II. Before the election in 1892.
and each election year thereafter, the
State Democratic Executive Committee
shall issue a call to all candidates for
State Offices to address the people Of the
different counties Of the State fixing
the dates OF the meetings, and also in
viting the candidates for Congress,
United States Senate, delegates to the
State Convention, and for Solicitor, In
heir respective Districts and Circuits,
10 represent and address the people.
At such meetings only the candidates
above set forth shall be allowed to
speak.
Art. 12. 1t shall be the duty Of each
County Executive Committee to ap-
point meetings in their respective coun-
ties to be addressed by the candidates
'or the General Assembly and for the
1ifferent County offices, all OF whom
Trial Justices and Masters,
'hall be elected by the primary On the
asst Tuesday In August of each election
year under the same rules and regula-
ions herein before provided. l.
Art. 13. Each county delegation to q
state Convention shall have power to
Ill any vacancy therein. l.
Art. IA. This Constitution may be
and altered only by the State
Nominating Convention which meets
q September Of each election year.
Art. Is. Any county failing or re-
using to organize under the provisions