Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-05-09
OUR POLITICAL CHART.
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Adopted at Columbia on the 10th
of September, 1890, and
Amended September
21, 1892.


of which Clubs shall have a dis
tinct title, "The Demo
cratic Club" and shall elect a
president, one or more vice presl-
dents, recording and cores
ponding secretary, aad a treasurer,
and. shall have the following work
ing committees, of not less than
three members, each, viz: A Com
mittee OH Registration. an Execu-
tive committee, and such other
committees as to each club may
seem e1pedient.
Art. 2 The meetings of the clubs
should be frequent after the open
ing of the canvass, and some men,
ber of the club or invited speaker
deliver an address at each meeting,
if practicable.
Art. 3. The president shall have
power to call an extra meeting OF
the club. and one-fourth of the
members shall constitute a quo
rum for the transaction OF busl-
ness.
Art. 4. The club in each county
shall be held together and operate
under the control of County Exc
cutive Committee, which shall con-
sist of one member from each club,
to be elected by sthe respective
clubs, but these powers to the SAID
Executive COMMITTEES do not carry
with them the power to pass upon
the election of members OF the
county convention, or their quail
i6cation to sit as members, for this
power belongs to the members OF
the convention though the ap-
pointment and action of COM
mittee on credenti Is, whose report
shall be acted upon as the members
of the convention may deem proper
The Executive Committee, when
elected shall appoint its own OIL
GERS who shall not necessarily be
members of said Committee, and
fill all vacancies which may arise
when the convention is not in ses-
sion provided that any officer so
elected, who is not a member OF
the committee, shall not be entl-
tied to a vote OH any question, ex-
cept the chairman, and then only
in case of a tie vote. The tenure
of office of the Executive Com
mittee shall be until the first Mon
day in August of each election
year, at which time the County
Convention shall becalled together
to reorganize the party. Every
Presidential year the County Con
vention shall be by called the
County Executive Committee in
May and shall elect delegates to a
State Convention called for the
purpose Of electing delegates to the
National D, mocratic Convent tion
and to elect the member of the
National Democratic Executive
Committee for this State, and such
State Convention shall exercise nc
other power. This State Conven.
ton 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
Convention shall be called by the
State Democratic Executive Com
nittee TO meet on the third Wed
nesday in September of each year
Art. 5. County Democratic
Conventions 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 a majority fraction
thereof, with the right to each
County Convention to enlarge OF
diminish the representation accord
ing to circumstances. The County
Convention shall be called together
; by the chairman of the respective
Executive Committees under such
rule, not inconsistent with the
Constitution nor with the rules
adopted by the State Democratic
Executive Committee, as each
County may adopt and when as
sembled shall be called 10 order by
the Chairman o. the Executive
Committee, and the Convention
shall proceed to nominate and clec'
from among its members a presl
dent, one or more vice presidents,
a secretary and a treasurer. Ihf
clubs recognized by the respective