The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-07-24
OUR POLITICAL A
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DE
MOCRATIC PARTY.

"@tat OoNIt oS iS
lall have a distinct title, "The
Democratic Club" and shall
q president, one or more vice
idents, a recording and q cores
,nding secretary, and q treasurer,
nd shall have the following working
committees, of mo- less than three
members each, viz: A committee on
registration, 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
address at each meeting, IL practic-
able.
Art. g.. The president shall have
power to call an extra meeting of the
club, and n fourth of the members
action of business.
Art. 4. The club in each county
shall be held together and operate un-
der the control OF q county executiv 3
which shall consist of ono
member from each club, to be elected
by the respective clubs, but these
powers to the said executive COM
mittees do not carry with them the
power to pass upon tho election OF
members OF the county convention, or
their qualification to sit as members,
FOR this power belongs to the members
Of the convention through the appoint
ment and action OF u committee on
credentials, whose report shall be
acted upon as the members of the con-
vention may deem proper. The OK
ecutive committee. 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 provided that any officer so
elected, who Is not n member Of the
committee, shall not be entitled to a
vote on any question, except tho chair
man, and then only in case of q tic
vote. The tenure of office of the OK
ecutive committee shall be until the
LIST Monday In August OF each election
year, at which time the county conven-
ton shall be called together to re-
organize the party. Every presidcn-
ttal year the county convention shall
be called by tbs county executive com
Wfttee In May, and shall elect delegates
to o State convention called for the
purpose Of electing delegates to the
National convention and to elect the
member of the national Democratic
executive committee for this State,
and such State convention shall exer-
else n other powor. This State con-
vention shall be called by the State
executive committee to meet every
presidential election year on the 3rd
Democratic nominating convention
shall be called by the State Demo
cratic exective committee to meet on
the Bird Wednesday of September of
each year.
Art. 8. 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 a majority fraction
thereof; with the right to each county
convention to enlarge or diminish the
representation according to circum'
stances. 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 exec
uttve committed, as each county may
called to order by the chairman of the
lhu OIlO SolNCu-
tion shall proceed to nominate and
elect from among its members O. pre-
sident, one or moro vice-presidents,
a secretary and II treasurer. The
clubs recognized by the respective
county conventions which sent dele
gates to the State convention which
met on August 13, 1890, shall be re-
cognized as the only legal clubs: Pro-
vided,, however,, That any county con
yaaets2n may permit the formation of q
new clubor clubs by a majority vote
of its members. Provided, further,
that in all cities with a population OF
5000 and over, there may be two clubs
in each ward they shall be organized
In obedience to this constitution, as are
the clubs elsewhere in this State, and
In organizing said clubs they shall
have representation in the county
conventions, respectively, as said con-
ventions shall declare in accordance
with the provisions Of this constitu-
tion.
Art. g.. The nominating conven-
tion for the nomination of governor,
lieutenant governor and other State
officers, in 1892 and thereafter, and for
electors for president and vice presi-
dent In the same year and every presi-
Dental year thereafter. shall be COM
posed of delegates from each county,
double the number to which such
counties are entitled in both branches
of the general assembly. Said delc-
gates to be chosen by primary cleo
tions to be held on the last Tuesday in
August of each election year; the dele
gate elected to receive a majority of
the votes cast. At this election only
white Democrats shall be allowed to
vote, except those negroes who voted
for General Hampton in 1876 and who
have voted the Democratic ticket
continuously since, may be allowed 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
under the act of the general assembly
of this State approved December %,
1883, and any subsequent acts of the
Legislature of this State. Second pri-
mar1es, whom necessary, shall be held
two weeks later.
Art. z. The officers OF the State
convention shall be q president, a vice
president from each congressional dis
trict, two secretaries and o treasurer.
Art. 8. The State executive COM
mittee shall be composed of one Nom
Der from each county, to be selected
by the respective delegations and
elected by the convention. When
elected, said executive committee
shall choose it's own officers, not neces-
sarily members thereof, prior to said
election. Provided, That any officer
so elected who is not a member Of the
committee, shall not be entitled to a
vote on any question, except the chair
man. The executive committee shall