The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-04-07

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THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONSTITUTION.
Adopted by the Democratic State
Convention Held September 10,
1904.
ARTICLE 1. There shall be one or
more Democratic clubs organized in
each township or ward, zach of which
clubs shall have distinct title, 1.-THE
--Democratic Club" and shall
elect q president, one or more vice.
presidents, II recording and CORES
ponding secretary and a treasurer,
and shall have the following working
committees, of not less than three
members each, viz: A committee on
registration, an executive committee,
and such other committees as to each
club may seem eXpedient.
ARTICLE III. The meetings OF the
clubs should be frequent after the
opening of the canvass, and some
member OF the club or in sited speaker
deliver an address at each meeting, If
practicable. The clubs shall meet on
the first Monday in May and the third
Wednesday in May respectively. Each
county shall be entitled to double the
representatives as ii has in the Gener.
al Assembly in State nominations.
ARTICLE III. The president or five
members shall have power to call an
extra meeting of the club and cne-
fourth of the members shall constitute
q quorum for the transaction OF bust
ness.
ARTICLE w. The clubs in each
county shall be held together and oper-
ated under the,cOntrol of u county exec
utive committee, which shall consist
OF one member from each club, to be
elected by the respective clubs. The
executive committee, when elected.
shall appoint it's W officers, who shall
not necessarily be- members OF said
committee, INT fill all vacancies which
may arise when the convention is not
in session provided that an officer so
elected h is not q member OF the
committee shall not be entitled to a
vote on any question, except the chair
man, Ond then only in case of q tie
vote. The tenure OF utfice Of the ex-
ecutive committee shall he until the
first Monday in May of each election
year, at which time the county CON
ventiOnS shall be called together to
reorganize the party. Every Presi-
DENTAL election year county cunven-
tions shall be called by the executive
committee on the first Monday in May,
and shall elect delegates to "a State
convention called for the purpose of
electing delegates to the National
Democratic Convention, and to elect
the member Of the National Democrat
ic executive committee from this
State. The State convention shall be
called by the State executive commit
tee to e every Presidential election
year On the third Wednesday in Nav,
and every State election year county
and State conventions shall meet on
the first Monday in May and the sec
ond Monday in May respectively.
ARTICLE V. County Democratic
conventions shall be composed Of dele
gates elected by the several local
clubs, n delegate for every twenty
five voters, as shown by the club list
election, and n delegate for q major
1ty fraction thereof, with the right to
each county convention to enlarge or
diminish the representation accord
ing to circumstances. The county
conventions shall be called together nv
the chairman of the respective eXecu-
tive 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, md when as
sembled shall be called TO order by the
chairman of the executive committee,
ana the convention shall proceed to
nominate and elect from among it's
members q president, one or more
Vlce-preSldents, a secretary and u
treasurer. Any county may permit
the formation of a new club or clubs bv
Il majority of it's members. In oil
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
vcptions shall declare in accordance
with the provisions of this constitution.
ARTICLE VI. For the purpos of
nominating candidates for Governor,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS aud all other
State officers. including Solicitors to
their respective circuits, and Con-
gressmcn in their respective di, tricts,
and Presidential electors, and Un,ted
States Senators, by the popular vote,
and all county officers, except trial
uooiNco II hidoVCI dlu SupSfVlsOrS
OF registration, a direct primary e!ec.
tion shall be held on the last Tuesday,
in August Of each election and u
second and third primary each two
weeks successfully thereafter. At
this election only Democratic white
voters who have been residents OF the
State twelve months and the county
sixty days preceding the next general
election, and such negroes as voted the
Democratic ticket continuously since, /
1873, TO be shown by the certificate OF
ten white Democratic voters, provided
tina no person shall be allowed TO
vote except his name be enrolled on
the particular club list at which he
offers to vote at least five days before
the day OF the first election. The
club rolls OF the party shall constit ute
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 regulated under the
Act OF the General Assembly OF this
State, approved December %, 1883. ana
any subsequent Acts of the L.gisla-
lature OF this State. The State oxcu.
utiye committee shall meet Oh the
Friday after each primary, or such
other time as may be Dies gnated by
the chairman, to canvass The vote and
declare the result as to all State
officers, congressman, Presidential