The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-05-27

tenant Governor aud all other State
officers, including solicitors 10 the res.
pec,ive circuits. aud Congressman 10
their respective districts and United
States Senators and all county officers,
except magistrates aud masters and sup
ervisiors of registration. direct prl-
mary ele ,tion shall be held on the last
Tuesday III August or each e!ect'o"
wear. and second and third primary
raca t~o weeks success'vely thereafter
At this election only Democratic white
voters who have been residents of the
State twelve mouths and the county
sixty days preceding the oex' general
election, and such negroes as voted the
Democratic ticket 10 1876. aid as have
voted the Democratic ticket continu-
ously since. TO be shown by the cert'-
6cate of ten white Democratic voters,
who will pledge themselves to support
the nominees of such elections, may
vote, provided that no person shall be
allowed to vote except bis name be en-
rolled on the particular CLUB list at
which be offers to vote at least five days
before the day Of the first election,
Each club shall have separate polling
place for primary elections
The club rolls Of the party shall
constitute the registry list and shall be
open to inspection by any member of
the party. aud the election under this
cause shall be held and regulated un-
der the Act of the General Assembly
of this State, approved December %,
1888, and any so ubsequeut Acts Of the
Legislature Of this State The State
executive com mittee shall meet on the
Friday after each primary. or such other
time as may be designated BY the chair
man, TO canvass the vote aud declare the
result as to all State officers. Congress
meo and United States Senators. All
contests for all nominations at primary
elections shall be heard first by the
county executive committee of the
county in which such irregularities may
have occurred, aud may be reviewed by
the State executive committee, whose
action shall be final provided, that No
vote shall be counted for any cand'-
date who does no; file with the chairman
of the State executive committee, or
with the respective chairman of the
couuty executive committees, pledge
in writing that he will abide the result
of such primary and support the nom
inees thereof, and that he is aos, nor
will be become the candidate OF auy fac
tion. either privately or publicly sug-
gested. other than the regular Demo-.
cratic nomination provided further
that DO candidate shall be declared
dominated unless be receives a majority
of the votes cast for the Office for which
be is candidate Provided that the
pledge of such candidate shall be filed
on or before the day Of the first cam
paigu meeting of the county or State
respectively.
Article VII. The officers of the
State Convention shall be a president,
one vice pres dent from each Congress
siouai district, two secretaries and
treasurer
Article VIII. The State executive
committee shall be composed OF ooe
member from each county, to be elected
by the county conventions on the first
Monday iu May of each election year.
When elected said executive committee
shall ch oose its owu officers. cot neces-
sarily members thereof prior to said
election Provided, that any officer so
elected who is not member of the
com mmittee shall not be entitled to vote
on any question, except the chairman,
and then only in case of a tie vote.
The State executive committee shall
meet at the call of the chairman or
anv Eve members, and at such time and
place as be or they may appoint. The
member of the national Democrat!
executive COMMITTEE from South Caro-
lima shall be elected by the May State
Convention 10 1896. and every four
years thereafter, aud when elected shall
be ex oficio memb Der Of the State ex-
ecutive committee. Vacancies on. said
executive com mmittee BY death, reslgna-
tion or otherwise. shall be filled by the
respective couoty executive comai'tees
The State executive committee is
charged with the execution and direc-
ton of the policy of the party in this
State, subject to this constitution. the
principles declared in the platform of
principles and such instruction, by reso-
luton or otherwise. as State Convention
may. from time to time adopt, potiocoD-
sistent with this constitution, and shall
continue in cfice for two years from the
time Of election, or until their success
sors have been elected. The committee
oh II nomin ate Presidential electors and