The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-22

shall be entitled to elect to their Sena-
torial. Judicial and Congressional con-
ventions one delegate and one alternate
for every fifty Democratic votes. and
one delegate for fractions of over
twenty-five Democratic votes cast at
the last preceding Gubernatorial cleo
ton in their respective counties. and
none but delegates or alternates SO
elected shall be entitled to seats IN
said conventions: Provided, That every
county shall have at least one vote IN
each of said conventions.
At every precinct meeting before
delegates to the township convention
and at every county convention, be-
fore delegates to State, Congressional,
Judicial, Senatorial or other conven-
tions are chosen, there shall be q vote
taken for the different candidates for
office, whose names may be presented,
and the delegates shall vote their re-
spective precincts and counties IN ac-
cordance with this vote: thaJ
is to say, each candluaOe
shall receive in the State, Congress
sional, Judicial, Senatorial, or ether
conventions, the proportion OF the vote
to which the county may be entitled
which he received in the county con-
vention, and in township conventions
he shall have his proportion of the pre-
cinct vote. The chairman and secretary
of the precinct or county convention
shall certify to each convention the
vote received by each candidate at the
precinct or county convention, ana no
other instruction shall be given: Pro-
vided that where only one candidate
is presented it shall be lawful to IN
struct for him.
At all State and district, county and
township conventions the delegates
from the different counties and voting
precincts may disregard the vote OF
their respective counties or voting pre-
cincts to any candidate, provided two
thirds majority of all his votes from
the county or voting precincts consent
thereto.
2. The chairman, or, in his absence,
any member of the county, senatorial,
judicial and congressional committees,
shall call to order their respective con-
yentions, and hold craftsmanship there
of until the convention shall elect its
chairman.
4. The executive committees Of the
senatorial, congressional and judicial
districts, respectively, shall, at the call
of their respective chairmen, meet at
some time and place in their respective
districts designated in said call. And
it shall be their duty to appoint the
time and place for holding conventions
in their respective districts, and the
chairlnen of said respective commit
tees shall Immediately notify the chair
men of the different county executive
committees Of the said appointment,
and the said county executiHe com
mittees shall forthwith call conven-
tions of their respective counties in
conformity to said notice, to send dele
gates to said respective district con-
ventions.
STATE CONVENTION.
The State convention shall be COM
posed Of delegates appointed by the
several county conventions. Each
county shall be entitled to elect one
delegate and one alternate for every
one hundred and fifty Democratic
votes, and one delegate for fractions
over seventy-five Democratic votes,
cast therein at the last preceding GU
bernatorial election, and none but
delegates or alternates so elected shall
be entitled to seats in said conven-
blOu. 4 4OAd0CAs LAAt1g CFCA 1OhAbJ
shall have at least one vote in said con-
vention.
GENERAL RULES.
1. At all conventions the delegates
shall be selected, as near as may be,
from the friends and supporters Of
the candidates voted for.
q Such delegates or alternates of
absent delegates as may be present at
any Democratic convention, shall be
allowed to cast the whole vote to which
their precinct or county may be en-
titled.
3. In all conventions provided for by
this system, after a vote is cast there
shall be no change in such vote until
the final result of the ballot shall be
announced by the chairman of said con-
vention.
4. All Democratic executive commit
tees shall have the power to fill any va
cancies occurring in their respective
bodies.
5. The chairlnen of the different
county conventions shall certify the
list Of delegates and alternates to the
different district and State conven-
tons, and a certified list of said dele
gates and alternates to the State con-
yention shall be sent to the secretary
Of the State central committee.
6. 1t shall be the duty offthe county
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