The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-06-05
THE LAW
OF THE PARTY.
DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTION AS
AMENDED IN COLUMBIA.
Candidates for United States Senator
still to be Chosen by Primary.
Each Club to Have n Sepa-
rate Voting Place In Pri-
maries.

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Democrats of the State. 1t is as fol-
lows:
Constitution, Of the Democratic party
of South Carolina as adopted in State
Convention at Columbia, s. c.,
May2O, 1896:
Article 1. There shall be one or more
Democratic clubs organized in each
township or ward, each of which clubs
shall have a distinct title, 1.-The -
Democratic Club" and shall elect q
president, one or more vice presidents,
a recording and corresponding SEQ
retary 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
sxpedient.
Article III. The meetings Of the club
shall be frequent after the opening of
the canvass, and some member of the
club or invited speaker deliver an ad-
dress at each meeting, if practicable.
The clubs shall meet on the fourth
Seiurday in April and the county
convention on the first Monday in
May, respectively, of each election
year: Provided, that the county exec
utive committee may name any other
day within the week for such club
meeting by giving at least two weeks
notice by advertisement in county pa
pers. Fash county shall be entitled to
double the number of delegates in the
State Convention as it has members in
the General Assembly.
Article III. The president or five
members shall have power to call an
extra meeting of the club, and at such
extra meeting one-fourth of the mem
bers shall constitute n quorum for the
transaction of business.
Article ". The clubs in each county
shall be held together and operate un-
der the control OF county executive
committee, which shall consist of one
member from each club, to be elected
by the respective clubs. The executive
committee, when elected, shall appoint
its own officers Except the chairman,
who shall be elected by the county
convention), who shall not necessarily
be members of said commietee, but a
vacancy in the membership of the COM
mittee shall be filed by the club,
through the loss of whose member by
death, resignation or otherwise the va
cancy occurs: Provided, that any Off
Ger SO elected who is not member Of
the committee shall not be entitled to
vote on any question except the
chairman, and then only IN case
of tie vote. The tenure of office
of the executive committee shall
be until the first Monday in May of
each election year, at which time the
county conventions shall be called to-
gether to re-organize the party Every
Presidential election year county con-
Sentions shall be called by the county
executive committee to meet on the
first Monday in May, which shall elect
delegates to State convention called
for the purpose of electing delegates to
the National Democratic Convention
and to elect the member of the nation =
al Democratic executive committee
from this State. The State convention
shall be called by the State executive
committee to meet every Presidential
election year on the third Wednesday
IN May, and every State election year
and State conventions shall meet on
the first Monday IL May and the third
Wednesday in May respectively.
Article '. County Dem ocratic Con-
ventions 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 in an
election year, and one delegate for a
majority fraction thereof. with the
right to each county convention to en-
large or diminish the representation
according to circumstances The
county conventions shall be called to-
gether by the chairmen of tho re-
spectvc executive committees under
such rule, not inconsistent with the
constitution nor with the rules adopted
by the State Democratic executive
committee, AZ each county may adopt,
and when assembled shall be called to
order by tn" chail man of the executive
committee, md the convention shall
proceed to nominate aud elect from
among its members aprtsidcnt, one or
more vice presidents, q secretary and a
treasurer. Any county convention
may permit or recognize the formation
OF new club or clubs by maiority Of
1ts members. In nll cities with u pop
nlatiOn Of ,, 900 and over there NAV DO
two clubs in each ward they shall be
organized III obedience to this consti.
tuition, as are the clubs elsewhere in
this State, and in organizing said clubs
they shall have representation in the
oounty conventions respectively as SAID
conventions shall declare in accord.
ancc with tho provisions Of this consti-
tuition.
Article VI. For The purpose Of
nominating candidates for Governor,