The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-01
DEMOCRATS TO ORGANIZE
LOCAL SILYER MEN HATE DECIDED
 TO MARSHALL THEIR FORCES.

at a Meeting of the Leaders Last Evening
 Temporary Organization to be Effected
 Next Thursday Evening at St. Aloysius
 Hau-Ex- Senator Fox Will Preside.
 It has now been definitely decided that New Haven is to have a new dem- ocratic organization to take the place of the Monticello club, which was rent asunder some time ago by internal dis sensions and other things. The new organization will have a decidedly sil- very hue and will, in fact, be silver democratic club, judging from the prime movers in it's institution.
 Some months ago a committee of prominent local sidver democrats was appointed to arrange for a democratic organization. The committee appoint ed a subcommittee to draft plans and draw up a constitution, and the sub committee reported at meeting of the general committee in the Exchange building last evening. The constitution as drafted by the subcommittee was dSSSplCIJ anu Io' AheNieAAAJ S"N chairman of the democratic town com mittee, was authorized to call meet Ing of democratic voters who desire to join the organization, to be held in St. Aloysius' hall next Thursday evening at o'clock.
 EX-State Senator Fox was last eVen- ing chosen to preside at the Thursday meeting, when a temporary organiza- tion of the club will be effected.
 The constitution adopted last evening was substantially as follows:
 ARTICLE I.
 Section This organization shall be known as the New Haven Democratic association, and all electors holding and practicing democratic principles shall be eligible to membership therein.
 Section 2-Said association shall be managed, directed and governed by a general committee chosen from the re- spective wards of the town of New Ha- ven, of the same number and upon the same basis of representation as dele gates are chosen to the democratic town conventions.
 Section 3-The members of said gen eral committee shall be chosen by the persons in each ward who are members of this association, and shall be elect ed annually on the second Monday of January Members so elected shall | hold office for one year from the date of their election and until their success sors are elected. Voting at such cleo tions shall be by ballot, similar to that prescribed for the democratic party i primaries and from the regular check | list of electors used at the last previ- ous election, but only members of the association shall vote. The times and places of holding such elections shall be determined by the general committee shall be given.
 Section 4-Said general committee shall meet for organization on the third Monday of January of each year and shal then elect a chairman, vice chair man, secretary, treasurer, sergeant-at- arrns and an executive committee. The | executive committee shall consist of the chairman and one member from each | of the wards to be elected by the re- spective ward delegations. The mem- | bers of the executive committee shall be the association leaders of their re- | spective wards. Regular meetings of the general committee shall be held on the third Mondays of January, April, July and October at 8 D. m. Special meetings may be held at any time upon the call of the chairman provided writ | ten notice be given the members at least twenty-four hours prior thereto. It shall be the duty of the chairman to call a special meeting whenever re- quested in writing so to do by the mem- bers. No business shall be transacted at 8 special meeting except such as shall have been stated in the notices thereof
 Article 2 specifics the duties of the president, vice president, secretary and treasurer respectively, and of the exec utive committee. Article provides that the executive committee shall meet monthly on the fourth Monday of each month.
 Article also specifies the duties of the various committees, viz, finance committee, correspondence committee, committee on naturalization, commit 1 tee on registration, committee on print ing.
 In addition to the executive commit tee there shall be the following other standing committees, each consisting of seven members, to be appointed by the chairman of the general committee within one week after his election: On finance, on correspondence, on naturali- zation, registration and printing. These committees shall meet at the call of their respective chairmen.
 ARTICLE ".
 Section Ward associations shall be organized and maintained in all the wards of the town under the direction and control of the general and execu- , tive committee.
 Section 2-Any elector holding and practicing democratic principles may become a member of the association of his respective ward by signing the roll thereof and the declaration of principles prescribed by the general committee Section 3-The members of each ward association shall annually, upon the second Monday of January elect from their number a ward committee of fff- teen members. The ward committee shall be elected at the same time and in the same manner as the members of the general committee shall be chosen.
 Section 1.-The ward committee shall meet on the third Thursday of January oI1 oi1