The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-17

ascertaining and reporting the names or
| all doubtful voters.
Article NIII.-It shall he the duty Of
| the voting members Of the Union to at
| tend at The polls on election day, ana.
| If practicable for them TO DO So to
give their whole time. on election day.
| TO the service Of the party.
Article NIV.-Thc Unions, In their or
ganized capacity. shall NOT seek TO IN
| tlucncc the nominations of candidates.
nor 10 influence conventions. Their
work will be confined to build
| ing M and promoting the inter
csts of the party generally. and the cleo
ton Of candidates. after the same haXe
been regularly nominated. and inculcat-
ing among the people the necessity of re-
storing White Supremacy, rs the only
hope for the preservation of our civilian
ton.
Article XV.-Each Onion shall have
power to adopt all such bylaws and
regulations as it shall find convenient or
necessary. and it shall appoint such COM
mittees and elect such additional Off
GERS as ii sees fit.
BYLAWS
The following bylaws are suggcsted:
Each Union shall organize by electing,
by ballot. the officers provided for in the
Constitution. and such others as they
may see fit.
The president, unless it should be de-
cided otherwise, shall appoint all com
mitteos which may he raised by any
Union.
The president shall preside at all meet
ings. and i'll his absence the vice presi-
dent shall preside.
The president shall assign to each
member such campaign work IS IL is eX-
pected of that member to perform. This
may or may not be donA N the meet
ings of the Union. Ut is perhaps more
practicable for il to be done mt other
times1 The member, after having his
individual work assigned to him by the
president, shall report TO the president
from time to time. but to no one else,
regarding the progress which he is max
ing.
If it shall he decided to have but one
meeting each month of the Township
Unions, such meeting shall he held on
the last Saturday of the month, and the
corresponding meetings of the County
Union shall be held on the preceding
Thursday.
If it shall be determined to have BIZ
monthly meetings of the Township
Unions, they shall he held on the third
and last Saturdays in each month, and
the meetings of the County Unions shall
be held on the preceding Thursdays.
The chairman Of the Township Union
may, in his discretion. cause to be or
ganized subj Unions in the several v0t-
ing precincts in his township. The chief
officer of each such Union shall report to
and receive directions from the chair
man of the Township Union, in same
manner as the Township chairman re-
ports to and receives directions, under
this plan. from the .county chairman.
There shall he appointed by the Town
ship Unions the following committees,
each to contain at least five members:
except the committee on challenges and
polls, which shall contain zen members:
/. Committee on Registration. The
duty of the committee on registration
shall be to see that every Democratic
voter is duly registered. They shall he
especially charged With the duty of see
ing that voters. who have arrived ut the
age of 81 since the last election, and
those who have removed from one pre-
cinct to another are properly registered
They shall also be charged with the duty
Of aScertaining the names of such Demo
Gratis as have moved away from their
township and to notify the committee
of the township to which they have
moved. of their names. This committee
will be expected to see that no Demo
cratic vote is lost because of a failure to
register.
.. Committee on Campaign Literature.
Tt shall be the duty Of the committee on
campaign literature to aid the chairman
Of the Union in distributing among the
members of the Union and others such
literature as he may receive for distri-
button. To urge upon Democrats to take
mt least one Democratic paper during the
campaign, and to bring the cost Of sucn
paper within the reach Of each member,
arrangements will he made by the State
chairman. with the best Democratic
weeklies. for rates not to exceed %
cents from the first Of August to the
fifteenth of November. TO furnish the
chairman of the Union with the names
Of persons to whom literature should be
sent
3. Committee on Speakers IT shall be
the duty Of this committee to confer with
the chairman of the Township Unions.
concerning times and places of speaking
in their township, and TO see that such
thoroughly advertised, and to arrange
conveyances for the speakers, and TO see
to their comfort MS much a- possible.
4. There shall be committee of ten.
known as the committee on challenges
and polls in each voting precinct. COM
posed Of carefully selected men whose
duty ii shall he to look after challenges
and illegal voters; to attend the polls on
the day of election and to see that the
Democratic vote is fully po1lcd: that no
injustice is done. and to arrange for con
veyances to send for those who are not
able, otherwise, to reach the polls. or
who may for any reason fail to appear
at the polls by / o'clock on day Of elcc-
ton.
At every meeting Of the Union every
member of the Union shall hand to the
prrsidca, Il list Of Persons 10 whom in
his opinion literature should be sent, or
whom he may regard as a doubtful vorer,
and the president shall furnish the
county chairman with n list Of such
names, and postoffice address; and the
county chairman will forward the same
to State chairman.
There shall be meeting of all the