The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-02-22

COMMITTEES.

Plan of Organization of the Peoples Party. |
COMMITTEES.
SECTION l. Each township shall be
under the government of an Executive |
Comm Of FIVE members, who shall |
elect their own Chairman; said Com
mittee shall be elected by the voters of
said Township at the primaries called
to elect delegates to the county nomi
mating conventions, under call Of the
County Chairman. Provided that
those Townships which are divided in
to precincts or wards shall have a
separate Committee for each precinct
or ward.
SEC. 2. Each County shall be under
the government of the County Execu-
tive Committee, which shall consist
Of the Chairmen of the several Town
snip, ward or precinct Committees.
This Committee shalt meet ar the
same time and place when and where
the county nominating conventions
of the Peoples Party of any year are
held and elect a county chairman VINO
may or may not be mem Der of its
own body. In case it shall appear at
said meeting of the county Executive
Comm ttee, that any township. ward
or precinct has failed TO take action
In accordance with Section l, the
said County Executive Committee
shall be empowered to appoint said
commit tee or committees
SEC. 3. The Executive Com N tee
for the various Congressional, Judi
cial and Senatorial districts shall con-
sist of the Chairmen of the County
ExecutiveCom mittees of the counties
that compose the said Congressional
Judicial and Senatorial Districts.
The Congressional, J JUDICIAL aud San
atorial committees shall meet at the
same time and place that the conven-
tons meet to nominate their respec-
tive candidates, and shall elect a
chairman for said committees who
may or may not be a member of
their body.
SEC. 4. In case any above named
committee fails to report to It's con-
vent.on while in session as provided
above, it shall be sufficient proof that
there Is no proper organic atom, and
the convention shall thereupon pro-
coed TO elect a chairman of the COM
mittee.
SEC. 5. The County Executive
Committees, Congressional Executive
Committees, and Judicial Executive
Committees snail report their action,
as provided for above, TO their respec-
tive conventions while in session,
for their approval Or disapproval.
If not approved, then the convention
before an adjournment, shall elect
the chairman of said committee.
SEC. 6. The. State Executive Com
mittee shall consist of twenty-four
members. The State Convention
shall elect one mem Der for each Con-
greasional district, and six members
at large. The members 80 elected
aud the nine chairmen of Congress
slonal Com mittees shall meet during
the session of the State Convention
and recommend TO the convention O.
person for State Chairman, who may
be Or may not be d member Of the
committee so elected. Should the
State Convention not approve the
recommendation, it may proceed to
elect State chairman or the State
Convention can delegate this author
ity to the full State Committee. But
each State chairman shall serve un-
til his successor is ele cted. The six
members at large of the State Com
| mlttee shall constitute the Central
Executive Committee.
SEC. z. All executive committees
shall have the power to supply all the
vacancies occurring therein.
SEC. 8. A quroum OF the various
committees shall be as follows: The
county and Senatorial COMMITTEES
a majority; the Congressional, Judi
cia' and State-one-third of the mem
bers of said committees
SEQ 9. The Executive Committees
of the Senatorial, Congressional and
Judicial districts, respectively, shall,
at the call Of their respective chair
men, meet at some time and place in
their respective districts, designsted
in said call. And it shall be their
duty to appoint the time and place
for holding conventions in their re-
spectiye districts; and the chairman
OF said respective committees shall
immediately notify the chairmen of
the different county executive com
mittees Of the said appointment, aud
the SAID County Executive Commit-
tees shall st once cali conventions Of
their respective Counties IN conform
itory to said notice, to send delegates
to said respective district conven-
tiontions.
Sec. 10. That in case of failure OF
any primary or conyention TO elect
delegates, the Executive Com mittee
shall have power To appoint, and
certify the proper number of d-le-
gates. Tie chairman, or In his alb
sence any member of the County.
Senatorial, Judicial and Congress
lonal Committees, shall call to order
their respective Conv ntions, and
hold craftsmanship thereof until the
Convention shall elect its chairman.
CONVENTIONS.
SECTION /. Each township prima-
ry OF the Peoples Party shall send
to the County Convention three del
egates for every twenty-five votes
and majority fraction thereof cast
for the Peoples Party candidate for
Governor in 1892. And when a town.
ship is divided into precincts, wards
or other subdivisions of a town
] ship such Subdivisions shall send to
the County Convention one delegate
at large and one additional delegate
for each % votes or majority frac-
ton thereof. :
| SEC. 2 Each County Convention