The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
an OF Organization of the Peoples Party.
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Plan of Organization of the Peoples Party
COMMITTEES.
| SECTION l. Each township shall be
! under the government of an Executive
Committee of five members, who shall
elect their own Chairman. said Com
mittae 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 Cbairmen of the several Town
ship, ward or precinct Committees.
,, This Committee shall meet at the
same time and place when and where
the county nominating conventions
of the Peoples Party of any year are
held and elect county chairman VINO
may or may not be member of its
own body. In case it shall appear at
said meeting of the county Executive
Committee, that &py township, ward
or precinct has failed to take action
IN accordance with Section /, the
said County Executive Committee
shall be empowered to appoint said
committee or committees.
Sec. 3. The Executive Com uittee
for the various Congressional, Judi
cial and Senatorial districts shall con-
sist of the Chairmen of the County
Executive Com mittees of,the counties
that compose the said Congressional
Judicial and Senatorial Districts.
The Congre ssional, Judicial and San
atorial committees shall meet at the
same time and place that the cOnven-
tions meet to nominate their respec-
tive candidates, and shall elect q
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 its con-
vention while in session as provided
above, it shall be sufficient proof that
there Is no proper organization, and
the convention shall thereupon pro-
coed to elect a chairman of the COM
mittee.
Sec. 5. The County Executive
Committees, Congressiona Executive
Committees, and Judicial Executive
Committees STALL report their action,
as provided for above, TO their respec-
tive conventions while in session,
for their approval or disapproval.
II 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 member for each Con
gressional district, and six mem bers
at large. The members so elected
and the nine chairmen of Corgres.
sional Com mittees shall meet during
the session of the State Convention
and recommend to the convention 9
person for State Chairman, who may
be Or may not be member Of thu
committee so elected. Should ths
State Convention not approve tn.
recommendation, it may proceed t,
elect a State chairman or the Stat,
Convention can delegate this author
ity to the full State Committee. Blu
each State chairman shall serve un
til his successor is elected. The 81,
members at large of the State Com
mittee shall constitute the Contra
Executive Committee.
SEC. 7. All executive committee
shall have the power to supply all tn
vacancies occurring therein.
Sec. 8. A quroum of the variou
committees shall be as follows: Til
county and Senatorial committees
ma ority; the CoDgre ssional, Judi
cial and State-one-third Of the mem
uers of said committees.
SEQ 9. The Executive Committee
Of the Senatorial, Congressional an
Judicial districts, respectively, shall
at the call Of their respective chair
men, meet at some time and place i
: their respective districts, designate
3 in said call. And it shall be thei
e duty to appoint the time and plac
: for holding con ventions in their RI
I specti7e d,str,ci-; and the chairm..
I OF said resp ctivu committees SD y
J.. imm, diately notify the chairmen {
= the DIFF -reEt county executive CON
y ni'tt the said appointment, an
y the said County Executive Commi
s Ices shall at once call conventions {
t leir respective counties in conform
5 tory 10 said notice, to send delegate
9 10 said respective district CONVEX
! tions.