The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-01

choosing delegates to the State and
District Conventions, defer the nomi.
nation of Legislative and County
candidates until after the State Con-
vention. CYRUS THOMPSON,
Chairman P. P. State Elk. Com.
Raleigh, N c., Jan. Both, 1900.
Plan of Organization OF the Peoples Party.
COMMITTEES.
SECTION /. Each township shall be
under the government of an Executive
Committee 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
separate Committee for each precinct
or ward
SEC. 2. Each County shall be under
the government of the County Execu-
tive Committee, which shall cousist
Of the Chairmen 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 a Der of its
own body. In case it shall appear at
said meeting of the county Executive
Committee, 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
committee or committees.
SEQ. 3. The Executive Com mittee
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 Congressional, j Judicial and Sem
atorial committees shall meet at the
same time and place hat the conven-
tions inset to nominate their respec-
tive candidates, and shall elect a
chairman for said com mittees who
may or may not be a member Of
their body.
SEQ. 4. In case any above named
committee fails to report to its con-
ventlOn while in session as provid I'd
above, it shall be sufficient proof that
there is no proper organic alton, and
the convention shall thereupou pro
coed TO elect a chairman of the com
mittee.
SEC. The County Executive
Committees, Congressiora al Executive
Committees, and Judicial Executive
Committees shall report their action,
as provided for above, to their res pee.
tive conventions while in session
for their approval or disapproval
IT not approved, then the convention
before an adjournment, shall elect
the chairman OF said committee.
SEC. 6. The State Executive Com
mrteee shall consist OF twenty-foul
members. The State Convention
shall elect one member for each Con
gressional district, aud six mem Der.
at large. The members so electet
and the nine chalrmen of Congress
| siODal Com mittees shall meet during
the session of the State Conven tiol
and recommend TO the conven ton
person for State Chairman, who ma,
be Or may not be member of tn
mittee SO elected. Should tn
State Convention not approve tn
recommendation, it may proceed t.
slect State chairman or the Stat
Convention can delegate this auth o,
lty to the full State Committee. Blu
each State chairman shall serve un
til his successor is ele cted. The 81
members at large of the State Com
mittee shall constitute the Contra
Executive Committee.
SEC. z. All executive committee
shall have the power to supply all tn
vacancies occurring therein.
SEC. 8. A quroum of TIE variou
committees shall be as follows: Til
county and Senatorial committees
maj )ri,y; the Congre ssionsl, Jud
cial and Srate-one-third of the men
bers of said committees.
SEC 9. The Executive COMMITTEE,
of the Senatorial, Congressional an
= Judicial districts, respectively, shal
), at the call of their respective chat
! men, meet at some time and place
r their respective districts, designate
In said call. And it shall be the
duty to appoint the time and pla,
for holding conventions in their r
spc ctiye districts; and the charms
of said resp etive committees shs
e Immediately notify the chairmen
d the different county executive Col
& mittets of the said appointment, a,
n the said County Executive Comm
10 tees shall at once call conventions
r. their respective counties in conforl
tory TO said notice, to send delegat
=" to said respective district conve
~ tions.
SEC. 10. That in case of failure
any primary or convention to elt
delegates, the Executive Commit.
q shall have power to appoint, a
~ certify the proper number of de
:. gates, The charm an, or IN his
= seuce any member of the Coun
eu Senatorial, JUDICIAL and Congre
I'M ional Committees, shall call to or,
tn their respective Convs ntions, q
AL bold Craftsmanship thereof until
Tor Convention shall elect it's charm
it
III CONVENTIONS.
u SECTION l. Each township pril
ity ry of the Peoples Party shall 6,
ss- to the County Convention three
rho egates for every twenty five v.
- aud majority fraction thereof 4,
a'' for the Peoples Party candid ate
INC Governor in 1892. And when to
the ship is divided into precincts, vs.
ing or other sub divisions of a to
too ship such subdivisions shall sen