The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-02-15

less as may properly cOm0 OeIOE6 IL.
While it does not come within the !,
province of the committee so to d. l
.ect, it is recommended that County :
called for the purpose
choosing delegates to the State and
District Conventions, defer the nomi-
nation of Legislative and County
until after the State Con-
vention. CYRUS THOMPSON,
Chairman P. P. State Elk. Com.
Raleigh, N c., Jan. 30th, 1900.
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
mittoe shall be elected by the voters of
said Township at the primaries called
to elect delegates to the county n0mi- |
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 consist
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 member Of it's
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 1, the
said County Executive Committee
shall be empowered to appoint said
committee or committees.
Sec. 3. The Executive Committee
for the various Congressional, Judi
cial and Senatorial districts shall con-
sist of the Chairmen of the County
Observation-Disclosures of the counties
that compose the said Congressional
judicial ~apd Senatorial Districts.
The Congressional, J d,cial and Sen
atofasA saEa % Eeyos sSsst naet at the
same time sid place that the sas.ayen-
tons meet to nominate their respecs
tive candidates, and shall elect a
chairman for said committees who
may or may not be member OF
their body.
i Sec. 4. In case any above named
committee fails to report to its con.
ventlon while in session AZ provided
above, it shall be sufficient proof that
there Is no proper organization, anG
the convention shall thereupon pro
coed to elect a chairman of the com
mittee.
Sec. 5. The County Executive
Committees, Congressional Executiv,
Committees, and Judicial Executive
Committees shall 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 cleo
the chairman of said committee.
Sec. 6. The. State Executive Com
= mittee shall consist of twenty-fou
r members. The State Convention
shall elect one member for each Con
greasional district, and six member
! at large. The members 80 eiecte,
and the nine chairmen of Congress
r sional Committees shall meet durin.
the session of the State Convention
and recommend to the convention
person for State Chairman, who ma
be Or may not be a member of tn
committee so elected. Should tn
: State Convention not approve tn
recommendation, it may. proceed t
elect State chairman or the Stat
Convention can delegate this author
ity to the full State Committee. BIZ
each State chairman shall serve un
l til his successor is els cted. The 81
Q members at large of the State Com
= mittee shall constitute ths Centrs
Executive Committee.
SEC. z. All executive committee
shall have the power to supply all tn
vacancies occurring therein.
SEQ 8. A quroum of the variou
committees shall be as follows: Tn
:. county and Senatorial committees
y a majority; the Congressional. Jud
o cial and State-one-third of the men
t bers of said committees
,. SEQ 9. The Executive Committee
of the Senatorial, Congressional an
Judicial districts, respectively, shall
at the call of their respective chail
II men, meet at some time and place i
their respective districts, designate
in said call. And it shall be thei
duty to appoint the time and plac
for holding conventions in their RI
q spective districts; and the chairma
= OF said respective committees sha
n Immediately notify the chairmen G
+. the different county executive CON
mittees of the said appointment, an
g the said County Executive Commi,
j. tees shall at once call conventions Q
q their respective counties in conform
d itory to said notice, to send delegate
Il to said respective district CONVEX
j. tiontions.
g Sec. 10. That in case of failure q
70 any primary or convention to cleo
delegates, the Executive Committe
Snaii nave power TO appoint, an
/ certify the proper number Of dele
y gates. The chairman, or In his al
sence any member of the Count,
/, Senatorial, JUDICIAL and Congress
), ional Committees, shall call to orde
b their respective Cow. ntions, an
: hold Craftsmanship thereof until th
IS Convention shall elect its chairman
CONVENTIONS.
IS SECTION l. Each township prims
II ry of the Peoples Party shall sen
Il to the County Convention three de-
Is egates for every twenty-five vote
II and majority fraction thereof cas-
n for the Peoples Party candidate fo
70 Governor in 1892. And when q towr
l. ship is divided into precincts, ward
or other subdivisions of q towr