The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-02-08

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and Senatorial damtlnes oouan.sste~s
shall be COMPOSED Ct 90 lees shan one
member from eAeh couniy. nor les.
than seven members. blsnaIAIiy
elected b. the several district con-
ventlons. shgeh shall also designate
the chairman: provided. thai . err
atorial committee xhall only % el@cf-
I'd In districts embracing more tkaa
one county. Vacancies Occurring
within thirty days % an eiecsaoa NAY
be filed By the vote OF the commit
tee
Third There shall be n State Ell
scutIve Committee composed OF one
member from each Congressional dis
trict In the State TO be designated By
the district delegation 81 = State Con-
vention assembled. ten members at
large. TO be selected BY the State
Chairman and shall also include the
chairman OF the convention ~ which
election In held. and said committee
are required to call a State Conven-
ton OF the Republican party 1t least
sixty days prior to every election for
mbers Of the General Assembly.
and oftener IL necessary In the inter
est OF the party. Members OF the
State Executive Committee shall be
b.ennially elected at the State Con-
vention. and shall elect a secretary.
who is not a member. and the chair
man OF said committee shall be elect
ed by the State Convention.
Fourth. The chairman OF the re-
spective County. District and State
Executive Committees shall call their
conventions TO order and act as tenn
porary chairman until a permanent
organization is effected. with power
only TO appoint and receive the re-
port of a committee on credentials.
Fifth No Executive Committee
shall have power to elect or appoint
delegates to any convention, whether
County, District, State or National.
Sixth. No member of any Execu
tive Committee or delegates or alter
nate duly chosen, shall have power
to delegate his trust or authority to
another.
Seventh. Representation in coun-
ty conventions shall consist of one
delegate for every twenty-five Repub-
lican votes, or fractional part thereof,
cast in said precinct at the previous
election for the Republican candi-
date for Governor Provided, that
each township shall be entitled to
one vote, at least, in the county con-
vention.
Eighth. The basis of representa-
ton in Congressional, Judicial, Sena-
torial and State Conventions shall be
apportioned so as to consist Of one
delegate and one alternate for every
one hundred votes or fractional part
thereof cast for the candidate of the
Republican party for Governor at the
last general election in the counties
in the State. Provided, that each
county shall be entitled to at least
two delegates to the Republican
State, Congressional, Judicial and
Senatorial Convention.
Ninth. Delegates and alternates
to the county convention shall be
elected only by a vote of the Repub-
leans Of each precinct meeting as
sembled, and delegates and alternates
to the District, State and National
conventions shall be elected by a con-
vention of delegates duly elected and
sent by the people for that purpose,
after notice and publication of not
less than fifteen days of time. place
and purpose of such convention, and
not otherwise, and the delegates so
elected shall be citizens of the county
from which they are elected and that
in all primaries electing delegates. a
poll of the voters present shall be
taken in order to ascertain the
strength of all officers to be voted
for and said voters shall be pro-rat-
ed and cast in County, District or
State Conventions on the first ballot
according to the strength OF each Of
ficer voted for, the said primaries
and the delegates representing the
minority shall be named by the mi
nority.
Tenth. The certificate of the
chairman and secretary of the meet
ing, setting forth the regularity Of
the primary meeting or convention
and the election of delegates and al
ternates thereat, shall be accepted.
when uncontested. as a good and suf-
ficient credential for such delegates
and alternates.
Eleventh. The chairman of the
State Executive Committee shall, for
sufficient cause. have power to remove
any county chairman at his pleasure,
and to appoint some suitable success
sor; provided. however, that the
chairman thus removed shall have
the right of appeal from the action
of the State Chairman to the State
Committee, whose duty it shall be to
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