Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-05-27
Campaign Meetings.

anu eaCn election year thereafter,
except as herein provided, the State
committee shall appoint and ar
range for two campaign meetings in
each county, to be held not less than
two weeks apart, one of which meet
ings shall be addressed only by can
didateS for United States Senator:
Provided, That If any election year
there shall be but one candidate for
the office Of United States Senator, or
no opposition for State offices, the
said committee may, in it's discre-
ton, arrange or appoint only one
meeting in each county. In addition
to such campaign meetings the coun-
ty chairman Of the counties compos-
ing the respective Congressional dis
tricts and judicial circuits shall,
when there Is more than one candi-
date for either Of said offices, ar
range for and appoint separate meet
ings for their respective districts or
judicial circuits, the time and the
place of which shall be published in
each county, and at which only the
candidates for said offices shall be
invited to address the people.
20. 1t shall be the duty OF each
county committee to appoint meet
ings in their respective counties to
be addressed by the candidates for
the General Assembly and for the
different county offices.
County Committee.
80, The clubs in each county shall
be held together and operate under
the control of a county committee,
which shall consist Of one member
from each club, to be elected by the
respective clubs. The committee,
when elected, shall appoint it's own
officers Except the chairman, who
shall be elected by the county con-
ventiOn,) who shall % necessarily
be members of said committee, but
a vacancy in the membership Of the
committee shall be filled by the
club, through the loss of whose mem
Der by death, resignation or other
wise the vacancy occurs: Provided,
That in case the office of chairman
Of the county committee shall be-
come vacant by death, resignation or
otherwise, the committee shall have
power to fill the vacancy by electing
a chairman to serve until the organ
ization of the next regular county
convention: And, Provided, further,
that any officer so elected who is not
a member Of the committee shall not
be entitled to vote on any question
except the chairman, and then only
in CASE of a tie vote. The tenure Of
oilSS vi lHt SoIllnlllee SHdl ne ulIll
the first Monday in May in each cleo
ton year.
81. The county committee shal
lee on or before the first Monday
in August Of each election year AMI
designate a polling place for zach
club in its own club district and an
point the managers for the Driua-
ries. Three managers and a clerk
shall be appointed or each voting
place and their names published in
one or more county papers at leasJ
two weeks before the election.
Pledges.
80. Candidates for the Generai
Assembly and for county Offices shaI'
file with the chairman of the count
committee a pledge in writing tt
abide the results of the primary anC
support the nominees thereof. Cam
didates for other offices shall file
such pledge with the chairman OF
the State committee: Provided, that
the pledge of such candidate shall be
filed on or before II o'clock, merid-
ian, Of the day preceding the day
fixed by the county committee or the
State committee for the first cam
palgn meeting of the count or
State, respectively. No vote for any
candidate h has not paid his aS-
sessment nor complied with this rule
shall be counted.
The following is the form OF the
oath: "As candidate for the Office
OF -----, in the Democratic pri-
mary election, to he held on the last
Tuesday in August, 191--, I hereby
pledge myself to abide the results Of
such primary and support the nomi-
nees Of the party, State and national,
and | declare that | am a Democrat
and that | am not, nor will 7 become
the candidate OF any faction, either
privately or publicly suggested,
other than the regular Democratic
nomination." If the candidate is
running for the United States Sen
ate, or for the United States House
OF Representatives this additional
pledge shall be required: 81 will
support the political principles and
policies of the Democratic party dur
ing the term Of office for which may
be elected, and work in accord with
my Democratic associates in ON
gress on all party questions" This
the - day OF ---, 191-.'
Provided, That after the time for
filing such pledges, and before the
close Of the election, should any can
didate die or become physically in
capacitated or withdraw, it shall be
the duty Of the State or county COM
mittee Gas the case may be- to afford
opportunity for the entry of other
candidates for the Office involved, and
should such vacancy occur more than
20 days before the first primary, then
said committee shall make Drovis-
ion for other additional candidates
entering the race, but if said vacancy
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