The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-22
REVISE RULES OF. THE DEMOCRATIC
 PARTY IN STATE
Provision Made for Election of Assistant Secretary-Rules
 for Conventions.

II New rules to govern the Democratic
 party in the state were presented to
 the convention at New Haven yester-
 day and were ordered printed. Thom- as M. Cullinan of this city, was a | member of the committee that drafted
 the rules which relate to conventions,
 state central committees, etc, and they | provide for an assistant secretaryship of the state central committee, the place created to bel accompanied by
 a salary of s2,0OO al year. The rules follow:
 Conventions.
 1. All state conventions shall be
 called by the democratic state central committee by advertising in the news papers or by notification through the mail to the chairman of each town committee at least three weeks be- fore the time and place of the hold ing of such convention and the basis
 of representation herein, and shall be signed by the chairman and secretary of said committee. The said state committee shall select the temporary chairman of such convention, who
 shall have the right to cast a vote dis solving a tie, but not otherwise. 2. The basis of representation in
 all conventions composed of delegates
 from more than one town shall be as follows:
 Each town shall be entitled to twice
 as many delegates as it has represen-
 tatives in the Legislature, and all
 towns in which the vote cast at the ! last presidential election exceeds 1,- 900 shall be entitled to one additional delegate for each additional 1, 1000 votes
 then cast, and also each fraction l thereof exceeding one-half.
 II B. At all democratic state conven- | lions there shall be two sessions; a l preliminary session, to be called at 8 o'clock in the evening of the first day. to dispose of routine matters, and to | effect a permanent organization, and
 on the following day at 10 a. m.. a session for the purpose of nominating candidates and for the purpose of 1 transacting such other business as
 may properly come before said con- 1 vention." | 4. All caucuses in the several towns for. the appointment of dele gates to the state convention, shall be held at least fourteen days before the meeting of said conventions. 1 5. It shall be the duty of the chair man of each town committee to send copy of the credentials of the dele | l gates to said convention of his town 1 properly attested by the chairman and secretary of the caucus to the secre- ! tary, of the democratic state central | committee, at least ten 10) days prior to the convention.
 State Central Committee. 1. The democratic state central committee shall be composed of one representative from each senatorial | district in the state, to be elected bi- Il ennially at the state convention, all II of whom shall hold their positions (except as otherwise provided) from the day of their election, for the term of two, years, or until their successors have been chosen except that in pres idential election years said committee shall be elected at the convention held to elect delegates to the national con vention and the state committed so elected shall Id office until the state convention held two years theteafter or until their, successors shall have been chosen.
 2. Within one week after its elec- tion, the members-elect of the demo- cratic state central committee shall meet for organization and elect a chairman, a secretary, an assistantt secretary and a treasurer, from or outside of it's membership. Said com mittee shall hear and decide all con- tested elections of delegates. subject to appeal to the convention. It may at any time by two-thirds vote, ex-
 o. loyalty, and shall fill vacancies caused by death, resignation or removal. It shall decide upon the time and place of holding state conventions.
 3. There is hereby created the of- ; flee of assistant secretary to the dem ocratic state central committee. The duties of the office shall consist in having charge of the permaneOt or { ganization of the democratic party in ] the state of Connecticut, under the su- ! pervision of the secretary and in at- tending to such other duties as are ] usually incident to such office. The [ salary of the office shall be s2,00O per 1 annum, which amount shall be paid from such sums of money as are col lected by such assistant secretary.
 Other Committees, Conventions
 III cdCA COuSICS6iOildI dIlQ pro- bate district and also in each county there shall be committee consisting in each case of three. which commit tee shall be elected at the biennial convention of each congressional, pro- bate district and county, and the sec retary of each convention electing such | committee shall immediately file with the secretary of the state central committee certified copy of the vote electing such committee,
 2. Said committee . shall from among their members. appoint chair man of said committee, who shall also act as temporary chairman of the con- vention held in said district or coun- ty.
 8. Such committee shall each serve for two years and until their success sors are elected and shall call the conventions of their respective dis tricts in the same manner as the state convention is called by the state cen- tral committee, which said conven- tions shall be held not later than the fourth Tuesday preceding the date of the state election in any year, and shall select the tempOrary chair |