, 1879-01-07


ffnm fistg-6ve 10 thtry-two, compelling tl,:.
votcrs IN most cascs 4, tnAkc round journey Of
ten, twenty, nnd thirty miles, ant IN some
3ssanee. Of sven fort. miles; This ast t.: III; !;
assertions which. upon examination, he viii find
II utterly Impossible 10 snbetautate. Referring
to AZ nct pass"d t'y the Republican Legislature
m o i5s sa' 1 tG hT mG1 wsfc
named for the Cnuuty nt Charleston, lie SAYS.
"Thfs art lar9e1yJncrcased the precincts a. pre-
s1sg d''ag AZ. %anr the eh"gr y TIL.
h"Std II neither III True % i" rclatfisn to 's tha
state nor In regard to Charleston County.
trcvlous to the passage OF shat net tho polling.
places IN each countT were designated at zach
ecson r. the e
and although they generally designated from
year to rcar the same polling places. yet the
Legislature deemed = more prudent 70 deprive
t1cnt OF that power b5 establishing BY law tts
voting places in each county, and this art of The
Legislature designated. With a few unin,portant
changes, the sa1ns polIinG},lace ~ ind existed
lor years previous. In Chasieaton County the
nity-fve pot'tne-pIaeca desianate.i by the
existed ~ 1874, with threc exceptions,
two old polsing-pfaecE bcin. aboI-
aslcd and three new ores established. an liz
crease Of ollc only over the Number existing
previous to the passage Of tho act. This art Of
ts77,, which aia,liy designated by law the poll
ing pl1ees which previously cxtsted BY usage,
Mr.. O'Couuor charges WAS intended by the
lta!frat Leaders 10 aflonl tie Atnptest laci't-
fore as soon ~ the Democrats got possession OF
the Legislature thcr passed. the act Ut 1878,
wnleh, ho sars, "rcduccsl the voting. precincts
throughout the state. and DESIGNATED for
twcnty.two, and for the city eleven, making to.
rns rnr,Isa-rLAcEs.
Bpraute The act vi 1e79 rtnilced the voting
~.
is 10: granted tia. tho act reduced the n.'nbrr
throughout tho whole State. 1lnl he examined
tho two sets before writing his letter l,o woultt
have f0,shH that while the uct OF tho Democratic
tho Intgr Republican C.,antha nr Ghar!essoa,
Beaufort, Ornngeburg and Collelon, yet Il III
crcnscl tho r0llioE.,'lace* in Seventeen, other
counties, and left the Whole number only stx
tho Democratic Legislature dll not concur IN
tho oplnlnn that tho act Of tB75 afforded the
amplcst facilities for repeating, or elsc they
concluded that the fncilitsca for IrpeatfnE In
therefore, wh!ic aooIi'hns iorty-six precincts,
mostly in the Tour colntics just nnmcl, cstat,-
llsted forty now ones for tho purpo.c Of allorti-
ing their folluwrra additional facitltlc. Tor Re-.
aio'i.i'e.i are 10 cbaf!eaton County, shows
plainly that the inain Object OF tho Legislature
WA to strike at tho Republican voscs Of the
largest 1tcpubllcan county 10 tho State
W InEALluH tue pOAu iuCtN ~ II ~
Virtually tlisfranchtse hundreds Of col
ored voters. For not oniy old this
t'cw act abolish numerous. po1ls which
others boyont1 tbs reach OF ihosc voterh
for whom they were intended. aud even left
some localities without anv polls Nhntever,-for,
Instance, 81. Andrews, 0n tho tnatn. This mitch
hnye deemed necessary to say " reply to Mr.
O'Connor's championship nf this lisRracetul
plecc Of legislation. by opposing which ttc llou.
j. u. Campbclty Democratic senator from this
county. Incurred the bitter l,ostility Ut his own
party.
APPARENTLY, uNANtwEnAnLE FACTS.
hnyc devoted 10 much Apacc to tho frauls In
Char1eston County that nm compelled to rcfer
very briefly to those III DrnngrburK County,
whcre tho system adoptcd was the satno rs that
employed to change the result in The country
precincts Of Charleston County, and which
haya aircadY described In another part of this
letter. The numberf Of ballots found in the
boxcs invariably EXCEEDED the number Of na,ncs
Of voters recorded On the po!-list, as will bs
seen by u glance at tie figures At eleven out Of
the nineteen polls In TINT county, as follows:
M nj nortatt I'm An nf bol~ EsreSss q 4