Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-09-04
For the Yorkvllle Enqi
THE LATE PRIMARY ELECTION.
Rock HILL, S. c., September l

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EDITOR OF THE ENQUIRER Has the
Democratic Executive Committee taken the
proper action in regard to ordering new
election for State Senator? This is a ques
tion which I put to each and every mem.
ber of the Executive Committee of York
county. This committee is supposed to IA
vor no candidate who runs in the primary
election. The Senatorial race in the recent
primary was very close. Protests were filed
and Investigations were asked to be made
in the case of two if not three boxes. Fraud
was charged. Yet this Executive Commit
tee permitted one candidate to appear be-
fore them and ask for new election before
reaching any conclusion. Dr. Black, before
being declared the nominee of the party,
(by the Executive Committee) had not the
right to appear before the Committee and
ask for new election. He should have
waited until the Executive Committee de-
clared him the nominee, and then appeared,
(if he was not satisfed) and asked that an
other election be ordered. AS it is, when
he appeared before the Executive Commit
tee, he did not know who the nominee was
or would be he did not know which boxes
would be thrown out, and do not under
stand how he could ask the Committee to
order new election, knowing they had no
authority to do so, unless fraud was shown.
And if fraud was shown, it was charged at
the boxes which gave DR.. Black majority,
and he would not have been the nominee.
Neither of the other four candidates ask
ed for new election: The Executive Com
mittee should either have said that there was
no fraud or illegal voting and declared DR..
Black the nominee, or else they should
have declared that there was fraud and IL
legal voting and thrown out those boxes
and declared the next highest the nominee.
Where do the Executive Committee get
their authority for ordering new election?
Some one was obliged to have been elected
at the last primary election, and the Com
mittee should have taken the responsibility
of saying who that was. They certainly
have placed the Democracy of York county
in an awkward position. R. II.
For the information of 'R. H." as to
the authority the Executive Committee
have for ordering new election, we insert
the following from the Rules governing
primary elections:
7. The Executive Committee shall meet,
on day fixed at time the primary election
is ordered, to canvass the returns and de-
clare the result. Having canvassed the
returns, they shall admit any or all the
candidates before the committee, and shall
proceed to hear and determine all contests
and protests, if any, and to declare the elec-
ton or order such further election as may
be made necessary by tie or the result Of
any contest or protest.
ANOTHER FOREIGN WAR.-War between
France and China seems now to be a fact.
1t is worth recalling, in connection with the
difficulty between these two nations, that
the Chinese Government denies, with some
appearance of truth, that it had assented to
the clauses of the treaty of which the Lang
Son incident is claimed by the French to
have been violation, and on account of
which the indemnity which China refuses
is demanded. At sea the French will un-
doubtedly have everything their own way,
but ashore it is improbable that they will
make rapid progress without very consid-
erably larger force than they have at hand.