The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
LOOKING INTO THE RECENT ELECTION.
.sPhoenix'' Wants to Know Some.
thing About the Case OF DIR. Adams.

thing About the Case OF DR.. Adams.
Some of US were o little surprised at your
statement in the Issue Of the 3D. instant, that
for your own satisfaction you had examined es
the first primary. finding seventy,eight
blanks for the Legislature. You added fur.
ther, that DR.. Adams had been elected In the
hrst race, intimatlng that he had slept over
rect it. (Excuse any inaccuracies, as the pa
per Of said date is not at hand) You, who 80
fearlessly espouse cause whether popular or
not, II you deem 1t right, mast have been
caught mapping, too, to have said II was LOO
late to correct the wrong,
Pheni1 was so sure that our County Chair
man would explain or make some effort to
ry to notice the fraud, for fraud IL Is, whether
accidental or Intentional. But In this week 4
issue there Is complete silence In the quarter
alluded TO. Hence we feel constrained TO eX.
press the disappointment and indignation OF
the voters not only here but throughout the
whole county at the counting out OF an elect
ed man. Is there no redress? How old must
a wrong be to get righted, or how young? or ,r
Is 1t ever too late TO do right? BE that as IL
may, a wrong has been done.
The result OF the first primary was an
bounced, and when new election was ORDER
ed none doubted but our officials knew what
they were about. However, In few days a
report was circulated that DR.. P. H. Adams
was elected in the first race. Meanwhile the
second primary ordered came on. The varl'
GUS boxes were sent to the Court House TO be
sion (the tellers having retired TO make their
count) one Of the managers Of the Phoenix
box asked the Chairman II the majority OF
the whole vote cast or the majority OF the
vote for particular office was necessary to
elect candidate. He replied, IA majority
for that particular Office" Whereupon Mr..
Waller Immediately arose and then stated
that according to that Adams was elected.
But the fact was not recognized, and the er-
ror was allowed to continue. Now whose
fault Is this? Surely not OF the wronged can
didate living twenty miles distant, who was
the bedside OF his pastors daughter. desper.
ately Ill with congestive fever, This case be
was unable 10 leave day or night even TO gel
needed rest at home or to attend to any per-
sonal affairs.
Hearing the result and that the remon-
STRANGE or his friends at headquarters failed
TO right him, while still at the bedside OF his
patient, he wrote the card declining 10 run
the third race: Whose business Is IL 70 see
that the poll list and votes are placed where
they belong according to law, and 10 whom
are they accessible for information rs TO the
number Of votes received by each candidate?
tee at the Court House have the advantage Of
8 candidate twenty miles distant, and that
Committee or Its Chairman Is expected to In
form itself and to deal fairly by all, especial.
ly should ne be careful not only to act fairly
but to avoid the appearance Of nepotism:
It would certainly look very officious In an
ex-candidate to 60 prowijng around attempt
Ing to pry into the official count. No doubt
the first mistake was made by the tellers.
We do not blame them, for to err Is human,
but when the mistake is made who is to cor
rect it? Is 1t not the province, nay more, the
duty Of the Chairman of the Democratic
County Club TO see that the election returns
are correctly announced? Should he not
have declared the last primaries null and
void and the men elected at first to stand.
thus leading and yielding to the will of the
majority Of Abbeville's Democratic voters !?
What say you, fellow-citizensi Speak out.
We would like our County Chairman TO ex-
plain his silence for II is certain that a knowl-
edge OF the wrong has come to him.
PHOENIX.