The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-11-26
in the Manning Times, in Calvary Town

ID Gn6 MaOU1uS LINES, ID SalFaIy 4OHU-
ship. So say Major Louis 81. DesChamps,
Mr.. r. S. Harvin. Mr.. Paul Hodge, and a
number Of other prominent gentlemen who
reside at or near Pinewood, and whose ve-
racity MIR. Welch would not for a moment
question. And as further matter of his
tory it may not be amiss to- state in this
connection that the commissioners of cleo
ton to-day threw out this box for irregular
ties.
Law, I have always understood, is based
on common sense, and when l am shown q
law passed in 1889 that repeals all prevl'
Gus Acts inconsistent with it there is very
little use for the Attorney General or his
champion Mr.. Welch, to quote me law
passed four years previous. Mr.. Galluchat
furnishes me with the following written
opinion:
MANNING, S. c., November 10, 1890
Mr. S. A. Nettles, County Chairman-Deal
Sir: In reply to yours of this date will say
The Act Assembly 1885, cited by the Attor.
ney General in his telegram to Mr..
Broughton, does not apply to Pinewood
precinct. That Act provides for certain
changes Of the voting precincts of the sew
eral counties of the State" etc. There is
no Act changing Fulton, or any precinct, to
Pinewoo6. Pinewood was established
with other precincts by A. \. 1889. Section
|2 of Act 1885 does read as follows: that
whenever one polling place has been
changed to another place in said township,
the registration OF voters for the
former polling place shall be valid and et-
fectual for the new polling place or precinct,
but it will be observed that this part OF
that Act is clearly repugnant to, and incon-
sistent with, the Act Of 1889, Section 2 OF
which reads: The supervisor Of registra-
ton is hereby authorized and directed to
exchange the registration Of such electors as
may apply to him for that purpose from
other precincts to the precincts established
by this Act, whenever it shall appear to him
that the elector so applying resides within
reasonable distance Of the same
Section of the Act of 80 reads: That
all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with
this Act be. and the same are hereby re
pealed." 1t is, therefore, clear that 1t IS for
the supervisor to determine whether an
elector is entitled to vote at Pinewood pre-
cinct, and if so, it is his duty, upon appll-
cation, to furnish him with certificate.
making the necessary changes. The mana
gers Of election are simply to see to 1t that
no person shall be allowed to vote at any
other precinct than the one for which ne IS
registered G. S. Sec. 9S.
You will, therefore, perceive that those
persons who were registered tor Fulton anu
neglected to have their certificates changed
to Pinewood were debarred by law from
voting there. Yours truly,
NJ. G. GLLUcEAT.
. Mr.. Welch closes his communication thus:
ITO Mr. Nettles, as chairman OF the coun-
ty executive committee will say that (as be
is aware) I have the honor to be member
of that committee; but the matter that was
sprung, four days before the election, be-
fore the committee, was not sprung before
me, nor was !, as member of that commit
tee, consulted in issuing those most extra
ordinary instructions Will the chairman,
that Titanic moulder Of our political desti-
MES, explain why?"
s;n,,ciy s;n,;,iiy say tnat was never an expert at
guessing conundrums I do know, however,
that Mr.. Welch since the September coaren-
ton has not attended any meeting OF the
county Democratic executive committee, and
I know further that had be attended meet
ing since the Independent ticket was pro-
mulgated he would haye had to pledge his
fealty to the regular Democracy, or he would
not have been allowed to remain member
of the committee, and further know that
if it is true, as I have been reliably inform
Ell, that Mr. Welch did vote the Independent
ticket, then he will not be allowed seat
with the committee, nor do I believe that
he would from a sense OF the fitness OF
things desire seat with the committee.
In conclusion, desire to make an expla-
nation to the public. Fulton precinct IS
made up very largely Of negro voters, and
some OF the worst IN the State. Six years
ago Mr. Welch was q manager at the Feder-
al Eox, and the true condition or character
of that poll cannot be better defined and
explained than by the following letter, writ
ten to as six years ago by Mr.. Melch him