The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-08-04

the rule so as to make it read instead of
the party "the Democratic party" He
did this to strike at and prevent any
| possibility of men voting in the pri-
subsequently for Third party candi-
dates. This was carried by vote Of
10 to ii, but was after wards laid on the
table by a vote Of ID to o.
In answer to the second question the
writer's of the letter we're referred to the
latter portion of Article VI Of the con
stitution Of the party, which requires
that the club rolls of the party shall
constitute the registry list, and also to
the amended rules, adopted last night,
and reading as follows: "No person
shall vote unless he has been enrolled
on the club list five days before the first
primary election" The CLUB list shall
be Inspected 10y and certified to by the
secretary and president Of the club, and
turned over to the managers to be used
as registry list. This amendment,
upon motion Of Mr. Bellinger, was
adopted.
The committee answered "No" to the
third question, referring to the place Of
enrolment and ability of voters to vote
elsewhere
AS to the fourth question the COM
mittee decided that registration under
the laws of the State is not required as
a qualification for voting in the pri-
mary.
AS % the lifth question the commit
tee reterr"d the enQuirerS to the latter
part Of rule 10, already of force and
reading as follows: "The question OF
ii majority vote shall be determined by
the number of votes cast for any par
tlcular Office and not by the whole
number OF votes cast in any primary"
This completed the answer to the
letter, and 1t was decided that the cam
paign meetings for the benefit OF can.
didatrs for Cong ess and the office of
| solicitor be left TO an agreement among
the candidates us to time and place.
The following was adopted:
| Resolved, That under the rules of the
| party only three managers Of election
can be appointed for the primary.
| This was done in consequence of
! Chairman lrby's statement that some
counties had appointed four managers,
and 1t was not according to the consti-
tuition, rs the managers could not secure
a majority in deciding questions that
would arise unless the number was
three. The executive committee who
had appointed four were requested to
meet again and cut of one
III was decided aS HI amendment to
tho rules that the respective county
committees are hereby authorized to
adopt such rules as will prevent the
Pumping Of candidates.
Chairman lrhy upon rtIrest left the
chair and Mr.. Stanland presided in his
place.
. Mr.. Ernest Gary then introduced the
, following resolutions, which Was unan-
imously adopted:
"Whereas recently the Columbia cor
respondent of the News and Courier re.
ported to that paper that Il majority of
the State Executive committee would
a request the resignation OF Chairman
lrDy, IL unintlucnced, now therefore
be it
Resolved, hy this committee, That
the report Is absolutely without foun-
) datlon, and we take pleasure in saying
that we know of the reluctance of Mr..
lrhy to retain the chairmanship of this
committee. and we feel it due to him to
say that his administration has been
wise prudent and conservative
Resolved, further, That this resoiu-
ton be given to the daily papers for
publication.
The matter Of the extraordinary
neaVy assessment of candidates in
Charleston county was then brought up.
"A telegram was read from MIR. Theyrel,
a candidate for the Legislature, asking
the COMMITTEES to do something about
1t. This was received as information
and the cOmplainants informed that
the State executive committee had
nothing 10 do with it.
The committee adjourned about 1890
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