The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-10-20
Jumping on JustItja.

| OoA0VCO VI CudTleSCOl
County, held Wednesday night, th
chairman. the Hon. Geo. d. Bryan
made the following statement:
Gentlemen of the Committee: Sine,
our last meeting my attention has beer
called to a communication sigr &c
"Justitia," who is represented as 8
prominent citizen Of Charleston, pub
llshed in the Columbia Register or
September 21st, containing the most
sweeping charges Of irregularities, and
might say, Of fraud, In our recen,
primaries. The long delay in making
theSe charges and they being made
under tho irresponsible cover OF z
nom dc plume, no special attention was
pald TO them at the time, especially as
thcY were not believed, at least by
those who were familiar with the great
care which this committee took in pro.
Vloing Tor fair ard impartial prima
~ and which, l believe. was held in
thls county. But as tlis letter has
neen republiShed IN neighboring coun-
ties ana has been taken to be true on
Ihe ground that it has not been denied
oeem IL my duty to call your atten.
Ilol 10 1t anu recommend that an in
v>stigation as to the truth or falsity of
the charges be made 10y you. If true.
steps should De taken to bring the par
lies involved to justice and provision
pe made against a repetition of the
offence. If untrue the merited con-
tempt should be visited upon the au-
tnor who secretly attempts to foul his
own nest. The charges are:
lst. That "the machine majority" of
tne committee "did decide that All Off
clai residing in Berk eley County was
entitled to vote in Charleston Coun.
End. That a large number of aliens
partlclpated in the primary.
50. That sailors were driven in
plocks OF four" from Poll to Poll 12
IN charge OF machine agents and voted
at each poll.
4th. That majority Of this commit
tee reduced the number of polling
places from twenty-four to twelve in
ture.
eSh. That the managers Of the boxes
were not sworn as provided by law.
oth. That the vote was manipulated
In the county.
7th: "As soon as the fraudulent count
was finished the ballots were destroy
The charges Ia and can fortunate
~ be refuted by the record. 1t Ia not
true That the committee decided that
an Official residing in Berkeley County
was entitled to vote in Charleston
County. No such question ever came
oetore our committee. Falsehood No.
l refuted.
1t is not true that majority of this
committee reduced the number of poll.
ing places from twenty-four to twelve
IN violation Of the Act of the Leeisla
ture: In the first place the Act of the
Legislature governing primaries does
not lx the number OF polling places,
and In the second place the number
OF polling places was fixed by the Dem
ocratlc Convention of May 12, 1892, N
the rules offered by the Reform wing
OF the party and unanimously adopted.
Ihe iirst rule reads: There shall be
one polling place in each ward, to be
located by the Executive Committee"
AS there are only twelve wards in the
City, under this rule there can be only
Twelve polling places. Falsehood No.
1t is not true that the managers were
not sworn. The oaths were returned
Ly the managers to this committee.
ana have been and are now on file in
the Office of the Clerk OF the Court of
Common Pleas for this county. Falls
hood No. 3 retuted.
We might De content 20 end the
matter by applying Justitia's rule
dalse IN one thing. false in alD to him
SELF, as We have shown that he has
Detn lalSe In not one but in three
things, but we owe it to the party in
this comfy and in our sister counties
with whom we are associated in the
Congressional and judicial districts to
give the matter a thorough investiga.
tlon, and to this end l invite your
hearty cooperation.
Upon motion of Mr.. Bolger the re.
commendation of the chairman was
adopted, and he was requested to ap.
point committee to make the inves-
cation. The following were appointed
as the committee: II. l.. =. Bolger, #.
Il. McGahan, +. Ii. COlcock, II. II. Sim.
mons, j. M. Eason, j. Nj. Kinloch.