The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-09-15
DlSGRACEFUL DOINGS.
VOTES OF GEORGETOWN CONSC RvA-
TlVES RULED OUT.

| IN" Candidate County ChaIruau,. Dl..
gnstfng Action ior Psrsonal Euds-Irby
and IiIimnn Down on Him-rhs ArbI-
| trary Ruling Should b. Set Aside
COLUMBIA, ). g., Sept. 4.--rhe most
despicable trick attempted by any
man IN the recent campaign is that OF
Sherlll Doar, county chairman of
Georgetown county, who, exercising.
his authority as county chairman
ruled his Conservative competitor ana
other candidates ont or the primary,
Even lrby and Governor Tillman do
not hesitate to condemn his action.
! 1T will be remembered that previous
| TO the election the Conservative candi-
dates attempted to file the REQUIRED
pledges with Chairman DC r, within
the given time. but in order to prevent
that he abSente 1 himself from George
town, going on fishing expedition
and only returning on the morning the
pledges were required to be in. They
were then rendered him and he refused
Cnem on the ground that 1T was then
do O'Clock aud they should have been
hled by oclC tx that morning, and
that the legal time had expired.
The case was referred to State Chair.
man lrby, who said that while il might
be beyond his jurisdiction, the pledges
were rendered him in time, and that
such ruling was not the intention of
the constitution, it being merely de-
sired to secure the pledges, and the
question OF time was not in any way
vital.
MIR. Walter Hazard, the Conservative
candidate for State Senator. was in the
city yesterday, and he brought the de-
tails OF Interesting now Developments,
"nlcn makes an ugly case for Doar.
Alr. Hazard called on Gov. Tillman
during the morning, and talked the
matter over with hun. Later, Gov.
Illlman, in talking Of the case, con
demncd DoarS action, agreed with
VIVA, lrby had said as to the question
OF time, and said that the voice of the
people In a South Carolina primary
election should never be drowned by "a
technicality.
Mr.. Hazard, the newly elected State
senator. gave an impartial statement
OF how Chairman Doar Is trying to re-
| tam his Office and eucnre the COnserya-
tlVeS out of the victory they have won.
On Thursday last the executive COM
mlttee met to tabulate the returns
Chairman Doar instructed the Secre.
| tary to recognize the votes Of only such
persons rs had been recognized by hin,
as being the legal Democratic candI
dates. by his decision aS 10 the pledges
he ruled that the Conservatives could
not have their ballots counted and SC
| Instructed the clerk. lie said that as
long as ne was chairman the votes OF
| 10 hA h..
cTaIlc candidates would be counted.
IN accordance with his instructions
the votes Of only the Tillmante coun-
" officers were counted and the Con.
SerVatlVe vote totally ignored. AS the
meeting was strictly for the purpose Of
Ifouiatlng the returns and not for en-
PERTAINING any protest, nOIninp WAS
done by the Conservative memD Dcrs cx.
cept to condemn the Injustice done
Alter Mr.. Doar had had his little count
Ihe conservatives had Secretary Det-
gems examine the Official returns and
give the Conservative vote to them.
Inc lgures showed that Mr.. Waltar
Hazard received Il ma jOrity Of 1876 for
State Senator, Mr. Skinner majority
Of 81 for sheriff, and Mr. Brown the
conservative candidate for clerk of
the count, plurality vote over his two
competitors.
The Conservatives then filed with
Chairman DOar formal protest and
demanded that their votes be counted.
Chairman Doar held that he had no
right to entertain Il protest from men
whom he did not recognize as candj
dates. lie was asked TO call a meeting
OF the executive committee to hear the
grounds on Which the Conservative
nominees based their claims to election.
but he told Mr.. Steadman, a Conserya
tive member of the committee, that he
would not cal! meeting OF the com
nlttee for that purpose. The COnserv-
atlVc committeeman however succeed
Ell IN getting an adjourned meeting
until next Tuesday, when the case viii
ne heard With the four conservatives,
MIR. Detgens and possibly one or two
othcr Illlmanite members, it is expect.
Ell that quorum will be secured and
that Chairman Doar will be overruled
In ms arbitrary ruling, that the vote
VIII be counted, and that Chairman
Doar will be defeated for sheriff.
1t Is expected that the fairness of the
cCmmlttee will assert itself and that
the vote will be counted after an ex-
planatiOn is had. Unless that is done
the case will bc carried to the courts
State.
An Aipine