The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-10-13
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SERIOUS CHARGES.
n Coerospundcpt Chars.s Kot'ennoss aud
Fraud in Charleton,


The astounding result OF the recent
election in Charleston County has ar-
rested public attention in an unusual
degree, and there has been tho natural |
desire So ascertain the true meaning OF
iAI rt3W4Li!S figures, tabuiatcd as elec-
iun relurrs in that County,.
\ mall issue grOWiDg ouI OF t0eeleG- |
iCu al the hirC.eIlapVilie pot was as
N iuttia!ory measure, sought to be ILL.,
TCs+t1ateu ANA this ay the earliest pos
j,1,p r4Vmtnt, but when tho box
WIS sent for to recount the vote
4ni axatn'Ia tbe challenged votes,
A. Dre="rihei by law, the mem
0er. of the Executive Committee sent
! 81 h'lnT tee OON fc9m its place OF a.
| poi, ,ry,rned and reported that "the
10IiJlS htt, ~ b"cn iesti'Oych." Where
uoou the n?ui,nn majOVIJy dismissed
| ,NiH nusineS%, and at once proceeded to
othCH busiur> =, and did decide that an
oili.!a residing in Berkeley County was
eltlueh t., vote in Charleston C0unty.
OF cOura. with such d committee ma
joruv, u0t only was the recOunting OF
ballots unnecessary, but, as a matter OF
fact, what Was the use OF the election
itself? Th& illustrates graphically the
Charleston election.
W. propCSa to review some Of the
0Utvurd alu cisi6lc signs OF the elec-
,, tlUn. !U, at the serious disadvantage of
ignorance I! its in1Card manipuations
Tor 70 true yXaiEiuatlOn is now possl
; bic, witt all tte ballots cast at these
sixteeu pot!S destroyed.
There is an Id maxim which is not
} only rue, but directly applicable to this
! socl'lei r!Gctipn--"TUiSuS in at1l0, tUl-
| SuS i2 UHl3ti6,tS tS'-ia'.e in one particu-
!. lar, ltlse IL all. The McClellanville
CASE is, we think, ~ sample case.
, Experience has ue mOnStrated that If
- tbs white ballot in Charleston County
is lv"r 30 he restored to an honest cOndi-
, ton, the Democratic party OF the State
= lnnst 81 legl&late as to protect the yo-
lerS who are not iuitlated in machine
: pCliticS-who are uuiamiilar with the
! political Realities which were intro
4 duc-d ,ntD New York many years age
/ hy Boss Tweed, ANA for years past sue
4 ceSSt NY imlt alrd in Charleston by 10.
{ cal noSa:s.
i !, ) unfortunately true that the
! want OF specific party legislation il
, 1850 fitted 10 r1eot the cXlgencicS OF
q mauy thousand voters mHssed in the
- narr0p limits OF city of 10000 inhab
it8n';i Is the real cause of the many
:, ilagc&nt irregularities in this the first
/ primary ever held il Charleston Coun
+ u.
B Tie pM!g constitution adopted IT
= Sentemb@r 1880, in failing to declare
/ tH;.t Ci|L ln@ln berehip in Charleston
. ShuU.l yes; Oh citizenship, residence
Z ,tn'' rhfi", ration, and prpyluihg or:J
q. lHH; ",in cab rolls OF the party shat
\ >>N.ltInit: lae registry list. etc, really
, :nEIicI >;iSCt1lpu!cis meH to stuff ths
, ,'iu6 rnlii Nli = 'iiu names Of aliens, TEN
), pHuN! rri:UcItS nnd professional re
lcisjerS. wh,, ION money, Wiil vote many
: tH""S N:!..rI nuMerous aliases.
> Fn rlAr:,3S:Hc what has already lee1
= %H!A. .. r:i;,; 5tate one startling fact
Is III ;uTtn". 'rDjcNAJlon. There wa
II l!":,uCG - have terD poilcd IN tht
:. - GlaTy i.H@ votes. The total Whit.
=. rn@.atnith. Not" in the city is atou
5 4 i'J 1 is ttuS seen that ] $50 ballot
! "."9:. ?V" j., thr boxes by those who nae
\ r@ ,Tnt C vote il the election undc
., t'.s HWa - the state Can such thing
3. II" :.tG overcome U3 like a Sumn,e
- c.':j.. N'th>;t our special wonder ?"
! ~. t.! Har;icl.laGS. We have salt
, tS."L ""'ie:.s" Participated in tce pTi
" ".,rt. = - - notorious tact that
: III = n"'jI"T Jf Wmkmcn, row engap
D. c'j 81 T. nrf - 'nauy buildings noW be
IiJE s1t"tCi tHhG0!utojy &:raN&crS(, die
&:.,,& DIR lam,c3 pltt Oh club%, and die
= N1.. d, tjiA primary, and could iOt be
| a;cil""t nndrF The present. constitution
=. IN" " W0NrY c".lSii,fNiiOh.
-, ! Z NaYe sad chat temporary resi-
- NrMts .1t*j. There are always seamel
u port, AiN 'Jack," with - cash il
q li"i.l anu iTvr Whskey, is an accOmmO
|. dating citizen. These could he seen il
, "G(O:hS IF Jour' dr;ven in carriages
:, iroM Pol 10 Poll 12, in charge Of &
|, machlne agent, who gave them rev
= , uatna5 a. each ijull, which names were
>, :. on ihe cl"b rolls: u eoura", and, wher
! cha'i4" gtd the answer was, "On the
= club roll"
> One Candidate is reported to have
opsnt SO, Go, and another $4,000, IN this
prilnaay election -!
= There are at this writing about 4,5O(
White Democratic voters IN the city OF
= Charleston; several hundred voters are
Known to be not on club rolls. There
+, are tWenty-four city clubs. On the
rolls of the twelve ballot reform clubs
. are 300 easily recognizable citizens
With veil known residence and buSi
+ hess Identification. On the twelve
4 machine club rolls are nearly five thous
: ard names, two-,hirds or more fcti
, tiouS. From this registry OF names
o with $4,000 in cash, they carried the
: ltCcliI Plllli%IS uutel Ine pTOlectlOn Ol
: the party constitution, which overlook
ed the necessity Of protecting the bal.
lot boxes BY the qualifications Of "citi-
zensh,p," "rcsidence" and "registra.
Llon,' as duly qualified voter!
E4t there Is, ii possible, even dark
rpnASe to this very dark pen picture
OF the recent Glsgraccful primary in
Charleston. Inc General Assembly
directed that each of the twenty tour
precincts ahonld have poll in every
election, The marjority OF the Execu-
tive Committee reduced this 10 twelve
polls. Ehe humber of candidates to
De voted for. the vote in two precincts
croWded into one, Involved a labor in
counting GCVtr before experienced: !:
some of tl!e large polls did not finish
tC0untirg for thirty.SiX houre afte the
polls cloGod Managers Were exhausted,
lsleep WAS necessary, others were called
in to count.
| When we announce rs matter of
fact that neither box managers nor the
relief supplied for counting acre S1Ooyn
in. as provided for IN the A ct rapulat-