The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-22

III view VI Lue uduy ldC 1oAol p1io
maries, conventions and what not, a
Ia. ge portion of the voters seem to be
all mixed up. and there is but a
compa -atively small number who seem
to understand what it all means. B.
low will be found summary which
| will probably make it all clear.
But before this is given attention is
called TO the followiug-one Of the rules
governing the prlmary-which affects
q good many candidates who come on y
indirectly before the people.
Rule S. Candidates for the General
Assembly and for county offices shall,
ten days previous to the primary cleo
ton, file with the chairman OF the
county executive committee a pledge,
ia writing, to abide the result of the
primary and support the nominees o!
the party. Candidates for other offices
shall file sucn pledge with the chair
man of the State Democratic EXecu-
tive Committee. No vote for any
cadidate who not compiled with this
rule shall be counted.
| Yesterday was the last day OF grace,
under this rule, for the filling Of these
pledges. 1t is not known if the candi-
dates for county offices II Rlchland
have filed their pledges or not.
Pledges of candidate for State offices
have, however, been filed with the
secretary Of the State Executive Com.
mittee, as follows:
For Governor-John Gary Evans and
Sampson Pope.
For Lieutena Mt GovernoF-Dr. w. II.
Zimmerman.
For State Treasurer-W. T. C. Bates.
For Attorney General-O. ". Buch'
anan.
For Secretary Of State-Earrison
Hill and Tompkins.
For Comptroller General-A. "
Jones, Norton and Derham.
For Superintendent of Education
Keitt, Mayfeld and Whitman.
For Adjutant Geseral-John Gary
Watts. Minus and Richbourg.
For Railroad Commissioners-Evans
Sigh, Thomas, Wilborn, Yeldeli and
Gary.
Ali the candidates for Congress have
also filed heir pledges, with one ex'
ception.
The above candidat.s are, of course,
the only ones whose names can be
considered at the September conven'
ton, composed Of. the electors 10 be
chosen in this primary.
The Senatorial fight will be fought
out in this election in the choice, By
the people, of members of the Legisla
ture.
The gubernatorial and State ticket
fight will be fought out in the choice
of electors to the State convention
which meets September 6.
The whole thing is looking only tc
the putting up of the nominees of the
Democratic party-Conservative in
cluded-which goes before the entire
people in the general election in No
| vember.
In the primary DO person canyTote
unless he has been enrolled on a regu
lar Democratic precinct club list al
least fve days before the election,
This is important, and all should see tc
it. To become a member the applicant
| must be 81 years of age oy the succeed.
| ing general election, and must take the
pledge required by the rules of the
Democratic party-to support the
nominees Of the primary and abide the
result. Negroes who voted for Hamp'
ton in 1876, and have voted the Demo
cratic ticket continuously y since, can
also become club members.
The polls will open on the 18th, at
a. m., and will elise at p. No., at every
| precinct in the State. The results have
TO be forwarded TO the county execu.
tive committees within forty-eight
hours after the close of the polls.
The county committees will meet al
| II 3. NJ, on the 18th, and declare the
T. suits, forwarding them to the chair
men of the State committee "immedi'
ately." a majority vote is required tc
| nominate candidates and elect electors
to the State Convention. If second
primary is necessary, it must be held
exactly two weeks later.
In the election votes will be cast fol
Delegates to the September Conven'
ton.
Congressman.
State Senator.
Members Of the House Of Representa-,
tives.
Judge of Probate.
County Supervisor.
Coroner. Every fourth year,
School Commissioner.
Treasurer.
Auditor.
Clerk of Court. Every fourth year.,
Sheriff. Every fourth year;
Just now the situation is very pecu'
liar. John Gary Evans has the Re-
form nomination for Governor, given
by a convention representing about
one-third of the Roform strength Of
the State. DR.. Pope, by filing bis
pledge with the committee, cannot &C
beyond the primary or September Con
vention in his candidacy for Governor
There are at least 10000 Reform voters
| who have not expressed their prefer
ence, aud sc, 900 Conservatives who will
have say. This vote is the unknown
quantity il the coming primary, and
no. one can possibly tell to whom il
will 90, or even whether it turn out q!
all or not.
AS to the men who will 60 on The
State ticket, Of course no one can at
tempt to say what the result will be
save in those Instances where no op'
| position has developed. The as yet un
Known September Convection electors
have this matter in their hands. and
many candidate is on the anxious
bench. Then there is the Butler-Till'
man fight for members Of the Legisla'
ture.
It's sll now very much in the dark
It is safe however, to say that the gn'
| oernatorial race, so tar as the primary