The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-29
SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARIES.
Tillman's Vote Falls Off One-Half
Compared With That of 1892.

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Columbia, S. c., Aug. 28.-Returns
from to-day's so-called democratic pri-
mary elections for delegates to the state
convention, called to nominate governor
and state ticket, and for members of the
legislature and county officers, are ex-
ceedingly meager. They are sufficient,
however, to emphasize the utterly
confused and disorganized cou-
dition of the democracy, and
the results are sure to lend great encour-
agement to the sentiment now rapidly
growing in favor of placing ticket in
the field to contest the November cleo
tions with the Tillman Evans faction.
In all parts of the state the anti
Ttllmanites have with prac tical unan-
unity reirained from participating in
order to avoid pledglng themselves to
abide by the state convention nominees
In some counties anti-Tillmanites voted
for members of the legislature, but re
fused to vote for delegates to the state
convention. Such was the case in this
county where the eanti-Tillmanites elected
their full legislative and county ticket by
q large majority, but gave their conven-
zion candidates nominal vote. The
vote, even on the part of the Tillmanitcs,
has been uniformly small, denoting great
apathy toward John Gary Evans, as such
instances as the following will show:
At the town of Rock Hill, out of
a club roll Of 664 members, the vote
was 17S: Allendale, Al out of 260; Bates
burg A out of 137, and Johnston 81 out Of
400.
In Fair field county three-fourths of the
Tiumanite strength was polled. The
anti-1illmanItes refraining to a man. The
same was the case in Florence, and in
both these counties tickets will be placed
in the field in the next few days for the
general election. With the possible ex-
ception of three or four conservative
counties which ran convention tickets,
every county in the state will elect dele
gates to vote for John Gary Evans, whose
nomination was already a certainty.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
By Associated Press.
Charleston, S. c., Aug. 2S.-Returns re
celved by the News and Courier from
nearly all counties in the state
indicate light vote at the
democratic primary election to-day.
The election was held TO elect dele
gates to the democratic state convention,
to be held in Septemb ber, which will nomi-
nate candidates for governor and other
state officers, and will nominate
candidates for congress, members of the
legislature and county officers. AT many
places the conservative voters abstained
from voting, and probably the reform"
or Tillman vote fell off one-half as com
pared with the vote two years ago. The
'cut and dried tickets" of the reform
rings were, under the circumstances, sue
cessfui in all the Tillman counties. In
the four or five conservative counties the
re sular democrats triumphed.
In the First congressional district the
contest was between eX-Congressmau
William Elliott of Beaufort and d. A. j.
Sullivan of Charleston. Full returns
were not received, but indications favor
the nomination of Elliott. In the Second
district Talbot has been renominated; in
the Third district Latimer is renomi-
mated in the Fourth district Stanyarne
Wilson, new man, won in the Fifth
district Strait is in all probability renom-
mated, and in the Sixth McLaurin has
been successful. Dr. j. William
Stokes, popuist, got the nomination
in the new Seventh district. But in
Stokes case nomination is not equivalent
to election, as he will be opposed by Con-
gressman lzlar, democrat, who will make
the fight at the regular election in No
vember, and by Johnston, republican,
who is in training for the race.
The Democratic party in the state is
greatly divided, and there will probably
be two tickets in the field in November.
Senator Butler is an important factor in
present political movements, ana Will
doubtless declare his purposes and policy
in few days.
TIE LATEST RETURNS.
Returns from all over the state indicate
that only about a two-thirds vote was
polled in the primary to-day. The anti
Tilmanites generally refrained from
voting. Tillman carries every county,
with the exception of Charleston, Rich
land and Sumter, and probably one other.
The legislature will be Overwhelmingly
for him for United States senator, insur-
ing Senator Buffers defeat The con
servatives will likely run an Independent
ticket at the general election in Noyem-
Der. and that will be Buffers only hopeof
capturing the legislature. The election
was generally quiet.
ONE COUNTY ANTI-TILLMAN.
Columbia, S. c., Aug. 2S.-The anti
Tillman county and legislative ticket in
this county, Richland, has been elected
by an estimated ma iOrity of 3l2-hgures
which returns from precincts not re-
ported viii not materially change.
THE PRIMARY AT CHARLESTON.
Charleston, S. c., Aug. 2s.-The pri-
mary election here to-day developed
total of about 5000 votes. Nine out OF
fifteen precincts give J. W. Barnwell for
the senate ,605 and G. f. Vonkolnitz $50
votes. The same precincts give ID. A. j.
Sullivan for congress ,294 and William