The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-11-13

ther, where will it all endp IN there
nave been any countercharges of fraud
they have not yet been enrecorded. The
issue now is whether such proceedings
Will be allowed to stand without pro
test, not SO much for this Individual
case, but for the sake of future cleo
tlons. Some say that no one would
after this dare to have anything but a
Iree ana fatr ballot. 1t is indeed se-
rious condition OF affairs.
DR.. Pope, who has managed his fioht
almost single handed, was up and at
work early this morning. Was he beat
en- or hacked ?" Not bit of it, so
far as appearances 90. He was as
bright and cheerful as ever, but he was
mad-yory mad. He says that the
more telegrams and letters he gets the
more he Is convinced of q most out
rageous and systematic scheme To de-
feat him and to carry the constitutional
convention. 1t is, to his mind, tho
most astounding piece of political trick
cry ever heard of. He did not have
much to say for publication, but what
he did say was decidedly to the point.
In the first place, he said that even il
the returns showed upon their face a
majority for Evans that he intended to
push his contest in the courts, as he
any court that he had been defrauded
out of more than sufficient ballots tbat
were cast for him and not counted. He
said that he was thoroughly satisfied
that at least 30, 600 men who wanted to
vote for him were never given the op-
portunity OF casting their ballots.
What was he going to do about it
why he says that he is going to fight
to the bitter end; in the first place to
get his rights, and in the second place
to expose the rottenness of the ring.
ln all cases where he knew of fraud, or
where he would hereafter hear of it,
he would ask his friends to prepare ali
OF the evidence in the case and present
1T to the county board of canvassers
that meets next Tuesday, and if they
1alled to pay any attention to it 1t
would be presented to the State board
OF canvassers, and from there would be
taken to the Supreme court of the State
II satisfaction is not secured. 1t is un.
derstood that he has engaged Gen.
Leroy f. Youmans to look after the
legal side of the fight.
The question has been raised wheth-
er the State board OF canvassers has
the right to examine into the vote for
Governor, and DR.. Pope cited the fol-
lowing extract from the revised law on
elections:
Section Isl. U27) The Secretary
OF State shall appointa meeting of the
board OF State canvassers, to be held at
his office, or some convenient place.
within ten days next after such general
election for the purpose of canvassing
the votes for all officers voSed for at
such election"
This, he insists, clearly shows that
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all officers voted for at such election. 81
The Reformers are having q good
time at the expense of DIR. Pope and
those whom they have defeated. They
seem t. make light of the charges OF
fraud, and Chairman Irby says that so
far as he knows it has been as fair an
election as has ever been held in the
State. He says that the estimates he
gave out last night are about correct.
and that Evans will be elected by a
majority ranging from %. 900 to 30. 600.
Governor Tillman, what does he
think about the matter? He has not
taken any special interest in the re-
turns, as he has been satisfied about
the result. This morning he left the
city for his home in Edgefield to attend
to a little business. Just us he was
getting into his carriage | asked him
!" iI'.o hS ohouShO uDUuO VIC olcCUlOn.
"Oh," said he, " the bark eepers poured
some whiskey on the old Haskell fires,
and The News and Courier, the State
and the Greenville News have stirred
them into a flame, but we put them
out. 1t is tho last expiring gasp OF
Haskellism in the State, as we'll as OF
the whiskey ring" When I asked him
about the constitutional convention he
said that he was satisfied that the con
vention would be carried, as it ought
to be. He was evidently very well sat
isfied with the way things had gone,
and he went on to say that he had
never expected u large majority for
the convention.
Mr.. Evans spent the'day in the city
He took things very quietly and easily
He said that 1T was all poppycOck tC
talk about fraud at the elections. He
said in response to a request for an in.
tcrvicw that he did not care to have
anything to say at this time, but chat
ted pleasantly about the vote in Char.
lesion and other features of the elec,
tion.