The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-08-22
Now for the Primary.
Columbia State. august Is.

| ColamJ:a State, august Is.
Ten days from to-day, on Tuesday, the
2Sth inst, the next political event OF note
| in South Carolina will take place. 1t will
be the biennial Democratic primary cleo
delegates to the State Convention-Re-
form or Conservative, Evans or Pope, ss
the case may be-nominating all County
officers in each County, from Senator on
down through County Supervisor, and
nominating men for Congress on the
Democratic ticket.
In view of the many factional prima-
ries, conventions aud what not, large
proportion ofthe voters seem to be all mix
ed up, and there is but comparatively
small number who seem to understand
a summary which will probably make it
all clear.
But before this is given, attention is
called to the followiDg-one of the rules
governing the primary-which affects
good many candidates who come only
Indirectly before the people:
"Rule 8. Candidates for the General
Assembly and for County Offices shall,
ten days previous to the primary election,
file with the chairman of the County
| Executive Committee pledge, in writ
ing, to abide the result Of the primary
and support tue nominees of the party.
Candidates for other offices shall file such
pledge with the chairman of the State
Democratic Executive Committee. No
vote for any candidate who has not COM
| piled with this rule shall be counted"
Yesterday was the last day of grace,
under this rule, for the filing of these
pledges. It is not known if the candi-
dates for County offices in Rlchland have
filed their pledges or not.
Pledges Of candidates for S ate offices
have, however, been filed with the Secre-
tary of the State Executive Committee,
as follows:
For Governor-John Gary Evans and
Sampson Pope.
For Lieutenant Governor-Dr. W. II.
Zimmerman.
For State Treasurer-W. T. c. Bates.
For Attorney General-O. w. Buch-
| anan.
For Secretary of State-Harrison, Hill
and Tompkins.
For Comptroller General--A. w. Jones,
Norton and Derham.
For Superintendent of Education
Keitt, Maytield and Whitman.
For. Adjutant General-John Gary
| Watts: Minus and Richbourg. ~
For Railroad 'Commissioners-Evans,
Sigh, Thomas, Wilborn, Yeldell and
Ali the candidates for Congress have
also filed their pledges, with one e1cep-
| ton.
The above candidates are. of course,
| the only ones whose names can be con-
sidered at the September Convention,
composed of the electors to be chosen III
this primary. -.
The Senatorial fight will be fought out
! in this election in the choice, by the peo::
pie, of members of the Legislature.
The gubernatorial and State ticket
| fight will be fought out in the choice OF
electors to the State Convention, which
msets September 6.
The whole thing is looking only to the
putting up of the nominees Of the Demo-
cratic party-Oonservatives included
| the general election in November.
In the primary NO person can vote
unless he has been enrolled on regular
| Democratic precinct club list at least Ave
days before the election. This Is impor-
| tant. and all should see to it. To become
club member the applicant must be
N years of age by the succeeding general
election, and must take the pledge re-
ouired by the rules of the Democratic
party-to support the nominees Of the
primary and abide the result. Negroes
who voted for Hampton In 1876, and have
| voted the Dem ocratlc ticket continuously
since, can also become club members.
The polls will open on the 2Sth, at e..
m., and will close at p. M, at every
preolpct In the State. The results have
to be forwarded to the county executive
committees within forty-eight hours after
the close of the polls.
The county committees will meet at IL
a. M, on the e9th, and declare the results,
| forwarding them to the chairman of the
State COMMITTEES Immediately" a ma
| jority vote is required to nominate can
didates and elect electors to the State
| Convention. If second primary is
necessary, 1t must be held exactly two
weeks later.
In the election votes will be cast for
Delegates to the September Convention.
Congressman.
State Senator.
Members of the House of Representa-
tives.
Judge of Probate.
County Supervisor,
Coroner. Every fourth year,)
School Commissioner.
Treasurer,
Clerk Of Court, lEyery fourth year,
Sheriff. Every fourth year.)
Just now the situation is very peculiar.
John Gary Evans has the Reform nomi-
nation for Governor, given by q conven-
ton representing about one-third Of the
Reform strength of the State. DR.. Pope,
by fling his pledge with the Committee,
can not 60 beyond the primary or Sep
tember Convention in his candidacy for
Governor. There are at least 10000 Re-
form voters who have not expressed their
preference, and 10000 Conservatives who
will have say. This vote Is the unknown
quantity in the coming primary, and no
one can possibly tell to whom it, will 90.
or even whether 1t turn out at all or not.
AS to the men who will 60 on the State
ticket, of course no one can attempt to
say bat the result will be, save in those
instances where 40 opposition has devel-
oped. The as yet unknown September
Convention electors have this matter jig
their hands, and many candidate is on
the anxious bench. Then there is the
Butler -Tillman fight for members of the
Legislature.
It is all now very much In the dark.
It is safe, however, to say that the guber-
material race. 80 far as the; primary 10
concerned, will be between Evans and
Pope. No third man is going to be put