The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-03-28
HEARING TIE CONTEST.
THE FIRST DISTRICT FIGHT BEGUN
IN COLUMBIA.

THE FIRST DISTRICT FIGHT BEGUN
IN COLUMBIA.
The Beard of Cauysssers Meets and Or
gantzes The Complaints Ia the Ch ~ les
ton Cases-Contests from Berkeley and
Collision.
COLUMBIA, S. c., March 23.-The
state Board of Canvassers met yester..
day at noon 10 the Office of Secretary OF
State Tindal to consider the contest Tor
the seat in the First Congressional DIS
trlct.
The members of the Board present
were State Treasurer Bates, Secretary
of State T1ndal, Comptroller General
Ellerbe, Attorney General Buchanan
and Cole L. Blease, chairman Of the
House Committee Of Privileges and
Elections.
The Board organized by electlng Dr..
Bates chairman and \. w. Brooker
clerk. Mr, Brooker is clerk of the
House Committee on Privileges and
Elections.
The attorneys present were ex-Con-
gresham Samuel Dibble, J. K. Bry-
an and Mr.. Moss, representing Judge
Izlar, and Senator John Gary Evans,
Senator E6rd and W. Gibbes Whaley,
representing Dr.. J. William Stokes.
The Board began business by begin
ming to open the returns OF the dl1er-
ent counties. Orangeburg is the only
county which has not sent in its returns
the Csnvasseas of that county having
adjourned until Saturday to hear teStl-
mony as to contests of certain pre-
cincts.
The attorneys of DR.. Stokes will con-
test precincts in three counties
Charleston, Colleton and Berkeley.
There is no contest from Lexington
lCounty oy either side.
+: The Board first opened tie returns
from
BERKELEY COUNTY.
The County Board reported that the
total vote in that county was "A, OF
which Izlar received so and Stokes IA.
The voting by precincts was as fol'
lows:
total 80.
35.
The grounds of contest in Berkeley
County were submitted and are as 1ol-
lows:
First-That there is no poll provided
for By law at SummerVllle; that there
is no such polling place.
| Second-That the voting at summer
vile was illegal and improperly con-
Quoted inssmuch as various partles
voted without being qualified by law,
some either not being residents OF such
precinct or failing to present registra-
Iion certificates as will appear cy the
affidavit Of l.. 81. McCants and >. NJ.
| Heap, hereto attached.
Third-The protestant protesIs
against the counting of the ballots at
! the Ioll held at Mount Pleasant on the
! ground that the managers OF elec1loo
we're not provided with the registration.
3books as required by law, at the time OF
tae opening of said poll, but that SAID
books were not handed to said manag-
ers until about II 80 4. ua., Oh SAD e'ec'
ton day, as will appear oy the aftI 'aV
it Of J. B Morrison, z. NJ. Pepper and
W. NJ. Williams.
Therefore the protestant prays that
the ballots cast at said polls be not
counted but be cast out aod that they
be not tabuiated in the genera! results
of the election.
The protest was filed by w. Glbbes
Whaley and William Stokes.
CoLLETON COUNTY.
The official returns from Colleton
County are as follows: Total number
of votes. S47; Izlar 439; Stokes 4OS.
AS in the case OF Berkeley County
protest was made by Dr.. Stokes. Inc
protest which is as follows, was accom-
panied by afidavits:
81. William STOKES candidate at the
said election, hereby appears before the
| Board of County Canvassers Tor Colle-
ton County and respectfully protests
said election insofar as the same was
hello at the polling precinct at Walter
boro. in the said county and submits @s
grounds why the said County Board OF
CanvasserS should reject the return OF
votes cast at such polling precinct ana
refuse to count such votes.
First-That John Bolack, a person
who acted at such polling place as
manager during such election was neV-
er legally manager, his appointment
having been made by one Commission
er only and not by the Commissioners
as required by law.
Second-That the said managers SO
acting as aforesaid acted llleg Ally IN
allowln the votes of ". 0. Glover, W.
B. simmons and Others. who had admit
tedly changed their residences since the
date of their certificates of registration,
to be cast.
Thtrd-That the said managers so il.
legally constituted acted illegally IN a..
lowing one H. G. Price, having moved
his residence to the State of Georgia
since the date Of his certificate and
having returned to this State only a
few days, not sixty.
Fourth That the said managers so
illegally constituted acted illegally in
allowing one J. F. johnson to vote, his
name not appearing upon the reglstra-
tion books.
Fifth-That the said managers acted
illegally in allowing John Black, who
wss not a manager, to be present in the
polling place and to speak to the voters
while IN the voting place casting their
votes.
The County Board endorses on the
back of the protest that the election,
after full investigation of the charges
made, appeared to them to be conduct
ec in such manner that no fraud could
be alleged and that there were no ma
terial Irregularities, in consequence Of
which they overruled the pro' ests.
CHARLESTON COUNTY.
| Charleston County Is the chief ground
fo- the fight for DR.. Stokes a specific
complaint was submitted as to certain
precincts, but there is also an omnibus
complaint, charging irregularities
throughout the city. What will he
done on this complaint is not known.
The official returbs from Charleston
were as follows: Total vote cast, 2.l4I;
Izlar 2Ol9; Stokes 127; scattering |.
The County Board Of Charleston de-
c1lned TO throw out any of the votes OF