The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-03-28

cincts | and 2, in Ward 4, city of
Charleston for the cause that voting at
said precincts was irregularly and ille-
galiy conducted and, first, as to Pre-
cinct 9 d Ward 4, the protestant pro-
tests against the counting of the votes
said to have been cast at said precinct
inasmuch as
First-That various parties were al
lowed to cast their ballots at ssid pre-
cincJ contrary to the Statutes of the
S.ete of South Carolina inasmuch as
that said parties failed to produce reg
istration tickets as required by law, the
vote being taken. received and counted
without the production of such certii-
cate.
Second-That the ballots found in
the box at the closing of said poll ex-
ceeoed the number of names on the poll
list, and said irregularity was not cor
rected as provided for by law, but that
the ballots we've allowed to remain in
the box and counted in the tabulation
of the result of the election at such pre-
circt.
Third-That the poll list which is re-
quired by law to be returned within
three days along with the boxes con-
tanning the ballots and the written
statement of the result of the election
at said precinct, was not go returned,
but, according to the Information and
belief of protestant, the same has been
destroy yed, and further. that the written
statement of the result of the election
at said precinct is not true and cor
1ect statement and that the signature
OF the managers thereof or of the NAL
ority of them was obtained before the
result of the counting kof the ballots
had been decided and that subseq uent-
" thereto one or ajority Of the said
managers protested against said return
being made to tho Commissioners OF
Election on the ground that the same
was not true and correct; that one or
more of said managers reported the
same to Mr.. Trenholm, a member OF
the Board of Commissioners, and pro-
tested against said statement being re.
ceived as a true and correct tabulatlon
of the result of said election, and said
commissioner assured the manager
that he would obtain legal advice as to
the matter, aod with such assurance,
believing that the injustice would be
corrected, the saidmanager allowed bis
name to Iemain upon said statement
and the same to be returned, subject,
however, to his protest as to its incor-
rectness. All of which will more fully
appear on references to the aftidaVlts
of Horace Bolger, A Bacon and OF W..
a. Schiffiey, hereto attached.
against the counting of the ballots OF
Precinct No. l, in Ward 4, for that
the said election at said precinct was
frauduleutly conducted the me mber
of votes reported by the managers to
the Commissioners of Election being
largely IN excess of the actual NUMBER
Of votes cast at said precinct as will
more fully appear by reference to the
affidavit of A. J. kulinski, hereto at
tached.
Wherefore the protestant prays
that the ballots cast at said two pre-
cincts be not counted and that they be
not taoulated in the general result OF
said election.
We in aoditioI attach to this protest
as exhibits copy Of letter of A. Bacon
to Louis G. Trenholm, chairman,
dated 16 b March, 1894. aud also copy
IF noes to the Commissioners dated
10th march 1894.
In addition 10 the foregoing protest
are the following sweeping charges az
TO illegalities and frauds throughout
the city of Charleston:
81. William Stokes, by w. GLOBES
Whaley and John Gary Evans, his at
torneys, now appears before your hon
orable body and protests against the
counting Of the votes cast on the I5tn
of March, 1894, at the twenty-tour pre-.
cincts III the city of Charleston on tue
grounds that various and many parties
were allo oWed to vote without a resls-
tration certificates and there were
many other irregularities the proof OF
which will appear upon the counting OF
the ballots.
Therefore the contestant prays that
the result of the election be not declar'
ed until the ballots heve been counted
and canvassed by your honorable body
and the contestant prays that be may
be represented at said counting by his
ATTORNEYS. W.GIBBEs WHALEY.
John GARY EVANS"
Afidavits accompany all the protests
but the Board will not allow these affl-
davits to be published.
The formal protests from Orange
burg, on behalf of Judge 1Zlar. will be
submitted to the Board when the re-
turns are received from that county.
The law REQUIRES that the Board shall
meet each day until the case is dispos
ed of. In compliance with this the
Board will meet this morning and ad-
lourned until the next morning an so
on. Pending the decision OF the contest
the Board will tabulate the votes OF
precincts which have not been contest
ed.
On motion of Secretary of State
Tindal the Board fixed Thursday next,
at 10 o'clock, for arguments to begin
by the attorneys on each side Inc
Board thinks that the arguments will
not take more than five or SIX hours.
Then vote can be taken as to Wh'
shall get tho certificate. The case must
be decided by Saturday of next week.
The number of votes Involved IN the
Charleston contest, in the two precincts
named, is over Stokes in the district
was something over 400. If the Char
lesion boxes are thrown out it 1t Will
give Dr.. Stokes majority.-ReIster.
VIII Use Winch esrers.
TOPEKA, Kan, March 19.-All the
State officers today received a copy OF
the Kansas Commouer, PopulisL pa
per containing an article which is re-
garded as most revolutionary in its
tnna Tho arti Gle reads in mart as fol-