The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-06
Srecial to News and Courier. I

Columbia, S. c., September g.
There was quite gathering of poll
tical lea lers in the city today.
They came here for tho purpose of
meeting and tabulating tho official
returns, declaring the result and go
ing home. 1t was quite early in the
day when Lieutenant G Jvornor Nc
Sweeney telegraphed Col. Jones to
say that there were no trains run
ming to Columbia, and on account Of
the storm eleven boxes were not re-
ported, and the county committee
hal in consequence adjourned until
next Monday to tabulate the returns,
and asking whether tho State com
mittee might not wait on that report.
Col. Jones responded to an inquiry
as to the vote for Governor, but pre-
ferred to leave the other matters to
tho State committee. From tho out
look this morning the action Of the
committee will have to be. deferred,
at least upon some Of the c,ntosts
The Comptroller Generals raco will
be decided ono way or anothuv on
this and the Beaufort vote, a5 it is
exceedingly close. The committee
may order second primaries in such
cases whore the aggregate vote of
Hampton County would make no
possible difference, and in other
cases the action will have 10 be de-
pendent upon the report from
II 'mpton County, of which, by the
way, al. that was possible to be OBJ
taiued was exclusively reported III
The News and Courier.
p, BY tho way, the politicians today
tSpgratulated The News and Courier
i5' n its splendid reports and sum
3 ;es Of the election returns; for
y nal vote upon tho Norton Eller-
ICt cOul eSl dtlu INC llKo.
{ I Che tables were gotten up in a
E,s,prehensive and accurate manner
.tlfie home Office.
u, ne committeeman who came hen Q
did not have much to say about the
next election. AS has been stated
all along since the first night, lIllerbe
I'd Featherstone will have to make
tho race over. Governor Ellerbe
missed it moro than seven thousand.
The Archer and Whitman vote was
not tubulated in the returns given,
as it has no material effect whatever
upon the situation. If the represen-
tatiyes of the various counties knew
anything they kept it to themselves
in the most approved manner, and
either talked in confidence or not at
all, except who're they wero pro-
nounced champions of either Of the
candidates. Mr.. Featherstone and
Mr.. Archer both have strong friends
upon the State committee.
Col. Jones hal this proposition
submitte to him: Where moro than
the number\>of Representatives to
which a county is entitled receive a
majority vote, which are elected? He
replied that the candidates receiving
the highest vote win, provided they
have majorities. Th, seems to have
occurred IN quite number of coun-
tics, notably York, Cherokee and
Aiken.
In quite a number Of counties can
didates lacked only one vote of 60
ing in on the first primary, and in
these cases the soldior vote was OF
mn.h consequence. There has boon
some complaint about the soldie.
vote being counted. If tho primaries
were honestly conducted, as thoy nc
doubt were, tho men who arc away
in response to tho call Of their State
should unque3tionably have the
right to vote. If they are away they
have not lost their interest in home
affairs.
Quite number OF the Sena
toral contests were as close n
they could bo. In Sumter less thar
dozen votes decided tho contest
and in this county the whole thing
biuges on the soldier vote at the Is
South Carolina camp.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The Static Democratic EvCcutiY