The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-28
EXECUTlvE COMMITTEES MEETING
Voters VIII Not DO Allowed to Express
Themselves an tho Liquor Question ut
the Ballot Box In tho Primary--Ar.
rangemcnts for Campaign Meet
inEs-Candltintps Assessed.

| inEs-Cnndldntes Assessed.
Pursuant 10 the call of County Chair
man w. ID. Hardy, the County Demo
cratic Executive Committee met in the
court house on Saturday ut II o'clock.
| The roll call showed twcnty-thrce of
| the thirty y-cight clubs in the county
, represented, though several members
came in after the roll had been called.
Chairman Hardy presided and Mr..
! j. G. Chalmers acted as secretary. A
| quorum being present, the committee
| settled down to transact tho business
before it.
Hon. Arthur kiber appeared before
the committee and read the following
letter:
70 The Democratic Executive Commit
tee of Newberry County:
Gentlemen: When the County Demo-
cratic Convention met in May lus:, u
! resolution was adopted 10y unanimous
vote asking the State Democratic Con-
Vontion to subnit the liquor question
| directly to the reoplc. The State Con-
vcntion refused to do this, but instead
endorsed the dispcnsary system as now
operated by the State. But this is no
reason why your committee should not
give the voters of Ncwberry County the
right to express their views on the
question. | am sure that the right to
give an individual expression would
| meet with the appreciation Of all our
people. Certainly it will do no harm
| ask then that your committce order Il
box placed at each precinct so that
every voter may express his preference
as to prohibition, dispcnsary or high
license. BY granting this request you
will, to- great extent, eliminate the
liquor question from county politics,
and will not send Representatives to
the State Legislature on only one ques
ton. Hoping that you may decide to
let the people settle the question for
Ncwberry County, ] am very truly,
ARTHUR kIBLER
Mr.. KiblCr was granted ten minutes
| in which to address the committee,
during which time he advocated in an
| earnest manner the adoption Of the
plan outlined in his letter, giving many
| REASONS why the request should be
granted.
MIR. Alan Johnstonc offered the fol-
lowing resolution. which brought the
question squarcly before the commit
tee:
Resolved: That the Chairman of the
Executive Committee be instructed to
nave boxes enough prepared to supply
each rlnb with one and the voters ut
the primary election are requested to
vote on the liQuor question al said pri-
mary Those Iavoring prohibition will
vote ticket on which is written or
printed prohibition; those favoriny dis
pcnSary will vote II ticket, on which is
written on printed dispens;,ry, and those
1av0ring license system will vote a
ticket on which is written or printed
license. Thc managers are requested
TO count votes cast and certify the re-
suit to the Executive Committee. In
the event that neither Of these uucs-
t'ons receives Il ma ujority of the votes
| cast, then the question shall be sub
| mittcd at the second primary, the vote
IN the second primary to be confined to
those two questions securing the high
est number of votes in tho first pri-
| mary.
MIR. JohnstOnc stated in Offering the
resolution thac he could see no harm in
| allowing the people to express them
selves on the liquor question at The
ballot box. He rather thought it Il
good idea, as it would eliminate the
! question from county politics and men
would be voted for on their merits.
Mr.. +. V. Capcrs opposed the rcSolu-
| ton on the grounds that the Stale Con-
vention had already acted on the Qucs-
tiOn, and that in his opinion it would
be the cansc Of further strife, confusion
and trouble in the county. He wanted
| the resolution killed.
Mr.. II. II. G. Hunter favored the reso-
| luton as he would like to see the oues-
tion taken out of politics.
| Mr.. w. G.. Sigh wanted to know if
this question should not be settled by
| the State Executive Committee.
Chairman Hardy stated that from a
letter he had received from the State
Chairman he was satisfied that the
| County Executive Committee had Il
right to act as it saw fit in the premises
MIR. j w. ID. johnson also made
a few remarks in favor of the rcsolu-
| tion.
| Mr.. w. ". Tarrant could not see the
necessity OF it and thought it would
| cnuSc cOnfuaion
| RECEIVES IT'S DEATH BLOW.
On motion it was decided TO take a
yea and nay vote on the question, which
resulted as follows, the resolution be-
ing killed by vote OF II to 13:
Ycas--J. II. Mcintosh, Alan John
stouc, Gus B. Summer, /. ID. Shocklcy,
VIM. Wendt, J. NJ. Suber, J. w. d.
johnson, w. G. Peterson, NJ. J. Long
shore, j. j. Mayer, II. II. G.. Hunter
II.
| Nocs-W. II. Tarrant, Ii. II. Folk
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