Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-19
CONsPIRING AGAINST McLAURIN.
Alleged Movement to Keep the
Senator Out of the Primary.


Columbia State, Monday.
An effort will be made to force Sena-
tor McLaurin out Of the Democratic
primary. The State has received such
information from an authoritative
source. 1t Is also said that Senator
Tillman is aware Of the movement and
has given it his approval.
The matter may be brought up before
the county conventions next May when
they are to meet to elect delegates to
the state convention and to elect men,
bers of the state Democratic execu-
tive committee. There may be a fight
in the convention which meets about
May Is, but it is expected that the Is
sue will be brought up squarely when
the state committee meets about
week after the state convention.
The fight will be made on the propo-
sition to add to the oath to be sub
scribed to by candidates a paragraph
stating that the candidates recognize
that the platform Of the last national
Democratic convention (Kansas City,
states the principles Of the party and
that such principles are subscribed to
by the candidate.
Mr.. McLaurin has declared his op-
position to the tenets Of the Kansas
City platform, and such action as that
suggested above would put him outside
of the Democratic party.
Just before the last primary, an ef-
fort was made to rule Colonel Hoyt out
on the ground that he was factfonal
candidate. That attempt fell fiat, for
it was seen that such action would
have created an intense sentiment IN
favor of Colonel Hoyt on the ground
that he had not been given fair show
ing. In the case of Senator McLaurin
It is not a question Of faction or Of
state politics, but Of party interests, 1t
is said.
The state executive committee for
mulates the rules upon which the pri-
mary in conducted. The proviso to Rule
6 Is the one which has caused discus
sion heretofore, and the one which will
be under fire. The proviso as 1t now
stands reads: provided that no vote
shall be counted for any candidate who
does not file with the chairman of the
state executive committee, or with the
respective chairmen of the county exc
cutive committees, a pledge In writing
that he will abide the result Of such
primary and support the nominees
thereof, and that he is not nor will he
become the candidate of any faction
either privately or publicly suggested
other than the regular Democratic
nomination"
The executive committee usually
adopts the rules in force during the
primary preceding-making alterations
as seem fit. The old standing Rule as
the qualifications of Democratic voters
reads as follows:
That qualifications for membership
in any subordinate club of the Demo-
cratic party of this state, or for voting
at a Democratic primary shall be as
follows, viz: The applicant for men,
ber or voter shall be 81 years of age,
or shall become so before the succeed
ing general election and be a white
Democrat, or a Negro who voted for
General Hampton in 1876 and who has
voted the Democratic ticket continu-
ously since: Provided, That no white
man shall be excluded from participa-
ton in the Democratic primary who
shall take the pledge required by the
rules of the Democratic party"
The oath taken by the voter Is as
follows: II do solemnly swear that
am duly qualified to vote at this cleo
ton according to the rules of the DEM
ocratic party and that have not voted
before at this election, and pledge my
self to support the nominees of this pri-
mary"
The state executive committee con-
sists of one member from each county.