The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-03-21
State Politics Soon to be Active.
PRECINCT CLUBS TO BE ORGANIZED
NEXT MONTH
oate For County Conventions State ON
vention to bs Held In May-TaiIx or Re-
ductton OF Number or Campaign
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Tho State, 18th.


months things will be lively indeed.
Ihe first steps towards the opening
of the biennial campaign are to be
taken next month. The city and
county Democratic clubs all over the
State are to hold their meetings for
the purpose Of re organization and
! electing members of the county ex
ecntive committees, and transacting
such other business as may come be.
fore them, on the fourth Saturday in
April, which falls this year on tho
2Gth.
Then the next step will be the
holding of the county conventions to
elect delegates to the State conven-
ton to twice the number of repre-
sentatives the county rs in the
general assembly, to choose county
chairman, and express views on any
question that may be before the peo-
pie. These conventions will be COM
posed Of delegates elected by the
clubs, one for each 25 members on
the club roll and one for each ma
jority fraction thereof. The county
conventions will be held throughout
the State on the first Monday III May
the 4th.
Then will come the State conven.
ton on the third Wednesday in May
tho 21st this year. 1t will have
to transact all the usual business of
the State convention of the party.
1t appears now that one of the
principal matters will be tho pro.
posed reduction of the number of
campaign meetings from forty to a
considerably smaller number. The
matter is being agitated just now,
and it is considered likely that the
farce of going to every county aeat
will be stopped.
This year the State has to choose
not only successor to United States
Senator McLaurin and full set Of
State officers, but new county officers
will have to be nominated. Con.
gressmen also will have to be IN the
field, and the redistricting of the
State will make these races particu-
larly interesting.
The roster of candidates for the
various State, federal and county
officers is now just beginning to fill
up.
Thus far while many are being
mentioned in connection with the
various State and other officers there
are many others who have not yet
determined what they will do.
OUTLINE OF PROF. HOLME~' NOVEL
ROAD WORKING PLAN
Idea OF Util'zing PriaOners in JAN a waiting
Trial so That They wnl Not bo Dead
Expense.
In his address before the general
assembly recently, Mr.. j. A Holmes,
State geolo list of North Carolina,
advanced novel proposition. He
urged that the prisoners who lie in
Jail awaiting trial be used to work
the county roads. In reply, it might
be urged that these prisoners could
not be worked before their conviction,
but Mr.. Holmes does not propose tc
use coercion, but to allow the pris
oners the option of working the roads
or of lying in Jail pending the meet
ing Of the sessions court.
Mr.. Holmes produced statistics tc
show that the loss to South Caroline
from having prisoners lie in jail il
over $4,000 year. A case may bt
supposed to show where this cos
arises John Jones might be com
mitted to Jail in December by mf g
istrate on some trining charge, JUS
serious enough t" be beyond the juris
diction Of tho magistrate. It th'
prisoner is poor darkey, unable It
give bend, he must lie in jail unit
March or April, or whenever the mex
term of the court is held. He cost
the State 20 cents for every day b
lies in jail. If no is there 30 days
his "dieting" or "rashions" bill
SO. As there are hundreds Of sue
cases in every county the cost aggre
gates into tho hundreds of dollarl
and $75,750 was the total thus OK