The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-04-20
CANDIDATES AND PLEDGES.
Must Swear Not to Use Money or
Liquor And After Election Must
Render an Itemized State
ment of All Expenditures.

An act passed by the legislature Of
1908. but which has now been forgot
ten by about everybody. affects, i'll an
important way, candidates in the COM
ing Democratice club meetings, county
and State conventions, primary elec-
tionS.
This act forbids "any person by
threats. or any other form Of intimida-
ton. or by the payment, delivery Or
promise of money, or other article of
value' to induce "another to vote
for or against any particular candi-
date in such election.''
Section 2 of the act requires every
candidate "before he shall enter up
on his campaign" to file a pledge
that he twill not give nor spend mon
cy or use Intoxicating liquors for the
purpose Of obtaining or influencing
votes" the pledge requiring him
"immediately after the primary' to
file an itemizcd statement which
"shall be open to public Inspection"
showing under oath call further mon
eys spent or provided by me in said
election.'
The act makes null the election Of
any one who fails to comply with it's
provisions.
Though his duties do not require
him to do so. State Chairman Jones,
out of the interest he feels in the par
ty, and exercising characteristic care
to save his friends and acquaintances
from the consequences Of neglect or
oversight, is taking great pains to get
this act under the eye Of everyone
intending to become a candidate in
the coming election. He is having
several hundred copies of the act
printed in order to distribute them
himself and send others out to the
county chairmen with a request that
they personally see that the candi-
dates comply with the law in time.
County candidates file these pledges
with. the clerk Of court while candi-
dates i'll more than one county, such
as would be solicitors, congressmen,
State officers and the like, are re-
quired to file the pledge with the sec
retary Of state.
Following is copy Of the act:
Section l. At or before every politi-
cal primary election held by any poll
tical party. organization or associa-
ton, for the purpose of choosing cam
'didates for office or the election Of
delegates to conventions in this state,
any person who shall, by threats or
any other form Of intimidation or by
the payment, delivery or promise Of
money, or any other article of value,
procure or offer, promise or endea-
vor to procure another candidate in
such election, or who shall for any
such consideration, offer to so vote,
shall be guilty Of a misdemeanor.
Section 2, Every candidate Offering
for election, under the provisions Of
section l, shall make the following
pledge and file the same with the
clerk of the court Of common pleas
for the county in which he is a can
didate, unless he should be Il oalldii-
date in more than one county, in which
case he shall file same with the secre-
tary Of state, before he shall enter
upon his campaign, to wit: +, the IN
dersignedl--------- = --7-----------of the county
Of ~ ------.-the state of South Car
olina, candidate for the office Of
-77 - hereby pledge that I
will not give nor spend money, or use
intoxicating liquors for the purpose
Of obtaining Or influencing votes, and
that 7 shall, at the conclusion Of the