The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-05-20

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emanate from Chesterfield county,
and, in addition to providing that the
executive chairman shall be elected
by the convention, will provide that
vacancy in the office be filled by the
committee until the convention meets.
Other counties will favor this resolu-
ton tomorrow, and it is thought the
proposed change will create a lively
discussion. 1t occupied the members
of the committee during most of the
discussion as to whether or not the
chairman should be elected tonight.
To postpone the election of chair
man of the executive committee until
after the committee meets tomorrow
to see what stand the convention will
take upon the resolution referred to
above was the motion made by Attor-
ney Stevenson that created so much
discussion. Although a motion to
table was made by A. E. Padgett, of
Edgefeld, discussion was again open
ed when the motion was being put.
Following a lengthy discussion, the
vote to table resulted, ayes %, nays
~, so the motion was lost and the
election of officers was in order.
Some Pertinent Questions.
The questions that arose under this
matter included: Should the commit
tee elect a chairman in the, face Of
what the convention might do? Is
the new executive committee an Or
gained body until ratified by the
convention? Is the executive commit
tee without a chairman tonight? Exc
cutive Committeeman D. L. Sinkler, of
Charleston, characterized Mr.. Steven
sons argument that the committee
would place the convention in an
awkward position by acting tonight
as absurd" and eve are not respon-
sible to the State convention. We are
responsible only to the county con-
v~entions that elected us. I am here
to represent Charleston county in this
body" Mr.. Sinkler, in a brief aTgu-
ment to the. point, favored the action
by the Democratic executive commit
tee without regard to what the con-
vention might do adding 1--WE are not
creatures of the convention" The
question of whether the proxies
should vote was eliminated early in
the discussion, although J. ". Doar,
of Georgetown, declared that in his
opinion no member of the committee
had the right to a proxy. The proxies
were allowed to vote.
Cole L.. Blease,. of Newberry, took a
prominent part in the discussion, con-
tending that the committee under the
rules could not postpone the election
but must act for itself. At one stage
in his remarks Mr.. Blease said:
whenever I have to- get office by
forsaking my friends the Office can
go to the devil. I am gonig to vote for
Willie JONES'"
Jones Willing to Retire.
Mr.. Stevenson said there is consid-
cradle demand for changing the con-
stitution so that the convention may
elect the permanent chairman of
the committee. Mr.. Robert Lide, of
Orangeburg, said the committee would
be in an awkward position if the con-
yention should decide to adopt the
resolution. Then another chairman
might be elected. Later Gen. Jones
said he would gladly step down in
such a case. The question of wheth-
er anyone had the right to call the
present committee together arose, but
was lost in the general discussion.
John G.. Richards, Jr., also candi-
date for governor, took the opposite
view from Mr.. Blease. Only three
counties did not answer to the call
tonight. These are Darlington, Salu-
da and Spartanburg.
The committee as it met tonight Civ
ing proxies in five counties, Aiken,
Abbeville, Cherokee, Fairfield and
York, was as follows:
Abbeville, A.. ". Jones; Aiken, J. C.
Hudson; Anderson, J. e. B~reazeale;
Bamberg, G. B. Free; Barnwell, H. F.
Buist; Beaufort, C. S. Hall; Berkeley,
T. W. Williams; Calhoun, T. H. Dire
her; Charleston, Daniel l.. Sinkler;
Cherokee, W. S. Hall; Chester, R. B.
Caldwell; Chesterfield, W. F. Steven
son; Clarendon, C. M. Davis; Colleton,
J.. W. Hill; Dillon, R. P. Hamer, Jr.;
Dorchester, J. D. Evans; Edgefeld, A.
E. Padgett; Fairfield, J. E. HARRISON;
Florence, A. H.. Gasque; Georgetown,
J. w. Doar; Greenville, Jno. T. Bran
lett; Greenwood, D. H. Magill; Hamp-
ton, W. Fred Lightsey; Horny, J.. A.
Lewis: KershaW. JnO. G.. Richards,