Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-06
the subcommittee as provided by the

Manning resolution.
| Eugene 8. Blease, who represente,
the governor on the committee from
Newberry county, did not favor tn
resolution by Mr.. Manning. He sug
| gested by q resolution that q commit
tee Of five tobe appointed to assist tn
secretary in tabulating the returns
with q view to declaring the results
He thought that all the contests shoul,
| be considered and passed on by tn
committee during the day. His reso
luton was killed by q vote Of 33 to Z.
Another Plan.
Mr.. Blease next introduced q reso
luton providing for three Jones sup
porters and three Blease supporters OF
the committee, the seventh man to b,
/ named by the chairman. Mr.. Evan
said in discussing the resolution tina
he presumed every man on the com
mittee to be honest. He requested tina
q primary be held to show the Bleas,
supporters on the committee provided
the resolution was adopted, because h,
said that he did not know them. Sew
eral members Of the committee ex.
pressed the opinion that the resolution
too partisan and would destroy the In.
tent Of the Manning resolution.
Mr.. Blease said that the Blease sup.
porters In the state would want Il
know why Blease men were not ap.
pointed on the committee. The amend.
ment was laid upon the table by 9
vote Of "a to 16.
A telegram was received by the
committee from F. 8. Evans, stating
that Wyatt Aiken, candidate for con.
gress, had not flied his expense &C.
count, according to law. A telegram
was received from Mr.. Aiken stating
that he had mailed his expense ac.
count to the secretary of state from
Washington, August and that he
held the registry receipt.
The committee after hearing the ar
gument by attorneys reversed the de-
cision Of the Dorchester county ex-
ecutive committee and threw out 12t
votes at the Summerville box because
the state tickets were placed In the
county box and the county tickets In
the state box. The county commit
tee declared ]. M. Whetsell to be the
nominee for treasurer Of Dorchester
county. The protest was filed by at
torneys for o. B. Dukes. The ac-
tion means that Mr.. Dukes will be
declared the nominee for treasurer
The vote on the question was 10 to
II. The committee ruled that all
votes for state offices found In county
boxes must be thrown out. The ques
tion was argued at length before the
committee.
The committee ordered q second
race In Jasper county for county su-
perintendent of education. w. A.
Preacher was ruled out by the county
executive committee because he failed
to file his expense account the day
before the primary. 1t was shown by
r. M. Jeffries, who represented all
parties in all contests from Jasper
county. that Mr.. Preacher had made
every effort to file his expense ac-
count but that the clerk Of courts Of
fee were closed.
Mr.. Lido Opposed Resolution.
Robert Lide opposed the Manning
resolution on the ground that all con-
tests submitted should be passed on
by the committee. At this point
Chairman. Evans ruled that the COM
mittee was an appellate body In re-
gard to county contests but that II had
original Jurisdiction over the election
for state officials. He gave his opin-
ion as to what Is meant by the
word canvass" and cited court de-
cisions to show the power Of the COM
mittee. He said that II was the duty
of the committee to canvass the re-
turns and by that he meant count the
votes IL necessary, compare the club
rolls and the poll lists and throw out
q tainted box regardless Of whether q
protest had been filed. He said that
in case Of fraud of sufficient gravity
that the committee had the power to
aIanftAr
]. B. Park, member Of the COM
mittee from Greenwood county
thought that the committee should
meet the situation logically. He said
that 1t was not question Of who was
to be the next governor Of South Car
olina but a question Of the purity OF
the primary in South Carolina. 1--WE
have no right to be partisan, for we
must decide upon the facts presented
said Mr.. Park. He urged a thorough
investigation and stated that he was
not "in favor of whitewashing." He
said that the charges Of fraud had been
made and that they should be proved
or disproved. He thought that every
opportunity should be given for prov
ing the charges.
Mr.. MayfisId's Opposition.
8. G. Mayfield was present as the
representative on the committee from
Bamberg county. He opposed the
Manning resolution and did not think
that the situation should be investi-
gated in counties where fraud has moi
been specifically charged. He wanted
to know who had specified fraud In
connection with the primary. He
thought that the Manning resolution
was "eminently out Of place" He
thought that the committee should
hold down the investigation to where
fraud had been specifically charged
1T Is monstrous to make a charge
against every county," said the
speaker.
at noon in the library at the state
man. The roll was called by Christie
Benet, the secretary. Many Of the
members who were not present were
represented by proxy.
Chairman Evans called for the re-
port Of several committees that were
appointed at the first meeting Of the
committee here last Friday. No re-
ports were made at the time.
Secretary Benet stated that official
returns had been received from every
county except Spartanburg.
The protests Of N. B. Dial and w.
]. Talbert against the election Of Sen
ator B. r. Tillman and the protest OF
Ira B. Jones were officially called to
the attention of the committee by
Chairman Evans. He called the at
tention Of the committee to the pro-
tests now being made In several coun-
ties Of the state.
The Jones Protest.
The protest of Ira B. Jones, can
didate for governor, was read before
the committee. In an amended pro-
test the attorneys for Judge Jones
protested every county in the state,
to which objection was made by F. H.
Dominick, representing the governor.
The amended protest and the pro-
test as already announced by Judge
Jones were read to the committee.
The return of the governor was read
by the secretary, in which he denied
that there was any knowledge OF
fraudulent votes and In which ne
claimed to have been honestly and
fairly elected.
A greater part of the morning was
consumed with the reading of the
protests from the counties Of the
state where Investigations are being
made The first report read by the
secretary was from Cherokee county.
The report was by a subcommittee OF
the county executive committee. The
report charged that the election had
been conducted in q slipshod manner.
The methods Of the election were con-
demned. These reports were read so