The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-09-06
No Second Primary Tuesday
For Attorney General

resolution. Chairman Evans In QlS-
! cussing this resolution said that he
presumed that every man on the COM
mittee was honest and that he would
make the appointments regardless OF
whether they were Jones Or Blease
supporters.
The protests of w. ]. Talbert and
n. B. Dial, candidates for the United
States senate, against the election OF
Senator B. R. Tillman on the grounds
that he had not properly flied his ex-
pense account were read before the
committee by the aec:.tsly A decis-
ion will be given in the future by the
committee
Richard I. Manning, following the
adoption of his resolution, requested
that he be not appointed as member
of the committee The request was
granted.
Telegram From Senator Tillman
A telegram was received during the
day from Senator Tillman, in which
he stated that he had already filed his
expense account with the secretary of
state on two occasions. His expense
account amounted to $3.50, the assess
ment fee.
The committee at the afternoon
session named D. ". Willis of Spar
tanburg as a presidential elector to
take the place of T. J. Moore, who
failed to qualify. DR.. j. c. Mace was
named to take the place of D. D. Nc
Coll as an elector from the Sixth con-
gressional district because the latter
Jailed to qualify. The constitution
provides that no man shall be elected
who holds an Office of trust
Eugene S. Blease, who represented
the governor On the committee from
Newberry county, did not favor the
resolution by Mr.. Manning. He sug-
gested by resolution that commit
tee of five be appointed to assist the
secretary in tabulating the returns,
with a view to declaring the results.
He thought that all the contests should
be considered and passed on by the
committee during the Gay. His resolu-
ton was killed by vote of 33 to 7.
Another Plan.
Mr.. Blease next introduced reso-
luton providing for three Jones sup
porters and three Blease supporters
on the committee, the seventh man to
be named by the chairman Mr.. Ev-
ans said in discussing the resolution
that he presumed every man On the
committee to be honest He request
ed that a primary be held to show the
Blease supporters on the committee
provided the resolution was adopted,
because he said that he did not know
them. Several members of the COM
mittee expressed the opinion that the
resolution should be voted down, bel
cause it was too partisan and would
destroy the intent of the Manning res
olution.
Mr.. Blease said that the Blease sup
porters in the State would want to
! know why Blease men were not ap-
pointed on the committee The amend
ment was laid upon the table by a
vote of "a to 16.
A telegram was received by the
committee from F. S. Evans, stating
that Wyatt Aiken, candidate for con-
gress, had not filed his expense ac-
count according to law. A telegram
was received from Mr. Aiken stating
that he had mailed his expense ac-
count to the secretary of sta.e from
Washington August 26 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 I25
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 J. NJ. Whetsell to be the
nominee for treasurer of Dorchester
| county. The protest was filed by at
! torneys for o. B. Dukes The action
means that Mr. Dukes will he declar-
| ed the nominee for treasurer The
vote on the question was 19 to L. The
committee ruled that all votes fol-
State Offices found in county boxes