The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-10-02

in an automobile collision For q tir
nd. Baron Won Bieberstein, Germany
ed for governor by the Republicans Of
were called to testify before the alder
their promotions. ..-.
of the opinion that. the local commit
tee there had something UP its sleeve.
There is q strong probability that the
investigating committee viii hold =
session In Greenville county.
Masses of Affidavits'
Masses of affidayits we're submit
ted today from many Of the counties,
all of which will be taken up later.
The above ststments In reference to
Greenville and Spartanburg practical
ly, cover ell the protests, except some
from Aiken. where It Is charged
that G. large number of Georgians par
ticipated in the election and II Is spec
ifcally stated that these voted for
Blease. ~
No protests were today noted in the
following counties: Bamberg, Barn
we'll, Beaufort, Edgefeld, Hampton,
Jasper, Laurens, Lexington, ,Newber-
ry, Oconee, Pickens, and Saluda. This,
however, does not mean that there
will not be protests later for attor-
neys for Governor Blease at the outset
stated that they waived no rights
under the return made by the GOV
ernor to Judge Jones' protest. by
participating in today's proceedings,
and the committee itself, may take up
any county at another time it It sees
fit. -. ,@r,' ~ =,
Laurens, Newberry, and Saluda
counties declined to order an 'inves-
tigation, explanations of which have
already appeared in the press. Mr..
F. H. Domlnick, an attorney for the
Governor, is county chairman OF New
berry, and John M. Cannon, Esq, an
other attorney for Governor Blease, is
county chairman for Laurens.- Both
stated their positions today. Mr.. R..
NJ, Jefferies, a member Of the inves-
tigating committee, reported that
nothing had been done in his county
of Jasper, although he had been re-
quested to take the matter in hand.
The Anderson Situation
From Anderson county was sub
mitted only a partial report, which
set forth Irregularities In numbers OF
instances, the merits of which will
be considered later Summing up:
The committee today heard reports
of county committees, which have con-
Quoted Investigations under instruc-
ton of Sub-Chairman ]. B. Park.
These reports are by no means COM
plete and in all probability will not be
completed. Lack of cooperation, 1t
was stated, resulted in the failure or
several counties to report. But upon
the face of the showing made, Mr.. J.
B. Park has been quite busy man
since his appointment. 1t was also
stated that Mr.. w. B. Wilson has been
compelled to do the work that was
apportioned among Messrs. Bivens,
Jefferies and himself, and that 1t Is In
complete because of failure on the
part of his colleagues to assist. There
was no effort to conceal the attitude
Of the members in this respect Tnose
known as tho Jones men reported
their work; the Blease men had noth =
ing to report
Why Mr.. Jefferles Did Not Act
Mr.. Wilson good humoredly tauoled
Mr.. Jefferies, who said he made much
of the fact that he was from the "ba-
by" county, and Mr.. Wilson declared
that he had succeeded In acting the
part. Mr.. Jefferies replied that he had
not done the work assigned him, be-
cause Mr.. Wilson had instructed him
to write letters to the various eoun-
ty chairmen but had not granted him
the privilege of receiving the replies
thereto-that 1t was specifl ed that the
replies were to be sent to the chair
man. Mp. Jefferies thought II be were
asked to write the letters, be ought
to be allowed the privilege OF handl-
ing the replies, therefore he had not
touched the matter. A few moments
later, Mr.. Jefferies said the reason ne
had not written the letters, requesting
investigation by the county chairmen'
was that he thought Mr.. Wilson pos
sibly had a mimeograph in his Office
and could write them with more ia
cility. Mr.. Bivens took little part In
the discussions.
The mooted question in to-day's pro-
ceedings was what powers has the
subcommittee or what kind of COM
mittee is it.
The Committees Powers
It is to conduct an investigation or
is it Court to hear a contest. AS
things are shaping up it appears that
the committee Is conducting an in
quiry into the primary and will rem
der a report to the State committee
upon it's findings. Judge Jones thus
far has brought no protest before the
committee. 1t is stated, however, by
his attorneys that the evidence gath
cred by the various investigators Is
the testimony upon which they rely.
Another question which was pro-
bounded but not settled Is whether or
not the committee will accept affida-
vts as testimony. Governor Bleases
attorneys state that they will siren
uously object to any such procedure,
that if testimony is submitted the wit
nesses must be produced so they may
have the privilege Of cross-examlna-
ton; that they object to any ex.parte
proceedings. The committee will de-
eide whether as an Investigating body
they will hear the protests OF attor-
neys for anybody or will conduct tnelr