Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-13
WANTS SQUARE DEAL.
Minority Members Of Investigating
Committee Make Protest.

The minority members of the SUBJ
committee recently appointed to inves-
tigate alleged election frauds, object
to being ignored by the majority Of the
committee. They want a say-so in
open meeting and they want to get
down to business at once. At a meet
ing held in Columbia Wednesday, they
gave out the following:
Columbia, 8. c., Sept II, 1912.
ITO w. F. Stevenson, Chairman. Che
raw; T. B. Butler, Gaffney; ]. B.
Parks, Greenwood; W. B. Wilson,
Jr., Rock Hill.
Gentlemen: We take this method
Of protesting against the action Of
three Of you, taken at an unofficial
meeting of the subcommittee Of the
state executive committee, with neith-
er Of the undersigned notified Of your
intentions. BY your action you set
aside the official meeting Of the sub
committee set for Columbia for this
date by vote of five Of the members
and without authorization officially by
the committee, which Is unorganized,
you have divided the state into two
districts. AS result Of the vote Of
five members Of the committee and
without notification Of your action, the
undersigned presented themselves here
for the meeting scheduled for today.
BY what authority did you nullify this
meeting?
1T appeared to us from the Manning
resolution that the entire committee
should investigate the recent primary,
not two men appointed by the chair
fan as chairman Of subcommittees.
Now, the undersigned have entered
this investigation with the intent Of
fair play to both sides, Of hewing close
to the mark, and of letting the chips
fall where they may. Although we are
termed the Blease men on the sub
committee, we know no men In this in
vestigation, and accordingly we are
present today to begin work without
any further delays. Why should you
delay this work longer, waiting for the
poll lists when the general election Is
only seven weeks off? The people are
looking to us as whole (not to your
division chairmen) to clear the name
of the state of election frauds.
Now, we propose as follows: That
the entire subcommittee meet at Co
lumbia Monday next, organize and lay
plans for the hasty completion OF the
work. Then the subcommittee could
hold sessions In those counties where
the most serious cases Of fraud are al
legged, namely, Spartanburg and An
derson, and such other counties where
1t may be necessary. BY the time that
this is completed we will have in our
possession the club rolls and poll lists
of all counties of the state, and addi-
tional meetings Of the subcommittee
can be held in those counties where,
after an inspection Of the rolls, the
committee may deem It necessary. BY
this method the entire matter can be
sifted to the bottom in three weeks. To
wait on the club rolls. etc., before be-
ginning this work will delay our report
Indefinitely. But justice, not delay, is
demanded.
Therefore, in behalf of the fair
name Of the state we call upon you
to meet US in Columbia next Monday
at noon and begin this important work
without any further delay. Kindly
telegraph each of US at our home ad-
dresses at our expense whether you
will meet us.
VERY respectfully yours,
"R. NJ. Jeffries,
u. D. Bivens.
u. M Grier'