Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-08-30
MORE VOTES THAN
VOTERS ARE CAST
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
-BIease Has a Majority Of Il
46t Votes, but Inyestiga-
tons of Fraud Have Already
Begun
Especial Dispatch to The Journai.)

Especial Dispatch to The Journai)
COLUMBIA. S. C.. Aug. 2-The ON
cial returns from tuesdays Democratic
state primary show that Govsruor
Blease has majority Of 14sl over both
Judge Jones and Duncan The vote is:
Blease. ss457; Jones. s5sTz; Duncan,
3O4z.
The vote exceeds by $4,000 any pre-
viously polled in this state.
There are rumors Of contests from all
over the state, and the Democratic ex-
ecutive committee may have to order an
official recount of the votes.
One of the features Of the contest for
governor is that about 10000 more votes
were polled in that contest than for any
other state Office. In Anderson county
alone there were 1000 more votes pollsd
between the gubernatorial constants
than any other state contest This dis
crepancy has led many to believe that
recount will be ordered
In several of the counties Il is stated
that more votes were polled than there
was names on the club rolls some OF
the county executive committees have not
waited for the state committee to take
action. bot have ordered Investigations
themselves.
The complaints to John Gary Evans,
chairman of the state COMMITTEES. aIlee-
ed that the vote is out Of all proportion
to the states population. and that there
were more votes cast for governor than
there are men over 81 years of age in
the state.
PADDING OF ROLLS.
Rumors Of irregularity are pouring in.
A report from Cherokee county says 1t Is
fcharged that Republicans. Socialists and
people from North Carolina ana from
Union county cast their ballots in
Cherokee Rumors of padding of club
rolls repeating and other charges OF r.
Irregularities are openly made.
The state chairman. John Gary Evans.
has been flooded with kilograms and tel
sphons messages from aII-parts OF thu
state. but ne win have nothing to say
until the state executive COMMITTEES
meets here tomorrow at noon to tabulats
the returns and declare the onaciaI re-.
suit.
Any protests will come up before them
for review and determination
Protests from number Of boxes N
Spartanburg county have been filed with
the county executive committee, and win
be considered when the county comn1it-
tee meets today at noon to declare the
result and tabulate the returns.
County committees meet at every
county seat today to receive the returns
and declare the official results
1t is reported that the Anderson com
mittee will make recount of the vote
Of that county. The Columbia State sums
up the situation this morning EDITORIAL
lily as follows:
According to the census Of 1910 the
white population of South Carolina was
s7s,1s2. For the ten years. 1900 to 1910.
the white population OF the state in
creased a little less than % per cent
Assuming % per cent as the rate Of in
crease for the decade. the white popula-
ton Of the state should be at this time
7Os.O45.
1850 LEGAL VOTERS.
Reckoning that for every five persons
there is enc male of voting age. there
should be in South Carolina at this time
lA,sOs white males of voting age. At IL
O'Clock last night $500 votes had been
reported as cast in the last Tuesday pri-
mary. Thirty-three boxes remained un-
reported. Eleven hundred and ninety
eight boxes already reported had aver
aged 115 ballots each. Taking lis as the
average for the remaining 80 boxes, $500
ballots would remain to be added to the
ballots reported, making a total for the
state of 142.1O4.
In other words, the inference would
be that every white man above q years
old in the state voted last Tuesday plus
2s5. If the white voting population OF.
the state is H.sOs every white man whose
name was not on a club roll, every white
man who was sick; every unnaturalized
white foreigner; every white imbecile and
lunatic of voting age; every white con-
Wet; every white man who was outside
of the state on election day; every white
man who did not go to the polls; every
white Republican and every white Social
ist must have counted to make the az
gregate of 142104 ballots reported and to
be reported as cast. plus 2s5."
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