The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-02
DID Their WORK
ELECTION PROBERS Find some
ILLEGAL VOTES

IN ANDERSON COUNTY
In That County the Investigation De-
yeIopsd Seven Hundred Duplica-
tions and Three Hundred Illegal
Votes. - Hearing in Anderson
Thursday Probably Ends the Work.
A letter to The News and Courier
from Anderson says at the hearing
held there on Thursday by the sub
committee Of the Democratic State
executive committe about the thou
sapd votes cast in Anderson County
IN the primary election OF August II
we're questioned. Members OF the
audience undertook by their COM
ments and otherwise to give hu-
norous turn to the proceedings.
There we're only about one hundred
persons present, It has been sus-
zested rather freely In advance OF
the meeting in Anderson that Chair
man Stevenson and his committee
would find it unhealthy to go tnere'
but, Of course, they went, and they
are in np respect whatsoever 1he
worse for their going.
The audience, indeed as has been
stated, managed to extract eonslo-
cradle amount Of entertainment out
OF the developments as they went
along, and then, too, Mr.. John I.
Duncan appeared and the crowd was
permitted to hear his charges OF i'm
proper use Of money In inducing
Duncan supporter to forsake the Dun
car standard for 81 per day and
work for Judge Jones. The argu-
ments that Duncan offered, az to why
the committee should pay his e1-
penses there, were also sdifying and
interesting.
A small sized Blease demonstra-
lion also entered as factor IN re-
neving the monotony OF the Day
This, however, was rudely n1pped ID
the bud by Chairman Stevenson. The
audience. however, freely and Sener-
ousIy entered into the proceedings,
Offering opinions, with request for
compensation, on almost any matter
IN hand.
Josh Ashley and his son-in-law W.
II. Garfield, participated largely IN
the proceedings Thursday. The lat
tsr, though, was denied the privilege
at one time Of completing an
able and entertaining defence OF
Anderson County, which, he saio'
had been disgraced by the neWspa-
pers.
The committee Thursday ended its
itinerary to reconvene next MONDAY
ut noon, In the State Library at Co
lrubia. The State Democratic COM
mittee meets the next day and to
that body the subcommittee Will
.make its report before adjourning.
Some special work was apportioned
to Individual members OF the com-
mittee. Messrs. Bivens and Jenrfes
were appointed 70 visit Orangeburg
and inquire into the reported mys-
teiious disappearance OF the cluo
rolls and poll lists. II is likely that
these gentlemen will confer with
Chairman Robert Lide. Mr.. Park
was instructed to take up Greenwood
eud Nj. Butler to gather up the docu-
ments from Spartanburg.
Cutie out Of the usual, tho COM
mittee Thursday called by name the
duplicates appearing In the report OF
the Anderson committee, allowing
persons in the audience to signify
; their willingness to make af1davits
that there were two Of such name. 1t
developed that at least some one
person in the audience was able to
identity majority d the voters thus
Questioned Mr.. Ashley, who knows
Anderson County pretty thoroughly,
was able to furnish a considerable
amount Of information. When the
name Of "J. W. Ashley" was called
as appearing at two different polls,
Citizen Ashley remarked facetiously:
IT am surprised that there amt
mere OF them" One name, John
, Wesley Brown, appeared as having
voted eight times. When Chairman
Leon L. Rice Of the citizens COM
mittee, stated that he could not
make oath as to the correctness OF all
the figures submitted, there was an
ortburst from the Blease sympathlz-
ers who largely comprised the audi
Nce.
Summed up, the report Of the COM
mittes is that there appears to be
about 100 Implications Of votes and
about 500 who have no legal right
to vote in the primary. At the Pei
zer box It was reported that 35 men
whose names were not on the club
rolls were allowed to vote. 1t Is
found, therefore, that OF Andersons
vote of 5000 there are something
over 1000 that are questionable. The
merits of the allegations will be sift-
ed by the committee.
Thursdays proceedings were nam
oe,ed by inability to secure a stem
osrapher. It was stated there that
the young women ste1ographers
were reluctant about undertaking
the task. Delay was occasioned by
discussion Of the method OF proceed
ure. Attorney F. H. Dominick again
called for a ruling as to the specific
scc3e Of the Investigation, and Mr.
K. P. Smith asked ruling as to
whether or not the burden OF prov
inc duplication or repeating in Vot-
Ing was with the investigators or the
men whose names appeared twice.
Chairman Stevenson declared that
the committee with the use OF the
poll lists and club rolls would be
able to unravel the tangles. 1t was
declared that all the apparent dupll-
ca,cs who could not be Identified by
the audience should be published and
sfsdavits secured, either establishing
or disproving the voters right Of bal