The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-09-27

with the reading of more Or less
lengthy reports from subcommittee IN
the various counties the ardor of the
crowd waned and a large majority OF
the 600 persons left the court room.
Chairman Sustained.
Just after the convening of the COM
mittee for the second session on mo-
ton of Mr.. Park, the work of the
chairman in apportioning the work OF
the subcommittee was approved and
confirmed
Convening at 1 O'Clock, the commit
tee, with every member present and
attorneys on hand representing both
Judge Jones and the governor, began
the work. r. NJ. Jeffries and T. b.
Butler were nominated for secretary
but Col Butler declined the honor, and
Mr.. Jeffries was elected by acclama-
tion.
Mr.. Stevenson in a statement ex-
planned the position of the suocom-
mittee. He reviewed the three sources
of evidence-information in the hands
of the contestants and the contestees;
reports from people throughout the
State who had information which this
committee would not be able to get
unless furnished by the people who
had the information, ''a4 it is not gifted
with the art of mind reading and could
not possibly interview 100000 voters, /"
and last the records to which the
committee has access.
To get the evidence fro mthe public
therefore, notice and time was re-
ouired to be given to the public and
to get the records required time.
Some criticism has grown out OF
the postponement, which, think, was
made without considering the situa-
ton as it existed" said Mr.. Stevenson.
GAS the report which this committee
makes must be used in justification
and must show an endeavor to, get
the evidence from reliable sources
who were desirous of furnishing 1t,
and if it then reported that everything
was all right then the public would
not have the right thereafter to rise
and condemn us for not getting infor-
nation which it itself failed to furnish
upon invitation and sufficient time CIV
en-. That is the reason for the organ
ization Of the work as it was done,
and for the postponement of this
meeting until that organization could
have the opportunity to do this work.
Tillman's Criticism.
Criticism of the probable outcome
of the investigation has been made
by our distinguished SENATOR said
Mr.. Stevenson, whose advice will al
ways be duly considered by me and
whose wisdom I will always respect,
whether I follow his advice or not.
Because 1 differed politically from the
governor, 1 am not responsible for
being on the committee, was not pres
ent when it was ordered, and for one
or two days declined to serve but an-
ally did reconsider and decide to
serve"
The chairman then reviewed the
appointment of the two subcommit-
tees and the division of the State. He
pointed out that the chairmen \ of
these subcommittee are two young,
vigorous methodical attorneys who
have never been connected with poll
tics, and he had separated himself alb
solutely from such evidence in order
to avoid t'the implied inference that
our senior senator said would be
drawn" He reminded his hearers al
so that the public mind is now in a
condition to accept evidence that may
be brought out without unnecessary
heat. ''The cooling time has been
beneficial to the body polite" he
said.
Mr.. Stevenson suggested that mo-
ton was in order to adopt set OF
rules and suggested plan previous
Iy outlined by the chairman through
the South Carolina daily press. Il
won't make it," exclaimed Mr.. Greer,
and this stirred the first outburst Of
the day from the crowd. When the
noise subsided Col. Butler moved the
adoption of the rules of procedure pre-
viously suggested by Mr.. Stevenson.
This was done.
The chairman in response to
query from Mr.. Dominick held that