The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-09-17
SAYS NO CHARGE HERE
TO Be INVESTIGATED
COUNTY CHAIRMAN DOMINICK ON
NEWBERRY ELECTION.
Replies to Letter of Sub-Chairman
Park Wanting Newberry Pri-
mary PrObed.

h0A y AAVUSUs
The following correspondence be-
tween J. B. Park, of Greenwood, sub
chairman of the subcommittee inves-
tigating the recent primary, and Fred.
H. Dominick, county chairman for
Newberry county, :, self-explanatory:
Mr.. Pas Letter.
September II, 1872.
Dear Sir: AS you have perhaps been
advised the 81 oconmittee appointed
by the executive committee to inYesti-
gate the prima1 : election of Al gust
27 has been Cil lidel so that Mr. Il. B.
Butler, Mr.. ). NJ Cree and myself
are to take charge OF the Investigation
in the wester., section Of the State, in
which your county is located.
Our subcommittee met yesterday in
Spartanburg, end We wired you from
tnaC place as follows:
Secure and hold all club rolls and
poll lists in your county. Appoint
subcommittee to make investig cation.
Write me at Gree lwood, S. c., the
names of subcommittee and what
club rolls and poll lists are missing.
Letter follows
You can see at once that it will be
entirely out of question for three men
to make anything like a thorough in
vestigation of twenty counties or
more in the State without the aid and
cooperation of the county executive
committees, and fer that reason we
asked you to have subcommittee ap-
pointed to carry On the investigation
in your county.
1st. We want this subcommittee to
secure every club roll in the county
and compare the club rolls with the
poll lists and ascertain what persons,
if any, have been allowed to vote
whose names are not on the club
rolls.
2nd. We want you to compare the
poll lists with each other and ascer-
tain what persons, if any, have voted
more than one time.
3rd We want you to ascertain what
persons have voted who are not quail
fed to vote under the rules of the
party, to wit, minors, foreigners, nom
residents, etc., obtaining afidavits as
to facts.
4th. We want you to show all other
irregularities or illegal practice in
your. county.
For the purpose of this investiga-
tion the chairman of the subcommittee
has authorized you to employ such
clerical aid as may be necessary to
carry on the work expeditiou%ly, and
We hope you will appoint such COM
mittees as will take immediate hold
IF the matter and make a thorough
investigation, without regard to the
candidates interested in the several
Offices: In other woeds, it is our pur-
nose to make an investigation abso-
lutely non-partisan so far as we are
concerned. The investigation is made
not for the benefit Of individuals
which are aspiring to Office, but to
satisfy the people of the State Of
South Carolina about the conduct of
the Democratic primary, and every
good Democrat ought to be willing to
assist in the work.
1t is of the utmost Importance to
everybody interested that the sub
committees in each county take hold
of this matter and make the investi-
cation. and file their reports with me
just as early, as it is possible to do so.
The longer the report is delayed the
longer of cource will the investigation
be continued We will be unable to
make any report to the execu-
tive committee until we have Sc
cured the reports from these sew
eral county executive committees.
1t is a work of course that none
Of us desire to engage in, but one
which must be handled by someone,
and ought to be handled as expedi-
tiously as possible, and we hope your
subcommittee will take hold of it at
once and press it vigorously.
We will be glad for you to write the
undersigned at once outlining what
you have done and what your subcom-