The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-09-17
SENATOR ON ACTION
OF ELECTION PROBERS
@ALREADY VALUABLE TINE HAS
BEEN LOST" HE SAYS.
aNhite Men viii Not Tolerate Impu.
dent Tinkering With Their
Rights" He Writes.

Charleston, Sept. 16.-The News and
Courier this morning carries the fol-
lowing story:
Expressing an earnest desire of i'm
, mediate action in the matter of in
vestigating the alleged frauds and lr-
regularities of the recent primary held
a in South Carolina, and condemning
what he deems the arbitrary action of
Chairman w. F. Stevenson, of the in
yestigating committee, appointed by
the State Democratic executive COM
nnittee, the Hon. ]. D. Bivens, of Dor
tchester, member of what has been
termed the Blease faction of the inves-
tigating committee, gave out for pub
lication last night letter from Sen
ator B. R. Tillman to the Hon. John
Gary Evans, chairman of the State
Democratic executive committee, in
(which Senator Tillman, marvelling at
the forbearance and patience display
ed by the Bleaseites at the delay III
declaring the election or taking &C
ton of some kind, urges the State
chairman to proceed with dispatch.
lest the temper of the people Of South
Carolina be tried beyond endurance,
and lest the method now being enl
p,oyed send the Democratic party i'll
this State to ''the demnition bow
vows
Urges Speedy Action.
Mr.. Biyens was in the city last night,
and in an interview with reporter
for the News and Courier declared
that as a member of the Investigating
committee and as a citizen of the
State, he desired a thorough investi-
CATION into the fraud charges, that the
purity of elections in. this State may
beNpreserved, but that the manner Of
procedure as outlined by Chairman
Stevenson was physically Impractical
BILE and could not be accomplished
within the time intervening before
the general election in November.
Mr. BiEens's Plan.
"My plan," said Mr. Bivens, "was to
have the committee as a whole sit as
court; go to Spartanburg or Ander-
son, or wherever there was the
charges of gres test fraud, employ a
stenographer, take testimony and afh-
davits and proceed with the work.
Meanwhile the work in other counties
might be. gcing on and that could be
taken up later. 1t strikes me as utterly
isnrossible to take up the club rolls
ead roll lists Of every precinct in the
gate and as for having them pub
l:shed in the newspapers, that seems
T. ne to be out of the question. In
Charleston, / believe, your city rolls
eione REQUIRED more than eight
pages in The News and Courier. The
n Ae2eral election is to be held in
-tle more than six weeks-there's
TO rostponicg that--and the work as
/, Outlined by Mr. Stevenson could
scarcely be gotten under way we'll
by that time"
eve can't hold our meeting in Co.
lunbia tomorrow" continued Mr.. Biv-
ems. because there will not be quo
rum. l have a letter from Mr. ". 3.
Wilson, Jr., Ct Rock Hill, to the effect
that he would be glad to proceed at
once but that he will not attend a
meeting except at the call of the chair
tman."
Plan of Resolution.
Mr. Bivens stated lest night that as
a member of the sub committee ap-
POINTED by Chairman Stevenson to in
ves+igate the fraud charges in the
eastern section of the State he is per-
fectly willing to proceed as best he
ran, but that he regards the scheme
IS impracticable. He, with Messrs
b Wilson and Jeffries, was appointed
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