The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-09-06
The Charges Consist Mostly of Irregu.
larities and Excessive Votes in
Several Counties.

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Judge Jones. The protest will be
brought officially befS=e the State ex-
ecutive committee at its meeting here
tomorrow at noon.
In the protest it is alleged that the
official returns from Aiken, Anderson,
Greenville, Cherokee, Spartanburg,
Saluda, Pickens, York and Chester do
not represent the expression of the
will Of the Democratic voters who
participated in the election.
The following is the protest:
State of South Carolina,
To the State executive committee OF
the Democratic party of South Car
olina, and to Messrs. Cole. L. Blease
and John T. Duncan.
Please take notice, That Ira B.
Jones, candidate at the primary
election, held on the 9th day of Au-
gust, 1912, for the nomination for the
Office of governor, respectfully shows:
I. That he is resident of the State
of South Carolina and qualified vot-
er of the said State, qualified to vote
and hold Office in the said State un-
der the laws and constitution thereof,
and the constitution and rules of the
Democratic party of the said State.
2. That he, the said Ira B. Jones,
was a candidate for the Office of gov
erpor of the said State and complied
with all rules and regulations of the
Democratic party, as such candidate
in the election which was held on the
9th day of August, 1912, and that the
said Cole. L. Blease and John T. Dun
can were also candidates, for the NOM
ination in said election.
8. That the said Ira B. Jones is in
formed and believes that in the said
election held on the 9th day of Au-
gust, 1912, many frauds were com
mitted and illegal practices indulged
in, and the law violated so as to pre-
vent a free and fair expression OF the
will of the e>voters in said election; and
that the said returns tabulated by the
mana gers of the said electors and
certified by the county executive
committees in the counties of Aiken,
Anderson, Greenville, Cherokee, Spar
tauburg, Union, Dorchester, Oconee,
Laurens, Saluda, Pickens, York and
Chester do not represent the express
sion of-the will of the Democratic vot-
ers who participated in the said cleo
ton, and said Ira B. Jones contests the
votes in each of said counties for Cole.
votes cast and returned in each of
said counties for Cole. L. Blease and
John T. Duncan as candidates for the
Office of governor on the grounds:
a. That many persons were allowed
to vote in said election in the said
counties, who were not of the age OF
q years, and would not be of that
age at the time of the next general
election
b. That many of the ballots counted
and returned in said counties as hav-
ing been cast for the office of gov
ernor were not deposited by the vot-
ers in the ballot boxes provided for
votes for said Offices, but were de-
posted in the boxes provided for can
didates for county Offices, and counted
in declaring the result for the nomi-
nation of governor in violation of law
thereby affording the voter the oppor-
tunity of voting in both boxes foS the
same Office.
c. That many persons in said coun-
ties had their names upon more than
one club roll and voted at more than
one Democratic club on the same day
for the same Office in the same cleo
tion.
d. That many persons in said coun-
ties were allowed to vote and did vote
in the said election, whose names
were not placed upon the club rolls
for five days prior to the date of cleo
ton; the names of some of such par
ties being placed upon the club rolls
on the same day as the election.
e. That many persons in said coun-
ties were allowed to vote more than
once in said election in some cases,
in the names of different parties.
f. That the club rolls used by many
of the boxes in said counties in hold
inc the said election were not certi-