The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-09-11
AGAINTS TLLnAN
TALBERT And DIAL CHALLENGES
HIS ELECTION
HAVE FILED CONTESTS
They Charge That Senator Tillman
Has Not Observed the Laws Of the
State Fully in Regard to Filing
His Expense Account With the
State Authorities.

A dispatch from Laurens to The
State says a rumor having been
spread around the city Tuesday to
the effect that the election of Se1a-
tor 3. R. Tillman would bc contest.
Ell. N. 3. ntal, one OF the candiiares
who opposed Senator Till nan in tb.
recent primary, was approached up
pu 20 qItstion and asA..l az - i's
reliability. Mr.. Dial confirmed the
rumor and stated that W. Jasper Tai
bert had served notice OF contest up
on him and supposedly upon Senator
Tillman, and that thereupoR he him
self had served a like notice. The
contest is based upon the failure OF
Senator Tillman to file his expense
account with the secretary Of state,
as provided for on page e49, volume
"a, acts Of 1905, wherein it is made
obligatory upon the candidates to file
their expense accounts between the
close Of the campaign and the first
primary. It will be emembered that
Senator Tillman filed an account Au-
gust Is, some weeks before the cam
paign closed.
Mr.. Dial went at length into the
situation. He declared that he was
not one to take advantage Of techni-
calities in politics, because he had
never done so in the practice Of law.
However, he thought himself per-
fectly justified In taking advantage Of
the present situation, as Senator Till
man had attempted to make use Of q
like situation a few weeks ago, when
he declared, as result Of Senator
Tillman's activity, Mr.. Dial was for a
time thought to have been eliminated
from the race. What Mr.. Dial re-
ferred to was the interview Of Sena-
tor Tillman given out several days
after it had been circulated that MT.
Dial had failed to comply with the
national election laws in not making
proper returns Of his campaign ex-
penses. The interview, as it appear
ed in The State, was in part as fol-
lows:
when asked as to the status Of
the candidates for the House Of Rep
resentatives In South Carolina, who
have failed to comply with the fed
eral statutes by not sending in their
sworn expense accounts prior to the
primary election, and about n. B.
Dial, candidate for the Senate, whose
account was received at Columbia but
not sworn to, Senator Tillman said
tonight: I would say that these men
simply have no status now. Should
any Of them be elected It would be
for the House Of Representatives to
decide whether the law mad been
"wilfulIy" violated. This word evil
full" appears in the statutes and its
construction might be matter fer
the House to decide just as it decides
all contested elections.
Mr. Dial noted the difference be-
tween the federal law and the State
law. In the farmer some attitude is
allowed as to the "wilful" violation
of the law, but IN the State law there
is no such provision. If the candi-
date fails to Sic his account at the
conclusion Of the campaign and be-
fore the primary election" such fail
ure will render such election null
and void, insofar as the candidate
who fails to ME the statement herein
| provided, but shall not affect the
validity Of the election Of any other
candidate complying with this Sec
ton.
| It was upon the section above that
Mr. Talhert took action and upon his
own account filed q contest claiming
the election upon the>ground that he
hac q majority Of the votes cast. The
protest was served upon MT. Dial Sat
urdaE. Looking into the constitu-
ton and rules Of the State Demo
cratic party, Mr.. Dial saw that &C
cording to rule 9, ga majority Of the
votes cast shall be necessary to NOM
mate a candidate. Mr.. Dial holds
that a majority have not voted for
Mr.. Talbert, so he has fled a counter
| protest on his own account.
II the State executive committee
upholds Messrs. Talbert and Dial, 1t
appears that second race will have
to be run over between the two. The
committee meets Wednesday in Co
lumbia, when it is supposed that the
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