The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-10-04

a person who had moved away, so that
the same name does not appear twice
in connection with any such transac-
tionS.
These remarks are illustrated by our
experience in Greenville, Spartanburg
and Anderson. At Anderson We had
a list of names apparently repeaters'
in which many names appeared twice
and one as high as eight times IN
calling the 78 instances in which thls
occurred before a representative An
derson audience of probably 200 people
over so per cent. were instantly rec
ognized by parties in the audience anu
afidavits voluntarily given OF the loen-
tity and bona fdes Of the dlnerenI
parties of the same name at the oll-
ferent precincts
On the other hand, at Central Box at
Greenville, where about 100 votes were
cast, a painstaking and expensive IN
vestigation was made to ascertain the
identify OF the voters, and when every
means were exhausted there we're l2S
votrs who have not been found, and
at last two of them were dead men.
If repeating was done to any great
extent il was done in that way, voting
in the name of people who were dead
or moved away or never existed, ous
the names were placed on the club roll
for the very purpose Of using them IN
that way.
Not Entitled to Vote.
Third. people not entitled to vote
voting. A good many instances OF this
were shown by the afhdavits submit
ted. These consisted Of minors, men
not in the State long enough, men VINO
now live in Georgia and negroes.
We desire to call attention 70 the
two last classes. Non-residents SEEM
ed to have voted freely at Bath, in AK
en- county, and, in some instances, are
found elsewhere.
Negroes were allowed to vote in v:o-
lation of the rules i'll a god 'Tany
counties, and if this IS not stopped We
.ray as we'll abandon the primary AID
allow everybody 20 run ii the genelal
election. as the colored man Will have
voice anyhow.
Fourth. Managers at Bath, S. &,
were not sworn, and the managers at
Cold Springs, Abbeville county, were
not sworn, nor did they swear the Vot-
ers at Cold Springs or Antrev1lle on
August 81. The votes cast in those
precincts are embraced in those class
ed below as questioned.
In Wrong Boxes.
There we're a good many votes 1or
State officers put in county boxes and
counted by the managers. This may
have been honest, but it IS easy Tor
one interested in State officer to
vote for such officers in both boxes and
get counted twice. All instances OF
this are classed below as questioned
votes See Exhibit "A-'
The said list contains all the votes
questioned by any statement reaching
us. Many of them are explained and
many are mere duplication OF names
by the fact that more than one person
of the same name voted in the same
county. There is no proof before US
as to the candidate for whom the al
legged irregular votes were cast.
As to fraud. Fraud may have ex-
listed. The opportunity to commit 1t
from the fact that no Identification Is
necessary, either to be enrolled>or to
vote. no proof except the assertion OF
the alleged voter that he is qualified
to enroll, is required, and no statement
of his place of residence or occupation
is required to be stated with his enrol
ment, and nothing but the statement
of the name that is on the club roll
is required when he presents himself
to the managers to vote, all open the
door to the grossest fraud. The fact,
also, that it is almost impossible to
detect it when once committed IS an
invitation to go into it and win and
then be secure from detection.
Take the, present case;;> a great hue
and cry of fraud was raised and
committee appointed to investigate the
whole State and produce results. They
must Go it at once, and apparent delay
was severely criticised, while all the
while in those counties where most
fraud was charged the committee had
good subcommittee at work skllfully
and diligently endeavoring to detect
the fraud. What was the result? In
Greenville in one box one hundred
and twenty-eight (128) votes we're
found cast by somebody under names
of people who have not been found al
ter diligent search. Probably fraudu-
lent; but who did it? The poll list
shows the names used; but who are
they? You are against a stone wall;
you can not lay your hand on one OF the
men: and the fact that your rules in
vi& such and that your committee Is
without power and that the cry can
skilfully be turned on the committee,
all make it easy for the fraud to be
committed and impossible to be de-
teeted.
Declare Cost Prohibitve.
The fact, also, that to bring the
work down to that point in Greenville
with the force there used in only one
box in two weeks shows that the cost
of investigating fully would be prohl-
bitive and the time required would be
such as to make it impossible. We,
+bo-aForo 90 +o +bat rpDOrt that IN