The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-01-22
nine VOTES CAST
FOR WOODROW WILSON and
THOMAS 3. MARSHALL

iHUMhS d. MAkSnALL
CHOlCE OF DEMOCRATS
OF South Carolina for President and
Vice President of the United States
by, the Electoral College Of This
State, Which Mee in Columbia on
Monday.
The State Of South Carowina has
voted unanimously for Woodrow vii
con for president and Thomas r.
Marshall for yice-president. this &C
ton being taken at a meeting OF the
electoral college Monday at noon.
Jno. J. McMahan Of Columbia. was
named as messenger to carry the It'd
tngs to Washington some time before
the second "Wednesday in February.
The nine electors met in the Of
Zee OF the secretary Of state at Co
lambia. g preliminary meeting being
held at IL o'clock and the regular
meeting at noon. While routine in
character, it was interesting because
of the formal steps taken, each step
being carefully considered IN order
that no mistake might be made.
The electors as named in the cleo
tion in November were Jno. ]. McMa-
han, Columbia; J. n. Drake, Ben
nettsville: ). G. Padgett, WATERFORD;
W. Fred Lightsey, Crocketvil!e,
Hampton County; S. n. Pearman,
Anderson county; D. W. Willis, Spar
tanburg county; J. W. Hamel Of ker-
shaw, Lancaster county; J. c. Mace,
Marion; Jas. L. Sims, Orangeburg.
Messrs. McMahan and Drake we're
electors at large. W. F. Lightsey
was not present, and at the tenn
porary organization Mr.. AeAahan
nominated to fill the vacancy VIM. E.
Gonzales OF Columbia, who, he said,
chad done more personally and as
editor Of The State to further the
cause OF Woodrow Wilson than any
other man in South Carolina" Nj.
Gonzales was unanimously elected as
substitute and at the permanent Or
sanitation the selection was confirm
ed. J. G. Padgett was made pres
ident and ]. c. Mace secretary Of
both meetings.
Printed ballots had been prepared
for the meeting and all Of the mem
bers Of the electoral college kept
them sfterward as souvenirs. The
vresident and yice-president were
voted on separately and it was then
announced that in 1.-The college OF
presidential electors OF the State OF
South Carolina Woodrow Wilson OF
New Jersey has nine electoral votes
for president and Thomas R. Mar
shall Of Indiana has nine electora!
votes for vice-president."
This formally completed, it then
remained to draw up the formal doc
ument telling Of the action Of the
college and elect messenger &c
carry it to Washington. It was de-
eided to elect the messenger by bal
lot. Mr. McMahan received five
votes. Mr. Mace two and Mr.. Willis
one, Mr.. McMahan not voting. Mr.
McMahan was therefore declared the
appointee Of the college and the ne
eessary documents were drawn up.
Four copies were made-one to be
dled In the Office Of the secretary OF
state, another to be sent to the Unit
ed States judge in this district, Fl. A,
M. Smith; the third to be mailed to
the president Of the senate and the
fourth to be taken to Washington by
Mr.. McMahan and to be delivered to
the president OF the senate. All OF
the documents had to be signed BY
all Of the electors.
Each Of the four originals OF this
document was then sealed up in an
envelope, on the back Of which all
the electors signed their names to
the following certificate: eve here
by certify that lists Of the votes. OF
South Carolina for president and vice
president Of the United States are
contained herein"
al, this Is laid down by the stat
utes Of this State, and also that a
majority of the electors must certify
''by writing under their hands" the
appointment Of the messenger who
carries personally to Washington one
OF the certificates Of the vote for
president and vice-president. Thus
they all sign their names nine times.
Here Is the document:
'tstate Of South Caroltns-College Of
Presidential Electors-At Coium-
bia, January 1S, 1913.
eve, J. J. McMahan. John N.
Drake, J. G. Padgett, William E.
Gonzales, S. N. Pearnan. D. W. Will
lis, J. ". Hamel, ]. c. Mace, Jas. L.
Sims, the undersigned duly appointed
presidential electors Of the State Of
South Carolina, having been duly
elected pursuant to the iaws of the
said States hereby declare and certi-
ty that eight Of the said electors con-
vened In Columbia, the capital Of said
State. at tne State house, at II
O'Clock in the forenoon and thereaf-
ter effected preliminary organiza-
ton on this, 18th d<y OF January,
1913, and at Il O'Clock NJ, on the
said day, being the second Monday in
January, met at the SAME place and
effected a permanent organization by
the election Of Hon. J. G. Padgett,
as president, and Honf J. c. Mace, as