The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-05-22
STATE DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION OPENS
Charleston and Georgetown
Cases Develop.
ARE SENT TO COMMITTEES.
James \. Hoyt of Columbia Elected
Temporary President of State
Organization.

Convention, which convened in CO.
lumbia Wednesday, was taken from
The Columbia State of Thursday:
An hour before noon yesterday del
egates to the State Democrats con-
vention began filing into the hall of
the house of representatives, taking
the seats reserved for them on the
floor. The places for county delega-
tions were marked with placards.
When the gavel of John Gary Evans
chairman OF the executive committee
banged for order, at 2:30 o'clock.
practically every delegate was in his
place and there were many spectators
in the galleries.
The deliberations of the body were
opened with prayer by the RcS. Kirk
man G. Finley, rector Off Trinity
church, Columbia
Christie Benet of Columbia nomi-
mated James A. Hoyt of Columbia
for temporary president of the con-
vention.
Mr.. Hoyt was unanimously elected
Evans presented him to the conven-
ton and yielded the gavel
President Hoyt appointed NJ. Nj.
Mann of st. Matthews, r. Beverley
Sloan of Columbia and George c.
Taylor of Columbia as temporary
secretaries.
On motion of John Gary Evans
of Spartanburg, the counties were
called in alphabetical order, sending
up a list of delegates from which the
temporary roll of the convention was
made up.
"If any delegations are contested
the chair should be notified when the
name of the county is reached" an
nounced President Hoyt.
THE CHARLESTON CASE.
After a hearing of several hours
the credentials committee of the state
Democratic convention last night at
1928 o'clock declared the delegation
headed by Jos. w. Barnwell from
Charleston to be entitled to a seat in
the state convention. The protest
filed by John p. Grace, mayor OF
Charleston. was thrown out by an al
most unanimous vote.
By vote of 18 to 90 the commit
tee earlier in the afternoon seated the
IL delegates from Georgetown county
with one-half vote each and with the
provision that only one man from the
delegation serve on any one commit
tee.
Following are the members Of the
Charleston delegation: Jos. w
Barnwell, A. II. Young, j. d. Cap.
pelmann, Robert Latham, r. G.
Rhett, NJ. p. Healy, John p. Thomas
Leland Moore, S. j. Rumph, T. G.
McCants, T. T. Hyde, William Aiken
]. C. O'Brien, Sam Rittenberg. John
Black and Frank Simmons.
The credentials committee was or
ganized shortly after l O'Clock with
T. M. Raysor or Orangeburg as chair
man. II. C. Tillman of Greenwood
was elected secretary.
LIVELY TESTIMONY
Practically the same scene was wit
messed in the hall OF the house yes
terday as was enacted in the 191:
convention when the contest from
Charleston was heard There were
charges and countercharges, bittel
language, personal and professional
charges, a general discussion OF tn,
political situation in Charleston, ac
counts of riots at club meetings
stories OF how club meetings. wer,
packed with non-residents, and &C
counts OF how dead men were voted
The hearing ranged from Jest t
earnest. At one time a witness wa
raising his hand and calling for !
Bible to swear to some statement
At another a witness was callinI
some one q falsifer. Hundreds o
affidavits were submitted to prove tn,
contentious OF both sides. Member
OF the Democratic party were charg
ed with padding the rolls and som,
of the secretaries were charged will
stealing the club rolls. Statement
that policemen were stationed a
the doors of the club meetings AM
that the doors we're locked prompt.