The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-24
MUST ENROLL
ALL THE NAME
TO BE ABSOLUTELY SURE OF
NOT BEING CHALLENGED
IN PRIMARY
MIR. EVANS RULES
States That it Would be Better to
Take No Chances on The
Proposition Submitted

EXGov. John Gary Evans. chairman
OF the state democratic executive COM
miitcc. has written a letter to the
/ chairman Of the Anderson county
executive committee. confirming Inc
! statement made over the pll0n, Mon
day to- The Daily Intclligeuonr with
rCfureccc to the enrolling OF names
fO, the approaching democratic pri-
iIary. The following Is il copy .i
nj; letter to Mr.. Dean and to MI. Leo l
L.. I{icc:
DcurSir:
Your letter to w. =. McGnwan, see
rG,ury. has been forwarded to me.
io.i make inquiry as to whether II T.;
necessary that All applic'l,t. for .h"nl-
hGrship to democratic clubs be requir-
cd 10 enroll his full name. desire
t. cali your attentioa to Rule light.
adopted by the state convention. May
| 10Th. 1914. Each applicant for en-
! ro!linent shall in person write upon
the club roll his .dil n".iic. AM inl-
mediately thereafter his age. Occnr;.-
tiOl and p0stoffice address, ,tu, ILe
stiOn now before me Is what is a
mans full name. This is not q mat
ter upon which there can be two opin-
ions, as 1t has been decided by the
highest courts in the country "a
mans full name in law Is his Chris
tian name and his surname. The
law recognizes but one Christian
name. An error in the middle name
| may be disregarded as surplusage.
! The omission OF, the middle letter be-
| tween the Christian and surname Is
! no misnomer and needs no remedy.
This rule applies to ballots and votes"
Keene vs. Margaret Meade Third Pc
ters U. S. Reports. Page I. You nre
i, aware OF the fact that u great many
persons are known by their middle
names instead of by their first Chris
tlan names. For instance. John Thom-
as Arnold signs his name and is
known as J. Thomas Arnold On the
other hand. John Tobias Arnold Is
known as John Arnold and signs his
name ]. r. Arnold. The object Of the
rule of the party was to Identify these
two Arnolds so that there could be no
possible mistake In the one being al
lowed to vote in the name Of the 9TH
or II these Arnolds were allowed
to enroll as j. T. Arnold, 1t would
lead to untold confusion, but ii they
are required to enroll as John Thomas
Arnold and John Tobias Arnold. every
body will know who Is meant, and
there can be no confusion.
a. The Ruling.
As chairman of the party, 1t is my
! duty,., when called upon to make u
ruling upon any rule of the party. to
make Il construction that will be an
absolute protection to the voter and
afford no loop hole through which
trouble may arise. l do not pretend to
| say that a man who enrolls his name
by his initials will not be allowed to
| vote, nor do l state that a man. who
enrolls his first Christian name and
leaves ont the middle name. will not
be allowed to vote. but do say that
a man enrolls his full Christian name
and his surname. and II he has two
Christian names and enrolls both
Christian names and his surname.
there is no power on earth that can
prevent that man from voting.
/, He has complied absolutely with the
law. and nobody can gainsay 1t. Any
| other construction would leave the
| matter open to protest and probably
the loss OF a vote. and, therefore I
| urge our citizens to enroll their full
| names. and take no chances. OF
course, you un' ,rstand when q mans
name is on the roll. the managers
must allow him to vote unless that
! vote Is protested. and In that case, he
votes as, challenged poll. and tho
matter must be heard by the commit
tee and 1t Is possible to carry 1t into
the courts. have no hesitancy as n
lawyer. in saying that a man who en-
rolls his name by his initials. does not
comply with thr rule of the party
nor with the decisions OF the highest
courts in the land.
Very truly yours,
JNO GARY EVANS.