The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-28

made by small minority, headed by
Senator J. H. Clifton, of Sumter,
and Solicitor George Bell Thinner
man, of Lexington, the Democratic
State convention voted down this af-
ternoon the minority report Of the
committee on constitution and rules,
which would eliminate the personal
enrolment of voters for the primary
and cutting down the residence nee
essary for qualification from two
years to one year in the State and
from one year to six months in the
county. The overwhelming vote,
26S to So, came on the motion of
T. NJ. Raysor to table the minority
report; and the amendment offered
by Senator Clifton.
The vote by counties follows, the
ayes favoring the majority report,
which called for personal enrolment
and the residence in the State two
years, county one year and polling
precinct thirty days:
Abbeville, ayes; Aiken 8 ayes;
Anderson IA ayes; Bamberg, 6 ayes;
Barnwell, ayes to l nay; Beaufort,
6 ayes; Berkeley, 5 ayes to l nay;
Charleston, Is ayes; Cherokee, 6
ayes; Calhoun, nays; Chester, 6
ayes; Chesterfield, 3 ayes and 3 nays;
Colleton, 6 ayes; Clarendon, nays;
Darlington ayes; Dillon 5 ayes;
Dorchester, l aye; Edgefeld, 6 ayes;
Florence, 8 ayes; Greenville, II ayes;
Greenwood, ayes; Georgetown, 3
ayes and 3 nays; Fairfield, 4 ayes
and 2 nays; Hampton, 4 ayes; Hor-
ry, 6 ayes; Jasper, 4 nays; KershaW,
6 ayes; Lancaster, 5 ayes; Marion, E
ayes; Lexington, s nays; Marlboro,
s ayes; Newberry, s ayes; Orange
burg, II ayes; Oconee, 6 ayes; Pick
ems, 6 ayes; Richland, II ayes; Sa-
luda ayes; Spartanburg, 16 ayes;
Sumter, 8 ayes and nays; Union, 2
aves and nays; Williamsburg, 8
ayes and nays; York, 10 ayes. Total
ayes, 26S; nays so.
Reports Presented.
It was we'll after noon when the
committee on credentials, which had
been continuously in session since
last night. brought in its report to
the convention, the majority report
| being given through the chairman,
Senator B. E. Nicholson, and min
ority report signed by J. H. Clifton,
E. C. Epps, R. A. Cooper, G. B. Tim
norman and w. D. Howell, presented
the minority report. The difference
came over the length Of residence
REQUIRED and the personal enrolment.
The majority report for reforming
the primary favored a re-enrolment
to be conducted by the secretary of
each club and the throwing away
of all club rolls as they at present
exist. They would also provide that
the voter must present himself in
person and sign the club roll and
they are to be closed thirty days be-
fore the first primary, certified
copies filed with the county commit
tee and the clerk of court and the ex-
cutive committee to meet ten days
before the first primary to purge the
| rolls.
The majority report would have
the names of voters in every county
printed in some county newspaper
and the county committee when it
meets to give the person whose
right to enroll is questioned three
DAYS notice and allow him the prl-
vilege of appearing in person. AS
a requirement for voting the appll-
can't must be a white Democrat and
have resided in the State two years,
in the county six months, and polling
precinct thirty days. A voter can
enroll in only one club under this
plan.