The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-08-14
political Advertisement

~ circulated in the state. purporting
TO be the speech delivered by Cover
nor Biease at st. Matthews, on June
18th. ] find several statements lin ref
erence to my position on public mat
ters which deem It my duty to cor
rect.
~. Il WAS NOT A MEMBER OF
THE HASKELL CONVENTION.
1t is alleged that was a member
OF what Is generally known as the
Haskell convention" which met in
the city of Columbia on October the
9th, 1890. The convention met on the
night OF that date. I was then living
ut Lynchburg, South Carolina. I left
my home on that day TO go to St.
George, South Carolina. The only
way that l could reach st. George was
to pass through Columbia. / took fhe
morning train from Lynchburg, and
reached Columbia the forenoon OF that
day Ispent the day in Columbia, and
lett that afternoon about o'clock for
st. George. III support of this state
ment, l submit herewith the affidavit
Of Mr.. G. p. MoOrer. q resident OF ST.
George, which Is as follows:
Personally appeared c. P. Moorer
before ME, e. A. Pendarvis, magis-
trate for and in Dorchester county.
South Carolina who being duly sworn
says that Ellison d. Smith was in st.
George on the night OF the Haskell
Convention. That he, c. P. Moorer,
about nine a. m. on the next day call
cd +. ID. Smiths attention to his name
appearing as delegate from Sumter
county and asked him how he hap
pened to be in two places at once.
(Signed) c. p, MOORER. 2
Sworn IT, before me this 18th day of
July, A. D., 1914.
(Signed) C. A. Pendarvis,
Magistrate d. c.
was not member of this conven-
tion nor did / nave anything 10 do
with the Haskell movement. l was
not responsible for the delegates
whose names appeared In the news-
papers, as 1t will be recalled that
these delegates were not selected; by
convention or otherwise, and the con-
ysntion was In the nature Of mass
meeting which was attended by the
people of the several counties of the
state, who were sympathizers with
the Haskell movement; and / did not
vote for Judges Haskell. This state
ment Is made solely because 1t is true,
and to keep the record straight.
In 1896. when all of the events of
the COS were fresh In the minds of the
people, was candidate for the leg.
FisIature in Sumter county. The offic-
tally recorded vote is as follcaa: TO
tai vote, 2,151, of which i received
1,847. At my home there were two
E.ctnns;l the tLynchburgy Straight.out,
total vote 23. of which received 90;
and the Lynchburg Reform, total vote
F26, OF which received 25.' These two
boxes were at my home. where and
my record were better known than
anywhere else. However, the vote
throughout the county was In keeping
with! these two boxes. both as to re-
formers and straightouts.
I was never candidate on any Gin
dependent ticket" and never a candi-
date at all until 1896. when I received
the vote, above mentioned. The pam
phlet referred to In the interview
quoted on page 9 attempts to convey
the Impression that I claimed to have
been elected to the legislature In
1890. / made no such claim: Elec-
tions are mntters Of record. and GER
tainly no man with grain OF sense
would claim to have been elected ITO
an Office for which he was no. . can
didate. and the duties OF which he had
never assumed.
On. page OF the pamphlet referred
to Governor Blease quotes q statu-
ment from the Columbia State as fol-
lows,
5,"I ran on the regular ticket and
was elected by: the largest vote given
any candidate in the race. heading the
VT 81 lit ~,
same two years later, as the records
will show" s'sss ei,s ~
g This is an attempt to distort facts.
The words Eat that time had refer
ence to the vote received In 1896, for
Fcandidatey forAthe legislature received
an even greater: vote than Il and this
that o"at that time'' 1896 whenEI ran
|fof the legislature, received the lar
gestS vote thattany candidate had ever
received up to thatstime. This is snch
la palpable attempt to sdistort- that It
is self-evident and needs no further
saSlaasi'Sfh ss5 .saDS ron "a soTE rWo iaiHSiis.
oSa oFpRSafRaRsi fasslEsy 'ss .afskB:. SHs:FAnIIx
In 1895, year before I entered ac-
tive poIiticsr,a constitutional conven4
ton vas called sis sI
prtncipaE Ey for. the purpose of disfranl
cfiising the negro. Hon. B. r. Till
man, now: senator vas largely res
sponsibie for calling this5 convention
rand was dominating figure IN It..
Section 16, Article 6, page 81, of the
Constitution gof South; sEaroiina, rati
fed onis December 4th, 1886. reads as
fnlIOuG = III tzy 4sS y 81