The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-11
CONSIDER REFORMS
BILL TO SAFEGUARD TIE PRlM.
AIRY IS CONSIDERED
Want IT TO Be honest

in the House Intending to Guaran-
tee an Honest Vote and True
Count-Some Action Almost Sure
to be Taken.
Primary reform and the best
means to secure it occupied the at
tention Of the House Thursday morn
ing for the most Of the session, and
we're discussed again Thursday night.
Four bills having this general pur-
pose are on the Calendar, and amend
ments introduced will have the affect
practically Of bringing new measures
before the consideration Of the body,
as they are Of so sweeping nature
as hardly to be considered as amend
ments, but as bills themselves.
Mr.. Riley, Mr. Nicholson and Mr..
Rt-tenberg have prepared measures
on the primary, and the judiciary
committee, to which they were refer
red, prepared a substitute TO rthe
bills Of Messrs Miley and Nicholson
and reported the Rittenbeig measure
favorably with certain amendments.
Mr.. Stanley and Mr.. Gasque, as SUBJ
committee from the committee on
privileges and elections, INTRODUCED
still another bill on the same subject.
# the session serves as any 1ndi-
cation Of the temper Of the House
some bill will be passed to change
the primary laws, and the question is
simply one of Judgment on which OF
the proposed bills and amendments
should be selected. Only one speaker
Mr.. Irby Of Laurens, took the posi-
ton that the present laws wer esuf-
fciently strict and should not be re-
vised, an6 Mr. c. C. Wyche, OF Spar
>tanburg, introduced a very lenient
bill, Mr.. Wyche giving it as his opin-
lon that only slight revision was nee
essary.
Mr.. Nicholson presented Thursday
to the senate the report Of the spec
ial committee appointed to draw
substitute for his bill frightening up
the primary" The main features Of
the bill provide for an annual enrol
ment in all clubs and precincts every
election year, the voters to be enroll
ed in alphabetical order, the quahfi-
cations for voting requiring one to be
q citizen Of the United States, resi-
dent Of the United States, resident OF
the State one year, county thirty
days, and of the township or ward
fifteen days before the first primary
election.
Any person enrolled on any club
shall be entitled to change his en-
ro.ment to another club in the same
ward or township upon applying in
person to the club where he is en-
rolled at least fifteen days before the
first primary and having his name
stricken from such club roll, then ap-
plying to such other club as he might
wish and have his name enrolled.
The enrolment is to cease and the
rolls closed ten days before the first
primary, are to be certified to by OIL
GERS in charge Of such lists before a
notary public and fled in the office
of the clerk Of court certified copy
of the roll ten days before the first
primary. No person shall be allowed
to vote whose name is not enrolled
at least fifteen days before the first
primary.
Section 2S2 reads: "Ia all politi-
cal parties, organizations or assocla-
tions in this State, which have here
tofore cast 100000 votes or more IN
its primary election, the secretaries
of the respective clubs or precincts
and the managers Of election for all
such clubs or precincts shall receive
compensation as follows: Each OF
such secretaries shall be paid the sum
OF SIS for his services and each man
ager shall be paid the sum OF 81 per
day for each day that he shall act as
such manager; the said amount to be
paid upon a certificate to be issued
by the chairman of the county execu-
tive committee in each county upon a
warrant to be issued by the comptrol-
Ter general upon the State treasurer,
and to be paid out Of any funds IN
the hands of the State treasurer not
otherwise appropriated"
All persons enrolled properly shall
be entitled to vote in ell elections by
presenting themselves at the club In
which he is enrolled, taking the oath
and complying with the rules OF the
party. The following sections cover
ing representation in conventions and
right of purging rolls are interesting
They read:
1.-THE representation of each Of the
clubs or precincts in the county con-
vention Of each political party, organ
cation or association, and 1t shall be
number Of votes cast at the first
primary election Of the election mex!
preceding the said convention.
"Than an executive committee Of
every such political party, organiza'
ton or association shall be provided
by such political party, organization
or association, for each county OF the
State, to be composed Of one member
for each club or precinct, and chair
mar. TO be elected under the conStltu
ton and rules of such party, organ1
cation or association, and tshall oe
the duty Of the executive committee
to meet at the court house IN the
respective counties ten days before
the first primary in each election
year.
"And the said committee shal
have power to hear objections on the