The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-09
RESULTS DECLARED
STATE DEMOCRATIC EXEGTlVE
COMMITTEE ASSEMBLIES
business ATTENDED TOO

WUUEIQkWO n u EssWkW sUO
Rules That In Case of Second Pri.
mary the Two Highest sn First
Primary Mast Run Over, Making
Ii Impossible for Either to With
darw.
The State Democratic executive
committee met at Columbia Tuesday
and declared the results Ct The pri-
mary election on last tuesday. E.
D. Smith was declared the nominee
of the Democratic party for the Unit
ed States Senate and second pri-
mary was ordered between Richard
II. Manning and John G. Richards,
candidates for Governor. Others
who will go into the second primary,
to be held en- next Tuesday, are:
For Lieutenant Governor A. ].
Bethea and 3 Frank Kelley.
For Railroad commissioner, F. w.
Sheales, and e. B. Fortner.
The following were declared the
| nominees of the party for the sfsces
named:
Secretary sf State, R. N. McCown; !;
sAdjwt41t General, ". W. Moore; At
torney General, Thos. H. Peoples;
Comptroller General, A. W. Jones;
State Treasurer, S. T. Carter; COM
missioner of agriculture, commerce
and industries. E. J. WatsoAi Super
Iintendent of Education, +. s: swear
ingen.
The matter Of whether the provis-
ion allowing Rew entries applies to
the second primary in case candi-
date withdraws after the first pri-
mary came up and the committee rr!-
ed that there could be no withdrawal
after the first primary. The follow
ing motion by r. B. Caldwell. Of
Chester, was adopted:
| Resolved, That 1t Is the judgment
of this committee that in case of no
nomination in the first primary only
the two highest in the first primary
shall run over in the second primary
That there is ~ provision ia the
rules for Withdrawals between the
first primary ana the second primary
| and that the committee must enter
| on the ticket for the second primary
the two receiving the hssaest vote in
1 the first prirfaEy and only = these
two
u This ruling settled the question
ich came up from Greenwood, In
ltuat county Jones and Strum are in
the second race for the Legislature
and Jones has withdrawn and Green
| wood wanted to know whether Jones
could withdraw. Under the Cladwel
:: | resolution the committee rules tha
Jones eanhet withdraw and his name
goes on the ticket for the second pri
mary
A similar question affecting some
magistrates in Berkeley County
where the second man wanted tt
drop out and the third wanted to ru1
over with the highest was settled b!
this resolution and the two highes
go on the ticket for the second pri
mary.
\ On motion Of ". F. Stevenson, O
Chesterfield, a committee cf five is t
be appointed by the chairman to de
fvise ways and means of more eQuit
able assessments for candidates, i
being pointed out that the successful
candidates should bear more Of th'
assessment that defeated ones. Th'
committee, to be named iater, will re
port to the next Democratic Stat'
, l'committee.
There was some question abou
what pay the State cemtaittee shoul'
make to the c5unty committees foI
,, the printing of names of Congress
men and solicitors on county tickets
It was pointed out that the cost va!
infinitestimal put Secretary Nc
Gown stated that he had to pay thu
county chairman OF Greenwood, R. P
Blake, SIS, and the county chairman
of Oconee County, ]. NJ. Moss, $40
before they would print the names o
the candidates for Congress Oh theiI
county tickets.
This action of the secretary wa:
approved, but condemnation 81 the
demahus Of the county chairman
we're voiced, but the action Of Secre
| tary MCGOWAN was approved, for hi
did the only thing that could have
been done under the circumstances
Under resolution offered by Allan
Johnstone. of Newberry, sin1ila,
claims from other counties were left
| to the Judgment of the chairman and
secretary.
The committee, which tabulated
the returns, consisted of J. a. McDer.
mott, of Horny: S. H. McGee, OF
| Greenwood; Stephen Nettles, OF
Greenville; ]. NJ. Greer, of Union, and