The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-06-26
MUST ENROLL
ALL THE NAME
TO r.: ABSOLUTELY SURE OF
not RElNG CHALLENGED
~ rR'n'.tRY
MIR. EVANS RULES
Statcs That it Would BE- E.,.cr
Take No Chances or The
Proposition Submitted
MIR. EVANS RULES

EsrGo:. John Gary Evans. chairman
OF the state democratic executive com
mittcc. has written letter to the
chairman OF the Anderson county
executive committee, confirming tne
statement made over the phona Mon
day to The Daily Intelligencer with
reference to the enrolling Of names
fo, tho approaching democratic pri-
r1sry. The following is a CODY of
his letter to MIR. Dean and to Mr. Leon
l.. Rice: ,,y,so.
Dear Sir:s- ..y,.,
Your 'etter,to w. e.. McG0wan, sec
re;ary. has been forwarded to me.
Yni make inquiry as to whether IT is
necessary, that an applicant for .,iom-
DcrHhip to democratic, clubs be requir-
ell tonenrOll his full name. desire
~ Calit your atteI toa. To- Rule Eight,
adopted by the state convention, May
10Th. l914, Each applicant for: en-
rollment@ @shal3 In person write upon
the club Foll his, illl nnp,e, anr, i'm
mediatelys thereafter his age. otcmpa-
tioa;unde postoffice tadiress,.; &c Ale,
o., stfon. nowpbefore me Is what is a
mana full name. This Is not q mat
ter upon which there can be two opfn-
ions, as It hos becn decided by the
highest courts. in the country. "a
mans full name, In law is his Chris
ttan name and his surname. The
law recognizes but one !, Christian
name. An error In the middle name
may be disregarded as surplusage.
Tho omission OF tho middle letter be-
tween the Christian; and surname is
no mtsnomer and needs no remedy.
This rule applies to ballots and votes"
Keene vs. Margaret Meade Third Pc
ters U. s. Reports, Page l. You are
aware of the fact that q great many
persons arc known by their middle
names instead OF by their first Chris
tfan names. For instance, John Thorn
as Arnold signs his name and Is
known as j. Thomas Arnold On the
other haa11,s john 9THSSA5.:sas TSSA5.:sas !Asta44!s .s
known as john Arnold and signs his
name j: T,Arnpld. The. object of the
rule OF, the party was to identify these
two Arrolds SO that there could be no
possible mistake In the ono being al
lowed to vote yip the name OF the 9TH
FerT II these eArnolds were allowed
to enroll as J.! T. Arnold, 1t would
lead to untold confusion. but II they
arc required leoienfoli,as John Thomas
Arnold and John Tobias Arnold. every
body will know who isa meant and
there can As,sS Fss ssRsis,enr Sa|;ss sr
AS chairman OF the party. 1t is my
duty. whens called supons to make a
ruling upon any rule Of the party, to
make q construction that will be an
absolute protection to the voter and
a!foxd no loop hole through which
trouble may. arise, I do not pretend to
say that a man who enrolls his name
by his initials will not be allowed to
vote. nor do state that man, who
enrolls his first; Christian name and
leaves out the middle name, will not
be allowed tc yote. but I do say that
o man enroi1s Dis full Christian name
and his surname. and II he has two
Christian names and enrolls both
Christian names and his surname,
there ts no pDWsr; on earth that can !,
prevent theA Hansfrom vOttng.ss. Il: q
He has SSHplielf solutely with the
law. and nobedyscan gainsny It.; Any
other construction would ieaye the
matter open to protest and probably
tho loss OF q vote, and, therefore I
urge our citiEens TO enroll their full
names, end takas no g chances. "a or
cpurbe. yo4 md defStanH when b max's 3
4 ::inamos is sthef roth the managers
must allow him to vote unless that
vote Is protested, and inythat case Efe
votes as a challenked poll. and the
%st,sr tas sna must q s! s sa,sis
the courts3ad hayesn6 ssitancy ss i