The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-08-12

iit'' Iiili several statements III rcf-
crcncc TO my position on public mat
ter which deem il my duty to cor
rect
%. ~ WAS NOT 4 MEMBER or
TILE HASKELL CONVENTION.
II j" alleged that | was IL member
OF what is generally known as the
Haskell c0nvnntiOn." which met i'm
the city OF Columbia on October the
9th. 1880. The convention met on the
night Ci ilai date. was then living
at l.ynchDurg, South Carolina. | let
my hcEnc on that day to go To st.
G"CIi;c. Soiih Carolina, The only
way tna | could reach 81. George was
TO pass through t'oilElbia. took the
morning train from LYnchbirg. and
reached Columbia the forenoon Of that
day. | spcIl the day in Columbia. ami
lett that afternoon about ) o'clock for
81. George. In support OF this state
mrnt. submit herewith the affidavit
OF Mr.. G. T.. MOOrcr. Il resident OF St.
George. which Is as follows:
"Peraona!ly appeared c. T.. Moorer
before me. .. ~. Pcndarvis. magis-
trate ior and in Dorchester county,
South Carolina who being duly sworn
says that Ellison y. Smith Was in ST.
George Oh the night OF the Haskell
CONVENTION. That he. G.. r. Moorer.
about nine Il. H.. on the next day call
cd f.. ID. Smiths attention to his name
appearing as deicgate from Sumter
county and Il ked him how he hap
pcned to BIZ i'll two places ut once.
tSigncd) G. T. MOORER.
Sworn IT, neforc me this 18th day of
July, y. d.. 1914.
(Signcd) G. a. Pendarvis.
Magistrate -. c."
was not n member of this conven-
tioE nor did have anything to do
wit. the Haskell movement. | 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-
vention was In the nature of a 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 Judge 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 90s were fresh In the minds OF the
people. I was a candidate for the leg,
islature in Sumter county. The offic-
ially recorded vote Is as follows: To-
tai vote. 2,151, Of which received
1.S47 AT my home there were two
cluhs; she Lynchburg Straight-out,
total vote %. of which I received 90;
and the Lynchburg Reform. total vote
26. OF which / received 25 These two
boxes were ut my home. where and
my record were better known than
anywhere else. However, the vote
throughout the county waa in keeping
with these two boxes, both as to re-
formers and straightouts.
/ was never a candidate on any "in-
dependent ticket" and never a candi-
date Mt all until 1896. when / received
the vote above mentioned. The PAM
phlct referred to in the interview.
quoted on page 9 attempts to convey
tho impression that I claimed to have
been elected to the legislature in
1880. / made no such claim. Elec.
lions are matters Of record, and GER
tainly no man with u grain OF sense
would claim to have been elected to
an office for which he was not a can
didate, and the duties Of which he had
never assumed. .t
On page of the pamphlet referred
TO Governor Blease quotes n. state
ment from the Columbia State as fol.
lows.
Il ran on the regular ticket and
was elected by the largest vote given
any candidate In the race, heading the
ticket AT THAT TIME. and doing the
same two years later. as the records
will show"
This is an attempt to distort facts.
The words ''at that time" had refer
ence to tho vote received in 1896, for
the reason that at later date another
candidate for the> legislature received
an evcn greater vote than and this
that ''at that time" 1896 when l ran
for the legislature. received the lar
gcst vote that any candidate had ever
received up to that time. This is such
palpable attempt to distort that 1t
Is self-evident and needs no further
explanation.
,(2.). Il DID NOT VOTE Y'WO THOuS.
AND DOLLARS TO TIE FAMILY
OF A LYNCHED NEGRO. ~
In 1895, O year before entered ac-
tive politics. constitutional conven-'
tion was called In South Carolina
principally for the purpose Of disfran-
chising the negro. Hon. q. R. Till
man. now senator, was largely re-
sponsible for calling this convention
nnd was dominating figure in It.
Section 6. Article 6, page 81, OF the;
Constitution of South Carolina, rati
fed on December 4th, 1895. reads AS:
follows; ~ -S%
Section 6. In the case of any
prisoner lawfully In the charge, cus4
tody Oh control Of any officer, state,
county or municipal, being seized and