The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-10-21
MAJOR HYDE NOMINEE.
Committee Declares Result, While
Guardsmen Patrol Building.

Charleston, Oct. 17.-Major Iris
tram T. Hyde is the nominee of the
Democrats of Charleston for mayor.
He was so declared by the city Demo-
cratic executive committee about Z
O'Clock yesterday afternoon after
session which had lasted continuous
lv from l1:45 o'clock in the fore
noon. The box for Club 2, of Ward
10, was thrown out. A request for
a recount of the votes was voted
down, the minority faction having
already quit the room when this ac-
ton was taken, leaving i'll aIbody
when the Ward 10, Club 2; box was
thrown out. Had the Ward 10,
Club 2, box not been thrown out,
Major Hyde's majority would have
stood at thirty-eight votes on the
basis of the action taken by the COM
mittee on the challenged votes. On
the basis of the returns as declared
by the committee, the vote stood:
Grace, 1881; Hyde, 3,1O9.
The general election, in which city
registration certificates are required,
will be held Tuesday, December IA.
Militia Are Vigilant.
Strict military guard was main
tanned around all sides of the Ger
man Artillery hall, where the meet
ing was held. No persons were per-
mitted to enter Wentworth street
without credentials by the vigilant
militiamen on guard, and every per-
son entering the hall was searched
before being allowed to enter the
committee room. Col. E. NJ. Blythe,
commanding the End regiment OF
South Carolina National Guard, was
in command of the local military and
naval militia organizations, which
were entrusted with the duty of pre-
venting disorder around the building.
Mayor Grace was relieved of a re-
yolver before he was permitted to en-
ter the committee room, although he
at first objected to the action of the
military authorities. He was search
ed, after he placed his weapon on
table. Chief of Police James R. Can't
we'll was also searched and disarmed
before he was permitted to enter the
committee room. Late in the after
noon, when Sheriff ]. Gilmore Martin
had occasioned to visit the hall, he
also was searched and relieved of his
weapons. The weapons were return
ed to the officers when they left the
building.
Grace Members Walk Out.
When the executive committee de-
cided that the protest against count
ing the votes in the box of Club 2,
of Ward 10, should be sustained, the
ten men who voted against sustain
ing the contest, led by Mr.. John l.
Cosgrove, left the committee room
in body, after Mr.. Cosgrove had
made statement to the effect that 1t
appeared to- him that the committee
was determined to settle every ques-
ton by a partisan vote, and conse-
uuently there was nothing for the
members of the minority faction to
gain by remaining at the meeting.
This occurred at $40 o'clock in the
afternoon, the committee then hav-
ing been in active session for about
three hours.
Mayor Grace appeared in person to
contest the elimination Of the ballots
in the protested box Of Ward 10 from
the count for the primary, and Mr..
w. Turner Logan was present as at
torney for the mayor. Mr.. NJ. Rut-
ledge Rivers presented the protest
against the counting of the votes,
filed by Major Hyde, and second
protest, on practically the same
grounds as the Hyde protest, was
presented by Mr.. J. P. Kennedy Bry-
an as attorney for Mr.. w. w. Glenn
ent, candidate for aldermanic nomi-
nation in the primary. These pro-
tests, it was stated, we're filed with
the executive committee Thursday.
the recent municipal election were