The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-19
City Democratic Committee
CanvaSSeS Vote After
Hard Fight.
MILITIA PRESERVE ORDER.
Grace Speaks Bitterly to Members
and Then Leaves Room, Fol
lowed by Backcrs.

Charleston by majority of 12S votes
over the incumbent, John L. Grace, at
the conclusion tonight of an eight
hour sitting of the city Democratic
executive committee, called together
to canvass and publish the vote cast
in the primary election held Tues
day. The session was adjourned from
that of yesterday, which broke up in
riot that involved the death of q
newspaper man, Sidney j. Cohen, the
shooting of four others and the club
bing of two.
Three hundred militiamen pa
trolled the streets and maintained
strict watch over the German Artilie-
ry hall in which the meeting COM
menced shortly before noon. A pro-
test by Maj. Hyde was sustained, oveI
the objection of Mayor Grace, which
action threw out entirely the vote
polled in Club 2 OF Ward TO- A de
mand by Mr.. Grace for recount was
rejected. Habeas corpus proceedings
were begun this evening to procure
the release from police headquarters
70 Hyde men, Brown and Nc
Donald, who were arrested charged
with completely in the affray of yes
terday. Judge Smith issued the writ,
returnable Monday.
Col. f.. NJ. Blythe, commanding the
troops on duty, said he had no idea
when the militia would be with
drawn
orders of the governor" he said
Saturday night shoppers and
theatregoers. together with hundreds
of persons interested in the political
developments, made up throng
which crowded the streets this even
hing to an extraordinary degree There
has been no disorder.
SGARCHED FOR WEAPONS.
Every man entering the German Ar
tillery armory, where the meeting of
the committee opened at 1850.
o'Cloc, 20 minutes late was thorough
ly searched by miIiUamcn. While e.
representative of The State was being
thus "frisked' by two privates, an
other person undergoing the same or
deal was relieved of large and shiny
revolver.
w. Turner Logan, law partner and
chief political lieutenant of Mayor
Grace, had a seat in the committee
room. Police Chief Cantwen came inI
and they conferred together in a low
tone. With Mr.. Logan was another
Grace attorney, j. l. Cosgrove. Chair
man Black and Secretary Richardson
we're seated at long centre table,
where four newspaper men also sat.
sentinel stood at each of the two
doors and others paced up and down
outside the windows on the east and
west sides.
AS soon as the committee had been
convened, the roll called and the min
utes OF the previous meeting read
jerry Dunn, member, described as
closely affiliated with the mayor
partner, moved that con account of
tie sad and untimely death of Mr..
Cohen. the committee adjourn unit
after the funeral"
~ i"tll sara III WOnIu he
no lack of respect for the committee
to proceed with the duty imposed on
of canvassing the vote and declar
ing the result OF the primary. He be
lieved it TO be important that this
duty he performed as soon as poss
ible.
BY vote of IA to . the motion
was lost.
VI. Rutledge Rivers. attorney, read
a lengthy protest from Mai. Hyde
against including in the returns tho
vote from Club In Ward 10. The
two main grounds on which this box
was contested were that no lawful
poll list w"s bcnt ultl 80 votes had
been cast and that contrary to law tn
polls were closed at $3.50 O'Clock in
the morning and kept closed for m
hour or more. Two OF the managers
~. Y. Brown and Richard B. Cole, re-
fused on these grounds 10 s'on tho
return. They and challenger, III.
T Nassilon, who represented a can
didate for alderman, deposed that tho
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