The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-05-25

nate candidates for municipal Of
ficers. The club is to make the rules
and regulations and what municipal
officers shall be voted upon.
Recall elections in any such city
shall be first determined by a pri-
mary under such rules as the club
shall provide.
The rule is not to apply to any
city with a population of 10000 or
over. This change in the ruling
came through Mr.. Christensen. The
rules of 1914 were reafirmed except
as amended.
Road commissioners were put in
the primary where such candidates
| offered. Amendment was made to
the rules to provide for enrolment
of men temporarily nonresident and
were employed by the State or gov
ernment only, and who came back to
the State to vote.
| The Anderson delegation wanted
rule adopted allowing withdrawal
by card from one club to another
within sixty days before the primary.
This was lost.
The committee report submitted
by Mr.. John J. McSwain, Of Green
vile, was adopted without any objec-
ton with the understanding that the
amendments suggested should all be
adopted as reported, with the ex-
ception of the matter of letting the
warehouse system figure in the pri-
mary.
| The First Fight.
The first fight came over the ma
jority and minority report of the
credentials committee on the resolu-
tion putting the warehouse commits
sioner in the primary. The majority
returned an unfavorable report and
a minority favorable report was
made by John K. Aull, w. R. Koon,
J. R. Dingle and J. B. Lane. w. S.
Hale, of Cherokee, moved the adop-
| tion of the majority report. w. w.
Dixon, of Fairfield, wanted the ware
house commissioner put in the pri-
mary. Fred H. Dominick, of New
berry, floor leader of the Blease
| forces, joined Mr.. Dixon, and in
| speech reviewing the warehouse leg
islation, supported the minority re-
port.
Mr.. Graydon, of Abbeville, said:
eff you want to kill the warehouse
put it in the primary and you will
kill it so effectively that even Mr..
McLaurin, with all his plausibility,
won't be able to resurrect it," He
vigorously assailed the resolution
and belittled the warehouse system.
Senator Banks, of Calhoun, said
the warehouse was worthy of every
ones support and reviewed it and
the insurance on cotton.
"If Mr.. McLaurin wants to tackle
Andrew Jackson Bethea let him do
so," said D. S. Henderson. eve have
not forgotten that the MANI who
wanted to put this system in politics
in 1902 wanted to introduce CONNER
cial Democracy in South Carolina,
and let us not forget the warning
voice of this chief J..
The previous question" was dr.
dered and the roll was called by
counties, after nearly two hours of
speech-making. The majority report
was adopted, 255 to "a; and the
resolution to put the warehouse COM
missioner in the primary overwhelm-
ingly killed.
How the Vote Stood.
Abbeville 4 against, for; Aiken
Z against, for; Anderson 1 against,
13 for; Bamberg against, 1 for;
Barnwell against; Beaufort 6
against; Berkeley against; Calhoun
3 against, 1 for; Charleston 18
against; Cherokee against; Chester
6 against; Chesterfield against;
Clarendon 8 against, for; Colleton
against, Darlington 5
against, 1 for; Iillon 5 against, 1
for; Dorchester against, 1 for;
Edgefeld 6 against; Fairfield 1
against, 5 for; Florence 8 against;
Georgetown 2 against, for; Green
vile 13 against, 1 for; Greenwood
against; Hampton 4 against; Hor-
ry 6 against; Jasper 8 against; Ker-
shaw against; Lancaster against;
Laurens 7 against, 1 for; Lee 6 for;
Lexington 5 against, 2 for; McCor-
mick 2 against, 2 for; Marion 6
against; Marlboro against; New
berry for; Oconee against, for;
Orangeburg IL against; Pickens 6
against; Richland 9 against, 2 for;