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MANNING CARRIES
STATE CONVENTION
TuLMAN REELECTED NATION
Al. COMMITTEEMAN OVER
LoWNDES J. BROWNING.
John Gary Evans
State Chairman

Campaign Killed by COMMITTEE.
Eight Delegate, Elected to Nation
al Convention.
Columbia, May 17.-United States
Senator B. R. Tillman was reelected
national committeeman over Lowndes
]. Browning. of Union. the Blease
caucus nominee, this afternoon by the
Democratic State Convention by the
overwhelming majority of 267 to 43.
The senior senator was placed In
nomination by Senator Nicholson, OF
Edgefeld, and there were several
seconds. Mr.. Browning was nominat-
ed by Mr.. Long, of Union, and on the
roll call by counties the Senator
swamped his opponent. The forty
three votes for the Union man were
made up of one from Aiken, thirteen
from Anderson, one from Barnwell,
five from Clarendon, four from Dill
lon, one from Dorchester, one from
Fairfield, one from Georgetown, one
from Lancaster, FIVE from -Laurens,
eight from 'Newberry, six form Lee,
one from Oconee, two from Richland.
The delegations from Newberry,
Union and Lee were the only ones
voting solidly for Mr.. Browning. One
from the Anderson delegation and
one from the York delegation voted
for Senator Tillman, the rest OF
these delegations going to the Union
man. When the, solid Charleston
vote of eighteen was announced for
Senator Tillman the Convention
broke into applause. q"
Evans Cots Big Vote.
John Gary Evans was reelected
State chairman over w. A. Stuckey,
of Bishopville, the Blease caucus
nominee, by the overwhelming ma
iority of 257 to IA, the Stuckey votes
coming from Abbeville 1, Aiken 2,
Anderson 13, Bamberg 2, Barnwell
8, Berkeley 3, Calhoun 1, Clarendon
5, Darlington 2, Dorchester 2,
Georgetown /, Lancaster l, Laurens
S, Lee 6, Lexington 1, Mccormick 4,
Newberry 8, Richland 2, Union 6,
York z. Chairman Evans was placed
in nomination by Ex-Governor Ansel
and Mr.. Stuckey by Mayor Olin Saw
yer, of Georgetown.
The Blease caucus nominations
were overwhelmed with the same un-
varying majority throughout.
On motion of Christie Benet, for
the Richland delegation, Gen. Willie
Jones was reelected treasurer of the
Democratic party by reclamation.
The first test vote between the
Blease and Anti-Blease factions this
afternoon came on the adoption of
the majority report of the credentials
committee to seat the Christensen
delegation from Beaufort. This re-
port was adopted by vote of 265 to
50, the credentials committee having
returned a report, 33 to 9, to seat the
Christensen delegation. The negative
votes came from Abbeville 1, Aiken
/, Anderson IL, Barnwell 3, Berkeley
2, Clarendon 6, Fairfield l, George
town /, Laurens 4, Lee 6, Lexington
l, Newberry 8, Union 6, York z. The
credentials committee sat for three
hours hearing the evidence from both
sides and the report seating the
Christensen delegation was presented
by John P. Thomas, chairman Of the
committee. The Beaufort delegates,
which were seated, were: Neils Chris
tensen, G. w. Beckett, E. M. Fripp,
C. A. Verdier, E. C. B. Mole, J.W.
Gray.
Suffragettes Heard.
When the Convention reconvened
at a o'clock and before the creden-
tials committee reported, on motion
OF State Chairmna Evans the Conven-
ton voted to allow fifteen minutes
for a committee of suffragettes to
present a petition to the Convention.
A committee, consisting of John Gary
Evans, D. S. Henderson, and D. R.
Coker, were appointed to escort the
ladies to the desk, the suffragettes
committee being Mrs. Harriet Powe
Lynch, Mrs. H. v. Murdaugh, Miss
Mary A. Bremen and Mrs. Henry
Martin. They were received with
cheers. Mrs. Lynch said their reso-
luton asked the Convention for two
things: First, an amendment to the
State Constitution extending the
right of suffrage to women, and, sec
ond, instructing the delegates to St..
Louis to work for incorporation into
the platform of the national Demo-
cratic party a declaration fayoring
woman suffrage without regard to a
federal amendment to this end. She
called attention to the close vote in
the House last year on this subject,
and said their petition covered six
teen yards of paper. She did not
read it, but asked that it be placed
before the proper committee, which
was done. She thanked the CoJven-
ton for extending the ladies this
privilege and was cheered.
This is the second time woman suf-
frage has been presented to I emo
cratic Convention, the late Mrs. Vir-
pinia ID. Young. of Fairfax, having