The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-05-24
tition of Is per cent, of the qualified

tition of Is per cent of the qualified
voters in any town or city petitionlng
there shall be municipal primary.
The petition is to be filed with the
mayor or intendant, and then there
shall be organized municipal Demo-
cratic club. This club shall hold pri-
mary elections to nominate candi-
dates for municipal officers. 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 prim-
ary 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 Govern
ment only, and who came back to the
State to vote.
The Anderson delegation wanted a
rule adopted allowing withdrawal by
card from one club to another with
in sixty days before the primary. This
was lost.
The committee report submitted by
Mr. John J. McSwain, of Greenville,
was adopted without an objection
with the understanding that the
amendments suggested should all be
adopted as reported, with the excep-
ton of the matter of letting the
warehouse system figure in the prim-
ary.
The First Fight.
The first fight came over the major
ity and minority report of the creden-
tials committee on the resolution put
ting the warehouse commissioner in
the primary. The majority returned
an unfavorable report and 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 adoption of the majority
report. w. w. Dixon, of Fairfield,
wanted the warehouse commissioners
put in the primary. Fred H. Domi-
nick, of Newberry, floor leader of the
Blease forces, Joined Mr. Dixon, and
in speech reviewing the warehouse
legislation, supported the minority
report.
Mr.. Graydon, of Abbeville, said:
eff you want to kill the warehouse
put it in the primary and you Will
kill it 80 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.
eff Mr.. McLaurin wants to tackle
Andrew Jackson Bethea let him do
sou said D. s. Henderson. eve have
not forgotten that the man who want
ed to put this system in politics in
1902 wanted to introduce commercial
Democracy in South Carolina, and
let us not forget the warning voice
of this chief"
The previous question" was order
ed and the roll was called by coun-
ties, after nearly two hours of speech
making. The majority report was
adopted, 255 to "a, and the resolu-
ton to put the warehouse commits
sioner in the primary overwhelming
ly killed.
How the Vote Stood.
Abbeville against, 2 for; Aiken
7 against, 1 for; Anderson against,
13 for; Bamberg 5 against, for;
Barnwell 5 against; Beaufort 8
against; Berkeley 6 against; Calhoun
8 against, 1 for; Charleston 18
against; Cherokee 6 against; Chester
6 against; Chesterfield 6 against;
Clarendon against, 5 for; Colleton
against, 2 for; Darlington 5 against
l for; Dillon against, l for; Dor.
chester against, 1 for; Edgefield 6
against; Fairfield 1 against, for;
Florence 8 against; Georgetown z
against, / for; Greenville 13 against,
l for; Greenwood 8 against; Hamp-
ton 4 against; Horny 6 against; Jas
per 8 against; Kershaw 6 against;
Lancaster against; Lsurens z
against, 1 for; Lee 6 for; Lexington
5 against, 2 for; Mccormick 2
against, 2 for; Marion against;
Marlboro against; Newberry 8 for;
Oconee S against, for; Orangeburg
IL against; Pickens 6 against; Rich
land 9 against, 2 for; Saluda 6
against; Spartanburg 16 against;
Sumter against; Union 6 for; Will
liamsburg s against; York l against,
9 for.
An effort by Senator Christensen
to put in resolution to ask each
county chairman to allow any State
officer to speak at the close of the
campaign meeting was lost, the Con-
vention refusing to allow the motion:
The Convention at 11.35 recessed
to await on the report of the commit
tee on platform and resolutions.
Wilson Endorsed.
The committee reported at midnight
through Ex-Governor Ansel.
The first part Of the report COM
mends and endorses the national De-