The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-05-18
WATERLOO FOR
BLEASE FORCES
IN THE STATE CONVENTION AT
COLUMBIA YESTERDAY..DE.
FEATED AT EVERY POINT.


COLUMBIA YESTERDAY--DE.
FEATED AT EVERY POINT.
Columbia, May 17:-United States
Senator B R Tillman was reelected
national committeeman over Lown-
des 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. Brown
| ing was nominated by Mr. Long, of
Union, and on the roll call by coun-
ties the Senator swamped his op-
ponent. The forty-three votes for
the Union man were made up of one
from Aiken. thirteen from Ander-
son, one from Barnwell, five from
Clarendon, four from Dillon, one
from Dorchester, five from Laurens.
eight from Newberry, six from Lee,
one from Oconee, two from Rchland.
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 Charles
ton vote of eighteen was announced
for Senator Tillman the convention
broke into applause.
John Gary Evans was reelected
State chairman over w A Stuckey,
of Bishopville, the Blease caucus
nominee, by the overwhelming ma
iority of 257 tc "a, the Stuckey
votes coming from Abbeville l,
! Aiken 2, Anderson 13, Bamberg 2,
Barnwell 8. Berkeley 3, Calhoun l..
Clarendon 5. Darlington 2, Dorches-
ter 2, Georgetown l, Lancaster l.,
! Laurens 5, Lee 6, Lexington l. Nc
Cormick 4, Newberry 8, Richland 2,
Union 6, York 7. Chairman Evans
was placed in nomination by Ex-
Governor Ansel and Mr. Stuckey by
! Mayor Sawyer, of Georgetown.
The Blease caucus nominations
were overwhelmed with the same
unvarying majority throughout.
On motion of Christie Bennet, for
the Richland delegation, Gen Willie
Jones was reelected treasurer of
the Democratic party by acclamation.
The first, test vote between the
Blease and Anti -Blease factions this
afternoon came on the adoption of
the majority report of the creden-
tials committee to seat the Chris
tensen delegation from Beaufort.
This report was adopted by a vote
| of 265 to SO, the credentials COM
mittee having returned report, 33
to 9, to seat the Christensen delega-
ton.
When the convention reconvened
at 1 o'clock and before the creden-
tials committee reported on motion
of State Chairman Evans the con-
vention voted to allow fifteen min
utes for committee of suffragettes
to present a petition to the conven-
ton. A committee was appointed
to escort the suffragettes to the
desk. Mrs Lynch said their resolu-
ton asked the convention for two
things: First, an amendment to the
State Constitution extending the
right Of suffrage to women. and,
second, instructing the delegates to
St Louis to work for incorporation
into the platform of the national
Democratic party declaration IA
voring woman suffrage without re-
gard to federal amendment to this
md.
During the afternoon session Dr.
Din Sawyer was the only one of the
GEORGETOWN delegation on the floor.