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

Senator B. R. Tillman was reeiecteu
national committeeman over Lo"noes
7 Browning, of Union, the Blease
caucns nominee, this afternoon oy
the Democratic State convention os
+ba overwhelming majority OF 2o1 10
AZ The senior senator was piaceo
in nomination by Senator Nicholson
Of Edgefield, and there were seVerai
seconds. Mr.. Browning was noml-
mated by Mr.. Long, of Union, and Oh
the roll call by counties the senator
swamped his opponent. The forty
three votes for the Union man were
made mn of one from Aiken, thirteen
from Anderson, one from BarnWeh'
five from Clarendon, four from Dill
Ion. one from Dorchester, one from
FAIRFIELD, one from Georgetown one
J from Lancaster, five from Laurens'
eight from Newberry, six from Lee'
one from Oconee, two from R1chlano'
The delegations from Newberry'
Union and Lee were the only ones
voting solidly for Mr.. Browning. One
from the Anderson delegation ana
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.
Evans Gets 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 "A, the Stuckey votes
coming from Abbeville 1, Aiken T.
anderson 13, Bamberg 2, BarnWen
q Berkeley 8, Calhoun 1, Clarendon
& Darlington 2, Dorchester e.
Georgetown /, Lancaster 1, Laurens
Lee 6. Lexington / Mccormick a.,
NeWberry 8, Richland 2, Union o.
York 7. Chairman Evans was placed
IN nomination by Ex-Governor Ansel
and Mr.. stuckey by Mayor Olln 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
Zones 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
fensen. delegation from Beaufort.
This report was adopted by vote OF
265 to SO, the credentials committee
having returned a report, S3 to ., to
seat the Christensen delegation. The
negative votes came from Abbeville
Aiken 1, Anderson IL, BarnWeil
8. Berkeley 2, Clarendon 6, Fairfield
S.. Georgetown 1, Laurens 4, Lee 6,
Lexington 1, Newberry 8, Union g.
York z. The credentials committee
sat for three hours hearing the eVi-
dence from both sides and the re-
port seating the Christensen delega-
tien was presented by John P.
Thomas, chairman of the committee.
Suffragettes Heard.
When the convention reconvened
at o'clock and before the creden-,
tials committee reported, on motion
OF State Chairman Evans the conven-
ticn voted to allow fifteen minutes for
q committee of suffragettes to present
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 suffragette
committee being Mrs. Harriet Powe
Lynch, Mrs. H. " 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, second,
instructing the delegates to St. Louis
to work for incorporation into the
platform of the national Democratic
party a declaration favoring woman
suffrage without regard to 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 sixteen
yards of paper. She did not read it,
but asked that it be placed before
the proper committee, which was
done. She thanked the convention
for extending the ladies this privi-
1ege and was cheered: