The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-10-05

Inc primary system was III
stituted in this state for the purpose
Of ascertaining the will Of the white
voter in the selection OF public off,
GERS and for his protectioa. am,
therefore, in favor Of guaranteeing
to every white man, whether register
ed or not by any board, the privilege
Of casting his vote in the primary.
But l go one step further and say
that 1 think every white mans name
should be upon his club roll and no
man should be allowed t. vote but
once, and 10 man should be allowed
20 vote unless he lives In South Car
DINA. and no one should use whiskey
or money to iofuence voters or 9TH
erwise debauch the primary system.
We shall have free, open primary,
where all of OFT people can cast their
ballots for their choice, and once
again I appeal to you not to inter-
fere with the primary, and / appeal
particularly to my friends in your
house to vote against any measure
no matter what it is, or how innocent
it may look, interfering with the pri-
mary election, and if eny such DILL IS
nassed. as soon as it comes down to
me it will be sent back to you vetoed,
and while we have not a majority IN
YOUR house, if we all stand together
We certainly have more thep a third
AID we can protect the rights of the
people against the invasion of their
opponents. /"
The hill was not passed that year,
but was enacted at the following ses-
sion of 1915, and was approved by
Governor aiming.
The primary is the child of the Re
form party, but it has departed from
its childhood training, and Reform
Leaders are pointing out today that
the only way to save it from total de-
struction is to take it back into the
house of it's friends, purify it and
make it method for the real express
sion of the will of the white voters
of South Carolina.
With this in view a twofold plan
has been OUTLINED and practically un-
animously endorsed by the rank aad
file of the party. 1t is:
Organization now and the control
of the club meet 1gs next April, the
courty conventions and the state con-
venti {, next May by the reformers'
the friends of the primary, who are
majority of the voters Of the state,
and putting out Of control the minor
into whose ha1ds it has drifted,
A Reform convention to be held in
to agree upon candidates
to be placed n the next primary In
order that the Reform party may pre-
sert a solid front in it's fight to take
the state government back over into
the hands of the people-a convention
within the primary which has for it's
aim and object the redemption Of the
primary.
The Columbia State, the mouth
piece of the aati-reform faction, seems
to be very much worried over this
convention idea and is trying to Gre
ate the impression that the voters in
The mill villages would not have prop
er representation In proportion 10
their voting strength. The Columbia
States purpose, of course, is plain,
and its space and labored efforts are
wasted. The Columbia State may con.
:ent itself in peace as to the voters In !
he mill villages, because they know
Ind have always known which party
s the party Of the masses of the peo-
pie, and they a now that in any Re-
orm convention they will have a rep.
'esentation, just as all other members
II the party will have The voters in
he mill villages are pretty thorough
y cd1vinced also that with the pri-i
nary in the hands Of the anti-reform
party they might as we'll not vote at
Ill, and they further know that the
md towards which the Reform party
IS working is that every mans vote
should be equal to every other mans
vote wh'{1 the count is made and the
result declared. They also know that j
such editorials as have been appear
ing in the Columbia State in this re-
oor6 oro , ro6ooh;o,, ,,noo %bo;, II,