The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-07-12

leTudy Dy the State democratic eX-
ecutive committee in debating the
proposal of taking the names of Cole
l.. Blease and John l.. McLaurin
from the rolls of the Democratic
party.
Strenuous argument on the part
Of several committeeman to let the
people themselves determine the
question at the polls at the August
primary finally prevailed against the
disposition of the committee to act
summarily. The alleged perfidy of
Blease and McLaurin, as revealed in
McLaurin's recent exposure, of an at
tempt to sell the Democratic party
out two years ago, the Blease lin
dependent ticket two years ago,
which was alleged by w. p. Beard
who put out the ticket. to have been
named by Cole l.. Blease. and the
announcement by Blease that neither
he nor his followers were bound by
their oaths to support the nominees
iteration of fraud were the chief OBJ
jectives of the committeemen's fire
Would Kick Out of Party.
T. III. ketchin, State senator from
Ia airfeld county, and member of the
e. Erutive committee, urged the ap-
~ "ntment of committee OF five. be-
NTnI
should be summoned and if the facts
were found to be as published over
the names OF those friendly 10 Bi Sc
and McLaurin at the time of the va
rious incidents, then to kick them ,"
| Blease and McLaurin. unceremon-
iously out of the party ranks. The
| question of this authority being
/ lodged with the executive commit
| tee, was the storm center of the do
bate. There was no division of opin-
! ion as to the just deserts Of the can
/ didateS in question Some of the
| committeeman took the position that
/ the elimination of Blease and Nc
! Laurin from the Democratic tickets
would cause great furor over the
State If left to the voters. proper
disposition would he made of the is
sue in casting ballots. The voter :
could be trusted to retain the nartv
in its purity and to rebuke those
who had sought to betray it to Re.
| publicans.
The question was raised by John
Gary Evans, State chairman. who
said he was tired of the party ma
chinery being vilifed and abused bv
Blease throughout the State. and
! charges of fraud two years ago re-
iterated. when Blease did not have
| the courage or manhood to protest
the election before the committee or
to carry the question into the courts
He was continuing this charge OF
fraud and partisanship against the
| present committee in refusing 10
speak in York under the hammer
of partisan executive committee''
and would not speak until the regu-
lar meeting had been dismissed. He
had also consistently refused to fol-
low the itinerary as arranged by the
executive committee. in further en-
phasis of his disregard for the party
machinery OF the State. Effort to sell
out the party at time like this and
destroy the faith of the people in the
| party which controls the State ano
the national government constituted
treachery to the State, the nation.
and the head of the nation 1t was
finally agreed to issue the address oi
Mr.. Evans as a warning to the vo.
ters of the State against possible be-
trayal by candidates now snekinA
their suffrage
To Go Into Campaign.
In providing for the election of 4
United States senator for the unex-
pired term of the late Senator Till
man, which will expire approximate
ly two months beyond the tenure of
senator Benet, the appointee OF
Governor Manning. 1t was arranged
that candidates for the short term
would canvass with the regular
United States senatorial party. A
separate ticket will be provided by
the executive committee for the
short term candidates, who will be
voted for in the regular primary for