Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-23
PULSE OF The PEOPLE
Impressions of Men and Affairs
at Democratic Convention.
INCIDENTS FROM HERE and THERE

All Delegates Elected Did Not Show
Up-Much Disturbance and Little
Show of Order-Primary Rules Re-
qarded as Too Strict-Charleston
Crowd Had a Row as Ueual-One
DELEGATE Assured His Lady Dele
oates Would be SiIent-Evans Vir-
tualIy Announced Candidacy--Newsy
Notes.
Representation at the state Demo-
cratic convention in Columbia, last
Wednesday, which convention lasted
until 3:45 Thursday morning, was
about 20 per cent off of the number OF
delegates elected by the various coun-
tics. There were many men elected
who decided just before the convention
that they didn't care about spending
the money necessary for expenses ana
who therefore were not present. Prac-
tically every woman who was elected
when the convention roll was called
and they stayed right in those seats
during practically the whole time OF
the convention. 1t was not necessary
for them to go out every now and then
TO smoke a cigarette or cigar and take
drink of-water.
The stentorian voice Of Gene Hutch
ison. who was elected reading clerk Oh
the convention, failed to carry during
the closing hour of the morning ses-
sion of the convention. There was
much talking and whispering and all
that sort of thing among the delegates
and the men were doing a lot more OF
it than the women. President Brown
called for the names of those represen-
tatives from each county elected on
the committee on platform and the
committee on rules. Gene started
calling the roll of counties and at
times he could not be heard while the
secretaries could not hear the names
of those selected for the committees
at all. The list was only secured py
the secretaries after a request that
represcnative from each county dele
cation write the namas Of those select
ed for the committee on a slip of paper
and bring the slip to the speakers
desk.
An interesting debate followed when
a member Of the convention sought TO
change the rules of the party relative
to voting in the primary. Eugene
Blease. a brother of former Governor
Blease, called attention to the fact that
the rules of the party had been made
the statute law of the law and that the
convention had no power to change
the state law. Mr.. Blease also rather
gleefully related the fact that he and
others in 1914 had fought bitterly
against the passage of such iron-clad
rules governing qualifications for vo.-
ing in the primary and pointed out
that those who had been responsible
for making the rules of the party the
statute law were now seeing the error
Of their way and wanted to take the
back track. After rubbing it in little
Mr.. Blease assured the convention that
he would like very much to sec mod
ification of the laws and would be glad
to assist in their repeal at the next
meeting of the general assembly. He
made it plain, however, that so far as
the approaching campaign is concern
ed that the rules which prevailed two
wears ago will have to be enforced this
summer.
There came near being a clash Of
couple of Charlestonians in the meet
ing of the state executive committee at
II O'Clock wednesday, night An APP
neal had been sent the secretary OF the
committee from five Charleston Demo-
Gratis, who claimed that the Charles
ton county convention, which was
captured by the Grace faction OF That
city, had refused to seat them as exc
cutive committeeman from their re-
spective clubs because Of certain allcS-
ed irregularities. While that was d
fact at the same time they had bceh
seated at a later meeting of the cXecu-
tive comittce. John |. CosgrOve, law
partner Of Mayor Grace of Charleston,
was the executive committeeman from
Charleston, and undertook to explain
the whole row. He had invited Daniel
l.. Sinkler of Charleston, chairman or
the Charleston convention to be pres
ent and make n statement. Sinkler
was there. He stated that the appeal
to the state executive committee had
never been presented to him as CHAIR
man of the Charleston county conVcn-
ton and that besides the five Charles
ton mon who had raised the row had
already been seated. Sinkler an
Irishman with Il fighting front, went
on to say that he was not surprised al
his being ignored when such man as
Arthur Young was responsible for tho
annpol YOung who is senator from