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The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S. C. Published Every Wednesday by W. W. Bradley, W. S. Bradley, President Vice-President Wednesday. May 27,1914. AFTERMATH OF THE CON VENTION. The feature of the recent State Con vention that was most gratifying Was that while every delegate seem ed to desire to put the primary above reproach, he seemed equally anxious that no cumbersome restrictions be placed a.b.o.u.t.the primary. The new piimary rules provide that new i;olls be made up and the necessity for this is apparent. Here in Abbeville lor instance, there are scores of names of persons .on both Club No. 1 and Club No. 2, and there are scores of other names on one roll or the other of parties who have long since moved to the country or out of the county. The platform as adopted was ob jected to in only two sections. One section required residence in the State two years, in the county one year and at the polling precinct six ty days. By agreement this was amended in the convention so as to require residence in the county only six months. While we favored one year's resi dence in the State as outlined in an editorial ante-dating the convention, and while he urged friends in the convention to adopt the one year rule, residence in the State was left at two years, mainly for the reason that the General Statutes provide that a qualified elector must have had residence in the State for two years. The voter tak'js an oath that he is qualified to vote in the pri mary, and as qualification under the Statute law requires two years resi dence in the State, it was thought to be ill-ad vised, if not a nullity, to set up a rule in the primary at variance with the rule of the general election under the Statute Law of the State. This point was compromised be tween contending advocates, and was settled as stated. Again, we advocated a plan by which a voter enrolled in one county and moving to another, say ten days before the primary, might erase his name from the roll in the county left and on certificate from the Clerk oi ^ - * At A. t.iSL XI A 1 L-J uoun 01 me couuiy ie?, intu ne irau been enrolled and his name erased, might he reenrolled in the county moved to, and permitted to vote. Instead of adopting this provision the convention thought to meet the difficulty by allowing the voter who had changed his residence to go back to the county from which he had moved and cast his vote there. The other item objected to was per sonal .entailment, the minority con tending for the privilege of register ing by better or certificate. The con vention would willingly have grant ed tbig provision also but for known X^irjteston. Charles top has t^is law now by act of the legislature, and yet it has opened up th#? nvennpsof frnnri widpr than ever. There a$e normally about 8,500 or 4,000 votes in Charleston, and yet it was stated by men whom you could np,t doubt, that at one time there were over ten thousand signed appli cations for enrollment. These appli cations contained the names of dead men, of men wfio had long since uqo.ved away, and even fictitious names. The convention has acted ? fairly, and for the best interest of the State and for the primary. The rules adopted will shut out no white man who wants to vote and they must be satisfactory to any man who would honestly place the pri mary above reproach. To have done less would have been to have done nothing. EFFECTS OJP TARIFF BE ING FELT. Wholesale merchants tell us that the effects of the revised tariff are just now being felt. Some fear the outlook while others say that lower cost to the consumer, increases busi ness and will crive larcer Drofits in TV ' " r O "O JT 7" the aggregate. If the tariff is not to affect prices, then it is a nullity, and all the work of the Democratic party was thrown away. But tariff will affect prices and is doing it. The most recent benefit from the tariff is seen in the fact that corn has been held down to a reasonable price despite the fact that the crop was all too short. Even now corn is 15 per cent, higher than it was at this time last year and it would be fully 40 per cent, higher if it were not for the fact that much corn has been shipped in from Ar gentine Republic. The corn planter might complain of this, but the corn planter is also a meat raiser, and Argentine also ships meat to this country. At present prices for corn the westerner can ai ford to keep and fatten his meant, whereas if corn were selling at $1.50 per bushel, he would sell off his im mature cattle and hogs at a lower price and sell his corn direct. As it is he gains on his meat what he loses on his corn, and in the meantime the consumer can live. Com is a staple article of food for man and beast and while we would have our corn planters realize a fair price for their product the people must befed. ROOSEVELT'S COMING BACK. The return of Col. Roosevelt from the jungles oe South America is of secondary importance when thought of in connection with that other re turn so clearly forecasted in his re cent utterances. Speaking in behalf of Mr. Pinchot, Progressive candidate for the United States Senate from New York, Col. Roosevelt said: "I have confidence in the integrity of the rank and file of the Republican party, and that they will support Mr. Pinchot." Again, he says: "Crises come up when it is the duty of all good citi zens to sink ordinary party differ ences and stand up either against fla grant wrongdoing in public life or against policies fatal to the welfare of the nation at home and the honor of the nation abroad, and all good citi zens shouid, on such occasions, stand together without regard to past par ty differences." Now as matter of fact there have been no "flagrant wrongdoing" or "fatal public policies" chargeable to the Democratic party, and it is noted that Mr. Roosevelt, with his usual political astuteness, deals in general ities, because he could not possibly specify. He knows that his own party, the Progressive party, has stolen tariff reform advocacy from the Democratic party, and advocated such reform by a commission only to cover the theft. The Progressive party in Congress voted largely with the Democrats on currency reform and here again the Colonel's hands are tied. As to the "welfare of the nation abroad" so broadly hinted at by the Colonel, of course he means t oriti cise President Wilson's poll y in Mexico, knowing that had he been in President Wilson's stead he would have long since involved this coun try in a useless and unjustifiable war of aggression. But he dare not un dertake to point out President Wil son's errors in dealing with Mexico, for the reason that the old Republi can party to which he is now hold ing out the olive branch, stood squarely behind Mr. Wilson in for mulating and executing that policy. The fact is, Colonel Roosevelt is nothing more nor less than a politi cian, whose principles are cork float ed, to ride the main current. As 1 long as he was in the Republican . party corporate greed, high tariff and money trusts looked good to him, and it was only after learning that the Republican party would not per petuate his power that he leaped to the conclusion that the Republican party was all wrong. He dined with Booker Washington and folded the negro vote both in convention and in primary, more closely to his bos om than any other candidate for President. But when the Southern negro delegates pledged for Taft, and he had to fall back on the "lily whites" ot the South he wanted no more "nigger" in his. Now, it he is taken back into the bosom of the Re publican party as he is likely to be, he is sure to become color blind % again. The Democratic party has made good. It has refuted every evil fore cast on the tariff; it has given the country a banking law that will serve the people rather than Wall street gamblers; it has passed more constructive legislation in a shorter time than any administration has ever passed; and it needs only .time to test the wisdom of its legislation to perpetuate itself. Will it have that time? Indications are that it will not. > The old Republican party realizes that it is dead if it must stand alone. It knows its man in Mr. Roosevelt, and knowing him will trust him to profess one thing and do another. There is nothing that weighs so strong with your "standpat" type of Republican as "pap"; in monopoly, in office holding, in class privilege, and though Mr. Roosevelt can write platforms that would indicate scorn and contempt for these trifles, as President he was as greedy as the greediest. The old Republican party has learned its lesson, and it is now will ing to surrender everything but the name and the name sounds good to Mr. Raosevelt when it is amicably coupled with his own. The danger that the Democratic party is con fronting then is a reunion of Roose veltism and Republicanism. Roose velt will demand his principles, which the Republicans know to be of the chameleon variety, and his can aiaaie wmcn win most iiKeiy oe himself, and the old party will fur nish the name. Republicans of all classes and of every degree still love the name, and there is the danger. No one doubts that as a unit the Re publican party has a majority of the vates of the United States, and it is trained in the art of fooling the peo ple. If Mr. Roosevelt holds out inde pendent of the old Republican party through the next campaign Democ racy will rule in Washington for many years to come. If Mr. Roose velt absorbs the old party, no matter what are the merits of the Demo cratic administration, it is probably doomed to defeat, and other long years of patient waiting. It you expect to stand the cold get your blood stimulating in order to circulaic properly. Milfora's blood puritier will do ^c NEW RULES ( PRIMA! FULL TEXT OF CONSTITUTION AN I PRIMARY ELECTION ADOPTED CONVENTION. EACH YOTEJi ON CLUB LIST. ALL OLD CLARED NULL . The following is the new rules adopted at the State Democratic Con vention in P.nlumhia last week, gov erning the primary election; Following is the full text of the con stitution and rules of the Democratic party of the State of South Carolina, adopted at the State ..convention in Co lumbia, May 20 and 21, 1914: 1. At the convention of the Demo cratic party of the State of South Carolina begun and holden at Co lumbia on the 20th day of May in the year 1914, the following rules are or dained and established in place of the constitution and rules heretofore in force which are hereby declared null and void. Meaning of Words. 2. The words and phrases used in these rules sahll, unless the same be plainly inconsistent with the content, be construed as follows: (1) "County committee" means the county executive committee. (2) "County chairman" means th? chairman ' of the county executive j committee. (3) "State committee" means the State executive committee. 4) "State Chairman" means the ; chairman of the State executive com mittee. (5) "Primary" means the primary election of the party. (6) "General . election" means the general election, whether for United States or State or county offices. (7) "Club district" means the ter ritory set apart for each Democratic club, whether it be a ward or town ship or a subdivision thereof. (8) "The party" means the Demo cratic party of South Carolina. (9) "Rules" means this constitution and rules, execept in section 1 where the term means the constitution and rules formerly in effect.) (10) Inhabitants means the number of inhabitants according to the feder al census last taken. Clubs. 3. One or more clubs shall be or ganized in each township or ward ex cept as hereinafter provided, each of which clubs shall have a district title, "The ; Democratic club," and shall elect a president and one or more vice presidents, a secretary and a treasurer and may have the follow ing working committees, of not less than three members each, viz A com niittee on registration, an t executive committee and such other committees as to each club seem expedient. In the absence of the secretary or in case of his inability to act, un less it is otherwise provided in these rules he shall designate another mem ber of the club to perform his duties. 4. The president or five members shall have power to call all special meetings of the club, except for re organization, provided for in the suc ceeding section, and at all special meetings one-tenth of the members shall be necessary to constitute. a quorum for the transaction of busi ness, of which meetings at least 48 hours' public notice shall be given. 5. The clubs shall meet on the fourth Saturday in April of each elec tion year for reorganization: Pro vided, That the county committee may name any other day within the same week for such club meeting by giving at least two weeks| notice by adver tisement in one or more county pa pers. In case any existing club shall fail to reorganize on the day fixed, the county committee may fix a day for such club to meet for reorganiza tion by giving two wekes' notice, as provided in this section. 6. The qualifications for member ship in any club of the party in this State, and for voting at a primary shall be as follows, viz: The appli cant for membership, or voter shall bd 21 years of age, or shall become so before the succeeding general election and be a white Democrat. ' He shall be a citizen of the United States and of this State. No person shall belong to any club or vote in any primary unless he has resided in the State two years and in the county six months prior to the succeeding general elec LlUll O.I1U 111 LUC U1UU UISLlltL OU Ud)5 prior to the first primary following his offer to enroll; Provided, That public school teachers and ministers of the gospel in charge of a regular organized church shall be exempt from the provisions of this section as to residence, if otherwise qualified. 7. Every negro applying for mem bership in a Democratic club, or of- i fering to vote in a primary, must 1 produce a written statement of ten I reputable white men, who shall 1 swear that they know of their own 1 knowledge that the applicant or 1 voter voted for Gen. Hampton in < 1876, and has voted the Democratic t ticket continually since. The said 1 .. - * i i GOVERNING | IY ELECTION ) BY-LAWS RELATING TO THE BY THE DEMOCRATIC STATE ; MUST ENROLL OWN NAME CLUB ROLLS ARE DE IND VOID. statement shall be placed in the bal lot box b ythe managers and return ed with the poll lists to the county chairman. The managers of election shall keep a separate list of the names of all negro voters. 8. (a) In citie3 of over 10,000 in habitants, one or more clubs shall be organized in each of the wards. Each ward shall be a club district. b?In cities or to\.?s of less than 10,000 inhabitants the county commit tee may authorize the consolidation of two or more wards to form a club district and where townships are em braced in whole or in part in such cities or towns the county committee may permit the voters residing in such townships to belong to a club located in such town or city and to vote in such cit yor town in the club nearest to their respective residences, calcu lated by the nearest practicable route: Provided, No person shall be enrolled or vote out of the county in wihch he resides. In cities or towns which are not divided into wards the county committee may designate the extent of the club district. Each territory so des * fcrnatoH fnr n rlnh ahftl hp itfl ftlllh difi trlct c?In all other cases the voter must enroll in the club nearest his place of residence, calculated by the nearest practicable route and can vote only at the voting place of such club and the terirtory included by this test shall be considered the club dis trict of such club. d?No person shall be enrolled in any club or take part in any club meeting or vote in any primary or be clected a delegate to the county con vention, except in the club district in which he resides. e?There shall be in no case more than one voting place for each club. No club shall have less than 25 mem bers: Provided, however, That any county committee may permit the or ganization of a club of less than 25 member at inaccesible points where there are less than 25 voters. 9. No person shall vote, except at the voting place authorized by teh county committee for the club to which he belongs; Provided, That if he remove from a club district within 60 days prior to tho first pri mary he may vote (in the year in which he removed) in the club district in which he previously resided: Pro vided, further, That he must have en rolled before the closing of the club list 10. State and county officers tempo rarily residing at or near the capital or the county seat may retain their membership and voting rights in their former home clubs if they so desire. In case of the mobilization of the National Guard of this State, the State committee shall provide for the enrollment and voting of all mem bers of the National Guard qualified to vote under this constitution and rules. 11. Books of enrollment for vot ing in primary elections shall be open ed by the secretary of each club, or by the enrollment committee as here inafter provided, on or before the sec ond Tuesday in June in each elec tion year. Notice thereof shall be given by tho county chairman show ing the names of the clubs, the boun daries of the club district when the clubs are in cities or towns or adja cent thereto, the names of the secre taries, the names of the enrollment committee, such other information as the county chairman may desire to give, and where tho books are to be opened. Thereafter no new clubs shall be organized in that election year. Each applicant for enrollment shall in person write upon the club roll his full name and immediately thereafter his 'ge, occupation and postoffice address, and if in a city or town shall write the name of the street and the number of the house in which he reisdes if such designa tions exist in said city or town. If the name be illegible the secretary shall write the name beneath the sig nature of the applicant. In the event of the inability of the applicant to write he may make ihs mark upon the roll, which shall be witnessed by the secretary, or other person then having the custody thereof, and the secretary clinll fill in fhA V?or roniiirpmpnf;R_ The county committee shall fur- ; nish to the secretaries suitable books 1 for enrollment, which shall be uni- i form throughout the State (except ' Cnarletson) and form of which shall be sanctioned by the State commit- \ tec: . Provided, That nothing in 1 this section or these rules shall ' be construed as inconsistent with any < laws of the State regulating primary { ?lections. And, provided further, That t ;he county committee shall on the 1 irst Monday in June, 1914, or as soon c thereafter as possible, appoint for each club an enrollment committee of three which may consist of the sec retary and county committee-man 1 from the said club, and a third mem ber to be designated by the county committee, by. whom said enrollment shall be conducted. The enrollment book shall be kept in the custody of the secretary or at such place as shall be designated by the enrollment com mittee. The club roll shall be open to inspection by any member of the par ty. 12. On the last Tuesday in July In each election year, which shall be the last day of enrollment, the club books shall close, and within three days thereafter each secretary shall transmit the original roll to the coun ty chairman, who shall forthwith cause to be made and shall certify a copy thereof and file the same with the clerk of the court for public In spection at all times. At least ten days before the first primary {he county committee shall meet after three days' published notice in a rtewspapor of general circulation in the county o?. time and place of meet ing and examine the rolls. Any person may complain or errors therein and the county committee, after hearing complaints, shall in a fair and impar tial manner correct and purge the rolls, striking off the names of all persons not residing in the club dis trict for which each roll was made up or otherwise improperly enrolled, and adding any names improperly omitted; Provided, No name shall be stricken from any club roll without three days' notice by mail to the ad dress appearing on the club roll to the person whose name is proposed to be dropped from the roll to show cause why said name should not be dropped. When thd rolls have been revised and corrected by the said county committee they shall be cer tified tn and returned to the respective secretaries of each club and shall thereupon become the official club rolls and no names shall be added thereafter except by order of a judge of competent jurisdiction. Upon the completion of said revision the coun ty chairman shall immediately file in the office of the clerk of court a list duly certified by him of all names added or dropped from said roll, with age, place of residence and occupa tion, which list shall be preserved by the clerk along with the duplicate roll on'file in his office and any person may there inspect said roll and list of corrections at all times. The original roll shall be returned to the secretary cf each club and by him delivered to the managers of the primary elec tion before the hour of opening the polls; and no person shall be allowed to vote at said election whose name does not appear on said original roll as herein required. The managers of election shall return said rolls to the secretary of the club immediately rf^er the counting of the votes and the declaration of the result, or as soon thereafter as practicable: Pro vided, If the original roll be lost or miscarried a copy of the duplicate as corrected by the county committee and filed in the clerk's office, such copy to be certified to by him, shall be used in place of the original. TILLMAN FOR TOLLS REPEAL Senator E. D. Smith Will Not Yet Make a Statement STATE CONVENTION ASKED THAT WILSON BE UPHELD Probable That Both South Caro lina Senators Will Vote With tne Jtresmeui <it Aetjuoat ui the Soutb Carolina Democra tic Convention. Washington, May 22.?When asked this afternoon how his vote on the Panama re peal bill would be affected by the resolu tion of the State Democratic convention demanding that the South' Carolina Sena tors support the President's policy, Sena, tor Tillman said that inasmuch as this action of the convention was later than the action of the convention which sent delegates to Baltimore, he would feel bound to vote for-the repeal bill. He ad ded that without this subsequent action by a State Domocratic Convention the Balti more platform would have been the final authorty on the canal tolls question, and that standing on it ho would have cast his vote against the repeal bill. Senator E. D. Smith, when asked the aame question that had been put to Senator Tillman, declared tnat ne wouiu imvc nothing to say until he had received offi cial notiiication of the State convention's action. He admitted that ho had "^received i telegram informing him of the conven tion's resolutions, but he postively refused io indicate whether he would vote for or igainst the president on the repeal bill. It is generally taken for grantod among South Carolinians in Washington that the iction of the State Convention will cause >oth of the Senators to vote with the ad ninistration though both might have ttherwise voted against it. ' . . \r'': :;.;':i V '* '?; *v7.:v. *\ Peering Binders, Deering Mowers, Deering Bakes, Osborne Binders, Osborne Mowers, Osborne Rakes, DARGAN-KING COMPANY. Coughed for Three 1>bm "I am a iover of your godsend tohu" inanity and science. Your medicine> Dr. King's New Discovery, cured my cough of three years standing." says Jennie Fiemming, of New Dover, Ohio. Have you au annoying cough ? Js it stubborn and won't yield to treat ment ? Get a 50c. bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery today. 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