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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO HEAR ALL PROTESTS ! (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1.) There was a disposition on the part of j the committee to probe everything to the bottom and ferret our fraud if there was any. The State committee is composed of j the following members, one from each ! county: The Executive Committee. Abbeville, A. W. Jones; Aiken, B. P. Holley; Anderson, J. E. Breazealle; Bamberg, C. B. Free; Barnwell, R. C. Kirkland; Beaufort, N. Christensen; j Berkeley, T. W. Williams; Calhoun, T. I H. Dreher; Charleston, Geo. Swan; Cherokee, T. B. Butler; Chester, R. B. Caldwell; Chesterfield, W. F. Stevenson; Clarendon, C. M. Davis; Colleton, J. M. Moorer; Darlington, Wm. E. James; Dillon, R. P. Hamer; Dorchester, J. D. Bivens; Edgefield, A. E. Padgett; Fairfield, T. H. Ketchin; Florence, A. H. Gasque; Georgetown, 0. M. Mitchell; Greenville, H. B. Ingram; Greenwood, James B. Park; Hampton,! W. Fred. Lightsey; Horry, J. A. McDermott; Jasper, R. M. Jeffries; Kershaw, Jno. G. Richards, Jr.; Lancaster, T. Y. Williams; Laurens, W. T. Crews; Lee, W. R. Scarborough; Lex ington, D. J. Griffith; Marion, J. u. I Mace; Marlboro, Jno. X. Drake; New'berry, Cole. L. Blease; Oconee, E. C. Doyle; Orangeburg, Robt. Lide; Pickens, R. F. Smith; Richland, Wilie Jones; Saluda, Geo. B. Lester; Spartanburg, I. H. Gosnell; Sumter, Richard I. Manning; Union, J. M. Greer; Williamsburg, Philip H. Stoll; York, W. B. Wilson, Jr. The committee reassembled at 3.30 o'clock in the library of the State -3 "D "D Po 1 ^ TTT/~vl 1 frnm fliQ uv/uac, auu u. O. v^aiu >> oil, it urn V"V committee on tabulation, stated that not enough returns were in to declare the results in even the Congressional and solicitors races, in which no contests had been filed. He said that W. F. ! Stevenson, the secretary of the committee, would present a resolution from the committee. i Mr. Stevenson, from the committee Annninla^ tr\ tahllloto Q n r? invoctitrafp j VV/ UUU ? vwvaqmvv ^ the returns, etc., made a report and ' introduced the following resolutions: < The Resolutions. "Whereas an unprecedented vote is j reported and widespread charges of ] fraud and irregularities have been | > brought as to the election on the State ' < ticket, and it is the duty of this com-! ( mittee to s*?e that whatever nomina-! tions have been made, have been hon- j estly made, and if the charge is true j t it shall be corrected, and if not true it j t shall he refuted and the Drimarv elee- ; tion system vindicated and preserved: | "Resolved, That the chairman shall i call on each county chairman where J fraud or irregularities are charged, to j take charge of the club rolls and com- j pare them with the poll lists and com- \ -pare the poll lists with each other,. i and take such evidence as shall be j available and pertinent and send up j such club rolls and poll lists, or certi- j ( fied copies of the same, to this com- j ( mittee, and report all irregularities. j "Resolved, further, That the chair- j anrfn of this committee do furnish such assistance to the respective county j * chairmen as my be necessary to! t facilitate the completion of this work ! j and that the candidates for governor j j be each allowed a representative at; i such hearing if desired. \ ^ "Resolved, further, That this com- ' j mittee hereby declares it to be its pur- i pose to see that every effort be made to see that the primary be honestly con- i ducted and detect and punish all frauds ( committed, vindicate the prima: y sys- J t tem and rid it of all imputations of. 1 crookedness, and to call on all citizens : 1 to cooperate with this committee in ? < such work and save the primary sys- j 1 tern from destruction. j ( "This committee calls on citizens!1 and especially all members of the exe- f cutive committee and all rlub officers, 1 to swear out warrants for persons vio- 1 lating the primary laws in connection 5 "with the said election, and have the i offenders bound over to the co.urr." j 1 Only Where Protests -tfa'le. !1 There was a disposition on the part |j of several members to mak ? the reso- i3 lution embrace every county, but sev ' eral of the county representatives, in which no protests or charges of ir- i regularities were made, protested against this and insisted that it wasn't 1 necessary. Mr. Parg, o$ Greenwood, | ^rgecE a review of iho vote in every ( county and pointed out th3 necessity of 1 a rigid investigation, but the commiti tee held that the resolution should be limited to only those counties in which j charges of irregularities have been I made, and it was so held. Mr. Stevenson, in speaking in support of the resolution, said that all il-j legal votes should be thrown out; that! he stood for cleanness and honesty in i x elections, and no matter which side it would affect he thought all fraud ' should be probed to the bottom. He said that the charges of fraud should be probed, and if found to be unfair and untrue, the primary should be vindicated, but if the charges were substantiated, then the fraud must be wiped out. He said that he wanted everything fair and honest and that when the committee should declare the nomination it should write across it clean and fair. He favored going to the bottom of the charges no matter whom they affected. Blease Favors Probe. Mr. Eugene S. Blease took the floor, and speaking as the personal representative of his brother, the governor, said that Governor Blease did not want, and would not have the nomination for governor, if tainted in the slightest degree with fraud. He said that 70,000 honest votes had been cast for the governor; that he had received a tVi n f ffriic wmi 1H LLiCtJU1 dilU tuau cut*? uiwjvi T> vu&u stand behind, the governor and see that he was accorded his rights. He said that all the governor asked was a fair and honest count; that the Democratic party had always stood for honesty in elections and always would. Mr. Blease referred to the fact that, with the exception of Newberry county, where the machinery was in control of the Blease men, every one of the counties in which there were charges of fraud had been carried by Blease and still the election machinery was controlled by the Jones forces, and that the vast majority of the managers were Jones men. Mr. Blease said that the Georgetown correspondent of the News and Courier, before the election, writing to that paper, reported that Georgetown would go for Jones and that the election machinerv was in the hands of the Jones men, which was a distinct advantage. "How about Anderson?" some one asked. "Judge Breazeale and Gen. M. L. Bonham, Jones men, were in change in that county." replied the speaker, and a spectator shouted, "Give it to them, Blease." The speaker said he knew the victory of Blease was cutting to the other side, but expressed his wish that ali wounds could be healed and all bitterness forgotten. He said that since fac:ionalism was running so high he favored the resolution adopted at the norning meeting looking to safeguarding the primary. "All we want is fair play," he said, and he added that hej i.vas willing to assist in every way pos- j sible and he heartily seconded the res)lution as worded. As to Heavy Tote. Explaining the heavy vote cast by ;he intense interest, Mr. Blease said :hat some men had been taken from ;heir beds to vote; that thousands, unler the urging of the newspapers, :ame back from the mountains and Tom their vacations to vote, and that :hey voted for Cole. L. Blease, and now ;he papers were kicking. He said that j le does not believe the Democracy of South Caroilna has stooped to fraud intil he has absolute proof of it, and ;hat he had full confidence in the hon>r and integrity of the managers of election in South Carolina. He heartiy favored the adoption of the resolu:ion. Mr. Stevenson sail tho argument of Mr. Blease supported the resolution; :hat the Democrtic committee was gong t s write the nomination clean and | :hat the investigation of fraud must be above partisan actio .1, and it was :or the reason that it was Jones' managers in counties ii whi:;h there are regularities cha^gid that he favored the resolution. He said that the speaker had ignored the charge 0/ governor Blease in his speech from :he State house steps, that the Jones A <3 ~ 4. .. .n? ~ J OA AAA _ ! .urutfs iictu 51UUKU vuies ui tne ballot boxes, and he wanted this charge investigated, and, therefore, all ;he poll lists, all the rolls, all the eviience and everything in the counties ; n which these charges were made j should be brought before the commit- j :ee and everything examined in open j public and under the gaze of evrvbody : so there could be no charge of parti-; !stn aptirm T-Tp said that h.^? alwavs ! had and always would stand for fairness and honesty, and that he joined Mr. Blease in callig for a fair and honest count. Georgetown Man Takes Issue. Mr. Mitchell, of Georgetown, reply-! ing to Mr. Blease, said the Georgetown ! ^*ote was fair and honest and referred ! to a remark of a Blease man that it was the fairest election ever held in Georgetown. Mr. Blease said he meant no reflection on Georgetown, nor did he kick because it happened to give a majority for Jones. The resolution was then put and unanimously adopted. Secretary Benet reported that he had sent out 522,000 tickets for the first primary to the various county chairmen. He said that one member of the committee had criticised him and charged that he had not sent the number of tickets requested by the chairmen of the counties of Pickens and Lee at first. Mr. Ben-t said he preferred to have the member who i { f 1 ! made the charge present before he I I said anything, referring to Governor' : Blease. ! Mr. Eugene Blease said he could be ! gotten and started to arise and go after him, but was dissuaded and Mr. i Benet was told to go on and make his! statement ana ne aemanaea an uives tigation. A resolution was offered by Mr. Man- : ning that a committee of three, one at j least of whom was a Blease supporter, I be named to investigate the charges, and this was adopted. The chairman appointed Mr. Manning and Mr. J. A. Willis and asked Mr. Eugene Blease to name the Blease member, and he named Mr. W. T. Crews. The following were the number of tickets sent out to the counties named by Secretary Benet for the first primary : Tickets Sent Out. Abbeville, 7,000; Aiken, 20,000; Anderson, 15,000; Bamberg, 4,000; Barnwell, 10,000; Beaufort, 6,000; Berkeley, 4,000; Calhoun, 5,000; Charleston, 3'0,000; Cherokee, 15,000; Chester, i0,000; Chesterfield, 15,000; Clarendon, 10,000; Colleton, 10,000; Darlington, i0,000; Dillon, 8,000; Dorchester, 6,000; Edgefield, 7,000; Fairfield, 10,000; Florence, 12,000; Georgetown, 6,000; Greenville, 30,000; Greenwood, i0,000; i Hampton, 5,000; Horry, 10,000; Jasper, 2,000; Kershaw, 9,000; Lancaster, 10,IqOO: Laurens, 12.000; Lee. 6,000: Lex ington, 10,000; Marion, 6,000; Marl-J boro, 10,000; Newberry, 20,000; Oco- j nee, i2,000; Orangeburg, 17,000; Pick-; ens, 12,000; Richland, 30,000; Saluda, J 10,000; Spartanburg, 30,000; Sumter, 12,000; Union, 15.000; Williamsburg, 10,000; York, 14,000; total, 522,000. A resolution from the Richland exj executive committee, asking for perJ mission to put in an additional set of j | managers and an additional box in certain places, where one box was not enough to permit all the people to vote, was referred, back to the Richland committee with power to act. A -motion was adopted instructing j thncp r>nnntic>s whi^h have nnt olroadv i ; ~ sent in their returns to do so at once. The committee, on motion of Mr. Stevenson, took a recess until next Wednesday at noon. The counties which hadn't sent in returns when the committee met at noon were: Anderson, Aiken, Kershaw, Lee, Sumter, Oconee, Pickens, Cal-1 houn, Horry, Greenville, Spartanburg, j Anderson, Charleston and Beaufort, i Formal notice of contests were filed from several of the counties and many I telegrams alleging irregularities at ' different places in the State on elec- ; tion day, addressed to Chairman Ev ans, were read to the committee. All I these protests and contests and I charges of fraud will be heard when 1 the committee meets next Wednesday, i I unairman kvans asked tne newspapers to call attention to the fact that no one is eligible as presidential elector who holds a position of honor or trust, either State or federal, is a director in a national bank or a notary j public. County Chairmen Notified. Columbia, Aug. 30.?State Chairman .. John Gary Evans tonight sent the fol- ^ lowing telegram to county chairmen, in accordance with the resolution adopted by the State executive com- ^ mittee today: "In any fraud or irregularities are j ciiargeu in your county as to any pari of the State ticket, investigate same thoroughly. Take charge of club rolls, n compare them with poll lists, poll lists ^ with each other, taking such evidence- e as is available and pertinent. Then s forward all records bearing on mat- e ter, including those above named, with r b evidence, to Christie Benet, secretary, j( Columbia. 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