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I DEMOCRATS IN SESSION
HARMONIOUS CONVENTION HELD
IN COLUMBIA.
Rigid Constitution and Rules Adopted.?Hoyt
Made President;
J. G. Evans, State Chairman.
Columbia, May 21.?Sweeping
changes in the rules and constitution
to safeguard and reform the
primary elections were passed by
the State Democratic convention,
which adjourned sine die late this
a session lasting
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two days.
The convention worked steadily
throughout the day and all during
the afternoon, refusing to recess for
dinner. The determination of the
convention to carry through the report
of the overwhelming majority
of the committee on constitution and
rules was shown in the steady manner
which it proceeded to reject
amendments after amendments
which were rained in following the
tabling of the minority report of the
committee. It was 5.30 o'clock when
the motion to adjourn was carried.
The main fight of the minority was
made on the report of the majority
of the committee, which called for
. personal enrolment and providing for
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I a residence 01 two veai? m
six months in the county and sixty
days in the voting precinct as qualifications
to establish residence before
being eligible to participate in
the primaries.
Personal Enrolment.
Strenuous efforts; of the minority
to knock out the personal enrolment
were unsuccessful, as heavy majorities
were recorded time and again in
favor of the majority report An
amendment by Senator Clifton, allowing
the voter to enroll by either applying
to the secretary of his club
in person or on written application,
signed by a witness, was rejected by
a vote of 256 to 55.
The last fight of any note developed
on the substitute which former
Governor John Gary Evans offered
for section 12 of the minority re
fport.
.This substitute required the club
books of enrolment to be closed on
the last Tuesday in July, and three
days thereafter each secretary is to
transmit his original roll to the county
chairman, who shall file a certified
copy with the olerk of court.
Ten days before the first primary the
county committee is to have published
in some newspaper of general cir.
.* 1 culation in the county a notice of
h the meeting of the committee, which
shall then purge the rolls, hearing
and disposing of protests and contests
which may come up. No name
shall be stricken from the club rolls
* without three days' notice by mail to
the person to be purged. The originals,
duly certified to, are to be returned
to the secretaries of the respective
oiubs, and a list of all names
I added or dropped by the committee
filed with the chairman in the clerk's
office, the rolls and list to be at all
times open to public inspection. No
person whose name is not on the roll
shall be allowed to vote.
The managers of election, after
they have counted and declared the
vote, shall return the rolls to the
secretary of the club. If the original
roll is lost a duplicate of the copy on
file in the clerk's office shall be fur's
nished the secretary of such club.
This section was finally adopted
overwhelmingly, and after some discussion
an additional section, offered
by W. N. Graydon, providing that
, in case the managers find more votes
in the ballot-box than there are
names on the club roils, one of the
managers shall proceed to draw out |
ithe excess votes, was adopts.
A resolution of thanks to W. G.
Sirrine, of Greenville; Senator B. E.
Nicholson, of Edgefield, and Senator
Nells Christervsen, of Beaufort, for
the time and work they did in pieparing
the new rules, was adopted,
amid cheers.
To Be Conducted by Convention.
The new rules provided for the
convention to elect the chairman of
the State executive committee instead
of leaving it to the executive
committee as had been the custom.
Mr. J. J. McSwain, of Greenville,
nominated Ex-Governor John Gary
(Evans for this position, speaking of
his splendid service to the party.
Governor Evans was elected by acclamation,
after which the convention
adjourned sine die.
A rush front the hall was made
by delegates to get something to
eat, and many of them caught the
evening trains for their homes, the
others going to-night. There is a
feeling that great good has been done
by this convention, which is everywhere
described as one of the finest
bodies ever gathered together in
Crmth Carolina.
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The new rules are generally conceded
to be the work of wisdom and
patriotism, and that they will meet
with the unqualified endorsement of
the people is believed.
Despite the terrific onslaughts
made by a small minority, headed by
Senator J. H. Clifton, of Sumter,
and Solicitor George Bell Timmerman,
of Lexington, the Democratic
State convention voted down this afternoon
the minority report of the
committee on constituion and rules,
which would eliminate the personal
enrolment of voters for the primary
and cutting down the residence necessary
for qualification from two
years to one year in the State and
from one year to six months in the
county. The overwhelming vote,
268 to 50, came on the motion of
T. M. Raysor to table the minority
report; and the amendment offered
by Senator Clifton.
The vote by counties follows, the
ayes favoring the majority report,
which called for personal enrolment
and the residence in the State two
years, county one year and polling
precinct thirty days:
Abbeville, 8 ayes; Aiken 8 ayes;
Anderson 14 ayes; Bamberg, 6 ayes;
Barnw-ell, 7 ayes to 1 nay; Beaufort,
6 ayes; Berkeley, 5 ayes to 1 nay;
Charleston, 15 ayes; Cherokee, 6
ayes; Calhoun, 2 nays; Chester, 6
ayes; Chesterfield, 3 ayes and 3 nays;
Colleton, 6 ayes; Clarendon, 8 nays;
Darlington 8 ayes; Dillon q ayes;
Dorchester, 1 aye; Edgefield, 6 ayes;
Florence, 8 ayes; Greenville, 12 ayes;
Greenwood, 8 ayes; Georgetown, 3
ayes and 3 nays; Fairfield, 4 ayes
and 2 nays; Hampton. 4 ayes; Horry,
6 ayesr Jasper, 4 nays; Kershaw,
6 ayes; Lancaster, 5 ayes; Marion, 6
ayes; Lexington, 8 nays; Marlboro,
8 ayes; Newberry, 8 ayes; Orangeburg,
12 ayes; Oconee, 6 ayes; Pickens,
6 ayes; Richland, 12 ayes;' Saluda
6 ayes; Spartanburg, 16 ayes;
Sumter, 3 ayes and 4 nays; Union. 2
ayes and 4 nays; Williamsburg, 6
ayes and 2 nays; York, 10 ayes. Total
ayes, 26S: nays 50.
i Reports Presented.
It was well after noon when the
committee on credentials, which had
been continuously in session since
last night, brought in its report to
the convention, the majority report
being given through the chairman,
Senator B. E. Nicholson, and a minority
report signed by J. H. Clifton,
E. C. Epps, R. A. Cooper, G. B. Timmerman
and W; D. Howell, presented
the minority report. The difference
came over the length of residence
required and the personal enrolment.
The majority report for reforming
the primary favored a re-enrolment
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to be conducted dv iue seuieuai > ui
each club and the throwing away
of all club rolls as they at present
exist. They would also provide that
the voter must present himseif in
person and sign the club roll and
they are to be closed thirty days before
the first primary, certified
copies filed with the county committee
and the clerk of court and the excutive
committee to meet ten days
before the first primary to purge the
rolls.
The majority report would have
the names of voters in every county
printed in some county newspaper
and the county committee when it
meets to give the person whose
right to enroll is questioned three
days' notice and allow him the privilege
of appearing in person. As
a requirement for voting the appli~
a 1 + hnm AV?rof on h
cam must ue & ?mic jurduv/viui, ?u.u.
have resided in the State two years,
in the county six months, and polling
precinct thirty days. A voter can
enroll in only one club under this
plan.
Organized Permanently.
Permanent organization effected
at the sessions last night was as follows:
President, James A. Hoyt, of
Columbia; vice presidents, Joseph
W. Barnwell, of Charleston, R. B.
Watson, of Saluda, M. L. Bonham,
of Anderson, H. H. Arnold, of Spartanburg,
C. E. Spencer, of York, D.
R. Coker, of Darlington, J. H.
Griffith, of Sumter; secretaries, M.
M. Mann, of St. Matthews, George
C. Taylor, of Columbia; sergeant-atarms,
J. S. Wilson, of Lancaster.
President Hoyt stressed the great
need of this convention adopting
new rules intended to rerorm tne
primary system, which he described
as "loose and disjointed,". Deploring
the evils of the increasing use
of money in elections, he strongly
urged the adoption by this State of
the Australian balloting system.
Compulsory education was advocated
by him, when he stated his belief
that the electorate of this State,
in themselves, would assist in purifying
the primary systems in proportion
to their education. "We can
not have an intelligent electorate
without universal education, and we
can not have universal education
without compulsory education," he
asserted.
President Wilson Commended.
In the report of the committee on
platform and rules, strong- commendation
of President Wilson's policies
in the great questions he has
been forced to consider were incorporated.
"We endorse without qualification
the administration of President
Wilson," reads the report.
Among the more important recommendations
in the report were the
j following: 11
Bi-ennial sessions of the gener;
assembly were urged.
Revision of the tariff laws by tl:
Wilson administration was appro^
ed.
Income tax laws and the new cu
rency law were described as legisl;
tion for the benefit of the people.
President Wilson was described <
a "genius" who has avoided w*
with Mexico when a weaker ma
would have fallen before the publ
clamor.
Efforts to bring about the repe;
of the Panama Canal tolls act wei
comm ended.
Legislation for the establishmei
of a drainage fund for reclamatic
of water-covered lands was urgei
Further development of the publ
highways of the country was als
advocated.
The committee on credentials di
termined to seat the Barnwell deli
gation from Charleston county fo
lowing a four-hour session late ye
terday when Joseph W. Barnwel
leading the delegation by the nam
and Mayor John P. Grace, of Cha
leston, at the head of the other coi
testing representation, made strori
fights for recognizance.
Mr. Barnwell centered his figl
before the committee on the failui
of the Grace faction to remain i
the county convention until it hj
been found that the opposing factic
would not be accorded its just right
He pointed out that the Barnwe
delegation were right in basing tne
actions upon the club rolls prepa
ed by the county executive commi
tee, which, he said, the Grace fa
tion refused to do.
In attempting to refute this argi
ment, the Grace faction, with May<
Grace as spokesman, contended th;
the Charleston county conventic
two years ago, through the efforts <
the Barnwell faction, had made ce
tain rules for the filing of certifie
copies of the delegations, which, 1
claimed, the Barnwell faction had j
this instance violated. He asser
ed that the Grace faction had con
plied with all those rules.
LEAP FROM BUGGY IS FATAL
Mrs. Lonnie Redd is Killed Nei
Aiken.
Aiken, May 21.?Jumping from
buggy when the horse her husbar
?.oo tr onriv this afternoon b
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came frightened and ran away, Mr
Lonnie Redd, who lives near Aike:
was instantly killed. Her head struc
the ground and her neck was broke:
Mrs. Redd had been to Aiken wil
her husband and when their shoppie
was done they started to retui
home. Just below the city they pas
ed a friend in another buggy an
playfully Mr. Redd struck at hi"
with the buggy whip. Mr. Redd
horse became frightened at the swis
of the whip and started to run. M
Redd was unable to control the an
mal for the reason that the brid
bits broke.' He told Mrs. Redd t
jump, and as she did so she wj
thrown heavily to the ground. Deal
was instantaneous. The accident o
curred on the Montmorenci road, tv
miles from the city, about 1 o'cloc
It was at first reported that an a'
tomobile frightened the horse, bi
that was erroneous.
Before her marriage to' Mr. Rec
the dead woman was Mrs. Han
Woodward. Her first husband wi
killed by a train in 190$ betwee
Aiken and Montmorenel, not far fro
where she met her tragic death th
afternoon.
Coroner Spradley held an inque
over the remains this afternoon.
MITCHEL COMING.
John Purroy Mltchel Accepts Invit
tion to Unveiling.
John Purroy Mitchel, mayor <
Greater New York, will be a Cha
leston visitor July 20. Mayor Mi
chel will come here to attend the e
ercises at the dedication of tl
granite coping, which will be place
around the grave of Capt. John <
Mitchel, the brave Confederate so
dier, who was an uncle of the Go
ham mayor. The coping will be pla
ed around the grave through tl
efforts of the Capt. John C. Mitch
Memorial Association, and Mr. ?
O'Shaughnessy, its president and or
ginator.
As a nephew of this distinguish*
Confederate Captain Mayor Mitch
was invited to attend the ceremoni<
by President O'Shaughnessy. May<
Mitchel's reply, which was receiv*
yesterday, reacls as follows:
''Dear sirs: I have received tl
invitation of the Capt. John C. Mi
chel Memorial Association to atteE
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the ceremonies to dedicate tl
erranite coping around the burial pl<
of my uncle in Magnolia Cemete]
on July 20 next. I wish to assui
you of my deep appreciation of tl
honor conferred upon me by this inv
tation and of my grateful accej
tance. Very truly yours,
(Signed) "John Purroy Mitchel,
"Mayor.'
?News and Courier.'
CAMPAIGNS BEGIN JUNE 17.
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Canvass for Governor to Open up at
ie Sumter?Senate at St. Matthews.
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Columbia, May 21.?The countyr"
to-county canvass for United States
Senator will open at St. Matthews
on June 17, and the canvass for govis
ernor and other State officials at
ir Sumter on the same day, this action
n being decided on by the State Demote
cratic.executive committee at a meeting
late this afternoon following the
il adjournment of the convention.
*e The itinerary of the two campaigns
will be arranged by a subit
committee, of which Gen. Wilie
a Jones, of Columbia, is chairman,
i. Pledges for all State officials and of
ic the candidates for United States sen50
ate must be filed with the State chairman
before noon of June 16. The
e- assessment of candidates for United
e- States senator was fixed at $300, of
1- candidates for congress $250, for
s- governor $100, for railroad commis1,
sioner $75 and for all other State ofe,
fices and solicitors $50 each,
r- The candidates for United States
l- senator have a separate campaign
ig itinerary from that of governor and
the other State officials, this being
it provided by the rules. The only enre
trants so far in the senate race are
in United States Senator E. D. Smith,
is who is seeking re-election, and the
in governor.
s. Nearly the full membership of the
11 State committee was present, Chairir
man John Gary Evans presiding. Govr
ernor Evans was re-elected State
t- chairman by the convention this afc
ternoon by acclamation. Mr. Christie
Benet, of Columbia, was re-electj.
ed treasurer. The committee ad)r
journed subject to the call of th^
it chairman.
>n Gen. Jones will within the next
lew uays auuuuuue mc uciancu mur
erary of both campaign parties.
'd JOS. SULLIVAN'S BOND FILED.
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in Laurens County Man Accused of Killing
J. M. Cannon Liberated.
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Laurens, May 20.?A bond in the
sum of $5,000 was to-day executed
and filed in the clerk of court's office
in the case of Joseph G. Sullivan,
the young farmer of Sullivan
township, Laurens county, who is
held on the charge of killing Col.
a John M. Cannon, at Gray Court, May
L(* 12. The bond bears the names of five
e~ sureties, as follows: William D. Suls*
livan, Allen J. Sullivan, Joseph H.
n' Sullivan, J. Giroud Sullivan and R.
* W. Wills. Accompanied by memQ>
bers of his family, Joseph G. Sulli'k
van went immediately to his home in
tha nmintv after beiner liberated.
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c] EXAMINATION.
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vacant scholarships in Winthrop College
and for admission of new stu1_
dents will be held at the County
Court House on Friday, July 3, at 9
** a. m. Applicants must not be less
e than sixteen years of age. When
2S Scholarships are vacant after July 3
)r they will be awarded to those making
the highest average at this examination,
provided they meet the condiie
tions governing the award. Applit
cants for Scholarships should write
l(* to President Johnson before the exie
amination for Scholarship examina^
tion blanks.
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