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Campaign and Primary. State Executive Committee Makes Arrangements. The State Democratic executive committee met last Light in the of fice of the secretary of state and made all the arrangements for the coming State campaign. The sched ' ule which has been arranged was carefully prepared in advance, and little or no changes were made in it* The committee then went to work '..on the preparation of the party mles governing the primary elections They had to be changed to meet the requirement? for a direct primary for United States senator. The oath required was changed 60 as to make a man swear that he would ''support the nominees*' instead of "abide the * result" of the primary. The ques tion of assessments of candidates was raised and very fully argued, a final protest against the assessments being made when the committee reached a final adjournment at 1:15 o'clock this morning The commit? tee had a fight over Charlton affairs, and the city by the sea fared better than usual. The proceedings were conducted with open doors. The only absentees were the mern bers from the counties of Abbevilje, Beaufort, Georgetown. Greenville, Kershaw, Laurens, Newberry and Oconee. H At the outset Colonel Jones, the treasurer of the committee, reported that he had $1,300 in the treasury It was thereupon decided that the railroad fare? of the members should be paid. Dr Williams wanted all expenses paid Mr Stanland said that the committee had never before 'paid his fare. Mr McSweeney offered a schedule of the meetings which he said had been prepared with great care. As will be seen it was adopted almost without change The schedule of the meetings was then adopted in f?ll, as follows : Manning, Monday, June 22 Kingstree. Tuesday. June 23 Georgetown, Wendesday, June 24 Conway, Friday, June 25. Marion, Saturday, June 26. M o nek's Corner, Monday, June 29 Charleston, Tuesday, June 30 Walterboro, Wednesday, July 1 Beaufort. Tuesday, July 2 Hampton, Friday. July 3. Sumter, Monday, July 13 Camden, Tuesday, July 14 r Lancaster, Wednesday, July 15. .Chester, Friday, July IT. Yorkville, Saturday, July 18 Chesterfield, Tuesday, July 21. Bennetteville, Wednesday, July 22. Darlington, Thursday, July 23 Florence, Friday, July 24 Barnwell, Monday, July 27. Aiken, Tuesday, July 28. Edgefield, Wednesday, July 29. Saluda, Saturday. August 1 Lexington, Monday, August3. Winnsboro, Tuesday, A'ugust 4. Columbia, Wednesday, August 5. Orangeburg, Tuesday, August 6, Newberry, Friday, August 7 Laurens, Saturday, August 8. Union, Monday, August 10. Spartanburg, Tuesday, August ll Greenville. Wednesday, August 12. " Pickens, Tuesday, August 13. Oconee, Friday, August 14 Anderson, Monday, August 17 j Abbeville, Wednesday. August 19. Messers. Neal,* Efird and Mr. Montgomery where appoicted a com? mittee lo remodel the rules for the campaign and primary The assessments on the candidates v were discussed. There was a motion to fix them as they had been in pre? vious years. The county assessments many wished to fix as heretofore also Co!. Jones made a report for the committee as to the assessments, which contained the following pro * visions : U S senator, governor and congressmen, ?100 each ; Secretary of State, comptroller general, attor? ney general, superintendent of edu? cation, superintendent of peniten? tiary, superintendent of asylum, State treasurer, railroad commission? ers, liquor commissioner, U. S. dis? trict attorney, U. S marshal, col? lector of the port of Charleston, $75 each, adjutant general, solicitors, State chemist, $50 each, lieutenant governor, collector of the port of Beaufort, assistant U. S. district at toeney, $25 each. Counties are as? sessed $5 for each representative and $10 for senator. The money is to be paid on filing pledges, except as to ? those who do not enter the primary i (those who hold office now.) "We ! i recommend that the State executive I committee print tickets for all offi. , cers, U. S senator, congressmen and ! ? solicitors and pay for them " Mr. Durham moved to return half j 'the assessments to the defeated can i i Hes. j ] ***era? champions of the "poor j < j" candidate were heard from, j < .id Mr. Durham's amendment was j i adopted. Mr. W. P. Evans wanted to know c ti. counties were to be allowed to assess the same men that the State f committee assessed. r Then Mr. M ay Held moved that nc: f comity be allowed to assess any can- t * 3ate for State oiiices. There was t ?derable debate. Many members f not wish to have the Slate com- r ee trying to interfere with local j s ovemment in trie several ; ; ities. i $ Mr. (Hayfield's motion was the adopted, exempting State officers. Mr Eefird theo offered thereport < the special committee on rules. Mi Efird read it through, explaining- th changes from the old rules, thc mof important being the change of th pledge to supp?tt the party nominee to the oath given the participants i the primary. Tue n?*w ruies were then adopted a follow.-: The following ruto? shall govern th membership of the different suboniinat Democratic clubs of this State, the qoli fication of voters at the primary election held by the p?rty. the conduct, of th primary elections to be hehf on the la; Tuesday (rhe 26;h day) of August. A D 1896. and the second primary hel two wreks later, if one be necessary: Rule I. The qualification for member ship in any subordinate club of the Derr. ocratio party of this State, or for votin at a Democratic primary, shall be a follows, viz: The applicant for membet ship or voter, shall be 21 years of age or shall become so . before the suv -^ed io g general election, and be aw. Democrat, or a negro who voted fo General Hampton in 1876 and wh has voted the Democratic ticket con tinously since. Provided, that n white man thal! be excluded from par ticipation in the Democratic primar] who shall take the pledge required b; the role of the Democratic part". The managers of each box at th pritcary election shall require even voter iu a Democratic primaay eiec.tioi to take the following oath and pledge: "I do solmenly swear that ? am duh qualified to vote at this election accord* ing to the mles of the Democratic party aod that I baye not voted before at thii election, and pledge myself to suppor the nominee* of the party.'7 Rule 2 Every negro applying foi membership in a Democratic club, oi offerine to vote in a.Democratic primarj election, most pro.dnce $ writte'o state? ment of IO reputable white meo, who shall swear that they know of their owt knowledge thai the applicant, ?r voter voted for General Hampton ic 187t and has voted the De-nccratic tickei continuous since. The said statement shallbe placed in the ballot box by toe managers and returned with the pol! list to the county chairman. The man agers of election ahatl keep a separate list of the names of all negro voters and return it, with the poll list to the coun? ty chairman. No person shall be permitted lo vote unless he has been enrolled on a club list at least five days before the said primary election. The club lists shall be inspected by and certified to by the president and secretary aod turned over to the mana? gers to be oord as the registry lists. Role 3. Each county executive com? mittee of the Democratic party in this state shall meet on or before the fir*t Monday in August ot eaob election year and shall appoint three managers for each primary eleotion precinct io their respective counties, who shall hold the primary election provided fer under the Democratic constitution, in accordance with tbe acts of the general assembly of this State regulating pri? mary elections, the COD s?t u ion of the Democratic party of this State and the rules herein set forth. The names of such maoagers may be published by the chairman of each county executive committee tn one or mere county papers at least two weeks before the electioo. Rule 4. Illach voter io said primary shall vote but two ballots, on which shall be printed or written, or partly printed and partly written, the name or names of the person or persons voted for by him for each of the offices to be filled, together with the name of the office. The tickets to be voted shall be io the followiog form, with spaces to suit the different counties : U. S. Senator. Governor. Lieutenant Governor. Secretary of State. Comptroller Genera). State Treasurer. Attorney Geoeral. Adjutant and Inspector General. Stase Superintendent of Education. Railroad Commissioners. For Congress-District. For Solicitor-Judicial Circuit. State Senator. House of Representatives. Sheriff. Judge of Probate. Clerk of the Court. County Supervisor. Coroner County Superintendent of Education. Treasurer. Auditor. No vote for house of representatives ?hall be counted unless it contains as many names as the county is entitled to representatives. Rule 5. The managers of election shall opeo the polls at 8 o'clock a. m. ind shall close them at 4 o'clock p. m After tabulating the result, the mana- j yers shall certify the same and forward j the bal'iot box, poll list and all other; oapfrs relating to such election, by one : )f their number or by thc executive ; ;ommitteeman to the chairman of thc ' .cspective Democratic county executive j committees within 48 hours after thc .lose of the poll.'*. Rule (3. Thc county Pemocratie exe jutive committees shall sssMruble at their espective court, house? on tho morning 1 )? the se?o*id dav after the election :;t ! ir Cif>r<; 12 o'clock m., to tabulate ' he returns and d-cUre !Kr> result ni 1 ho primar?, so far ;?S the same le?ate?- ! members of the general assembly I .rd county officers and sha1:1 forward ; inmediately to the chairman of the >tate executive committee at Columbia, j 1 the result of the election in their respec? tive counties for congressman an solici? tors. Rule 7 The protests and content? for county officers shall i>e filed within five days after the election with the chair tDan of the county executive committee, and said executive commitrtee shall hear and determine the same. The State executive committee shall hear and decide protests and contests as to United States senators. State officers, congressmen and solicitors and 10 days shall be allowed foe filing the same Rule 8. Candidates for the general assembly and for county offices s'iall, 10 days previous to the primary elec ction, file with the chairmao of the county executive committee a pledge, io writing, to abide the result of the primary and support the nominees thereof. Candidates for other offices shall file such pledge with the chairmau of the State Democratic executive com ojiftoe on or before the 22d of June, 1896 No vote for any candidate who has n~* complied with this rule shall be counted. Rule 9 Io the primary elections hereio provided for, a majority of the votes ca6t shall be necessary to Domi? nate candidates. A second primary, when necessary, shall be held two weeks after the first, as is provided for uoder the Coostitutioo of the party, and shall be subject to the rules govern? ing the first pr.Qjary. At said second' primary, the two highest candidates alooe shall run for aoy one office, but if there are two or more vacancies for aoy particular office, theo double the cum? ber of caodidates shall run for the va? cancies to be filled.. For instance, io a race for sheriff the two highest shall roo. Rule 10 Io the event of a tie be tweeo two candidates in the ?ecced pri? mary, the couDty chairman, if it is a couory office, and the State chairmao, if it is a State office, for a Uoited States spnator or for congress, or for solicitor, shall order a third primary. The ques? tion of a majority vote shall be deter? mined by the number of votes eas: for any particular office and not by the whole number of votes cast io the pri? mary. Rule ll. Each county executive com j mittee shali fur?ish tibe maoagers at ; each preeioct two ballot boxes, ooe for ? United States senator and State officers ' aod the other for congressmen, solici- ' tors and county officers. -.-. No dark Horses Allowed. ? In the receotly adopted coostitutioo of the Democratic party of this State there is a provision that is of great im? portance to caodidates, but which seam? ed to bave escaped general atteotion. The amendment reads : "That the pledge of such candidate shall be filed on or before the day of fbe first cam? paign meeting of the couoty or State respectively 99 Io other words, this means that a candidate for a State office who wishes to make the race and abide by the result of the primary has to file bis intention of running at the opening of the campaign. Two years ago some of the candidates did not appear on the stump at all ; but this year the intention seems to be to close the gates as soon as possible aod avoid as far as possible aoy ' dark horses" comiog into the field This is Bad. WASHINGTON, Juoe 5.-Postmaster Geoeral Wilson bas turned over to the department of justice the case of the Seaboard Air Lioe raiiroad. recom mendiog the prosecution of officials of that road if, in the opinion of the at? torney general, such action is advisable, j The papers io the case submitted to the departmeDt of justice allege that the Seaboard Air Line is guilty of an at? tempt to defraud the goveromeot by padding the mails during the month of March last, daring which mooth the test weighiog of mail matter over that Hoe was made io order to form ao esti? mate of the amount of matter carried by the road which would eoable the postofficc department to make a four years contract for such service, aod fix the rate of compensation. P. D Armour, the Chicago million aire is on trial before the board of directors of the Chicago board of trade for uncommercial conduct in issuing short warehouse receipts for grain. Terre Haute, Ind, June 3-The Travelers' Protective association this afternoon unanimously decided to make war on the railroad companies.. The national convention, in secret session, adopted a resolution looking to seem 2 legislation in the several States fixing the fare for all passen? gers at 2 cents a mile The earlier part of the day's session was occupied with hearing reports of committees to which had been referred the an? nual reports The committee on con? stitution reported a number of amend ments, which wil! be acted upon to? morrow. Ballimore, June .*!-The pas ?cngor elevator nf th? Kreidenwald Printing company, Baltimore and Kntaw streets, loll from the fourth loor to the basement with an awful ;rash this morning. Fourteen men md women were in tin.- car as it shot lown the shaft The elevator con ?uctor had a miraculous escape, ;oming out uninjured The other lo ?ersons were terribly injured, broken ega and arms being the fate of many [Vo of the injured are in a dying condition and others are badly ofi* TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. Jurie 4 Massia, the renegade Apache chief and a tenor to southern Arizona was killed a few dave ago by Indian scouts. P. M Arthur has beet) te-elected chief of the Brotherhood of Loco? motive Engineers The Democrats of Kansas have elected free silver delegates to Chica go and it is predicted that they will fuse with the Populists in the general election The free silver met) will control the Virginia Democratic State conven? tion. Senator Daniels has written the platform and will be the leading spirit of the convention. The Prince of Wales horse Pereira mor woue the Du by yesterday. The Cheraw and chester R R has been sold to an association of Lan? caster merchants for $25,000. The j road is 29 miles in length The free silver men have 691 votes and the goid men 206 in the Ken tucky Democratic convention. The Republicans have carried Origon, and the next legislature ..ill ; be overwhelmingly Republican The Maine Republican State con-? vention has declared solidly lor Reid | and the gold standard A severe eaithquake was felt in ! Colon, United States of Columbia, j Tuesday. The gold reserve in the U. S.treas: ury has decreased to 106.932,621. June 5. Inquiry is being made as to the re? sponsibility for the Moscow disaster, in which about 1,500 persons were killed Ar Newport, N. H , yesterday Mr. Austin Corbin, his nephew. Corbin j Edgell, and Mr. Paul Kuozier, with Coachman John Stokes, started on a fishing trip. In going out of the yard the horses shied and overturned the j carriage. Mr Corbin and the coach- | man were killed and the others danger- ; ously injured. Mr. Corbin was head of! the Corbin Banking company of New York, and was a very wealthy and ! prominent man, even for that city. The attempted duel between Generals j Campos and Barreros is the sensation of j the hour in Madrid. j A report of the ravishing of a Cuban j woman and two girls, eight years old by Spanish soldiers was received at Key West last night. The victims were j subsequently killed and buried in their house. Walter Joy, a patient in the State asylum from Licking county, Ohio, shot Thomas Cochran, another patient, last night It is not known where Joy got the revolver. Mrs. Cleveland and children yester? day went to Gray Gables, Buzzards Bay. * ^toME, Jan? 4.-Ernesto Rossi, the j distinguished Italian actor, died at Pee- j cara today. He was boro at Leghorn in 1829. SAVANNAH, GA , June 4 -Adolph Contradi, a member of Koseofeld's Or? chestra at Ty bee beach, was drowned to day at noon while bathing on the beach in front of the hotel. 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