The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 07, 1898, Image 2
Primary Election Returns for State Officers.
The ? is ,he ?*. ?g of the ta Sh?*?^^&??E?2???&.
not counted by the Executive Committee. From it can De seenmaioritv of 447 over Mower for Attor
ernor. ^mpk^aasarnajority of OT tef^^^^^S^M^L runs ahead for Superin
^tt? ?X^: Thom, runs ahead teKai.road Commissioner
and comes near having a majority over his six opponents.
Atkins
Bandana
Bossard
Concord
Earle
Farmers'
Gailiard's X Roads...
High Hills.v ?
Laborers & Mechanics
Manchester
Mayes ville
Pleasant Grove
Privateer.
Providence
Rafting- Creek
Salem....
Scarborough
Shiloh.
Stateburg.
Sumter.
Swimming Pens
Taylors.
Wedgefield.
Zoar.
First Regiment
?Second Regiment
Total;.
OFFICIAL COUNT OF YOTE FOR COUNTY TICKET AND CONGRESS.
PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 30, 1898._
VOTING PLACES
Atkins.
Bandana...:
Bossard..
Concord..
Earle.
farmers.
<J?*Jlard's X Roads.
Eigh H?ls.
Jjaborers & Mechanics
.Manchester.
-Mayesville, Den?...
^Pleasant Grove
Providence.
"Baftinj: Creek.
- &Filem.w.
>Scarboro.
Shiloh.
-Siateburg.
Sumter.
Swimming Pens...
Taylor.
Wedgefield .
"Zoar-.
^Privateer.
Company M.
Total
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MAGISTRATES.
?rict No. 3. R. C. Folk
District No. 1, H. L. B. Wells; District No.
: District No. 4. L. R. Jennings ; District Nc
2, J. F. Ingram and J. A. Hodge to run in second primary ; Dis
.~7. R. W. Hudson : District No. 8. B. P. Kelly.
PROCEEDINGS OF
The Executive Committee
A Poli Report of the Two Days Sei
sion of the County Committee.
Io response to a genera! expression of tl
*wisb for a full and detailed report of the nr<
-ceedings of tbe Couory Executive Commiit?
during tbe two days sessions to canvass tr
returns from ibe manager* of the primar
election and declare the result, tbe followin
sccoont bas keen prepared from notes take
-during tbe sitting of tbe committee It is a
-foll and accurate HS possible to make it withii
the space at ou command, and it is place*
before our reders in order that they tc*;
?Torin their ow.i upioioa on the questions ii
tssne, from th"* record :
Tbecoun?? rxecutive Committee me: ii
tfee Court House at ll o'clock a. m. Thursday
to tabniate the returns of tbe primary and i<
declare tbe election
Mr. Altmoot Moses filed a written requea
"forarecooot of tbe senatorial vote as fol
Sows :
SUMTER. S. C , Sep'. I, '98.
To the Members of the Executive Committee,
Sumter County :
? respectfully ask for a recount of tbs vet?
fer senator on the ground that errora were
"?.ade ia tabulation. Tbe votes cast ia nearly
?very precinct exceeded the votes returned for
?anoing and Moses. Respectfully,
ALTAMONT MOSES. '
Oapt. C. L. Williamson opposed a whole
?it!e recount OD account of the time that
weeli be consumed, but favored a recount
-?f any box against which a contest should be
died by reason of irregularities. He weat-on
-c say that it would be a difficult matter at
_^iaJiaAio^PJ^hjfld the retaras of the man
fl?--MM--a-??-. -
I ?gera ard ascertain tbe true aod *xact votf
! and be thought it the rea p!aQ to accept th
returo? as a ade bj ta? maaagtrs of the elec
tioc
Mrj Moise favored ?he adoption of an;
j means possible to ascertain the true result
! oo mat er how much tiae it mi^bt consum
j or what ?abor and trouble it would entail
j and be would oppose any action ?bat tends t(
! shut i ff the right that any cmdidate ha3 :<
? Ask for a recount where a dou*?; ezista. .
i Capt. Williamson disclaimed any intentior.
j or d?*a:re to deny any umdidate the right tc
demand .n recount where irr?2u!ari!irs are be
lieved to have cccurted. He warded nothing
but justice to be done
i Chaim aa Purdy ruipd that ?h?? committee
I shon'd proceed to tabulate toe returns aa
! made by fae manager3, aod tr^a: when ihe
i tabulation has been completed tbe contests
! and protesis, if any, v* iii be taken up Hod
. acted oa before the vote is declared
The ru!:ng was accepted without objection
j and tbe tabulation of the returns wa3 com
; menead.
Mesara. J. J. Dwight and J. B. Raffield
j were appointed to aaa'st the secretary in the
> tabulation of the vote.
j The returns from Atkins ?er? first taken
! up, and i: wa3 discovered that the election
j there was not according to the rules of the
j party, as all the votes were in one box in
! Slffad of two, and tba: was ? pasteboard box
! which was sent ia through the mail.
j The attention of tba committee was called
to the irregulatity of tbe returns from this
' precinct and the fact thai under -4 strict con?
struction of the rules the vote should not be
counted at all, but it was ?ojl.'y decided to
disregard thc letter of the iaw and count the
vote at th ia precinct.
The tabulation proceeded, with a abort in?
termission for dinner, ant:. Taylors wai
: reached, when it was fouoc that tbe box was
lili hlllliMlallM^llffir'.il1li.>T^^*^"'"?
not in. Accordtog to tbe rules, all boxes
should be ic before 4 o'clock in ?be afternoon
of the second day after tbe primary.
Tbe tabulation of toe vote from other pre?
cincts was proceeded ?iib and completed.
Discussion relative to the action to be
taken on tbe unreported vote from Taylor'*
precinct was participated in by Messrs. R,. ?.
Manning, E. W Dai>bs, W. D Scarborough,
M. Moise, C. L. Williamson, W. S. Diokins
and Altamont Moses, the last-named gentle?
man b'.viog been grao'ed the privilegee of
th? Soor
It w?3 admitted by all tbat the rules re?
quired th- box to be in the hands of tbe
County Executive Committee within forty
eight hours from the close of the polls oo
election day and that to obey the rul-? the
tabuUtion should be completed and tbe elec?
tion declared on the returns received, but the
disposition of the coramiitee waa in favor of
disregarding the rule r.nd postponing the
declaration of the result until Taylors box
and the return of the managers could be ob?
tained.
Mr. Moise proposed that the committee take
up ?he sealed ballots that were sent up by the
managers at several precincts and decide
whether they we:e legal votes and to be
counted, or illegal and to be thrown out, and
1 theo to hear and conaider the protests and
1 contests made in reference to the vote at cer
: tain specified preciocts.
This proposition wa3 opposed by a majori?
ty of the con-mittee, and a motion to take a
recess until 10 a. m Friday waa made by Mr.
Dabbs
; Mr. Moise then made a motion that the
j committee proceed to tabulate the votes as
j received and declare the election aa required
by the rules.
Vr. Manning opposed the motion, saying
that the committee couid see the disposition
of the other side, that they proposed to dis
regard aod throw oct tbe entire rote of 001
precinct wbicb would defeat tbe will of tb<
people and ebaoge tbe result of the election,
tbat he demanded fall aod exact justice anc
would Dot conseut to the adoption of the mo
tion.
Mr. Moise, replyiug, stated that be had nc
desire to defeat tbe will of tbe people, bul
sering from tbe trend of tbe proceedings
tbat the committee wa3 not disposed to act
on tbe protests and cooters as right and jus
lice to ?ll parties required, nor to take up
aod investigate the irregularities in certain
boxes, nor to order a recount of the vote in
certain boxes, where irregularities or errors
were proven to bave occurred by the returns
of tbe managers, wbicb showed on their face
by discrepancies between tbe total vote polled
ard the total vote reported for the various
candidates for the several officers, that errors
in count or tabulation bad been made, be
deemed it best and tte only way to avoid
worse confusion and greater trouble to pro?
ceed to strict accurdance with tbe rules. "It
will not do," said be "to disregard techni?
calities and override tbe plain rules of tbe
party in one case, and construe them rigidly
in another. If we are to follow and obey tbe
?letter of the law in one instaoce we must
obey in ah."
Tbe cbairmao called tbe attention of tbe
committee to tbe mle requiring tbe county
committees to tabulate tbe returns for State
officers at ooce and to forward tbe return
immediately to the State Executive Coma- it
tee. Tbis canst be done before a recess is
taken, for tbe return must be sent to Colum
bia to-night.
To meet the d:fficul-y a motion was offered
that returns for State officers be tabulated at
i once without waiting for the return of the
j vote at Taylors, and the return be made and
j forwarded to Columbia, but that the vote for
i county officers ne not tabulated until the
Taylors vote should be received, that a recess
be tajieo until 10 a. m. Friday, and tbat
two messengers appointed by the ebair bs
sent to ontain the boxes and returns of the
aanagers at Taylors precinct. Tbe motion
was adopted.
Messrs. S Y. Delgar and W. T. McLeod
were appointed by tbe chairman to go for the
box aod they returned with it that night The
vote for State officers was tabulated and the
result declared before the committee took a
re-cess
Before the committee adjourned Mr. Alta
I moot Moses fiied the foliowiog specific pro?
test with tbe Secretary:
Altamont Mosfs charges specifically a3 to
the Sumter box :
1. That tbe total poll list shows 412, that j
the total vot? tabulated for Senator was only
388, and therefore requests that the vote as !
to Senator i i that box be recounted
2 That the affidavit of W H. Commao-j
der, one of the aanagers at ihe Sumter box, I
shows that there were about eight baliots for
couoty officers in tbe State t-ox and about
tbe same number of ballots for State officers
io tbe county box, and that neither were j
counted, and he therefore begs that the s^me
be counted.
On Friday morning the committee met at
10.20 o'clock with most of the memoers j
present. Hon. Altamont Moses asked the j
privileges of the floor for his attorney, A.B. j
Stuckey, Esq., which was granted. The i
Taylors vote was then tabulated.
Mr. Dabbs moved that the result as tabu- I
lated be ascertained.
The motion was opposed by several com- :
miiteemen on the ??round that if the vote be
declared the whole matter would be 3ettied
I I
: finally and beyond remedy and that there
j would be no opportunity for taking up the I
? challenged ballots in sealed envelopes or to !
hear and determine the protests and contests.
Mr. Dabbs stated that his motion did no:
cootem^l? v _8 declaration, but meten a
that tbe result be ascertained. Tais c
understood and ?2re/?d to, tbe Secretary
directed to aaeeri-tin ?b? total rote caa
ccb ot" the candidates tor county offices.
Wheo tbia waa done tbe result was rea
' tbe commitiee.
Mr Dabbs immediately mored that
committee DOW proceed to declare tb? n
j nt tabulated.
Mr. Moise raiaed the point of order
tbe motion could not be entertained ai
passage would cat or? the bearing of tbe
teats.
Mr. Manning, speaking on tbe poin
order, declared tbat tbe poi G t did not h
that the committee bad the result as sen
bj tbe managera, before itaod could pro
to declare tbe election.
Mr. Dabbs' motion received a second.
Mr. Scarborough opposed the paasag
Mr. Dabbs' motion, for to do as tbe mo
demanded would bare th? appearance of
jaatice and would be unfair to the people
unfair to tbe candidates interested, iaaaa
.8 it would cut off the beariog of contesta
protesta and leave tbe contestants wit}
I relief or remedy. He appealed to the com
tee to act considerate]/ and fairly.
Mr. Dibbs disclaimed tbe wish to do in
tice to any one or to prevent tbe fullest
moat exact juatice to all parties He off:
bis motion aa tbe best means of settling
matte:, for it would be impossible to go
bind the returns of the sworn managers,
pointed by tbe committee, without leadtoj
endless trouble and confusion ar being
means of doing greater injuatica tb tn
acceptance of the returna on their face wo
entail.
Mr Moise sustained his point of order
stating that tbe adoption of Mr. Dabbs t
tioo would settle tbe matter finally ; and t
it was the ciear duty, under tbe rules and
accordance with precedent, to hear and
termine tbe protests and contests
Chairman Purdy ruled : That tbe duty
tbe committee is to tabulate tbe returna, bi
prousts and contests, if soy, act on tbe sac
and tben to declare tbe election. Protests a
contests moat come before tbe committee 1
fore the result is declared. If there are
protests or contests tbe result will be c
dared.
Protests and cootests were called for.
Mr. A B. Stackey, attorney for Mr. Ali
mont Moses, read tbe following protests ai
contests :
Gentlemen of the Executive Committee:
I hereby enter my proteat agaioat the ta
ulatiou of tbe votes ss tabulated by tbe ma
agers for tbe Senator from the voting pr
cinct8 below enumerated, on the grounc
stated aa follows :
Against Atkins
On the gronnd3 that tbe ballots were ca
in a pasteboard box without lock or key. ii
stead of in a proper box, and that tbe baiio
for State, County and Federal officer wei
cast in one box ; and for tbe further reasc
that the oox, poll l?t, ballots and the allege
returns of tbe managers wera sent by ma
and not sent by a member ot the board c
by an executive committeeman. That tb
total vote at Atkins precinct, to wit, ll vote.5
were against tbis contestant and br throwin
out said entire vote the result of the electio
in Sumter County ia in favor of this coa
testant.
Against Taylors
Because neither the box ballots, poll lists
nor returns of tbe managers were receive
by tbe Executive Committee wubin forty
eight boura of tbe closing of tbe polls, co
bad tbey been received or beard from up ti
tbe time of tbe recess taken by the Commit
tee at about tbe bour of 5 p. m. on Thura
day, Sept. 1st, 1898 Tbat by disregarding
tbe alleged vote at Taylors and tbrowioj
eut the same tbe result of the election wil
be changed in favor of tbe contestant. Tba
if said box be not disregarded that tben tben
should be a recount of said bcx because tlx
total vote cast aa shown by tbe alleged re?
turn of tbe managers is 54 and tbe total vote
fox Senator ia 55, one vote in excess of ihf
total vote cast. Tbat if said box be not re?
counted tben that one vote must be taken oS
tbe total vote of the highest candidate ss
shown by tbe report of the managers, tc
wit: from the vote of Mr. R. I Manning
Against Sumter
Because the manager erred in returning
tbe vote of contestant as 235. whereas it
should have been 243, as a recount of tbe box
will prove. Tbat said board of managers
further erred in not counting 12 or more bal?
lots cast for County officers in favor of this
contestant in the State box ; that wheo said
ballots are counted they will change tbe re?
sult of the electivo in favor of this contest?
ant. Because there were eight ballots io the
connty box at Sumter which bad been im?
properly scratched as to tbe candidates for
certain offices, but properly Ecritched as re?
lates to tbe office of Seoator ; that said bal?
lots were in favor of this contestant, but the
entire ballots were placed to one side, and
after the count, placed back 'nto tbe box
where ibey now are, that said ballots have
not been counted or tabulated by the man?
agers, aid tbis contestant aemands tbat ?aid
ballots be counted acd tabulated. He be?
lieves that these ballots are ic favor of this
contestant who has thereby beeu made tnt
nominee of the Demociatic party from Sum?
ter County for tbe State Senate
Against the vote at Earlp. Farmer;, High
Hills, Providence and Rafting Creek
Because tbe managers have returned ?ess
votes for the Senators than tbe total number
of votes cast and th?i this contestant avers
that be believes that a recount of the billots
from said precinct wtli result in changing
the result of the election ia his favor
Contestant further charges tba; there are
sealed ballots deposited in tne boxes for !
county offices ia the boxes from Gaiilard'a X
Roads, Privateer ?Dd Sumter which bavs not !
been opened or acted on by this committee. \
ALTAMONT MCSKS
Sumter, S. C , Seut 2, 1898.
Mr. C. L W??imson entered a pretest j
against oue vote ia Gaiiiard X Roads tos on
the grounds that the vote: was a resident of
Lee County. The vote was challenged on
election day and waa placed io an envelope j
by the managers.
Maocaester box, ia fcebal: of Mr J A. Bodge,
alleging tba: on<? of the managers was druDk,
tba: the vote w?9 oot counted correctly, that
the returns sen; in ?io not show the correct
result and th it a recount ot tbe votes ia tbe
box would be necessary to give a correct re?
suit and a recount was therefore demanded.
Mr. Moi^e suggested that ail charges be
beard -nd ta? committed then take them up
seriatim an i dispose of tbeT. No otj?ctioH
was made.
Mr Stuckey made acis?rend comprehensive
areumeot ia support of the charges ?nd spec
tScation3 "? adejn the protejt filed by bim.
Mr. Dabbj replied opposing tbe requests
made ia the protest, reiterating the argumeot
previously advao'-ed in fivor of declaring the
result as tabulated.
Mr. Moise spoka ia famr of taking up the
charges made, investigating them fully anti
fearlessly, at whatever expense of time and
troable, without regarding tbe persooai inter?
ests of this or that caod?date, but solely for
the purpose of arriving at the expressed will
of the people aod to do exact justice to ail
parties by the correctioa of errors and mis
take3 ia the count aad tabulation. Such
mistakes occur in all business coocerns aod
there are groands for belief that mistakes
have occarred in thia count. Further tho
sealed ballots should he opened aod disposed
ot before tbe result is declared. Ia reference
to the ballots tbat were improperly scratched
in reference to certain candidates for county
officers, bot properly scratched as to all others,
be said that no ose would deny that tbe
managers erred m not counting them for tho
candidates for such offices as were properly
scratched and that, a? it was within tbe
power of the committee to remedy tbe error
by opening tbe boxes and counting tbem, be
felt that it was the duty of the committee to "*
reconst tbe vete and tabulate these ballots.
Mr. Williamson opposed the recount of tbe
ballots in any box and favored the declara?
tion of the result as tabulated. Ee wanted
only justice to be done, but did not think <x
recount would do justice, for in tbe condition
of the boxes after three day9 bad elapsed
scch aa attempt to recount the vote sod
go behind tba managers returns woold be aa
injustice in itself aad would make greater
confusion and trouble.
Mr. Moise asked and obtained permission
to see tbe returns of tbe managers of Sumter
club precinct. He discussed tbe discrepancy
between tbe total number of votes polled aod
the total cumber counted for the candidates
aod urged the committee to make a recount
of the vote, as tb ia ia itself, was sufficient
ground for the request, showing as it did
that there was reason to believe tbat errors
had been ir ade.
Mr. Stackbouse stated that he had never
served 00 tbs committee before and was not
familiar with the rule? and precedents, and
that he wished to ask for information what
the hexes with all the ballots in them were
sen: up to ibe committee for. unless it was to
recount the nailots to verify the returns of
the manazers in case a demand was made for
a recount ? He warned to koow if the com?
mittee did not hare this power, and if so
why could they not exercise it? Why were
the challenged ballots eeo: up to tbe commit?
tee io sealed envelopes unless tbey were to be
opened and diiposed of? (This was a poser
and dead silence pervaded tbe committee )
Chairman Purdy called Mr. Hatfield to ene
chair aod took the floor. He brifly outlined
the duty and power of tbe committee ia the
premises. He counseled tbe committee to
proceed to take up the charges aad to consid?
er them fairly aod dispassionately aod to act
upon them each ia tara as tbe facts warrant?
ed. Io aa election so closely contested as
this, where there was so great probability of
unintentional error, clerical or otherwise,
having been made, it would be unwise and
inadvisable to brush aside protests and coo
tests, without full coosideratiou aod definite
action. He said that as county chairman he
knew no man or candidate, and bad eodeav
ored to do bis duty aod 00 more than bis
duty, and be bad taken the Soor only to ad?
vise the committee as seemed to him best for
all parties acd the democracy of Sumter
County.
Mr. Manning etated that be weat into this
election with the determination to abide by
the result as expressed at the polls aod if de?
feated to have no more to say about it.
When he ieft the city 00 Wednesday evening
it was with the conviction that be had oeen
defeated aod he oever contemplated aay pro?
test ?ir contest or other effort to go bebind
the returns sent up by the maoagers ; when
be came to this ciry on Thursday moruing it
was with the same belief and determination.
Pe did net want, the effice nor would be ac?
cept it unless be was fairly and u?doubtedly
the choice of toe people, and he did not be?
lieve any one would accuse him of a d?sira
to profit by unfairness a?d ir justice. If de?
feated be would continue to be fcund work
iug in the ranks of the party as be had ta
the past. Hs was, however, unwilling to go
behind the returns of tbe managers and to
make a recount, tor the reports in circulatioa
caused one to doubt that a recount wouid
enable the committee to arr;ve at a correct
result. He favored accepting the returns aaa
dedaring the election co them.
Mr Dabbs called for his motion to be pur.
Mr. Moise moved to amend Mr. Dabbs' mo?
tion to this fffect : That the committee ce
clare the result as tabulated, except in so far
as it concerns the Saoator, bot tba; the com?
mittee shall proceed at once to recount the
vote sent in by the managers to ascertain if
any mistake or irregularities ha?e occurred.
Seconded by Mr. W. S. Dinkins.
Mr. Dabbs moved to lav ihe amendment on
the table. -Carried.
Mr. Dabbs called for his motion.
Mr. Scarborough offered a motion tbat the
Committee declare that no election for the
office of Senator bad been held, and that
it be remanded to the second primary
for settlement. He caid that he desired
only justice to ah parties and to
the people at large, and after watching %
the proceedings of the committee with y
careful attention he had become convinced
tbat there was no disposition to settle ibo
question ou the facts a9certainahle and that
consequently the only fair way, the only just
way, and the only way to ascertain who waa