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GOVKllNOl! DBMAND8 ACTION. Calls Upon Executive Committee to Declaro Ulm tho Nominee. Columbia, July 10.-Declaring that he is voicing tho sentiments 'V 72,000 white voters in South Caro lina. Governor Colo L?. Bleaso, In a lengthy statement Issued to-day. and addressed to the people ol* South Carolina, demands ol" the State Dem-; ocratlo Executive Committee that it cease Its dilatory methods, take im mediate action nilli declare Ililli the nominee for Governor. The state ment ls In view Ol the Investigation ordered by the executive committee, upon the charges Hied by Judge Ira B. Jones, candidate for Governor, of frauds and irregularities III the pri mary of August 27, In which, upon tho face of the returns Governor Hlcase appeared to ho nominated over Judge Jones. Tho Statement in Full. "On tho 2 7th day of August, 1012, after ono of tho hardest fought and bitterest campaigns In the history of the Democratic party In South Caro lina, 1 was renominated for a second term as Governor of the State. My majority was over 3,000 votes over both my opponents, and I had a lead of 5,500 votes over my nearest op ponent in thc race. 1 received In that election, according to the offi cial returns transmitted by the seve ral county chairmen of the State, 7 2, 043 votes, which ls possibly the larg est popular vote ever received by a candidate for Governor, with oppo sition, In South Carolina. "The people of South Carolina aro familiar with the odds against which 1 had to contend In that primary, those odds being a culmination of the stubborn, bitter and persistent light which has been made upon me since 1 have been in politics, and which increased steadily during my term as Governor. "Early this .year an active cam paign was begun against my candi dacy for re-election, with a view of obtaining control of the party ma chinery. To this extent that cam paign was successful, aud my oppo nents absolutely dominated and con trolled the State Convention, which was bold i ix May, that convention re fusing to send me as a delegate at large to the National Democratic Con vention in Baltimore. The county conventions, which elected the dele ra'LO |;his "'.ii rr ii ? ,!'..?: jjiil . -j o'^-it t?. .. . ;.". ot the ?oujiUy?, In fact, in nearly all of thom, lt was in tho hands of my opponents. So far as 1 can recall, there aro only eight, if that many, of the county chairmen of tho State who were elected ?it thal time who are friends and supporters of mine, and about a Uko number on the State Executive Committee. "Notwithstanding these facts. I had confidence In thc character, hon esty and Intog itv of the white peo ple of South ( iirolina, and I repeat edly stated on tho stump during the campaign thal in an honest eloction I would bo renominated for Gover nor, and that the only thing I and my friends had to fear was that I would be counted out or that the election would be stolen from me af ter it was won. While I have not tin complete ligures at hand, from in formation 1 have it is conclusively shown that out of the lota] number of the managers of election at the various precincts throughout the State, at least two-thirds of them were opposed to nie politically. The executive committees of almost every county in the State were and aro against nie, and the State Demo cratic Executive Committee is domi nated by my political opponents. Machinery .Against Blease. "In thc organization of the party, in nearly all of the clubs, the club rolls, which are the registry lists, tho requirement being that a man's name shall be on the roll live days before the election, were in tho hands of tho secretarios, most of whom '.vere ni\ political enemies; the reg istration committees of thc clubs, whose duty it was to see that tho voters' names were on these lists, were for the most part my political enemies; the managers, who were lo Judge of the qualifications of tho voters in tho larne majority of in stances throughout tho various conn tie-, as shown above, were my ene mies; and when Ibo vote-, were eas; these saine managers, most of thom political opponents of none, took the balled boxes, had charge of tho bal lots, and made the count. Now. with tho club secretaries against, me, tho managers against me, tho county ex ecutive committees against mo, and the State Executive Committee against me, how could any fraud be committed by any of tho Bleaso men. With all this election machinery In the hands of my political opponents? If fraud there was, lt must have been committed by men who aro not hiy friends; or else surely those who had charge of this organization must confess extreme ignorance, and must admit that If there were cheating and fraud committed, It was not practiced in my behalf, but, on the other hand, would havo been exercised and used against me. "lt is shown by the statistics that the ballots for State obleera were, as I a rule, no greater in number in the j various counties than the total bal ' lots for county oltlcers, and lu some instances were loss. So, If fraud I was practiced as to lin State olllcors. then the executive committee permit ted, li' their view bo correct, an elec tion for county olllcors. Including tho Legislature, to be held and declared, which was fraudulent and should have been so declared if there was any justification for such action. ".My fruitless efforts for an extra number of ballots In order that there might not bo a shortage at certain boxes will be recalled, and lt will also be recalled that one of my op ponents laughed at me, saying that I was making charges because 1 saw defeat staring me In the face. Tho Cry of Freud. "When lt appeared, on the face of the newspaper returns, that 1 had a majority of tho votes east, and had without doubt been renominated for a second term, the cry of fraud was immediately raised, even in the face of tho facts I have above recited. Tho first cry of fraud was based on a seeming discrepancy between th?, vote for Governor and the vote foi United States Senator and othei State officers which at first was pa raded hy the newspapers as some thing like 20,000, notwithstanding the fact that the newspapers must have known that tho vote for dover nor was almost complete, and thal the vote in the races for other Statt officers was far from complete-An derson, at that time, for instance,not having reported its vote for United States Senator. To ono who took the care to study the returns for ti moment, tho absurdity of this charge as a basis for fraud was easily ap parent, and of course this matter wai only urged In order to Incite tho poo pie and prepare them for othei charges to bo made, and as soon ai Its absurdity became apparent on it face lt was dropped. Then carno a a basis for the charge of fraud th fact that the vote was some 24,00' In excess of the vote in the prima: two years ago. This was persistent^ urged. William Murchison, of Dil lon, requested a statement from E I Ppfl ?"?..--..> J .< I " " "<! /??nojr I Ol i statement was published in the Co lumbla State and showed: "Total white males 21 years o age and over in South Carolina 1910, 165,709; 1900, 130,375; I89C ! 102,657. Mr. Durand said: 'You wil note that these ligures include th foreign-born white males who may or may not, be voters, but, as the! i numbers are small, it would not ina tonally affect tho total.' "Basing tin' estimate upon the fig uros ter I Sim. 1900 and HMO, am figuring upon the increase in thc twi decades included, t bo number o white males in South Carolina 2 years ol' age and over for 1912 i placed at about 174,000. The tota vote cast in thc first primary on Au gust 27 was about 110,000, whic loaves a margin of about 34,00 white males over 2 1 years of age i: South Carolina at this time who di not participate in tho primary. Figures Compared. "lt has boen shown that in Cheste county, where the votes ol' the tw candidates for Governor were abeu equal, the increase in Chester's vot over 1 Ol 0 was ?IO per cent, and 'n protest or contest was tiled with th (Chester) committee when they mc and tabulated tho returns and di dared tho results.' In calculation which have been made, ii is show that Anderson, one of the stronges Iliense counties,'had an increase a 2(5 i>er cent; Orangoburg, strong fo Jones, an increase ol' ::? per cent Greenville, for .Jones, tile nnprect dented increase ol" 7 il per cent; Spal tanburg, for Iliense, increase 2:'. pc cont; Charleston, strong for Jone: increase lu percent. These calculi ns were based upon the ligur< furnished by the Columbia State v August .: I, in which the increase fl tile State was shown to be about I! pel' cent. "The sub-committee ol' tile Sta Executive Committee has as i chairman a man whoso political a tlvlties in South Carolina during tl past several years have been partici lally bitter, and whose personal ai political hostility to me is too w< known to need coin men t. Ile bas ( bis side a majority of his sub-COl in it tee, notwithstanding the practi in contests of this kind is that win a candidate, on the lace ol' the r j turn--, has a nomination, that cam (late is entitled lo a majority of t Investigating committee on frat charges, and the contestant ls en tied only to a minority, or, at lea: only lo an equal share of tho coi mittce. This sub-committco bas < laved its first meeting, for ono r< son or another, until next ? . ., which ls four weeks after primary nnd jnlv 8ix wee- boron the general election. In the ni i. time, lu violation of the co itlt?tlotl and rules of tho party, n have been declared nor any BOI .. d primary ordered in those meei State officers in which thei ht i ?< even the shadow of a contest 1 chairman of the sub-comijMl lu refusing to meet, in Columbia ol Monday, at the urgent re Io's! o! three members of his i nm! said there we"e as yet 110 i. i < a tangible nature to be in\i The "Black Peril," "I have said nothing up tu ' time because I had bell- . i hal there would be some reasonable to tho matter. But titrthi r on my part. In face of the peril In which the Democratic of our State has been placed by executive committee, and committee thereof, might li Btrued as acquiescence or ni j Tlie people are becomln . There looms before them the cloud of negro particip?t 01 I ti politics and of negro power, breaking down tl which we threw up In 3 which all true white men li placed above all personal Hons. 1 now call upon Democratic Executive Coi action and that its dilator e a partisan cause cease. "As the representative . majority of the white vote Carolina, I call upon the omtni to speedily assemble and question according to law and < cording to practice, ace (ding truth and according to t esl may be the purpose, or if : . th? pose, it may be the desire >f th? jolrty of the committee, all? to besmirch and to taint m> titi the candidate of tho Demo party of South Carolina, but upon the committee to < ti that if such be its purp< ?.. i be carried out against th wishes of over 72,000 o > voters of a State which hoi . held to the tenets of a fre'' ba I a fair count, when there v; Ito man pit ted against white ni "I believe In the prima > he means of ghing the ma . r people a right to speak 1 thei <i government. I regard es of the white government . >? '3 those who would attempt ri v ? .. thc actions, of tho -nb ?-..<>: .<!,<. I toe if tl ' . tolerated by the freq white voters cu our State? Are tney not bringing Into Jeopardy and Into fearful risk the continuance of our primary sys tem? For, above all systems of elec tion, and above all candidates under those systems, should be placed truth and integrity and honesty, and fair and square dealing between man and man, and when an arbitrary course of action is injected into a system which is contrary to these principles, and injected by those who are the custodians of that system, the system itself is in peril of Its life, and the only remedy which can save it is a return to tho standards of justice. "To Resent Any Wrongs. " "I call upon the committee to meet together, in the Interest of the white Democracy of South Carolina, obey tho constitution of the party, and de clare tho results of the primary. "In writing this appeal, 1 feel that 1 have performed my duty as a citi zen of the State and a mein ber of the Democratic party. I rejoice that I have the courage, the loyalty and de votion to the Democrats of this State, who have fought for nie, to lead them in whatever direction and cou i so that they shall advise or wish in the pro tection of their right to vote for the candidates of their choice, and have such vote declared In accordance with the constitution and rules of tho party, and In accordance with the true result of the vote, and to resent any wrongs which may he attempted to he done them." Mayor to Study Daw. (Tho State, 19th.) W. ll. Gibbes, mayor of Columbia, yesterday registered as a student of the University of South Carolina, laking thc law course. Ho will pur sue tho same duties as any other member of the junior class, Mayor Gibbes was formerly a stu dent at Carolina, having attended the institution in I SSO. Ile was there for one year as a special student. Mayor Gibbes says that of course his first duty is to thc city of Colum bia, and that he may be compelled to miss some classes, but that bc In ten?;.-; to take the two-year course with thc object of getting the JU. B. degree. Being in charge of the legal department of the city government, the mayor thinks that the course will lit him helter for his work and bo of great assistance to him. "Iman's ointment cured mo of ec zema that had annoyed mo for a, long lime. Tho result was lasting"- - Hon. H. W. Matthews. Commissioner Labor Statistics, Augusta, Me. AH ENGLAND SEES THE CANAL. Intimations that Relations May He Strained in Near Future. London. Sent. I!?.---Tho London Outlook devotes a largo part of Its space this week to attacks on tho I United Stans over Panama affairs. , despite numerous warnings cabled from New York by correspondents ! of the English press that unless i Hrltlsh criticism ls modified Amerl ! can opinion will heroine unanimous tn its support of the Panania act. Apostle of Arbitration. I Among the Outlook's articles is ono headed "The Apostle of Arbltra i Hon,'' which ls an attack on Prest 1 dent Taft Tor his defense of ibo moas uro. This article ends: j "Mr. Taft will have to climb down from the extremely elevated position bc has assumed. Happily, the Amer ican people, to their great credit, have refused to support their Presi dent in his recent doings." Key to World's Commerce? Tho Outlook also publishes a let ert from Major General T. Bland Strange, in which ho says: "Whoever holds the Isthmnn Canal of America will hold the key of the revolutionized commerce of the world's future." This letter re fers to "the monstrous action of the Cn i ted States, permitted by our pres ent pusillanimous government, of permitting war ships "? the Great Lakes, contrary to the treaty of 1817." This letter concludes: "When a treacherous neighbor asks to be al lowed to put a pistol to your head as a proof of amity, tho man or na tion that allows lt has no brains worth blowing out." Under Armed Pressure. C. H. Norman also contributes a war-like letter, in which he says: "The United States may give way under pressure of an armed and Indignant Europe, but the advisers of President Taft will not submit unless they are satisfied that there is something more than words in British protest." Takes Comfort in Varilla Treaty, After editorially summarizing the views recently expressed hy Bunau Varilla, The Outlook says: "It appears, then, that if the Uni ted States breaks the Hay-Paunce fote treaty they also break the fun damental treaty which they entered Into with Panama. Suppose this last .?!?.,- broken *?p*r??y? the Rh I i?tero*:> Court bjy the Ilanama repubv-' I I.e. lld:' COUTI WOUid hive LO .... ono or two things: might annul the Panntn? Canbl A,-- bocahf;* li In against the Hay-Bunau Varilla treaty, j which gives tho United States their title to the canal. If lt upholds tho Panama Canal Act as entitling the States to make discrimination of tolls in their favor against other na tioiifyythls would he taking away t hoi rf very right and title to the canal itself nuder the Hay-Bunau Varilla treaty. Dilemma of United States. "This is thi> dilemma in which the United States are left. Dy the con vention of Constantinople, included in the Hny-Pauncefote treaty, they must make equal and just charges on all users of tho canal. The Suez Canal Company, having done so, may divide Its profits, hut the United States is not, or should not he, a commercial concern. Tho States, however, are claiming the right to levy otll8 to meet till charges of construction and maintenance and working and interest on capital on all ships but American; they make a profit out of the canal as well as unfairly burden their competitors. The more honest way would ho to benefit their shippers hy subsidy and not take the money out of the pock ets of the rest of the world." i Impure blood runs you down- - makes you an easy victim for dis ease. For pure blood and sound di gestion-Burdock Blood Litters. At ali drug stores. Price $1. Cuts Throat When Refused Shave. Savannah, Ca.. Sept. 19.-A. M. Edwards, a carpenter in tile employ Of tho Central of Georgia Railroad, who attempted suicide yesterday al ter his wife had refused to shave him, is so much better to-day that his recovery is assured. Shortly aller refusing her hus band's reimest that she shave him, Mrs. Edwards left the room and went down stairs. When she returned she found Edwards lying on tho bed and bleeding profusely from a deep gash ll) his throat. When officers arrived they had to pry the razor which bo had used from the man':; hands. Doc tors say Edwards missed tho jugular vein and will pull through. $80,000,000 Lost Ai malty by Wage Earners, Dr. Sadler estimates that about .$80,000,(1(10 in wages is lost annu ally to tho American people as a di rect result of colds. Lost time means lost wages and doctoring ls expen sive. Use Foley's Doney and lar (,<) ' ' * "omptly. It will ston 'he d heal and sooth tho soi med air passages, J. W. Bell, Steam rollers m? p->sc-but excess discomfort in ar man. He alone is car rides easiest v in the light, Vanai demonstration is * 75,000 Ford Cars ali one-third of America' ?er Touring Oar $??0 Kier $500-Torpedo ery Car $700-Town troit, completo with i alegue from Ford Mi and Fourteenth st re? reef. L. O White c MAGISTRATES RE-APPOINTED. Unseated by Supreme 'Court, Again Named as Keross Appointments. (Anedrson intelligencer, 20th.) Governor Blease yesterday wired The Intelligencer that be bas re-ap pointed tho four Magistrates whose offices wore recently declared vacant by the Supreme Court. Those reap pointments are recess appointments hy the Governor, the law giving him authority to lill vacancies in thia manner between sessions of the Sen ate. The re-appointed Magistrates are: S. E. Whitten, of Pendleton. W. E. Green, of Sandy Springs. W. T. Ohamblee, of Hock Mills. J. A. Young, of Martin. The Supreme Court recently de clared that tho four above named Magistrates were holding office Ille gally and thal their places should bo vacant. Governor Blease now takes the po sition, as indicated by him, that the removal of these Magistrates creates Tin ref ore, unoer [lie lav., jiu must lill ; h...- . ? - a isle's. FI : har iou?- . o by ro-japiVoiming the ? tune men. tho Supreme Court, shonb' the Sen ate not confirm those men their lilaces woolf be vacated again fol lowing tho session of tho Senate, but until the Senate reconvenes the mon hold offices under recess appoint ment. Should the Senate confirm them they would hold office right on. A really effective kidney and blad der medicine must first stop tho pro gress of the disease and then cure the conditions that cause lt. Use Fo ley Kidney Pills for all kidney and bladder troubles and urinary Irregu larities. They are safe and reliable. They help quickly and permanently. In the yellow package. J. W. Bell. Two Billion Horrels Cement ?ii Canal. Washington. Sept. 20.-When thc latest million barrels of cement pur chased have been used in construction work on tho Panama Canal thc amount of cement employed in the building of the lng ditch will have reached a total of two billion two hundred million pounds. The cost of this Item of construction reached .$(?.000,000. If tho barrels which contained the cement could be placed end lo end they would extend 2,300 miles. BEWARE OF MALARIA. Matarla-Chills and Fevers-common complaints among people living In the Southeastern States, can bc effectively rc lieved in the shortest possible timo by lt. L. T.-Richardson's Laxative Tonic. This prescription lins been used thirty five years hy Dr. Rici' >rdson, of Anderson, B. C., In his doily \, notice as a family physician, and has behind it thousands of testimonials from ninny prominent South, Carolinians and citizens of other neighbor ing stntes. lt. L. T. is a wonderful cor? rector of liver troubles and the grenlcBt tonic on the ninrket today. You can abso lutely rely on it in any case of chills and fever or malarial poison, constipation or biliousness. If any member of your family need a tonic thnt strengt hons nod builds, go to your druggist today and get a fifty-cent or a dollar bottle of lt. L. T., and watch tho quick, steady improvement If your drug gist can't supply you write It. L. T. Co., Anderson, S. 0. R. Thc Best Liver Medicine THF MOST PERFECT TONIC 50c A $1.00 per BotUe. All Drug Stores, ay have their pur ;ive weight means i automobile- or a sure that the heavy fho has never ridden dium-built Ford. A i revelation. .cady sohl this season_ s product. Pive-passen -three-passenger Road Runabout $500-Dcllv Cur $000-t. o. b. IK' nil equipment. Oct cat jtor Company, Michigan .ts-or from Detroit di >r R. C. Carter MRS. QRAY IN MORE TROUBLE. Arrested at Washington on Charge of Concealing Public Records. Washington. Sept. 20.-Mrs. Helen Pierce Cray who, as investigator of Crow Indian affairs for the Gresham committee of the House, was the cen ter of stormy scenes at the last ses sion of Congress, was arrested here to-day upon complaint of the Indian ollice and charged with concealing public records. She was released upon $500 cash brill furnished by Senator Clapp, of Minnesota, and her trial before a United States Com missioner was set for Tuesday. Sjieciflcally, Mrs. Gray was charged with concealing the allotment roll of the Crow tribe, covering Indian lands In Montana. Upon her arraignment to-day she declared she had taken the roll from the Indian office with the consent ot former Indian Com- f missioner Robt. G. Valentino and, .lodge M. C. Burch, of tho Attorney General's office, and turned it over to the Department of Justice that it might ?nvofl from dest.rnc.tlon nncT I used is "N1 !<ii,v '? ? !"'."'' ln* S; i -ftigatlon bl fdr? 'I ( i*;-? : ( xhltc?e ou Lidian Difah.s. Mrs. Gray declared her action had the approval of Attorney General Wlckersham and that her arrest had been brought about by ber enemies- f. during the Attorney General's ab- . sence from tho city. At tho Department of Justice to day very little was known of the af fair. Most officials lhere aro out of town. At the Interior Department, however, it was said Mrs. Gray's ar rest had been asked by Assistant Sec retary Adams upon the report of the Indian office that she had three times declined to return the Crow records. Tlie Acting Commissioner pronounced Mrs. Gray's charge that the papers were about to bo destroyed "foolish." Mrs, Qray last winter had a desk In the Indien office as a representa tive of the Graham committee, inves tigating Crow affairs. At ono time she claimed she was being paid by the Democratic National Committee. In a heated passage upon tho floor of tho House between Republican Leader Mann and Chairman' Graham, Mr. Mann declared her employment by the commit tee was with the pur pose of blackening tho characters of mon in public life. Arrested Eight Times. The incident passed over and an investigation was provided in a reso lution hy Senator Townsend, of Mich igan, Kor this, and with tho consent of former Commissioner Valentino, Mrs. (?ray says she took records from tlie Indian office, giving receipts, and delivered them to persons in tho de partment ol' justice, charged with making an Inquiry, Since she bogan Investigating In dian affairs eight years ago, at. the request of former President Roose velt, Mrs. Gray declares she has been arrested eight times by persons who wish lo Impede her work. Mrs. Gray when arrested was al Hist inclined to go lo the District jail rather than /vive a bond, lier bail was llrst fixed ?it $1.000, but later reduced lo $500 and furnished by Senator Clapp, I'. A. Smith, Bri (ige ton, Ind., had kidney trouble for years, and was so crippled with rheumatism ho could not dress without help. He started using Kelcy Kidney Pills, and says: "I bogan lo got better at once, and now all my trouble has left mo and I do not. reel that I over bad rheu matism. I rest well all night, and though r>0 years old, can now do tho work of a man of 35 years. I would Uko to bo the means of others get ting bonolll from Eoley Kidney Pills." Refuse substitutes. J. W. Boll. lt is computed that, it takes twelve acres ol' land to graze one hoad of ' cattle on Texas range land.