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Blease9s First, i . n At sum Governor at Opening Me*tin Voters Why He Should b Term?His Rec Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, Fellow Citizens of South Carolina: In obedience to the laws of the Democratic party of South Carolina, I appear before you today as a candidate for re-election to the position of governor. Four years ago, when I announced as a candidate for the office of governor, the newspapers raised a great howl against me and said many very harsh things. They criticised me very severely for opposing the then chief executive, using as their argument that it had always been customary in this State to give a governor two terms; that it was a precedent which the people had set and from which, for many, many years, they had not deviated, and that it was very wrong \ i ." hI -'JBL c .'.rtOiV":* GOVERNOR COL in me, very undemocratic, very impudent and in every other manner and form against principles and policies, -1 U T~~ that tne governor snuuiu ue up^uscu for his second term. Great changes : have been wrought; those same news- j papers, since I have held the chief executive office, have done everything ' within their power to hamper me in j my administration and to injure the | State government by striking me in j the most malicious manner; and, for j 6ome months past, they have been j clamoring for candidates to oppose j me in my second race. If it was right, four years ago, that the governor should have a second term, and ! if it was precedent then that no j change should be made, why is it to- j day that hose same newspapers j should fight me so bitterly upon the i second term idea, and fight me so bitterly in behalf of those who are opposing me for my second term? Does it not show conclusively, to all fair minded men, tnat it is not a ngni: 01 justice or principle with them, but that it is a fight of prejudice and spite against me, because the newspapers and the corporations have not been able to control me- or dictate my policies as governor? Precedent >'ot Involved. I am not asking tor reeiecnon De- i cause it is a precedent to give a man a second term. This argument is used only for the purpose of showing to you the great change which has been brought about and how they clamored for another nfan's second term, on account of this precedent, and abused me for apposing him. Now, in so short a time, they are praising another man and fighting his cause against me for second term. Is it principle that they are fighting for, or is it to control and dictate the policies of the goverment? The position is up to you, fellow citizens, whether you shall hove a governor, unhamper&A Tirnrtinof the interest nf the neo vva, "v. ?0 ? r - pie of the State, which is in accordance with the Democratic principles, and which I have followed, or whether you ? ~ ~ n orrtvarn/M? TtrVir\ ic hrnncht cUC iu nave <x 5UTVJUVI ??IO out by the newspapers and backed by the corporations and moneyed interests, and who will be dictated to by them? Look at your recent State convention; your county clubs with fixed up slates forced down your throats, "Without giving you the right to nomi-1 Speech ter on Tuesday g of Stvte Campaign Tells e Reelected For a Second ord as Governor. 1 nate from the floors of the clubs the list of delegates; those delegations went to their various county conventions, and again a slate was fixed and certain delegations were crammed down the throats of the people without their having a voice or a right to say who should control or who should represent them. What was the result? Who absolutely dominated and controlled your State convention? Lewis W. Parker, the head of the big mill merger, which I have been fighting for the relief of the people and to save them from the hands of this octopus. Sitting by his ide was his i leading counsel and paid attorney, H.! J. Hanysworth. Leroy Springs, said ! to be worth three and a half million j | dollars, head of large corporations t/<- SHBHK I H dm ! -E. L. BLEASE | i and owner of large corporate interests.! There v.as John Gary Evans, the chief j counsel and paid attorney of the Western Union Telegraph company for this State, and of other corporations. Rich! ' ard I. Manning, president of a bank and large stockholder in other cor-! I porations. Joseph W. Barnwell, J. Ed- j ward McDonald, M. L. Bonham, R. S. j Whaley, J. L. Glenn, F. H. Weston and j other leading attorneys for railroad corporations and other corporate interests. H. D. Calhoun, A. E. Padgett, R. F. Smith, J. W. Ragsdale, bank presidents and large owners of other corporate interests. Also, one W. F. ~ * xj. .. Stevenson, paid auorney iur cuiyuxa-j tions and railroads, attorney and as-! . sistant m prosecuting dispensary1 cases, for which he has received hand- J some salaries, and other corporation officers and attorneys too numerous to mention here; look at your own | county delegation and see how many | corporation officers, directors, stock- j 1 1J ^ woro in nttpr>d-l Iiuiuers ct 11 vi anv/i utjo ?. w ^^ . ance as delegates, and answer if cor- j porations controlled that convention. Look at your delegation to Baltimore; see how many of them are officers, j directors, stockholders and attorneys j of large corporations. Where did the I farmers, mill operatives, clerk, labor-i I ~ roal hs?r>khnnp nf this ! I JLJlg JLUCU l,uc x I State?get representation? Then, who j controlled the conventions? Answer: j The corporations. Against who? An-1 swer: Cole L. Blease. Why? An- j swer: Because they have not been able i and can not control Blease and dictate; his policies as governor. The officers j and the attorneys of your corpora- j tions absolutely dominated and con-1 trolled your State convention. Now, gentlemen, I ask you, as men,1 do you want a corporation ring-rule, j or do you want a man in the gover- j nor's office who can not be controlled j by corporatins and who will stand by j the interests of the people of the-State? A Dominated Convention. I call your attention to those conventions because it shows you that j | they were dominated by certain men; and in the interest of certain men; j and who are these corporations today supporting for governor, brought out j by the newspapers, and being support- j ed by the newspapers and by those j j corporation neaas ana uiobe corporation lawyers? I submit to you, as a question of great importance, and ask V ' you to answer it in your cool and de| liberate moments, by whom is a man i going to be controlled?by the corporations and newspapers which put him ! I ! in office, or by the people, who those; . ? .a. ? ^ u ^ /-vV* i % > rr r* ?> /-3 /\ ? * <3 I corporations are liguuug anu euueav! oring to control and to usurp the authority which belongs to the people? ;Then, I ask you the question again? will you vote for a corporation-newspaper-ring-rule candidate, or will you cast your ballot for a man who is unI j der no obligation whatever to them. but is standing and fighting for the interest of the people of the State, and who has so fought as representative, as senator and as governor? No man can truthfully say that he was deceived. I was open and plain in my campaign for this office, and stated rrom every rostrum or tnis State what my platform of principles were, and have not done one thing which I said I would not do, and have left undone not a thing which I said I would do, and have lived up to that platform of principles which was laid down in that campaign; have stood by those who stood by me; and, as stated in my opening speech at Sumter, my motto is: "Stick to the man who sticks to Blease, whether it be in private life, in public life or elsewhere." That doctrine has been lived up to both in office and cut of office, and I propos-5 to cont'nue to do so as long as there is life i.. my body, and have no apologies to make + SV r. ? _ ? LKJ CUlJf iliCbJl VI 2>Ct VJJL UL1CI1, Ul CLLiy CA" | cuses to offer for anything which has been done as governor, and I am not coming to you today, with my hat in my hand, offering excuses or making: apologies or begging you for your votes. Has Been and Is Governor. I wanted to be governor of South j Carolina, and wanted to be governor j badly, and have been and am gover- j nor, and in that have accomplished J the highest ambition of my life. If! reelected, will have no more honor i than that already bestowed, because; it is as much of an honor to be gover- \ nor of the State one term as it is to! be many terms. Therefore, if not re-1 elected, I shall have no tears to shpd, j for this fight is made for the people of j my State, against corporations and! newspapers. If the people see fit to prefer to be ruled and controlled by those interests instead of by. themselves, I can assure you that they will j be the sufferers and not me; for,: whatever may be written, whether it I be with pen, indelible pencil, on marble or on brass, it must be recorded ] that I was elected by the people to the j position of governor of my State, and no matter who writes it, how bitter he may be against me, or how friendly he j may be towards me, he can not fail to record that I was governor of my j State. 1 In my inaugural address to your eeneral assemblv in 1911. certain noli- ! cies were laid down, and your general; assembly asked to take them up and : consider them very carefully. In my annual message of 1912, again j those same matters were taken up, as j well as other matters, aind now beg leave to submit to you the most important matters which you should j give consideration to: First, and most j important of all?education of your \ children; taxes; government printing; \ extravagance of. your higher institu- j tions of learning; the careless issuing: of requisitions and rewards, which has been followed by previous administrations; the purchases, for your State institutions; the hunting clubs, which j are in the hands1 of foreigners and I deprives the citizens of our State of their God-given right and privilege; the negro lodges, which do so -much harm in our country; appointment of special judges to hold court, when res-1 ular judges are disengaged; white persons teaching negro children in schools of the State; railroad fare, which should be reduced to 2 cents per mile, as advocated by me in my j message 10 your general assembly; the j cotton mill merger; the hosiery mill; ! biennial sessions of the general as-' sembly; liberal support of the Confed- j erate veterans. Your taxes are entirely too high, which is caused by the extravagance j of your legislature, in making large, j excessive and useless appropriations, j Your higher institutions of learning j are receiving too much money, to the j detriment of the common schools, j These institutions should be run at a I less expenditure, in order that more j money may be given to the common j schools. Every dollar uselessly spent I in vour hieher institutions could be' I | well spent, and should be, in improv- j | ing the rural schools of the State. Any one who will take the pains to < invesngate win see mat we are pay- j ing entirely too much for government I printing, and that thousands of dollars could be saved in the State if this matter was thoroughly sifted, as I 'i NOTICE OF ELECTION. A written petition having been presented to the undersigned, Trustees of Pomaria School District No. 26, of Newberry County, South Carolina, signed by at least one-third of the resident electors and a like proportion of the resident free-holders of the age of twenty-9ne years, of said District, asking that an election be held to de terinine wbetner or noi romana, School District^ No. 26 will issue and sell coupon bonds aggregating thirtyfive hundred dollars, payable within twenty years, at the rate of interest not exceeding six per cent, per annum, payable annually, for the purpose of erecting buildings and for equipment for maintaining, public schools in said District An election for said purposes is hereby ordered to be held in Pomaria School District No. 26 at the regular voting precinct in the town of Poraaria I on Tuesday, June 25, 1912, at which j election only qualified voters residing j in said District shall be allowed to' vote. The ballot cast must have writ-! ten or printed on it the words "For j Bonds" or "Against Bonds." The fol-1 lowing are hereby appointed managers j -> -i-.x; TT T> TJT OI saiQ eiWUOU. xi. r. x juviiiaozrvii, ??.; D. Hatton, J. B. Kooii. The polls will I be open at 7 a. m. and close at 4. p. m. j R. H. Hipp, ' W. S. Seybt, J. II Koon, Trustees Pomaria School District No. Npwtverrv floiintv. S. C. Only a Fire Hero but the crowd cheered, as, with burned hands, he held up a small round box, "Fellows!" he shouted, "this Bucklen's Arnica Salve I hold, has everything beat for burns." Right! also for boils, ulcers, sores, pimples, eczema, cuts, sprains, bruises. Surest pile cure. It subdues inflammation, kills pain. Only 25 cents at W: E. Pelham's. j NOTICE OF ELECTION. Whereas, one-third of the resident! electors and a like proportion of the j /3ore tlio CJ CP nf ! JlCZllUCllt IICCUU1UCIU Ul. KUV , twenty-one years, of St. Lultes School; District No. 13, of Newberry County, j State of South Carolina, have filed a petition with the County Board of j Education of Newberry County, South [ Carolina, petitioning and requesting i that an election be held in said School j District on the question of levying a j four mill tax, to be collected on the | property located in the said School i District. \ 1\UW, lUCirjLWIC, tuc uuuvi^.(juvu, composing the County Board of Education of Newberry County, South Carolina, do hereby order the Board of Trustees of the said School Dis-1 trict No. 13 (St. Luke's School Dis-' trict) to hold an election on the said! Question of levying a four mill tax to i be collected on the property located j in the said School District, which said j election shall be held at St. Luke's; school house, in the said School Dis- j trict, Xo. 13, on Friday, July 5, 1912,' at which said election the polls shall be opened at 7 o'clock in the forenoon, and closed at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The members of the Board of Trustees of said School District shall set as managers of said election. Only such electors as reside in said School District and return real or personal property for taxation, and who exhibit their tax receipts and registration certificates as required in* general elections shall be allowed to vote. Electors favoring the levying 0f the j said tax shall cast a ballot containing j the word "yes" printed or written; thereon, and each elector opposed to such a levy shalj cast a ballot containing the word "no" written or printed thereon. Given under our hands and seal on June 15, 1912. E. H. Aull, E. 0. 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