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DEMONSTRATIVE DAY IN STATE CAMPAIGN QUICK INTERVENTION PREVENTS FIGHT AT FLORENCE. Jones Advances on Blease?County Chairman McCown Takes Hand, Restoring Quiet, [ Florence, June 25.?With clenched fists, Judge Jones today advanced upon his opponent, Governor Cole. L. Blease, ard but for quick interruption on the part of County Chairman J. W. McCown, there would, in all probabilL /, have been a personal encounter between the two candidates. This was the nearest approach to trouble, which seems in these good days to be looked for at a political meeting in Florence. "They do say" that there is something in the atmosphere that makes candidates want to fight when they get to Florence. Somehow, though, it is nearly always only an approach to a scrap. Be it said, however, that the joint debate of the candidates for State offices here today was heard by possibly the largest, and certainly the most demonstrative and uproarfous crowd that has yet greeted the candidates. There were fully fifteen hnndred persons who heard the two aspirants omKnTTia f/-?r?ial Vi atinrva cnrrtp arp of the opinion that there were more. Both Judge Jon^s and Governor Blease received great applause. Governor Blease, on the other hand, met a volley of hisses at several times during his speech. In fact, his references today to conditions on the railroad trains before the separate coach law j went into effect were evidently so objectionable to this hearers that there was probably more hissing than has been heard at any recent campaign meeting in this State. The Gubernatorial Candidates. Noticeable in marked degree today was the governor's ever increasing o ehimn sneaker! his readi Cl-o Of ~r , ness in repartee and his absolute command of himself in every situation that arises. Governor Blease pulled off a stago- laugh today that would have delighted the heart of a past master in the histrionic art. On the other hand, the earnestness which Judge Jones displays in what f n ha o fnr thft Tfi UC V/UHV/tl ?VO ^vr uv v* *AQ ?v ? ? - -?? demption of South. Carolina from "Bleaseism," his appeal to the people for love of law* and order and his warning to them against one-man power, were no less striking and they ? - -3 impressed ms wai ao. The near-trouble between the governor and Judge Jones came about when the former repeated his statement that Judge Jones's vote on the "Jim Crow" law meant in effect that he favored social equality. In such ? lucid language had the governor pre sen ted his argument along tnis line that it brought forth) much hissing from the audience. Judge Jones arose and for a few moments it looked like trouble. Blood was in the eye of the man thus ac_ M li.1 V V ~ V. ^ J O -pATTT cusea ana, aicnougu uc uau juoi a, minutes before pronounced maliciously false any intimation that he favored social equality, it was believed by onlookers that Governor Blease had carried the matter to a degree v:-v Tn.n/v, Hi/1 nnt l'nfon/j tn WX11C11 J UUgtr U1U JUV/K 1UKVLIU I.V permit and that he was prepared then and there to bring the contention to a final settlement. -> Crowd Grows Larger. County Chairman J. W. McCown called the meeting to order in the city opera house at 10 o'clock. Only about 300 voters occupied seats when the first speakers, Messrs McLaurin and Carter, candidates for State treasurer, presented ^heir claims. Steadily increasing, the crowd oy n o ciock was overflowing the auditorium, numbering at its highest possibly 1,500 persons. There was generous and general applause that greeted Judge Jones, the first speaker among the candidates for governor, who, while hanrticappel by hoarseness, spoke effectively, commanding closest attention. Not noticing a number of interruptions from his audience, th<i speaker drove home some of i-'ie charges he is making against the Blease administration. Perfecting his remarks by citing gome instances wherein the people had fiTinwn their frotifidefliCA in him Judee Jones stated that he 'had been elected vice president of the constitutional convention of 1895, and that by conservatives and reformers alike he had been unanimously elected associate justice in the supreme court, there be ing no opposition to mm. Answered the Call. "And now, fellow citizens," said Judge Jones, "my friends in the State think that I should endeavor to change the administration in South Carolina, and I liave entered this race for that ? J purpose. My wish is that no crook or dishonest man shall be put into that office, and if you do not think I measure up to your requirement, don't vote i for me. I sav to you that if Blease's t . ^ ^ _ ideals of government are correct, tnen ! mine are not. I am, therefore, giving ! you my criticism of his record that you ;may decide which you want." | As to the suggestion that he favo.'S |social equality because of his "vote on the "Jim Crow" law in the early 90 s, T 1 ? ~ T*""" on-r intimojlrtr. J UUgC JUUCO saiu >uab a>V iuu;uuwvu or suggestion to that effect was ma- j liciously false, "Why," said Judge Jones, "one of ! the real purposes of the constitutional j convention was to safeguard white supremacy in this State, to protect the white man's ballot and to prevent negro domination, and you are indebted to mfv as much as to any of the lead ers of that convention for that constitution which safeguarded your suffrage." The speaker repeated his statement that the separate coach law, as adopted in the legislature in the 90's, was not only unconstitutional then, but was objectionable to the inter-state commerce commission and was impossible of enforcement. Blease's Pardon Record. Particular attention was paid today to the pardon record of the governor, <5o/?1ar!ncr +V10+ OstiifH Par. U U u^V/iwi iixg kivuvu V?1olina was near the precipice of destruction because of the immunity from punishment resulting from indiscriminate use of the pardoning power. The point was made that Governor Blease, in dismissing the board of pardons, arrogated to himself absolute power which the consti tution did not contemplate and, said the speaker, South. Carolina will not ;$tand for one-man rule, "We will not put the criminal in the [saddle," shouted Judge Jones, "we are ! going to put down the crooks and ' criminals." This declaration called forth tremendous applause. The speaker said that there were three phases of a situation to be considered in the use of the pardoning power; not merely the cry of the criminal and his family, but the moans ' and grief of the victim's family and i the demands of the State and society I I at large. The matter of granting a ! pardon interested not only the community from which a criminal comes, and .where all the petitions from his pardon are signed, according to Judge Jones, but the State and the people elsewhere have an interest in it. There is an obligation to all the people in this matter, said the speaker, and the! governor declares that he acts only ; on the petitions for pardon. "What does he do with the counter petitions?" asked Judge Jones; "in the Bazin case, from your own county, he i receives a petition for pardon; when | ! the solicitor learns that such a peti- i : tion i& before your governor be wires ; j equesting that the matter he held in j abeyance until he can be heard from, j What does your governor do? Wire i j back to Mr. Wells that he may come on j j if he wants to, but that he had already j lin hie minH tn enrp/nt thp nnrrinn I j Governor Blease considered but one; side of th&t case." Everybody Signs ?Em. Judge Jones declared that anybody ! most would sign a petition, and that: ! nnrnnsp r?f snr>h a shrmlrl merely be to set in motion an investigation of the case. To the contrary, j he said, Governor Blease makes up his mind on one of the petitions without even hearing the other side at all. "They say that Blease is the friend of thie poor man," said Judge Jones; "that he protects the poor man. How does he do it? Here is a negro who burns the barn of Senator D. M. Crosson, of Lexington, a farmer, out in the country, away from police protection. iTh<* nesro is convicted and sentenced to serve twelve years in ths penitentiary; and yet, after five months in ! jail, Governor Blease turns him loose." There were some cheers for Blease at this point and Judge Jones remarked: "Oh, that is the pity of it all; that men can holler and applaud I crime in such a deplorable situation." Reference was made to the John j Black case, in which Blease had taken | a hand in pardoning a man convicted I by a jury before "an able and upright j I judge," using here the language employed by Judges Jones to deefnd iJudge Ernest Moore, who has been so | scathingly attacked by Governor I Blease during the present campaign. Again some one yelled: "Hurrah for Blease," and Judge Jones retorted: "And why not say hurrah for the grafters?" In speaking of pardons, Judge Jones ! declared that if he were elected govI ernor, those who wanted pardons would have to pay big fees to lawyers to get tnese pardons ior tnem; out that a petition, even though it he signed by just one man, "would cause him at once to start an investigation of the case, and if justice to all con corned and mercy demanded it he would grant that pardon, regardless | of the length of a petition. Mease s tree rass Kecord. Again referring to the matter of free passes, Judge Jones said that Governor Blease not only voted to the effect that free passes should be allowed to continue, but that he voted | against making public the names of i men who were recipients of free passes. "What's the use of laws and courts," asked Judge Jones, in concluding, "if the governor with a loose idea of the pardoning power turns criminals loose upon the State? But sit steady in the -mv f-rionlot r>1om/->r> -nacc VVUV| x* AV/41UVJ ivw and pull for the shore of safety and decency in public life in South Carolina." Amid mingled applause and hisses, Governor Blease began his address to the voters of Florence. Another carefully prepared statement was read by the governor, the substance of which was an attack upon Judge Jones in reference to the decisions rendered by the State unreme court affecting the timber lands purchased by the Atlantic Coast Lumber corporation, of Georgetown, the manager of which, Mr. W. H. Andfew, has figured rather conspicuously in the present contest for the governorship. Governor Blease quoted from the Columbia State of Sunday, in the report of the Chesterfield meeting, to the effect that Judge Jones had stated that he wrote the opinion which forced the Atlantic Coast Lumber corporation to remove timber from the lands in question and that cousequently W. i H. Andrews was not a friend to Jones. Didn't Write Opinion. Judge Jones arose immediately and declared that he had not said he wrote the opinion, but had concurred :n it; that Mr. ?J. Marion KueK:3r, sunn:; with the court, Tudge Woods uping disqualified, had written the opinion. The full statement by the governor in tMis matter is ns follows: "In the speech delivered by ex-Cbief Justice Jones, at Chesterfi-.'d, he used the following language and is so Quoted by the Columbia Star.e. Van in no se.ise tied up with corporations. (Jan you say the same for Governor JileaseV One of his most ar-ient backers is W. H. Andrews, who is nominally lho?j{:h not really the head of the Atlantic Coast Lumber corporation. I wrote the decision, of the supreme court in a decision directing that this corporation should within a reasonable time remove standing timber it had bought rather than hold it indefinitely and thus deprive the landowner of the use of his land, and for that reason Mr. Andrews has no love for Jones.' "It is apparent from this statement that Mr. Jones, addressing an audience in an agricultural county interested in lumber, meant for the audience to understand that he was the writer of the opinion of the supreme court which first announced the reasonable time doctrine and which requires a lumber corporation who had purchased timber to remove their timber so purchased within a reasonable time or forfeit their right to the timber. Cites Supreme Court Record. "As a matter of fact, let us see what the records show. The first case on the subject was Flager vs. Atlantic Coast Lumber corporation, Vol. 89, South Carolina reports, page 328, in which the attorneys engaged were Messrs. W. F. Clayton and Henry Buck, for appellant, and Messrs. Willcox & Will J ? T7? T\~ .3 wa auu xiouiy rj. jl/o.vjs, iur resyuuuent The opinion was rendered July 18, 1911, by Prof. E. Marion Rucker, who was acting as associate justice in the place of Mr. Justice Woods, dismia.1ifi.Ari Afr. "ftnr.kpr was' ATmnin+W! to act in the place of Mr. Justice Woods, who was disqualified because I knew that he was a man of the people and not of the corporations, his record in the legislature being above criticism. "The opinion in that case is a rather long one and I will simply state what uie couciusiun reacueu was, iu vvmcii he laid down this rule: 'It is not neces sary to discuss the large number of | citations of counsel in their argu! ments. Suffice it to say that we are of opinion that both by the inherent reason of the thing as well as by author! itv. the rule is, that wherever it is [ apparent in a contract that the parties had in view some time for the commencement of the removal of the timber, which intent was not embodied in the terms of the contract, that the law will presume, and will enforce, that such commencement of the re moval of the timber shall be within a reasonable time from the date of the contract.' Another Case. 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