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Governor at Q Replies tc STRONGLY DENOUNCES THE GRACE CHARGES BOTH BLEASE ASD JONES WERE GIVEN OVATIONS. * ? aurnng Apptnis vi ujc icuuiuaic?? Tremendous Cheering But >'o Disorder. News and Courier, 6th. Ovations for both Judge Jones and fiovftrnnr "Rlpase: tremendous cheer ing but no disorder; the threat by Governor Blease that if Charleston voted for Judge Jones, he, Blease, would do his best to inflict upon this city a metropolitan police and government by injunction?these were some of the outstanding features of the State campaign meeting held yester day afternoon and last night at the Hibernian Hall. Other features no less important were the stirring appeal made by Judge Jones to his audience4 to pay no heed to accusations and arguments which he characterized as "pickayunish" and "absurd;" his effective answering one by one of the chares hroueht aeainst him bv. the governor in his Bishopville speech; his earnest plea to vthe voters of Charleston to vote for him and for good government; and the charge made by Governor Blease that Judge Jones voted to fasten the metropolitan police and government by injunction upon Charleston, the governor reading from the records to substantiate these charges. Denounces Accuser. * Beyond question the crisis of the meeting, the most exciting moment of it all came almost at the end, when \ Governor Blease, after discussing his relations with Mayor Grace and the charges made by the latter that graft ho fmm thp riisr>pn ssarv V\/UiU V* U-VV .A X* V?V r constables in Charleston practically up to the* governor's office, declared that any man who accused him of ever receiving a dishonest dollar was a "malicious character-thief and a cowardly liar." Mayor Grace was in the audience occupying a chair about five * -* -A 3 - ? ~ rows irom me stage anu on me tuui.ii Bide of the hall. Instantly hundreds of eyes turned to the place where he Bat. The mayor, however, made no reply, and, the meeting being at an end a few minutes later, he simply rose and left the hall with the rest of the crowd. . > This denunciation of any who acmiKPri 'him hroueht the most exciting moment of the meeting, but it was not the most significant or important of the statements made by Governor Blease. The statement that made the deepest impression upon his hearers was the threat with which he con? "T ?;il Va n-nror. ClUQeU HIS syctJUJU. 1 mm uc &<-" nor," he declared, "the last part of August, all of September, October, November, December and twenty-one days in January; and if you want government by injunction and metro""lin/i "ntn fft1? TrtriftC ST1/1 fflT punvc, xvi the rest of this year and the next two I will do my best to give it to you." Reads Letter From Grace. Another feature of Governor Blease's speech which excited keen interest ^ because it had to do with his relations with Mayor Grace was his reading of a letter from Mayor Grace, in which the latter asked fiim not to dismiss a local notary public who was a negro. Governor Blease read this letter amid rapt attention, and also read, the replj* which he had written to the mayor and in which he declined to retain the negro as a notary. He concluded this; phase1 of his speech with the statement that as long as he was governor no negro would hold a commission from him. This was the signal for an outburst of applause mingled with a few shouts from the audience warning him to be careful in what he said about Grace. The governor also received enthusiastic applause when in reply to a question he endorsed the races held here last winter and said in regard to holding another race meet here next year that he would advise Charleston * - * - - -1 ?1 J to go aneao. ana ao <ts tsne jjie?iseu about it. Big Hall Filled. It was a tremendous audience that faced the gubernatorial candidates when their turn came to speak. It was a large audience from the first when - " * % TT TT7 n at 5.15 o'ciock unairmau n. w. gunner called the meeting to order; but when the gubernatorial candidates addressed the audience the crowd that was present was decidedly too big for the Hibernian Hall. Every seat was taken and men were massed all along the sides of the hall and half way down the middle aisle. Excellent or h arleston > Mayor Grace ( ! tier was preserved. There was plenty ! of excitement, and there were some inI terruptions; but the candidates were all given respectful hearings and discourtesy was shown to none of them. Of the gubernatorial candidates John T. Duncan spoke first, Judge Jones second and Governor LSlease last. It is impossible to say with any ! degree of certainty whether a majority of those present favored Jones or ! Blease. The former received a splen'did ovation when he was introduced, [the cheering lasting longer than when J the governor arose to speak. On the other hand, there wras more cheering ^ during the course of Governor Blease's SDeech than when Judge Jones had i the floor, though the latter was cheered loud and long and often at many points. Both Speakers in Fine Form. Judge Jones's speech, the best that he has made since the campaign opened, was devoted largely to answering one by one the charges brought against him by Governor Blease at Bishopville. It was a good speech, -11 J ' ??3 am J 1 wen ucnvtrtxi <mu wn- j structed. The outstanding feature of Governor Blease's 6peech?which was also the best that he has yet made.? was the way in which he plunged at once into a discussion of the local situation as it affects himself?the sulfation, that is to say, which arose out of the split between Mayor jonn r. Grace, of 'Charleston, and himself. Many had supposed that Governor Blease would avoid touching upon the quarrel between Mayor Grace and himself and the charges that the mayor made that graft had been going "? ? irom tne dispensary uuiisiaui^s ueic practically up to the governor's office. The reverse proved to be the case, Governor Blease began his speech by stating- that he stuck by .3en Stothart because Stothart had stuck by him. He gave a detailed recital of just how Mayor Grace was made lieafe.ii.at colonel on the governor's staff, stating that this was done at the request of L. C. A. Roessler. Referring io the graft charges brought agains*. him in connection with the Charleston dispensary constabulary, he declared that any man who said he had ever received a dishonest dollar from any source was "a malicious character-thief and a cowardly liar." This came near the conclusion of his speech and of the meeting and was followed by consid- j erable applause. POLITICAL STORM IX BERKELEY. | ? Blease Captures tlie Crowd at Monck's | Corner?Slight Inclination to Engage in Fisticuffs. Moncks Corner, July 4.?The most extraordinary and stormiest political meeting that Berkeley county has seen in a decade or more was held here today when the candidates for State offices appeared before the voters and made their claims. In Berkeley as- j J ,t ! seniDiea a ruease truwu, emu uvui the long an(d loud demonstrations, it appeared that the majority of the Berkeley county votes in the August primary will be cast for the re-election of the present governor. Jones sentiment was strong, however, and there was applause and flowers for both the aspirants for the chief executive of fice. Young Ladies Enthusiastic. Three young ladies, Misses Onibel Duren, of Lancaster, and Marie Jones and Eliza Hyrne, of Moncks Corner, jumped up into the wagon where the candidates spoke just as Judge Jones was announced by Chairman W. f. j Russell, and over the head of the senior candidate waved one a red, one a | white and one a blue flag, each bear- j ing the name of Ira B. Jones; ap- j plause and more applause rent the j air. Governor Blease was lifted to the 1 shoulders of several big men after the ! last speaker had concluded, and was ! carried back to the wagon with shouts for another speech; two voters in the crowd became enraged and began to fight; factions were warmly aligned and pandemonium reigned as the heated meeting came to a close. The "Glorious Jb'ourrn' 01 iyiz win long be remembered by the voters of Berkeley county. Outdoor Meeting. The meeting was held on the lawn in front of the county court house, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. R. tr* nihcnn tViq r>rr?wd first assembled in the court room, but, when it increased, adjournment was had to the open. Rain soon began to fail, and the voters again packed inside. Later the sun began to shine and a second demand was made for open-air speak- j ing. The candidates for the governorship, around whom interest of the i ' r I | day hinged, were heard out of doors. |:he speakers standing in a wagon in j :he audience, and many young ladies | wore red and white and bine ribbon ! bearing the name of Ira B. Jones. Several carried flags similarly label led. Blease Loudly Applauded. Governor Blease was the first speaker in the gubernatorial contest. He ! was cheered often and at times his i cunrvniitor/, Viononio cr\ ovnhprant tVlijt IOUp|A/l WW Vrt M.A4V VA4U.V ^he governor had to ask them to allow him to talk. There was much good humor in the crowd, though there was also slight evidence of whiskey. When Governor Blease took his seat he was loudly applauded and was presented with a bouquet of flowers. "Picking the Winner." While Judge Jones was speaking the young ladies, who had "picked him as the winner," stood waving their flags and flowers, which they later nroc^rtfp^ tn thp Rnpakpr. flnvprnnr Blease saw the evidences of zeal, and in his speech he 6aid: "I want to say to those young ladies with the ban- | ners and flowers that I won't be as | impolite to them as Judge Jones was j to the young ladies who cheered me j at Georgetown, who wore Blease j badges, when he> referred to their being tagged as fertilizer sacks. You aro nrpftv eirls and T admire vnur spirit of standing by your candidate, but you will make beautiful pallbearers at his political funeral on August 27." At this there were loud cheers. In his speech later Judge Jones stated that he had not at Georgetown referred to young ladies wearing Blease badges, for he never saw any but men I wearing them, but he had made use \ of the figure in which he said the J tJiease men were tagged. Blease Hoisted by Admirers. The young ladies who jumped into ! the speaker's wagon and waved their | banners over the head of Judge Jones j sat on the wagon seat until the can- j didate had concluded his speech. When i he had finished they again cheered., j waved their flags over his head and presented him with flowers. When Judge Jones had completed : his speech Governor Blease, who was : in the crowd of listeners, was picked up by a bunch of big men and carried i on their shoulders to the rear of the j wagon and thrust upon the stump again, and there were calls for another speech. The governor held up his hands and when quiet prevailed he stated that he would not talk any fur- I ther; that the candidates had adopted a rule against replies, and that he did not care to break ever now, for if he did there would be no end of the busi- j ness of replies. There were cheers | again and efforts to "shoulder" the j governor away from the stand, but : smilingly the governor begged to be relieved of such rough demonstration i of affection. rnT TFTftV ^FFFTIATft THT.T I \ Evans Opens Up Batteries on Attor- j ney General?Blease Denounces Editor Smoak. Walterboro, July 6.?A vigorous attack by Mr. Barnard B. Evans upon Attorney General Lyon, who was not | present, was pernaps tne only teature of the drowsiest, least interesting! meeting of the State campaign. A ' mildly exciting incident was Governor i Blease's bitter denounciation of the j Walterboro Press and Standard and its editor, Mr. W. W. Smoak. But the meeting was dull and listless; the, candidates, most of tiem, were unin- | teresting and unable to inspire their j hearers. Even Governor Blease, whose ability to "whoop 'em up" is recognized, had a hard task arousing his hearers. An Anti-Climax Day. Such a climax was reached in loof i rrV? f f V* of frv^ov /%xrnrr_ . 1^:0 tv/ii iaoi iiiguu uiai ivuaj jthing was flat?the fiz was all gone, j There wasn't energy enough display-1 ed to attempt to howl anybody down, j nor to whoop anybody up. An occa- : sional hurrah and some reasonably lively cheers when Governor Blease [talked about lynching and niggers and ! assailed Editor Smoak were about all | that could be stirred up. Evans lurries Lyon. Messrs. Lyon and P3>/>.es missed their trains in Charleston t-iis morning and so wired the comity chairman. Mr. Barnard B. Evans, rhe only candidate for attorney general present, opened up his batteries, some ol* which have been silent for some time I past, and trained them on Attorney General Lyon. He stated today that he doesn't believe Mr. Lyon to be a gentleman nor does he think him honest. Mr. Evans promises some more hot shot at Beaufort Tuesday. Blease's Attack on Smoak. Governor Blease denounced as a dirty lie the published report in the Press and Standard last year that on * his way to he inaugurated he had stopped at a blind tiger and treated some friends. Mr. Smoak was on the I stand a;ul produced the clipping i which contained a correction of ihe i report. It was thought by some that I there might be trouble, hut the interj change of words was all. Crowd of About Six Hundred. County Chairman Madison P. Howell presided over the meeting, which was held in a grove near the business portion* of the city. A patient crowd - ? * "- - 1 J o jstood i.nrougnoui uie i?o uuuis aiiu a j half o): speaking; that is, the portion of the crowd which did not succeed in crowding upon the small improvised staiid. About six or seven hundred composed the assemblage. I ! MAYOR MAKES WABM BEPLY. Grace Gives Out Statement Answering Blease's Attack. News and Courier. "Of course it was anticipated by me that Governor Blease would be compelled at the Charleston meeting to itake notice of and, if he could, answer the charges which I have so publicly made against him," said Mayor Grace last night, in a statement replying to the attack made upon him by the governor in his speech at the State campaign meeting nem Friday evening at the Hibernian Hall. The Mayor's Statement "Of course it was anticipated by i me that Governor Blease would be compelled at the Charleston meeting to take notice of, and, if he could, answer the charges which I have 60 publicly made against him. There j was no escape from this necessity, j The only matter over which I had any j doubts was whether or not I should j attend the meeting, and with my own I ears hear what he had to say. My ; ?j- .Lr?n? :? 1,. ! inerius piacucauy uiiiuiiiijuuaij' au- i vised me against it. As it happened, I i was on the Isle of Palms at the State i Bankers' convention, and had I cared I to lend plausibility to my absence I ' could readily have evaded it. But I : determined, that come what might, it ! was my duty to go to the meeting, j As a Democrat, I have never missed | any of these meetings, and the only j thing that could have kept me away j u-nniH hsvp hppn. whatever others ! might have thought of it, cowardice on my part "Having made rp my mind, there- j fore, to go the next thing which both- j ered me was what attitude I 6hould j assume toward Governor Blease, how-1 soever personal and bitter he might1 become. As I had deliberately gone to tne meeting 1 was equanj na ur- i liberate about what my course should \ be. I remembered that 1/ was mayor I of Charleston; that the hall was pack-1 ed with men who, at the slightest threat of personal injury, would ; spring to my side through a devotion j that is unexcelled anywhere. The po- j lice force, while composed largely of men loyal to me, I would have myself required to do its duty, and under the : orders of the chairman I, and eVen my j most devoted friends, might have been summarily removed from the hall, to which extremity I would have bowed in obedience to law. With these mere outlines of a riotous situation flooding my mind there was but one view for me to take?to swallow anything. I did it with complacency, and i think ' the. public, from wnat 1 near, approves of my course. Tlie Beer Incident. "Moreover, what did it matter what j Blease said?- Did he not in the very speech in which he so violently by in-; direction, denounced me, also give ut- j terance to the rankest indecencies and \ anarchy? Think of a governor replying as to how he stood on the beer question by shouting that if his ques-! tioner (in violation of the law) would bring him up to the stage a drink of beer he would be better able to answer the question. Of course, it was grilling for me to have to sit and lis- j ten. to Blease's lies. The idea of his making it appear that the beginning of our troubles was when he refused to aDnoint a negro notary public, whose appointment, by the way, I had asked only as a favor to gentlemen in Charleston who were not then, nor have ever been, my political friends. | Are Messrs Nathans and Sinkler also negro lovers? And 4o they believe in jsocial equality? Certainly not. it is ; almost sickening to nave to answer :such tommy-rot. The Dispensary Constables. "There was but one cause* and that was (as I said in a published article recently,) Blease had broken his public promise and his private word. I expected him to be governor of South Carolina and when he was elected I was happy. Any intimation it I -ii- -i. r ?i.. *1 Dy mm mai i wisueu io usuip uiuae functions is more than absurd. In the presence of many others he asked me I if I would name a man for chief constable, and in their presence I denounced the. whole proposition, and said that I would hold him to his (word not to appoint any, as I knew / | __ The 0ndim 1 M MOtO This is Your Machine! ^ JJAS been steadily piuvtllg lis su- ?^3j premacy as the tourist Jv | and business vehicle, *S| For endurance, reli- c ability, hill climbing, speed, economy and r i .1 i i* i ease or control, tne Indian J than all other motorcycles c Free Engine Clutch all 191,2 models wit} 4 H. P. Single Cylinder, $200. Ask for a Free I 1 L T. TIMMEF Phone 119 Newberry and had told him in writing, that they would be grafters. They have since demonstrated it. What more proof does he need? "Talk about facing Stothart! Wit ness after witness under oath faced I Stothart, and then finally Stothart faced himsell, and looking himself and his own guilt, (and, I believe, Blease's mountainous guilt) in the eye, he refused to answer on the grounds that it might incriminate himself. Why didn't Blease read the constable letter?the letter of pro phetic warning which I wrote him, and in which I told him that he had broken his word, rather than switch off on the irrelative tangent of alleged social equality? Blease's Threat "Of course, his nasty threat about the metropolitan police is in keeping with the rest of his character, but it wov /1iermipHri2r Tf it mf>anS I 15 ULi liU T? WJ u*vv*MQ. -v ?- ? anything it means simply this: Up j to August 27, no matter what the people of Charleston do, the constables will stay here as graft agents. On August 28, if by their votes, the people of Charleston have resented his dirty administration, he will take it as a sufficient crisis in the history of the State to justify his resort to whatever extraordinary power he can stretch the laws to mean. The metro " * ' 1-J politan police Dili nas oeen repeaieu, but he refers to some vague, obsolete power whereunder a sort of martial law might be foisted upon us?a pow- ' er, of course, under our institutions necessarily lodging in our executive, if upon any, rare occasion a city held ! itself in open rebellion against State authority. "That such conditions in Charleston j could suddenly spring up uvci liigm j upon his defeat could only appeal to ; his diseased and lawless niiad, and were he even so disposed, he would find that the courts of South Carolina, for wuk.ii he professes such utter contempt, would stay his vengeful hand. 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