The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, July 23, 1918, Page THREE, Image 3
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PEEPLES J? E BIKES
CRITICS NICELY.
He Triks Out Like a Hun to the Coiumfrm
State?Please Will Hold His
Own Ojjnpaie-n Meetings.?'Thus He
? Ad^ress'e? ut Least Ten Times
Those Who Attend Regular Sittings
Wre~e the Others Only Slinir
" at !Hzn.?This Shows the IV"P'
"pie Arc \vith Him ami Agaiust
Thuggery,
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Columbia, Juiv IT.?The Blease ReJ
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form*ca?npa;gn and the regular campaign
have had their relative tests of
strengto during the past week, and
the statement :V.v former Governor j
Blease, published in the American!
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this morning, clears up the entire situation.
The fact is that at his owa :
meetings ?.Ir. Blease has been ad- j
*- *- " nn/v ? i Oft A naft !
dressing uecv?esn <uui t,' vv i^v-,
W pie, and when they know that he U :
going to make a speech they ccme.j
B When they are uncertain, they sim- i
|fcply determine that they are not go-j
WF The Columbia State this morningj
? had this to say of what it said was}
a true representative of the Reform ;
party in South Carolina, as a guide ;
to the Reform party in this campaign: j
"The 'State believes that W. j
Jasper Talbert, the oldest sur- I
vivor perhaps of the prominent j
Reformers who gave life to the j
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farmers' movement of the 90's, j
has the better right to speak for i
theiTi.''
Mr. iBlease made his "Pomaria
speech'' on July 28, 1917. He maae
"his much criticised speech at Filbert,
in York county, on August 2, 1917.
His Pickens speech was made on j
August 25, 1917. His speech at Carstrell
Institute was made on August,
8, 1917.
On August 30, 1917. Col. W. J. Tal- '
bert, of Parksville. who had read (
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xnese spvtCiies wiuie tut/ vv.^^u.v. |
correspondent , of the Charleston i
American, as follows: j
Parks ville, S. Aug. 30, 3917. j
f v "Hon. John K. Aull, Columbia, S. C.
"Dear 'Sir:,. [
"In answer to inquiries as to my j
candidacy for the U. S. senate in 1918 i
I desire to say that if not Provides- *
tially hindered I expect to make the |
Tace, standir ? always on the platform?
of the Reform Democratic party. I j
am standing where I stood in 1S5W.
"Yours truly,
"W. J. TAUBHRT."
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Charleston American is in possession
of other letters along sarr.e line from
Col. Talibert. which it. is not nece?-ary
to refer to af. this time. The whole
th:n?r. howevnr, s?nr>\v gors to show
what desperate str:r;s the Colombia.
State and the other anti-Reform
shoe's a re ?olru" to in their efforts to
defeat Mr. Urease.
At T.Vagner and at Little
?%"ounV',:". M \ 31ea e addressed t
leas* three thousand more people
thT: have attended the other
meetings combined. In Ms statement
published in the American this morning,
he said that from now on he intended
to run his own campaign. He
cqM mrinv that had no statement
whatever to -make, turther than this,
except. tba^ he was going up to Spartanburg
and the Piedmont section
Saturday.
With regard to the meeting at Florence
yesterday, Attorney -Genera!
Peeples today addressed the follow*
in<r letter to the editor of the State. (
Peeples' Letter.
To the editor of the State:
Columbia, S. C., July 17. 1913. j
I have read with a great deal of
interest the report by your correspondent,
of the meeting held at
Florence yesterday, in which it is
stated that I was denounced by the
crowd present as a "slacker"' and
"pro-German,'' crying "throw him
out." !
I desire to call to the attention of
the people of South Carolina that !
there is nowhere included in this report
any account of any expression :
which I gave utterance to other than 1
my position of refusing to be hung .]
on the coat tail of any man. 7
I am running on mv own merits, '
and if T am not worthy individually.
of the consideration of the voters, i
without running on the qualifications
of any other person, then I do not i
care for their support. v J i
As your editorial and the editorials i
of other papers have from time to
time indicated the attitude that de- ;
veloped at the meeting- yesterday, tne
people of South Carolina will realize J:
from the record which has been writ- J
ten that it was a very clear and
unique political move to embarrass
and defeat me. I am glad that T did
not step into the trap which had been .
set. |
Your editorial ana the editorials in
the other newpaper of the State, J
linp no doubt, are your '
OiVUQ 'tuio ?
prerogative knd the prerogative of
any politician who desires to use such
tactics to carry into effect his or your
> only risked i
>i waste lKH>d !
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Quipped laboratories. A fall
ill-time teachers. ;
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LiSON Registrar, * j
;ets Charleston, Sou. Carolina.
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purposes and ambition's. [ can only !
say that the whole matter is one in ,
hands of the people of South Car. j
o'ina. who ^rp. the judges as to fair-'
ness and equity. j
I accord to every* person and i~ i
e'*erv newspaper the right to thin!-: !
ard art as they pleas*. and I enter- 1
t-v"n ro malice nor bitterness against j
p-o 0f thorn for any charge which
founded in fh? lei^t unon j
f-"t. o- fn~ anv policv which thev I
'I
fO;'ndpr1 ?n the least unon fn^f or f'"v (
^nv poli-y which thpy may pursue. ;
This -besneaks niv attitude 2nd pub!:''; j
life n<= we'l as in privn^o desMrin-s, f->f !
T hel4eve that nftonlQ will hear me ]
ont Hiat my political carper been [
f-e?> from bit'erne?:?, nrrjndi^e and j
bfOiftl^iTPopts. and I stand on^n arid !
rhavft board On all matters affficHn~ j
fhe welfare of fh? people at la^^e. j
Xo one devest* factionalism nnd T>ra- j
in dice more than I do. and T have '
not erro-wn to a snffWont he'ffht in j
South Carolina to big eno'^h and j
broad enough to ask the p?onle of my j
state for an office, standing on mv
own -merits, then T ask them not to
consider my rand'dacv. I reserve to
myself just, as I grant to every one
e?se. my constitutional prerogative as
a citizen and a Democrat, to cast my
ballot for the p?rson T think best suited
in every way to fill the position he
may be seeking.
Your report of the meeting fails to
include anythinz that T said in my
speech, as humble' as it may have
been, as to the issues of the day. or
the issues involved in the campaign
for the office which T am seeking^ 1
prepared a written speech, but as
-oon as T entered the court house T
=;aw that to read a speech would be
-imply a waste of time, and in my re_
marks, as my memorv serves me. f j
used excerpts from that speech, anJ
in the bourse of my remarks T stated
that my loyalty to the scov^rnmenl
needed no defense and that before I
would sacrifice a scintilla of my loyalty
I would rather sro down into ignominious
defeat and retire into the
shadows of private life.
I recalled to my hearers tendering
my services ?n anv capacity to the
Hon. Woodrow Wilson on the day of i
the declaration of war and that thi<=
was followed by tmy every effort to geA,
into the service of the judge advocate
general's department, and that just j
the day before entering the race for j
governor I was called upon by &
committee renresenting the American
Bar association at Washington. D. C.
to s^ate whether I would enter tne
service without pa v. whioh I answered
in the afAmative, with the exception
of my actual living expenses, for
T had no other resources to draw
from, and that. T was further willing
serve anywhere that might he the
wfch rf the government to send me.
At that time I was in the race for
governor, and now I am in the race
for the Tnited States senate, but I
-tort thv willingness, upon the
reanest of the government, to give
"n a-nv uolitfcal amibition that I misrht
+0 serve the erovern<meiit in anv*
'Notwithstanding: these
c^qtPments. your correspondent fcas
*? ? . r*vt to the world a statment tha*
T 'iivp hp?n denounced fay an audip-.no
of South Carolinians as a
ci<v/*Vf?r j, T)-po-r!?r-^tan fr>r the solo
rpoc0n that I would not declare myc/iif
pr>rf sacrifice my nrercv?ative a3
a ^oter for the whim of noliticians.
t e-n+ertain no h^rd f??lir\j?s aeainst
r~i- oonoTiontF; or aerainst. aov one
*
who acted sanarelv in this -matter.
x want vou and the peonle of
Sont.h Carolina to realize that notn';fhstpr.flinef
th's nolit.ical situation,
vonr. a'itude and th? attitnd? of my
o^non^nts, the issues remain.
T o'ori touched on rifhop ma*t^rs that
your reporter failed to include. The
t nrenared for the occasion-1
submit to you with the request that
,vt"i nubli^h it. not as a news article.
^nt. an advertisement in your pain
this issue, and T tender yo'.i
the required fee for so doing.
On account ot the absence of my
assistant, "who is now in the campaign
T was called back to the office todav (
on official business ?nd will p+tend I
the meetings whenever mv official
'w;?~ do not conflict with the cam"!
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paign.
Tb^re ore IS counties that T have
Just been ovar a<? a candidate for governor.
apd x shall attemnt to meet the
n^"'o of 'SVmth C^roHna. fror/i ever-^
section. The sennto^fal nar'v will
^oon enter a lare^.section of the state
where T ha^e alreadv delivered ad- j
Aretes. It shall mv e*^rt *o meet |
ps flrqnv of rnv fellow-citizens as T j
can fa^e to face, hut at the same time j
I
I pot r>e rn^ied into a rcegieci .
of my official duties.
T^O > T * :c? tr PEF.PL53.
A Statement,
yho statement of Mr. Pee- (
pies follows: ,
Fanner withdrawn from the race
fr?r* sroveroor ana entered the race tor
?h-> ' ^pvnffed term of the late Senator
!>. R. Tillman. I have d^ne so
flYDL
I VEGEt
solely as a Democrat. Evidently mv
actions and determination have ere- >
a<ed consternation in the camps o?
opponents, for the various newspaper
editorials have been very inquisitive
as to my standing on questions
affecting factionalism rather than the
broad an'd patriotic views of a democratic
people. The narrowness of
such attitude is tending to 'belittle
fhe discretion of free thinkers and
tbe free action of a free people, and
T do not ask that a voter in South
Carolina j"rf2:e me 'by tb? standard of
any individual, but solely upon my
merits and qualifications to hold the
hieh and honorable position of Unitpd
States senator. My position in
this regard is clearlv stated in a statement
handed to the newspapers, re.
ported in the Columbia State and
other newspapers of Tuly 15, and is
ttS luiiuvva.
T was a candidate for governor and
j vis'ted about li> counties alons:
j w'th the gubernatorial campaign, with
. six other candidates aspiring to the
same office, and. so far as I was concerned.
my association with these
s^ntlemen was congenial and pleasant.
Such will b<? my policy in this
n^w camDaisrn which T have entered,
if T am allowed to pursue it. I wish
n-nrjoj-stood by the people of South
Carolina that mv purpose *n chang
1 " .
from the governor's race to thar.
for the unexpired term of Senator
Tillman was net malice or prejudice
against anyone, nor was it inspired
bv anv political clique, caucus or
o^h^rwise. b^t it was simply a determination
or my own volition, after
i
T had determined frr myself the
r>0'ir-P which T felt T ought to pursi?p
best suited to the state and tho
nation at that particular tmie. T can
ro reason for the sunoorters of
i nw of the remaining candidates for
go^einnr to sav an^hine asrainst my
action, in view of the circumstances
j upon whirh it was abased.
i A Plain Democrat
t
T rot runn*ner unon the merits
or demerits of any one individual. I
, am trusting mvself with the Democratic
voters of the state as a plain
Democrat who believes in honesty
and fair dealing between man and
man. As I have said before I do not
think it in keeping with the Drincij
pies or unity among men at this crucial
time, nor in keeping with respect
I for the citizenship of the state and
! nation, for the candidates, newspa- j
j pers and others to try to array class
I ae-Mnst class, faction agai^t faction i
! and man against man. We are all ,
i'nd?T-8roipjr the supreme te?t: we are j
together in one great common cause .
for humanity, for liberty and democ- j
racy.
I have been called unon bv tho
r??wsr>npers against me to say where
T stand. I care not for their demand,
but I wich to say to the peonle of;
Ponth Carolina that the charge? j
which have been brought against me j
are falce. ?rd I desire to quote from j
t*e Columbia State 'of September j
1917. in regard to what the Columbia j
State "hen thought of me: "The ad-j
.dre?? of Thomas H. Peeoles, retiring;
rresident of the National Association j
of Attorneys General, printed else- j
where, leases no shade of doubt of,
h'"s patriotic loyalty to the United ;
? - - il.
Spates amJ the cause or. me uun?u,
i
State1? in the war. His ringing word5 .
in the convention at Saratoga Springs
refieci; honcr on South Carolina.**
1 1
mmsaammmat
Nervous }
Should Profit by fci
of These Twc
Buffalo, X. Y?"I am the rnothe:
ruivlrt'inin vnars I suffered fruii]
f ny back and side, and a gei
sional attendance most of 11
et well. As a last resort
^nkliam's Vegetable Com
dvertised in the newspaper
marked improvement. I
now free from pain and
work."? Mrs. B. I>. Zn
Buffalo, X. Y.
Portland, Ind.?"I had
hnrllv from ih nf. timpf
jj&sfs I at all. I was all run den
Wt&T \ my t?usework, was
v?P|l V down at night. I took t
\ but they did not help n
?| \ Lydia E. Pinkham's V
^ H / \ it and now I am sti
' B my own work and
Compound the cr
Kimble, 935 West
very Sick Woman Should Tr
\ E. PINKI
\BLE COM
LYDIA E.PINKHAf1
Free-born American.
I am a free-born American, standi
ing in my own boots, without apology (
to the newspapers or any other set o? i
ring leaders, and any change or in- i
sinuaticn that I entered the race for \
the senate iby the direction of a political
caucus is wilfully and -n:a- j
liciouslv untrue. I am individually j
? V.1 /N rt A!T? wt Tr rliif QT*- !
ropifxisiuie, duwiu^i.i, i.Di ill* |
mination in this matter, and for it I j
have no regrets and no apologies to
make any man.
I will add that the attempted classiNation
by the newspapers is only indicative
of the result to follow in the
readjustment of economical, social
and political affairs after the war,
"nd go Ion? as a party is divided into
factions the result can only be a rec-T-t
to personal abuse, to which I
L and ilnlosc tho
t'HIlHOl ue n pal t,T, anu UU?V"'1
"'ofers rebuke such actions cf villification,
ring-rule and newspaper
o'l'-vsr^v. at the ballot box,- we can'"t
hone f~>r a united party in
Po"th Carolina. This is in 3T1<=wer to
av0 Tiou*?;naners that have called upon
me to he "frank" as to how I stand.
Oreater Problems Than Prejudice
There are greater problems confronting
the people of South CaroV'nn
and the nation than prejudice ani
politics, and the time is upon us to
act as statesmen rather than politicians.
The people are called upon to
elect men to their offices who are
capable of forgetting little things and
doing big things, who are conscious
of the fact that there is such a thing
as unity and brotherhood amcng "men.
5
and. as T have stated in the interview
avove referred to. crucial matters are
j upon us and each of us. individually
' pnd collectively, must act for the best
, interest of the nat.icn today and for
! t*p t'"nie to come. So far as my poi
priori with reference to the war and
my loyalty to mv government and our
president in this time is concerned,
j that needs no defense, r cannot s?t
i idly by and see our young manhood
proudly mar^binsr off in fhe srreat
army of freedom to do and to die for
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, the eternal right, that mankind be
. not crucified upon the cross of im
nori^Iism. without joining hand flr!d
i heart with th^se heroes and their
( loved ones, and so lone: as I am in a
position to ant. I will act for them
{ and for mv nation a* ^nv true Amerii
ran wo"ld do: and when T an elected
to the senate I oledeje to the people
| of South Carolina, to the nation and
to the president. mv continued coonor^tiop
in bringing to a final conclusion
victorv and success in' defense
r?f lihert.v,* democracy and justice.
These principles I will nn-t sacrifice
for anv man or set of men. and a
^on^rsrv effort on *he part of politician^
to drive me. into a declaration m ;
Veeoine: .with their prejudicial view.?. !
T most emphatically refrain from. T
am not the critic of any -man's loyalty .
onH if T ?hn*lld Hapm arv man d'S- !
iov*l a^d fqj{ to brin? Mm to the bar !
of justice. T would feel and 'beas jamiltv j
a15 he. T cannot; pacrifice the princJ- |
ple^ of loyalty t^ tT->e 'bitter use* and
nrpjudices of politicians and will not
b? a n^rtv ore wav or the other to
such rontemotible policies.
All Are loyal.
?ar as the issues of national af.
fo?rc5 ?>re roncemed. in the short, time j
to servn the r>p^oTe in the capacity of i
United *en3tor. for "^hich I am j
row asking. T r an not promise to brin^ (
abo:.?t material changes, "buf cn!v to j
co-operate with the national govern-'
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> vv omen
r of four children, and for
l a female trouble with pains
leral weakness. I had prolat
time but did not seem to
I decided to try Lydia E.
pound which I had seen
s, and in two weeks noticed
continued its use and am
able to do all my house:linska,
202 V.reiss Street,
a displacement and suffered
5 I could not be on my feet
vn and so weak I could not
nervous and could not lie
reatments from a physician
le. My Aunt recommended
egetable Compound. 1 tried
:ong and well again and do
I give Lydia E. Pinkham's
edit."?Mrs. Josephine 9 ,
Race Street, Portland, IncL
iAM'S I
POUND I
Q MEDICINE CO. LYNN, MASS*
mont anH thp Democratic party ia
every effort to reach, the goal for
which you and I are aspiring: There
may be, and doubtless are, vital isues
other than the issues of the war
which will not affect the welfare of
our people, and to them I pledge my
loyalty and s-pport .in co-operation
with he Democratic members of the
senate, and ij set forth every effort
to carry out the policies of my pre;
decessor. feeling that the vital issue*
ard needs of the day, so that when I
will*hav? ' >mpleted the unexpired
terra for which electei. the faithful
servant who has passed into the great
i beyond, if it were possible for him to
j speak on earth again, would say,
j "Well done, thy good and faithful
servant.''
Labor and Capital.
TVio^a or.o oliv^vs surh "matters 13
I 1 uvi g ai V/ u- *?
labor and cnoital confronting both
state and national affairs, which a
1 conservative thinker and statesman
should lend his efforts in dealing justly
with. I believe in supporting labor
in its l^sral ef^riv; and protecting capital
in its lawful investments, for they
go hand in hand and their intercourse
should be compatible.
! To set out in detail exactly what I
would advocate if elected, would ba
only a surmise, for I can only promise
to follow the princiDles of a true
Democrat, loyal to the cause and to
the people at large, both in the' af.fairs
of state and nation.
Having been reared on a farm and
today dependent to a great degree
upon its resources, I have naturally
borne the blunt of all things and have
held back in the clutches of opnrsssion,
and my efforts, whether in a
private or official capacity, will be
directed to their interest. In this reT
mor lC A Tlfo T OAT* -
I Aiiaj auu, to CL wvut v-x/**
flict between the state and national
laws with reference to he labor contract
laws and some effort should bo
made to reconcile the difference so as
to give the farmer a definite and le!
ral p^erstanflirg with reference to
the la<bor problems. , ; ?r
People to Jndsre.
The people of South Carolina hava
had the opportunity of judging my
qualifications and integrity. For tvrj
years I served as a member of 'the
; ho'^e of ^eorAcentatives from iParnwell
county and since then have been
three times elected attorney general.
My official conduct is an open book
to the voters, and if, in their opinion,
I have been faithful and impartial, I
then seek their further consideration
I for the honor and trust I am asking,
, and promise that in uny conduct, botn
personally and officially, I will ever
uphold the moral laws rf the people,
~ ~ onrl nrnmnfp thA
?13 WCll ?l.? I coj/vvi uuu y. v ?
laws of the land, and will set forth
every effort to bring credit and hono!
to he trust which you may place in
my keeping.
OQAI CONSUMERS MUST
W WINTER. SUPPIY NOW
^nrisiLinizrt must l>iiy fhgrr
Wbiier supper of Coal during
the Spring aid Summer for
storage iTEcDdiicrioj*. is to be
mrjSitn maintained at a
H m^-junc maximum aadifee
j coinrfjy emblzd.
j ioavoidaserkxK
I Coal shortage
+1its Winter^ !
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