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Mr. Rickard* waa the
Rcrorlt# caadidatc for railroad cob*
BlMloner, If oac U to Jaded bjr
tka amoant of appla
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thalr rlskt to p speedy trial.
B. B. Eraas was Uto only candi
date for attorney general present.
OhalrnaD Howell reed a telegram
Bon Attorney General Lyon had
Ifr. 'Peeples, stating they had
missed the train ibis morning. Mr.
Carle sent a letter explaining his
inability to be present because of
boslnees at eoart.
Mr. Evans made some rather ar>
oomplimentary remarks about At
torney Oner el Lyon during his
apeech. and promised some more of
It at Beaufort Tuesday. He stated
that the reason Lyon was fighting
him so hard was ths>l If he were
alected he would show up the great
est grafter the State has ever
known. If-elected attorney general
he would not pey big fees to out
' of State lawyers, but would handle
the litigation for the State him
self.
Referring to the pardon of John
Black, the speaker said It was a
noble thin* for Oev. Bleaae to do
to pardon him, and the-t he would
have done the same thing himself If
he had been governor. He thought
the convection of Black was a com*
promise verdict, which he believed
would be found to have an element
of spite In It. "My other two op
ponents, Earle and Peeples/' sc-ld
the speaker, "are honorable gen
tlemen, but 1 cannot sr-y the same
thing of Lyon. He is not an hon
est man nor a gentleman. He has
said that I cannot read the truth
out of the Bible, but I will retd
some of the truth out of Lyon's
''Bible at Beaufort next Tuesday."
v A number of times the speaker
was jrcerrupted by cries of “Hur-
mm
rah fbr Lyon!'', and It was evi
dent that the crowd was not In
sympathy with him, though he did
get a few cheers at the conclus
ion of hls'^eech.
PV»r Governor.
1 (The first speaker for governor
was Judge Ira B. Jones. He re
ferred In beglnnlr* to hta parent's
.having come from Colleton county
and having moved to Kershaw conn
ty.bHe wished the people of Colle
ton well.
. In enterir* the race he did so
not from ulterior motives, but be
cause ht^, felt ho hud a mission to
perform. He believed his record
as chairman of the Ways and Me.-.ns
committee for five years, and as
speaker of the? House for five years
and as s member of the Supreme
court for thirteen years, was one
which would enr.hle him to serve
the people well.
He accused the present governor
of being “penny wise and pound
foolish". This was exemplified oy
the revocation of the commissions
of notaries public which fees
come from the pockets of the peo
ple. If the governor wished to
remove a few negro notaries, re
voke their commissions and not of
all the notaries.
The claim that money had been
saved from the fund for enforcemen
of law was absurd. Thla is the
wrong place to save money, spend
It all and get more. If noceasary.
hot enforce law by all mesas.
The aa-vlng of a few hundred dol
lars by veto|r« the bill providing fcf
free antitoxin for dlpthsrl* would
cripple the work of the State board
of health, sad cause spread of
contagious diseases.
The governor said he would ap
prove a hill appropriating 9900.0A0
to rebuild the State house not
grudgingly or unwillingly, but "with
pleasure." Here Is a man who
would save pennlei. and sp*r<!
pounds. "If the legislature were
to sene] me a bill like that T
would veto It as soon as 1 could
get my pen to the paper, not wish
ing to saddle you with a bonded
debt," said Judge Jones.
Hfeaae a Vserjier.
Governor Blease has usurped pow
er In South Carolina. We have
three departments of State gov
ern mere and the govqfbor bed no
right to brand the legislative de
partment, a co-ordinate branch as
a set of cowardly Hart He hr*
attempted to usurp the power of
the Supreme court and It was Gov.
Blett* who had precipitated the
conflict between the court and the
Governor. The Horry court was
not hejd because Oov. Blesse s re
fusal to appoint a special Judge.
He had telegraphed Judge Memmltv
per to know If ha were disengaged
and had a reply that under orders
of hla physician he was not' k able
• to hoM court Governor Blease re
fused to commission a apodal
and pa eoart was held at Hor
Rofomag to Blaaao’a chart* thft
bo wan a cvrporattos candidal*.
Judge Jono* aoaortod that ha was
no maa'a Candida to, that ha had
made no .promises, was bond. by
ao pledges, wore no maa'a collar,
and was unbuyeble. He had sever
been a corporation attorney nor n
railroad attorney. Bat who is the
corporation candidate for governor.
One of Oov. Blouse's, chief lieuten
ants la W. H. Andrews, superinten
dent of the Atlantic Coaat Lumber
Corporation, and he had told Presi
dent Finley of the Southern railway
that If ho were elected the Southern
would have a friend in the Govern
or's mansion. B. L. Abney, chief
counsel of the Southern railway fa
a cousin of Governor Biease, and
he lives c4 the Governor’s mansion.
When he was representative Gov.
Bleaae held a pass over the Colum
bia Newberry r-nd Laurens railroad
When he wants a private secretary,
he goes not to some farmers home,
nor to the home of a merchant, ha
gets one from a railroad office.
Governor Bleaae had opposed Wllao
for President and favored Harmon,
who was conceded to represent the
moneyed Interests. ' • „
Iknattor to Hampton.
'Governor Bleaae had voted for
Gen. Hampton on the first ballot
then switched to Irby for the-Unit
ed States Senate, and now he wishes
to pose ‘as the friend of Hampton.
htgpaet pettttoas fct hag ever seen,
nag it was algneg by soma of the
hoot psoplo la the county, nag wm
prgoantod by the Senator and Rep-
His vote was equivalent to a be
trayal of Hampton and of Irby. He
had voted against reducing passen
ger rates, had Introduced a bill to
pension Wm. Rose, a negro.
Hm Pardon of John Black.
Referring' to the pardon of John
Black, Judge Jones said: “The
friends of John Black owe nothing
to Goverror Bleaae for having par
doned him; for he has done as
mnch aa anyone else to fix the seal
of condemnation on John Black, and
to blast hla reputation. He has said
that he would not have pardoned
him had the other defendants been
convicted. He thus by imputation
makes John Black out gnllty. If he
considered him Innocent why did he
not pc-rdon him a| first and not
Impose a fine, thus saying to* the
world that he believed John Black
guilty of the charge on which ' he
was convicted?"
Judge Jones referred to the par
don of Adams who killed Henry
Jnues in 14)03. ■•Tell" us what
you are going to do," said someone
in the audience. “I’ll be mighty
slow to pardon murderers, plckpock
ets, barnburners, and send them
back home into the rural communi
ties of the RJate where there is »>
protection." The spri-ker said a
governor had no* business to net
on a petition simply because it was
numerously signed. A petition
should not Control the Governor, b
should start ao investigation wi*h
& view to establishing the fads.
If elected, the speaker promised
to stand for law and order in South
Carolina, and would try to uphold
the dignity of the office. Judge
Jones closed with considerable Ap
plause.
Governor Bleaae flpeaha,
Governor Blease was the next
speaker. Ho hid the noisy part of
the crowd and they gave him
a noisy welcome. He began by
stating that his opponent shook
kls hoary locks but he would never
have the chance to be governor.
"I was invited to come to your
county fair. I did not com*.
r>'ver heiVd before*t>f a man’s being
mad because you would not come to
see him. What was the use for
me to come here and meet my op
ponent and then have some first
class man come out against me
for governor." This is the 6nly
statement ever made by the governo
as to his refusal to accept the in-
vittMor. to attend the fair last
fall and make the opening eddress.
which was to have been on a dlf
f<»rent day from that on which Judg
Jones was invited to speak. and
politics was tabooed. ’ “He’ll get
there Just the sr-me," said a
Jones man in the audler- e. "He’ll
get br<fk to I^ancaster. but he’ll nev
er get a chance to pardon you. old
fellow. When you are convicted for
stealing, you’ll have to stay it
out" replied the speaker.
No Apologiew to Make.
“I he-ve no apologies to make to
you. "Jonee* or to any other min
slrce I have beeo governor”, ' an
nounced the speaker in a defiant
tone. “1 pardoned John Blcck. and
I am glad I did it, and 1 am proud
er than ever I’ve been. His little
boy came up to me this morn|r*g .in
took my hand in his and v sE4d. ‘How
dye, Governor*. I hath rat hor haee
his thanks than that of the whole
Jones goaoratioi."
v* Rofoxriac to tht pardon of Adams
th# governor said he ha# oaa of the
mtUivoo la a body. If pooplo Jo
pot want criminals pardoned don’t
alga petitions. ,.;* *
V—* yw-wl m m
"Judge Jones sold 1 tried ta us
urp the power of the Supremo cour*
I didn't, 1 licked thorn to a finish,
and will do the same thing In Au
gust," was the wt.y the speaker an
swered the charge that he attempt
ed to exercise the power of the
Bttpreme court as well as that of
governor. He had Introduced a blj!
to pension the negro, Wm. Rose,
but did so by request. Judge Jones
bod voted for five years against
separate coaches for whites and ne
groes.
At Blshopville, the governor said
he bad mode a speech which for
ever eliminated Candidate Jones
from the'race for Governor. It
was he who wrote the decision of
the Supreme court in the Emlly^Tay
lor cose and in It he said that he
said that the railroads did not
have to appoint guardlons to take
care of passengers. In the timber
case the Jndg* had written the de
cision which stated that the corpor
ation did not have to remove tim
ber in a reasonable time.
Junps oa Newspapers.
So far no reference had been made
to newspapers, but ■<tho speaker
could^^not. let hla favorite morsel
pass, and 'lfe wound up with some
thing like thi:s "It ws-3 thought
that the people of the State, who
are opposed to me for governor, had
taken a man from somewhere be-
C*
tween heaven and earth, from some
pinnacle, to beat me, but the truth
of the matter la that he was brooch
out by a mix-breed, Cubai> Spaniard
and If he is elected Gonzales,
the editor of the Stc-te will furnish
the brains for the administration,
while he fills the office." Continu
ing he said: "A newspaper right
here in your county published one
of the biggest lies ever In print.
The article said I he-d > stopped on
my way to my Inauguration to treat
some friends at a blind tiger. 1
was too ill to stand up and had
td be supported by two men to get
to the ple-?e for the inaugural.
Hbel and send him to the go
toatlary and never garden him."
This was received by cheers far
Blease by hla supporter*, sad
laughter. During the above eol-
joqay there was considers tile cx-
ctementt, and mnch 'yelling hr
Governor Bieeee’s supporters, mingl
ed with some of "Harrah for
Smoak."
Just aa he was leaving^ the stand
someone In the audience railed out:
“Governor, 1 want to ask a favor
of you. Please pardon our de-
legatotn.” This Created quite a
general laugh, and relieved the
tenseness of the situation created
by the above £pat.
Presented with Flowers.
A bunch of hydrangeea was pre
sented the speaker at the conclusion
of his speech. They were from a
lady in the audience. Ir* accepting
them. Governor Blease srid, he
would use them to decorate Judge
Jones’ political grave in August-.
Jno. T. DusKraa Speaks.
‘ Johid T. Duncan was the last
speaker, and he spoke to a
rapidly diminishing crowd, bat
there are those who said he made
friends, and voters were hedrd to
say they intended to support him.
His address was alor-g the same
line* aa formerly. He thought be
was the logical candidate If the
statements of the other two candi
dates were to be believed. Jones
says Blease Is not fit to be gov
ernor, a-nd Blease saya the same
thing about Jones, so the correct
thing to do is to fall upon him as a
compromise, middle of the road
candidate.
The dispensary winding up com
mission, the newspapers, the candi
dates and others received the at
tention of the speaker/ but he was
heard by only a few, and we* in-
interrupted by several automobiles
leaving.
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they gay I wa* drunk. It was a Me
and the editor knew it wher> he
published It."
Editor Rmoak, of The Press and
Standard who occupied a seat on
the stand here arose, and said:
"The* is not true and you know
It 1 never published any such
thing. I have the article right her*
"No, you haven’t yon have changed
it,’* said the speaker. "No, 1
haven’t,” replied Mr. Smoak. "read
this.” He handed the speaker the
flipping who rend it, and said:
“I’ll prove |t a lie by his own paper
The flipping was read ar*d is r-s
follows: “But why notice the vapor
ings of a- Governor whose sympa
thies are with the liquor elemer/s
in and.out of the Sttate—a Governo
who la>reported to have stopped a*
a blind tiger and treated a coterie
of friends the morning he was
inauguarted as Chief Executive of
ficer of the sovereign State of
South. Carolina?"
f Mr. Smoak then advanced to the
froivt of the pfatform and demanded
that the Governor read the entire
editorial in a subsequent Issue of
The Press and Standard, which h*
did. This .editorial follows:
“In onr Issue of August 9, there
appeared,an editorial under the cap
tion: “Governor Can’t Fiod Prohi
bition". T'
TNiia editorial wa* reproduced in
the Newberry Observer, and rer.d
by a half-brother of Governor Bleas
Eugene B. Blease, Esq., of Newber
ry. who Immediately wrote us a
IsfQtthy- letter in which he enters in
to an account of the part Gov.
Blease played on the day he was
inaugurated Governor, stating that
he was with him all day. Govern
or Blease being very ill, a.nd that
he knew of his o».vu knowledge the
report that his brother “treated a
coterie of friends” at a blind tiger
the morning he was inaugurated, to
be false. -
We are glad to have the den'al
of the report had heard, which
came to the Editor of The Press
and Standard through a friend
shortly r.Jter the inaugural. We
have no desire to be unfair to
Governor Bleaae or unjust to hln
and we are glad to offer the state
ment of his brother ns a- correction
to the report we had hTard. W
would be pleased to publish Mr
Blease's letter In full, and It Is one
of the best we have seen, free from
any invective, courteous and po
lite. but he 1'equests that It be not
published."
After reeding this the tpeaker
said: "Yon know why he made the
correction f U ^pa because he was*
afraid I would «ue him tor criminal I
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