Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Blease Makes Tells of the Recent Election?At Accomplished in the Right Mam To My Fr|ends ami Supporters: A iluc sense of gratitude and thanks to you for your confidence and sup. port., at} well as a feeling of propriety upon mry part, Impels me to make to you a statement, as briefly as I eau. I with regard to the late primary elee-l MoHifor the United States Bonate. As. you know, two years ugo I tuade tlf?'"fight for reelcetion for governor without buying any financial means to maintain any organized management in my behalf in that campaign, and had to rely entirely upon the volun tary expression of the wilt of the peo ple In casting their votes ut the polls. 1 was opposed by the organized ef forts and the resources of the bank ers, manufacturers and corporations, tvlth .substituthilly the entire press of j the stale lined up against me with the determination to show neither fair ness nor justice, nor to abate a single i effort to misrepresent the true state ;f the campaign as it progressed, but on thu contrary to distort and vllllfy ino in every respect. With this combination of press and capital again U nie, I received 72,043 vnt : . r kr-' nf T.19r> over a man who ! ,ui hv-'ii . -n;d from his early en trance into public life with the Tlll munlto uvjvuuant, and who had been trained as the candidate in whom the senior senator from South Carolina und the press placed all of their hope of defeating me. This gentleman had been speaker of the house of repre sentatives, had been nn associate jus t ice upon the supreme bench, and had been chief justice up to the time he resigned for the purpose of carrying the standard of the trusts, capitalists, corporal ions, and the press, who had conspired with the determination at all events and under all circumstances to try tj perpetuate their control over the politics of South Carolina, and se lect bur stale officers. immediately after that election It was announced by the partisan and unicrupolous majority of the state executive committee that there were frauds and wilful Irregularities com ' mittetl in the election which was held under their own management and aus pices. I quietly then submitted to the indignities and injustice which were attempted to be perpetrated upon 1 me ,and the majority of the people of the state. There were cast In that election ' for ntato officers 140,757 votes. It was vehemently; asserted by the newspa pers and'by the"' niembera of that ex eeutlVe committee who were trying to nullify that primary election, that ? there were not that many qualified white democratic voters in the state'. .'The proceedings in the nature of a ..contest, which wore inaugurated by piY., opponents, under tbo advice .and ,y.usplc,os, of the M, partisan , executive i..jX^?imUteo, however, showed conclu* WySy? everi by. the one-sided and pari tlpnaV toxamtnatlbn made there, that Soch''charge yas without' foundation; /and th? contest resulted In a ridicu hiiiR force. 1 .There w?b evinced' in 'the present election the greatest Interest in any election held within the last twenty year*.or more, and yet the total num. ;bcv jt votes as vast for the office of United States senator, as reported by ray opponents In eontml of the count, was only 132,801?about 8,000 less than were cast in the election of 1012. Subjetf to Chi N?tice, We Wi A ton of Meal for a 1 ' A ton of 16 per cent seed. A ton of 10-2 For til A ton of 12-2 Fertiliz f.. : \.*t.ee<*W:. .. A ton of 12-1-1 Fertil Se.3d. A ton of 10-2-2 F^r til seed. Seed delivered at Fs Meal delivered at Fa Fertilizer delivered 8 GRAIN MAY BE A CROP NEXT YE?? Wheat and oats : the summer. A s?ri j;:?irn#y be very desirabl. " usually is. It pays to fertilizt ; ?whcri sown. . g| TRY OU >> i'mv; j i ?_?_!_ ' '?I ; ,'>' ~-'- - p ?fesoa Phosi J. R. VANDIVER, P 1 ; a Statement :cepts Defeat, but says It was Not rier. The iniquitous and unfair rules pass. <-d by the state democratic convention of last May, which was entirely in control of my adversaries, were In tended to disfranchise the uneducated but poor and honest white men who were supposed te lie, and I believe were, lu a very large extent, my friends and supporters. Those rules made it not only diffi cult and inconv?nient, but humili?t. hiK. for them to enroll their names upon the club lists to which they be longed. Vet there were enrolled upon the club lists of Die state 154,311 qual ified voters, as reported under the management of my opponents. Out of tba' number nt the last primary the returning boards f.>r the several coun ties, nearly al, of ..bom were under the absolute control of my opponents, .vhu did not permit or allow any rep resentative or adherents of mine to be appointed or l.'i cngnge In the con. itict of this election, returned only U2,Sul votes, being 21.510 voles les? than '.In* qualified voters enrolled and appearing upon the club lists. After such a campaign us we had, how Is the absence of the.ie votes to be ac counted for? In two years' time many young men became entitled to vote, and in my opinion did vole. I ask, how can these results be explained? . ortnlnly not by any action of my friends and supporters In counting the ? iles. Any fair minded person desiring to know the truth cannot fall to recog nize that there is something wrong. Kxainlnc the votes of Charleston. Co. tumble rnd other towns, and it Is ev ident who controlled and obtained tho votes of the blind tigers and the dis. pensary followers. With this vote I was taunted ihroughout the s'.ate by tho law :Ad order gang, and yet when ti e count came who was seen to hure pocketed tho vote? The primary was Intended for tho free expression of tho white Demo cratic voters' wishes as to who should be their candidate. It wan intended to muke easy and afford facility for the free exproBidon of their will, and not Intended to clrcumsciibo their right, and certainly not substantially to de stroy it. These rules and the machin ery inaugurated under them and the effort given to them were intended to hamper and make inconvenient this expression of the will of the white Democrats, especially the very people that the party should have protected and (tided in the exercise of their manhood suffrage. I Was aware, at the beginning, of thiB*purpose and in> rentto.'l upon tht. part of my oppo. 1 d? t J. ' 1 forecasted it Upon all occa uunr-^-that the machinery of con. rtVtlng this election was taken out of your hands, my adherents, frlehde and 'supporters, and placed wholly within the hands of my adversaries and bit-i ter 'opponents. While I believe and even know, ad 'far ta one could know, that I would receive a majority of the ballots coat for the office for "which I was run.? nlng. ' I ' Insisted that, unless the vote which was caat was safeguarded and tho true returns made, and a proper count had, that I would not be1 de c'.ured the nominee. I implored my t'ricndn to see that I have had from all tuiiircea that toe much reltanc. inge Without UExchange: ton of Cotton seed. Acid for 1625 lbs of i^er for 1655 lbs or er for 1780 lbs of izer for 2250 lbs of izer for 2650 lbs of urmers Oil Mill, rmera Oil Mill, it Fert^ker Mill. BETTER MONEY I THAN COTTON are money crops in lrner money crop e- next summer. It e wheat and oats R 12-1-1 ibate & Oil Co. resident and Treas. -..ni I I need upon perf^'i? ui> adversa ries. I felt no appreheslon from any of tl;c attacks made by (lie two men who came into the race ami made their entire campaign one of abuse. Their position was peculiar. They declared that Senator Smith was not entitled to be re-elected to the office ol senator! that his claim for re-election, in the light of his ac tions in the t>< nate, did not entitle him to succeed himself, and that his pre teilKionH were without foundation. A: the same t.me, Ii I was unfit, and Sen ator Smith was not fit, whom then should the people elect out of the four that were running?* These two': It necessarily followed that one of diese two should be elected, If they I were right. Con hi (he people in one breath de clare that Smith wuh not entitled by anv action or service that he bad f"n. d*. red to the people to he again lheir renntet, and yet vote for hini? Xo, tlu?y hid no confidence in these two men, and the result of the vote showed it. I did not recognize them as candi dates, or worthy of notice as such. It w^-. u <|iiestiou entirely between my self ami Senator Smith, and three weeks before the election who can say. after knowing the reault of the meetings which we hnd in all parts of (he slate that I would not heat him In the race by what I then claimed- -by S.ooo to 11,000 majority? I do not shut my eyes to the fact, ::or do I care to pass It over without acknowledging it as a fact, that (he ytiuiation whlclt was stirred un by the hankers and the manufacturers In the name of the cotton planters of this state, was selzedfsupon by Senator Smith and hl3 friends to persuade the farmers of the necessity of his elec tion to the United States senate, to aid them in certain pretended anticipated actions that the administration of President Wilson would take in their behalf, and that tbe failure to elect hini would be met with Berlous resent ment by the administration, and harm and injurj would result to the farm ers. Then ,too, It waa argued that those who were greedy for office would fail of obtaining appointment and enjoy ing the spoils which un administration c A'd give and confer upon those who would cast their ">tes and use their influence In behali of candidates who had obtained by servile actions and ready obedience the good will of the departments of the federal govern men. I have no censure for the farmers of this slate. I simply say they have been deluded and betrayed, and it will not bo long before tbey recognize the tact and feel that they should have stood by mo In this election and re sented thii attempt to deceive them. Dut even with this change I still un. (ioubtodly would- have been elected had an honest count . been made throughout -the -state* and an honest election "held in* two- of- the -lar'geht cities Qf the state,, K ' As'I 'have said; 1 feared nothing from the misrepresentations ' of the two would-be candidates. I paid : very dittle nitentioh' t?- what,they:-Baid:;Tho record had been made .up, and. ,waq accessible to*'ill.''Their' principal ' cry was raised .aga^st (he .power vested in the governor uy the'constitution cf the state to see thai the laws arc executed In meroy. . Exercising this onerous bet moat obligatory duty, I have exercised mercy. I have endeav ored to see that the laws of the state ttQo not heartlessly . and cruelly en t'orccd, and I have followed, as any one who har the slightest knowledge upon the subject knows, the same principles now prevalent in most all of our states, which have abrogated the cruel and barbaric treatment of prisoners. And yet a candidate for the United States senate, obeying the du ties of his office, exercising the man dates of humanity, has been "ex posed" for the first time. I believe, for the exercise of a generous, heart 'did a merciful nature, to criticism oui and uniust. ( do not recall at - "isent any other instance except thai of th? Roman governor, who found no fault In Him bf Divine Nature, and''yet was com pelled, by the clamors of the cruel and unmerciful, to pasa a sentence which from , that day to th'\ has been con demned In all Chris- an lands. But, if I mistake not.nnn" has been so vile as j to charge the ex< utlve In. the exer cise of this mer"<:'ul attribute, with whiqh the const v.tlon clothes him, with having be- - Influenced by cor rupt purpose o ilegal gain. If I am mistaken, let ; 'o now demand that such wretch tow make known his charge in sv-'t certain and. specific way as, who- ( shall call for judicial Investigation against him, that he may not by cpwrdly evasion attempt' to escape the \ an iah ment which he just ly dcB?rver. There was another matter which was ding-donged into the ears of the people, and which the public may now witii calmness look at In its true light. The misrepresentations of me In this matter were vile, but York >county, the home of the subject of this Hscusalon. sbnwe?! by her vote how she estimated the dirty charges made against, me. 1 received in that County ?.M4 votes: Jennings received 59; Pollock received 21 and Smith received 1905. As to the .men making these charter " the estimate in which the people of his own county held him, and the estimate which they put upon tue truthfulness of his charges, what ever they were, is seen by tho voto .which I received in hlB county,, which was as follows: Chesterfield County? Mease. 1,336; Jennings, 28; Pollock, 413; Smith, 1.329. ' The election ha3 been declared. As -the executive committee counted it, Senator Smith received 72,286, I re. celved f>6,9l3. Jennings received 2.- ' 258. Pollock received 1,364. I shall not be insincere in saying that this has .been a fair count or a" true reault. I carefully considered bcfoia the meet ing of the executive committee the condition which . presented itself. I ! was unable without, adequate funds to -enjptoy attorneys and pay for wit nesses to conduct an extensive lnve3-' tlgatlon or a recount, under a protest MOORE'S Loose Leaf System Is the Correct Method of Keeping Ledger Accounts are fully equipped to handle your Rul ing, Binding and Blank Book Work with neat ness and dispatch. PRINTING BINDING ?ltr Antoram Jntdligenrir JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT TELEPHONE 693-L NEW WATSON-VANDIVER BUILDING A TRIAL ORDER THAT'S ALL RULING BLANK BOOKS in h?b way. before a committee ai ready pledged to defeat me. I felt then, as I feel now, that the atrlfe of the campaign, should and, that it was my duty to lend my efforts to that rcsi/lt. It Is better for me to be defeated than for my people to un dergo months of factional fight, crim ination and recrimination, and an ex oense or the manner tn which these ballot boxes have been handled. I ac quiesce In the election, Ishall vote for Senator Smith Hut I now assart that it ia manifest that the primary sys tem as conducted in 1912 and in 191-1 by the peopo who have been in "barge of its management cannot survive? that it cannot rurvrve unless1 tho^e iniquitous, unjust and unfair rules shall be repealed, unless those whom they approbriously call the' "lower order" In our stale he cncourag.'d to vote In the primai y instead of being deterred; unless they be fairly treat ed, and honest men be found to con duct the counting or tho ballots cast at the polls, and honest men to see that such an hnest count is. properly tabulated by the state executive com mittee. I deem It a pride that I have always maintained that the primai j system is the one that we siiouin uphold and keep. I have never and will not now raise my hand or voice to defeat its present results.. Rut I warn the . peo ple of South Carolina that the'patience of the true majority of the manhood of South Carolina will very little longer stand the treatment which they havo received. To you, ray friends, I have said that my political ambition was gratified four years ago I ha.e never had any special desire of any further advance ment in political life, except to serve those whose opinions, whose rights and interests I represent, and by whom I h^vc stood ' through storm and sunshine. They say that TJIeasc Ism la dead. Blease Is defeated for' the office that he ran, for, In tho manner ahove described, but Ulcaselsm is not dead. ' "?' What U':Bleaseltm? Every message that I riajve sent to 'the legislatures since -I have '-been" governor, which bodies were under tho control 'of my opyononts, has beer, in the Interest and for the betterment of the poorer classes of our people, and the adjust ment upan_equity and fairness of the rights b?lv*\?t5i jtpdm and: Uiolr richer and more, fortunate fellow,s... i;havr is fervernor maintained the rights of the poor man to an equality with those of th? Hcii man, In tne ex ercise of all the d u.es and obi '.g? tions in the life of the citizen. I ha\ " worked and struggled that the poor white man'of South Carolina shall have the . rame voice in government as thb rich man; as the banker, the capitalist, the president of the mill, and the railroad officers; that when it comes to voting for office, that the section man and railroad operative, who toils, day by day for the support of his family, shall have the same right to vote for " whomsoever he pleases as the prc&'ldent ot tue roan, who rides in Mb private car, sur rounded by I his subordinates obeying his beck and call; that the cierK in the banking house, when he goes to the polls to cast bis vote, snail be as uninfluenced in his choice as to who shall govern him, as the president of the bank who touches1 his bells and rings into, bis piw.-ience the out-door messenger,, or.int-door clerk; and that the mill operatives- who toil by day und by night shall have proper pro tection against< the. undue influence of officers and .Owners of mills1. Now, what has ahti-Blea&eism been? Look at the records of the legisla tures. Did. they Initiate any laws for the poor man? Has anything been passed which can be otherwise known than a& oppression of the masses and the protection of the rich and of cap itl? Have they seen that the crrpora tions of tills state /have -fulfilled even I the statutory requirements in their conduct towards the public? Have they seen that freight rates and pas senger rates and freight accommoda tions and passenger accommodations have been, carried'.out? ! I know or no*AsVbh * laws. Anti Hleaselem Is i honore nothing but thepetnation of the rule of the cor porations and the rich .over the poor; the denial..of salutary laws for the ?ealth, safety and protection of those, who cannot protect themselves. It is the indignation of the press against any interference \vith their opinions or with their recommendations -of candidates for office, or their coritrol of the creature whom..they havo Help ed put in, office. - , These are thel.forcea I.have.-fought. These are. tho forces. I will continue to fight, whether I bear the standard of the people that T r?present, or whether I -stand as1 an humble helper in advancing, their, cause. The - truth of this situation. . like all. other truths, will at last prevail. As for my future, I. shall endeavor* like those whom I have, loved, whom I have fought for, whom I have represented, to make a Iving.out of my profession, or aa best I can. But. r\vbatover be my fortune, say, to. you, my .v;ends and supporters, I thank you for the. favor you baye,, ahovrn; rn,e;,J thank Advertise In encer T?e Best Advertising Medium in Upper Carolina The Following is One of the Many Testimonials Received From Advertisers in The Intelligencer : Anderson Real Estate and Investment Company ; CAPITAL STOCK $50,000.00 ; ;iru ; ? Real Estate, Stock, Renting ~ . Anderson,. S.. C.f August 27, 1914. Advertising Manager, ..." ; ^Anderson Intelligencer, 7" ' -v ni l . Anderson, S. C. i?)<i , . Dear Sir > . . .. . ?. . ' I think it is only right that I tell you of. two incidents thatliaye, occurred recently "by our' advertising in your paper. "Yes-' terday a mar-;walked into the office and said "that he wanted to', lo?k at the Ch?u\bl?;e farm tli?i. w? w?r? ctitthig up. West of.tho city, ? showed ?t M hini;'?'rid sold Him'One of them', before I got back lo Oi? office! 1 asked him where he sawvthe advertisement and he said in The Intetlig?ncef. '; , '; ;- ' iReeet?ily we had an inquiry f roh) Columbia .about .a^farmV and wheW'the nian cam? 'up we sold him the place- He also said-1 lie ' s.aw'?hei. adyertrseipc.nt ' iti 'Th?' Intelligencer. " ' :.["',,. Yours very'truly, , , ,:i : L. S, HORTON, !': : .:' r -?.. x ., ; First Vice President. nt MORAL: PAYS TO ADVERTISE 99 you for the 'encouragement you' have; ? given} mc*?add^^ wil1]-. always consider that I ani ever ready | ' to donate whatever Is in my powe^j 6f effort ot-'of speech to stand bj> -you* to the end.;.., , : - ; , .:. Very respectfully,' GOLE1 Iii BfLBASB. Columbia, Sept. 7, 1D14. GOING TO GET MARRIED ? s Let Ub Design Your Engagement Cards and Wedding Invitations. Could You? Use a. lilUo extra money to goad advantage jait now' ' Haven't you something to aefl? Do you own something you no longer use, but w?iich it ctfered at a bargain price would atf? peal at once to some one who does need it? r ' ' ? r. .'-s r* ' An INTE?LUGENCER Want Ad will turn the trick. PHONE 321 mm I H : Vtk T (tj % m UUlUIMici ' ' Mine Option ^WESTERN Mining Engineer, with . ' JT\^ 'JlTX Option on a valuable mine was about to close the dea?t when, at the last minute, the Western capitalists with drew their support. With a few hours left in which/to find the money? he got New York on the Bell Long Distance Tele phone, talked with a hanking /house and outlined the proposition, .which they agreed to finance, A personal interview by the Bell Long Distance Telephon? often doses a trade or saves a situation. ?: Whm you telephone?smite SOSITHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY r . 1" '