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"BULL MOOSE" BEAR! SIDE LIGHTS ON Mcr Who Served as One of Last Campaign Tells W Feet"?An Int W I' (Bail Moose) Beard, writing under the * "Sin'oad", had the foilcwinp letter in The Anderson Intellipencer of Friday, and as it is trie tirs: expression from the McLai. in camp since the former Sena: >fs withdrawal :r>?m the governor's race, it will be read with interest: Editor .'he intelligencer: In giving this statement to the press :t my purpose to show why Senator McLaurin should not and did not uselessly enter the Gubernatorial race as a vicarious sacrifice whereby unworthy aspirants to high office would ?enent by the expenditure of his campaign fund and his ability as a campaigner. And also to show why no true Blease man, when fully informed,or anti.either.for that matter. can afford to vote for John G Richards.unless,indeed.they are prepared to honor the memory of Benedict Arnold and defend the act of Brutus. I First, twelve candidates for one office and the short time ailowed each, is ridicuious, for nu man can possibly discuss the issues, much less make a defense of Governor Blease's official record as a Blease candidate' should be able and willing to do. in I twelve or fourteen minutes. Second. Biease leaders, for their , own selfish purposes, are supporting' one or more of the anti-Blease candidates. These conditions are more j or less in vogue all over the State j and all of the anti-Blease candidates j for Governor are the recipients of j this support.thus weakening the fac-1 tional candidate by at least onefourth. if he had no factional oppo- ( sition. Third, there were three other Blease candidates to divide this already minority vote with, making it impossible togetastraightout Blease man in the second race. Fourth,the one partisan candidate, T U ii*111 rrnt oc lorrro q ITlCllUCl 1- ClUllli, nil! c c*o lui^v m Blease vote as any of the Blease candidates themselves,making assurance doubly sure that no straightout Blease man will be in the second race, even. Fifth, not satisfied with allowing 1 their personal ambitions and greed for office, envy, jealousy, incapacity for inte.ligent leadership.anu general I lack of harmony and good faith, to ' demora ize the Blease faction as aj1 fighting force,a number of inconsid-1; erate leaders, intent only upon their j personal aggrandizement, left the; Blease ranks to seek a candidate 1 whom tney could exploit and manip-j ulate.and slipped Juhn G Richards in j: under cover of night, after rescuing' him from the "Anti" discard. I \f~T Jc tAn Kicr a man to run : ui 10 iw ? | as a puppet for any set of dark lan-1' tern ringsterc masquerading as lead- ; ers of the cause of the masses, who J assemble themselves under the magic j name of "Blease" and the "common j people" to further their own ambi- i tious schemes, so he did not enter' the lists. He could have run as an independent Blease man like Irby, Sims and Mu'lalley, making' a f<?urteen-minute 1 bid for the support of a faction aireadv f. ated by the new and iniquitous enrolling rules?a plethora of cand dates and the prostitution >f secondary leadership-?i?uT what was the use? N'.'V. I have nothing persona! against Mr Kiehards?out here are the reasons why Bleaseites should repudiate him: He is not a Biease ci:. ?u.. man. he has never aiiinsuM ?iui miBI ease movement.except clandestine-; ly during the last campaign in his' race for Railroad Commissioner, j when he played both sides for the suckers.telling.it is stated.Bleaseites how he slept in the same bed with the Governor at Monck's Corner and then denying it as a campaign canard when questioned b? the "Antis.'.'! In that campaign he was quietly i backed by Ben Tillman, whose protege he is, and the Gonzales,who are 9 THROWS SOME POLITICAL MATTERS. Biease's Body Guards in the hy McLaurin Got "Cold eresting Story. i related to him. He is Ben Tillman's I political ' Trojan Horse". A card | slipped from .John Gary Evan?" sleeve, coming from the enemies' camp as the "Greeks bearing gifts." and he will obey his political masters, if elected. He was rirst a strong dispensarvitv, then, when that institution tottered, a State-wide prohibitionist; when Cole B lease won out on local option he became convinced that local option was ordained of God, and now he is a very strong and earnest lofal-nntion-nrohihition- countv-d i s - pensary'te, depending altogether upon the dominant sentiment of thei section he happens to be in. He has been on every side of every! question and in his eel-like political course has always Hopped from one question to another; from fiery furnace to frozen glacier, with the ease and s'lt 'j-frhi'l of a salamander?1 but always Hopped too late to land. Mr Richards' sole claim to HI ease-1 ism is duo to the fact that after I 1 had fully -xposed his political dou-! ble-dealing and forced his hand and j the hands of his friends under great' J stress of pressure from those hidden j friends.he came into the Governor's office and stated to those assembled 1 that "as the Governor's principles are nearest to mine, if anyone asks me whom 1 will vote for for Senat or, I will say Blease." Then afterwards, in answer to inquiry as to how Senator Tillman would take it, he replied in effect: "I have written to him explaining my position, and it is satisfactory to him." Thus did he and his friends dangle before the , eyes of Bleaseites the great prize of Tillman's friendship and assistance, basing the whole proposition upon treason to one side or the other.perhaps both. I don't know,but Tillman's friends are talking that Richards gave Tillman to understand that he was still loyal to Tillman and only declared for Blease "to get the vote." I believe that is entirely true, for Richards was averse to making a public declaration and was evading it until I published it on him and made him come out in the open. Bleaseites, I suppose, will b< .lad j to learn that Mr Richards was the | author of the act repealing the lien I law?especially the poor farm renters. And that in 1911.at a barbecue ! at his home. Liberty Hill, it is said I he refused to introduce the Governor j to the audience when requested to i do so. Hut in 1911 the Governor was : under a hot tire of brutal criticism ; and socially ostracised as an official ! by the "Antis,"who are Mr Richards' j friends and relatives, and was sup-j posed to be down and out as a politicai factor. Since that time he has 1 been elected Governor again, which | makes a big difference, and there-j fore this reveisible, double back-ac-) tion, short-circuiting political acro-j bat is now wildly in love with His Excellency. Certain aspiring demagogues and ; dictators realizing that normal con-; ditions would blast their hopes of election to Congress and other high (.dices, and not wanting a strong man in the executive chair who' would stand between them and their eventual Senatorial amb'tions sought from the graveyard of the enem> a skeleton to dangle before the eyes of a sensible people, fhey wanted a spineless incompetent upon whom to pull the strings as with a marion ette. Well. they found him and are to be congratulated upon the wisdom of their choice. When these incompetent minor1 leaders, inconsiderate of the dub'ous Senatorial race and realizing that to jeopardize their leader was to throw the fight, brought John (J Richards in under cover of night, to make his death bed confession of faith, and declared him "born again," ihey served notice upon all in the Gubernatorial race that there was no ! factional fight?so now let them nurse their puling infant. The campaign up to date proves: that my analysis was correct at first. The Gubernatorial campaign is petting farther and farther away from toe Senatorial,and is s-? lady-liKe and ^ mild, that it would seem grotesque to attempt to disturb the sweet slumbers of trie Gubernatorial! sleepers. No. "Governors" >peakir.g last this time, but to be heard by even! the small crowds they ask to rotate I with the minor officers. Maybe if j John Duncan could speak last every day he couid hold the crowd for them. J ? ...L... v\ ny not ass rucnarus wny or; i don't resign? Or whether he wants1 to hold his office to pay campaign j expenses with the salary and free transportation? Or whether he thinks he will need it after the election? Gov 11.ease is the expression of the working people's political hope and 1 will stick to him despite the treacherv of oth-rs, which he can't help. I will vote for Irl>y. Peoples, Fortner, Keliey.for they are all true Blease men. 1 think the second race will be between Mendel Smith, Cooper, Clinkscales or Manning, in which case Mendel Smith will be the next Gov-j ernor. We Bleaseites have dropped j our candy as far the Chief Execu-! torship is concerned. Even if Richards is eiected, we are still out of it, for he is supported by a combination of Ben Tillman, John Gary E\ans, Charleston liquor interests, the Columbia State and turn-coat minor Bleaseite leaders. 1 3^^ PERI nn at D1\U1 A steak brdilec Perfection Oil tender and del The New Per special broiler, sits away from which gets all broils both si All the flavor c saved. ffl&w "Pes r . ^ >" : a I Oil C-Q'Oi means easier \vc 1 1*1 eiaon u' 1 f r- h. r"? CiCUl i IVUV-i.^u, Made with 1, 2, ers; also a nev fireless cooking At all hardware and de STANDARD 01 Washington, D. C. (New Je Norfolk, Va. BALT1IV Richmond Va. Mr Richards says he is not a "coat-tail swinger." Well.he is not i swinging on one coat-tail, but he is serenely perched upon four: that of Ren Tillman. John Gary Evans, Gonzales, and Governor Blease. W R Rfari'. Abbeville. S C, June _'o. IK14. BLOOD (i la POISON J IS ' ^ ^ from one or two that T . ? ?ut un<jt.r tne ?k:n A ? ar.d into the blood. T A DR. BELL'S i ? Antiseptic Salve #: ? applied right away wculd h ive killed those few m T germs ano kept these millions from being born. T A To have a 2>c. box of this salve ready for emer- A ? genc.e3, ask for Dr. ball's Antiseptic Sellv*. ? ; f "Tell It By The Bell" i i NOTICE. > All persons wishing to enroll as j members of the Kingstree Demo- ~ cratic Club will please appear in person and enter names on club roll. This roll can be found each MONDAY and SATURDAY at of- j fice of County Superintendent of Education: ALL OTHER DAYS at store ot J L5 uamoie. on main i street. Books Close July 28,14 A C HINDS, J B GAMBLE, R N SPEIGNER f>-11 -7t Enrollment Committee, j ??? i Undressed Lumber. 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