The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-02
STATE CAMPAIGN MEETING
THE CANDIDATES FOR STATE
OFFICES SPEAK.
Governor Ansel Present.-Several
Absent.-Large Crowd Attends.
Candidates Well Received.

Absent.-Large Crowd ATTENDS.
Candidates Well Received.
(By M. w. Brabham.)
With pleas and supplications in
their mouths for the votes OF the
people of Bamberg county, the candi-
dates for the various State Offices de-
scended upon this commonwealth on
Saturday and for three hours one
continual stream of eloauence (and
attempts at eloquence) poured forth
in the court house. The meeting was
we'll attended, there being probably
three hundred and fifty present, and
there was nothing rowdy or bolster
GUS to disturb the calm and serenity
of the gathering. County Chairman
H. C. Folk presided over the meeting
and introduced Rev. ]. B. Traywick,
of the Denmark Methodist church,
who made the opening prayer, which
was a petition for a blessing on the
commonwealth and it's interests and
on the officers Of the State. The chair
man ANNOUNCED in few we'll chosen
words what the course of procedure
would be and then called for the
first speakers of the program, who
were the aspirants for the Office OF
adjutant and inspector general, but
both of them, Messrs. ]. C. Boyd and
H. T. Thompson, were absent being
in active service on the island where
the National Guards were encamped.
Governor Martin F. Ansel, who
has been heard here on several pre-
vious occasions, was well received
and began his speech with words well
chosen, referring to his visit here
several weeks ago when he partici-
pated in the laying Of the corner
stone of the Bamberg graded and
high schools building. This is only
the third meeting of the present
campaign which Mr.. .Ansel has at
tended, he having been very busy
in his office in Columbia. He stated
that he had been attending to the
business for which he was elected
and he will continue to attend to 1t,
and therefore will probably be absent
from a majority of the remaining
meetings scheduled for this summer:
He argued at length on the matter OF
taxes, and explained that the collec-
ton of taxes coming as 1t does In the
fall of the year, necessitates the bor-
rowing of money on which to run
the State, and hence large interest
account is made, which costs the
State between $4,000 and $4,000
annually. Governor Ansel gave his
position on the liquor question In q
clear succinct manner, and he was
given very close attention while he
stated in what particular he had
changed his views on this important
question. The only change, he says,
is that he now believes that liquor
should be voted in local. option
counties if it Is desired, rather than
have to be voted out, which simply
means, he continued, that the Will
of the State is for prohibition rather
than for liquor, and until avmajority
of the people vote for liquor 1t should
not be sold, this puts the burden or
the question upon the antirprohibi-
ton people rather than upon the pro-
hibition side. Governor Ansel out
lined his ideas upon the approprla-
ton for educatie nal purposes, giving
a short history of the great work OF
Winthrop and of Clemson. The
crowd seemed to be with the COVER
nor all the way through, and he ce-
mented the ties which he had form
ed here in past years by his clear, de-
cided, and uncompromising attitude.
The second speaker was Hon. Cole
L. Blease, who has been heard here
before and is no novice In the pol1tl-
cal game. He has a charming man
ner and a forceful delivery, and with
al is a good stump speaker. He led
off in a manner which attracted at
tention from his hearers and led them
to believe that he was the leading
orator of the occasion, and from a
purely oratorical standpoint he GER
tainly was the leader of the entire
day. But the opinion of the
crowd seemed to be that Mr.. Blease
was seeking to get into the gqDerna-
torial chair on what Mr.. Ansel has
done or not done, rather than on MS
individuak record and promises. Mr.
Blease created much enthusiasm,
hut the expected clash between the
two candidates failed to materlalize'
Mr.. Blease gave the governor re"
lashes about the expenditure or the
public's money, which he claims mas
been put to useless measures, such
as the creation of the department OF
immigration and the insurance COM
missioner's office. Upon being ask
ed what he thought of the appropria-
ton for the Confederate soldiers,
he replied that "any man who was
opposed to helping the Confederate
soldiers, was either Yankee or had
negro blood in his veins," which re-
mark was received with much cheer
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