Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-20
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Governor Elect BIease Met BY Big
Crowd at Depot.

Newberry, Sept. 16.-Hon. Cole L.
Blease, Democratic nominee for gov
ernOr of South Carolina, was accord
ed a most enthusiastic reception by
| the people of his home town last night
upon his arrival from Columbia. A
crowd Of men, women and children.
variously estimated from 1000 to 5000,
were at the union station awaiting
| the arrival of the successful candidate
| for the office of governor In Tuesdays
i, primary, who was returning from Co
lumbia, where he had gone to receive
the returns Of the election. Governor
elect Blease had been apprised that the
people Of his home town were waiting
to welcome him. but knowing that the
| corpse Of little child was in the bag
gage car Of the train in which he was
travelling. and that the father and
mother of the child were accompany
ing the remains, Blease, desiring to
respect the feelings Of the afflicted pa
rents, caused a message to be wired to
his friends who were waiting to re-
ceive him at the station that they
make no demonstration until the train
had gone beyond the limits of the
town Of Newberry. When the train
| arrived, Mr.. Blease, standing in the
doorway Of the baggage car, with barred
head. motioned with his hand for ST.
lence from his friends. The effect Of
Mr.. Blease's attitude upon the people
! was remarkable, for. though hundreds
had been waiting for an hour to cheer
| the next governor Of South Carolina.
| not voice was raised AS soon as the
train pulled out the Newberry concert
band began to play and lusty cheers
went up from the assembled multitude.
Among those greeting Mr.. Blease
were a number Of relatives, including
his aged stepmother, Mrs. Elizabeth
| Blease. With arms about the white
| haired lady, he was led by his friends
to a waiting carriage in which he
| and his mother were placed, and 200
| men with ropes attached to the car
riage began to march up the main
str It Of the town. Reaching the stone
| steps Of the historic old court house,
| Mayor Blease was called upon for
| speech. His remarks were very short.
asked his friends to excuse him from
an extended speech, as he was very
much fatiguel and needed rest. He said
that the victory which he and his
| friends had won was the greatest
known in the political history Of South
Carolina, for almost every newspaper
| in the state had aligned itself with the
| opposition, but the bitter fight which
had been made against him had only
made him more grateful to the people
who 80 Loyalty gave him their support,
with such little opportunity to defend
himself from the violent attacks Of his
enemies; that the people Of South Car
olina had chosen him as their gov
ernor for the next two years and that
the large majority which he had re-
ceived in his home town and county
not only contributed to his election,
but gave absolute denial to the many
accusations which had been made
against him. He spoke feelingly Of his
love for Newberry and its people and
of his life in this town and county,
and said it would be his purpose to so
discharge the duties of the office Of
governor of South Carolina that the
people of Newberry should never have
cause to regret the confidence which
they had so often shown in him as a
man and as an official.