The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-10-12

out on the porch of Mr.. Richards
country mansion plotting the politi-
cal downfall of Blease and the
MANAGING Of his vicious and ignor-
ant supporters. The Delilah-like
mediator and political ambassador
OF the Gonzales wing Of the Blease
opposition has already delivered
his ultimatum to the plotters. who
were not expected to carry out
their part of the scheme, by de-
ceiving or foolinS the 'old-time' Till
mantle Reformers - and to this ex-
tent his mission was successful.
Now, Jones and Richards get to
work. The latter has already
wormed out of Tillman, under the
guise of personal friendship, as to
the probability of Senator Tillman's
being able to make an active can
vass next year, and also as to the
probability of his resigning the
senatorship in the event of his re-
election, with no opposition. So,
the balance of the plot was plain
The Gonzales politicians had al
ready let it be known that they
were not going to tolerate any more
prohibition foolishness in the next
gubernational campaign, so it was
out of the question for Richards to
become candidate, as he was too
well known as a pronounced prohi-
bitionist; and after a few personal
expressions of esteem one for anoth-
er, Mr.. Richards patriotically sac
rificed himself to the political am
bition of Justice Jones and it was
then and there decided that Mr..
Jones would announce his resigna-
ton, and later on, come out as a
candidate against Cole Blease. OF
course, being a prohibitionist him
self, Mr.. Richards bundled up the
prohibition vote, tied it with
piece of blue ribbon, sealed it with
the pledges of the prohibition press
of the State, presented it to Mr..
Jones with all the knightly courte-
sy due from one conspirator to an
other. This done, Mr.. Jones resig-
nation was prepared, which, on his
return home, was to be sent to the
governor, and later on to follow it
up with the announcement of his
candidacy for the govemorship. The
latter part of the program, how
ever, seems to have been buried up
bit. The conspiratorS got word of
the fact that there were many old
friends of john Gary Evans who
began to use his name in connec-
tiOh Will lDt WhSn
the Gonzales crowd warned Chief
Justice Jones to do about - get
busy - and Mr.. Jones announce
ment for the governorship was i'm
mediately forthcoming. This much
of the plot has already come to
light; but there is another side to
it that the people don't know yet.
"Mr. Richards is to keep in con-
slant touch with Senator Tillman,
and of course, he and he alone, is
to know when the Senator is to
retire - whether by declining to
run in the next campaign, or wheth-
er he will resign after reelection.
If the latter, then Mr.. Richards is
to be given the field alone, SO far
as the prohibition faction is con-
oerned, and he is to get the sup
port and influence of the Jones
crowd to succeed Tillman = all
this to reward Richards for his
self-sacrifice, patriotism, ETC.
But what is to become of Gov
ernor Jones? Is he to be permitted
to fall out of public notice at the
expiration of a little old measly
one term as governor? Not a bit
of 1t. The plot takes care of him
fully and substantially. At the ex-
piration of his term, the same poll
tical machine that made him gov
ernor is to still further reward him
by giving him the Hon. Ed. Smiths
seat in the United States Senate.
This is their scheme - their
political plot to defeat Blease -
and even If 1t takes old-time Till
man coat-tail swingers and Till
mans old-time pitterest enemies TO
accomplish it, they are going to
try it. But as Blease's election
showed that the people were not
going to he ruled at the dictation
of Gonzales politicians, we hardly
believe that they will tamely surren-
der next year to a combination of
anti-Blease politicians and Benedict
Arnolds of the old Tillman Reform
movement. We shall see'