Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-07

| And, he added, rich man went tC
| the peniIentiary not long ago, and he
Is going to stay there.
With regard to the charges Of brib.
| cry made against him by Col. Thorn:
| b. FIELDER, OF Atlanta, Governor Blease
said mat IL Tom FIELDER would produce
| letter asking brlbe or acknowledg-
| ing the receipt Of a bribe, and any
| lnree men familiar with Blease's hand
| writing would say the writing OF the
letter was his, he would resign the
governorship in fifteen minutes.
On the other hand, he said, II he
could not prove that Fielder had Of
tered a bribe TO state official, he
would not only consent to resign the
governorship, but would move to the
Philippine Islands.
Governor Blease said that he was
| not averse to Felder's being given a
doubt as to his being able to obtain
justice in Newberry county.
Governor Blease spoke at length
about standing by his friends. He said
he loved his friends so much that he
wanted to be with them after death, no
matter where they were. He declared
that his enemies need expect nothing
from him.
He hau been told he said, that this
was not the proper spirit, and that he
should consider the example Of the Sa-
vlor, who said Of those who prosecuted
Him: rather, forgive them, for they
know not what they do"
Governor Blease said he had no for
giveness tor his enemies because they
knew very we'll what they were doing.
lie mentioned among his enemies
the newspapers. He said the engineer
OF train could not stop his train to
pay attention. to the ours that ran out
and barked at the train. And neither,
he said, could he stop for the snarling
ours, the newspapers. He said he
would like to call them by another
term, but 1t would be unparliamen-
tary.
Chief among his newspaper enemies
he considers the Columbia State. He
said the state was controlled by Gu
bans and they were foes to organized
government One of their ancestors
he said, was exiled from Cuba because
he was foe to organized government.
Governor Blease also paid his re-
spects to the Spartanburg Herald. He
| asserted that this newspaper was own
ed by the Columbia State, and that the
editor published nothing until he had
first telephoned to Columbia and had
obtained permission.
The Herald, he said, published an
untrue story to the effect that the
girls Of Winthrop college had asked
that their diplomas be presented to
them by somebody else than Governor
bleaSe. This story was later found to
be untrue, he said, but the Herald
lacked the manhood to come out and
admit Ii was untrue.
He was warmly applauded and one
man shouted that he had stopped his
subscription to the Herald because Of
its unfair attitude towards Governor
Blease.
Governor Blease made sighting re-
marks about northerners several times.
He said that of 160 voters in New
berry cotton mill 154 voted for him.
The other six," he said, were the
Yankee bosses"
While speaking of the penitentiary
he devoted some attention to the ho-
siery mill, which he proposes to abol-
ish. He said that prisoners were put
to work in the hosiery mill who knew
nothing about making hosiery, but
who were required to do just as much
as skilled operatives. They had to
work ten hours a day, he said, and
we're kept standing the entire time.
A lawyer, he said, might be put to
work alongside a skilled worker. The
lawyer would-be- given the same task
as the other men. II the lawyer fail
ed to complete his task, even though
it was an impossibility because Of his
ignorance Of the work, he was taken
to the stocks, his arms placed in it, his
clothes removed to the waist and the
lash applied.
Governor Blease, in the course of
his speech, made several remarks
oh - ,I,,rr inI, yN1n
ed the crowd.
When Congressman Joseph T. john
son came upon the rostrum he said
that United States senator had told
him that Mr.. Johnson had more sense
than all the other South Carolina con-
gressmen put together, and this he
said, confirmed his own judgment.
Governor Blease spoke at some
length Of his fight for the governor
ship, which he said had been the
crowning ambition Of his life. He said
that when his father had been on his
deathbed he had called Cole and told
him that he wanted him to be govern
or Of South Carolina, and that all his
life every dollar he had made had been
devoted to attain the governorship.
He said he was content with the
governorship, but conditions might
arise which would make him a candi-
date for United States senator.
There had been talk Of impeaching
him, he said. But If the legislature, at
it's next session, should impeach him,
he asserted, he would make a tour Of
the state which would result in his 60
ing to the senate as the successor Of
Benjamin R. Tillman.
In concluding, Governor Blease said
there were six empty bedrooms in his
Il ~, % r@1,, - I'D hnN h
| they were poorly furnished, he invited
any of his audience who visited the
capital to come to the mansion and
| stop there.
He declared that he owed his sue
cess in politics largely to the cotton
mill men.
Governor Blease was succeeded on
the rostrum by Congressman john
son, who gave a short general talk on
representative government. Mr.. john
son said that the questions Of govern
ment were eventually settled by the
| people through their representatives.
Mr.. Osborne was the next speaker.
He made an address on patriotism
| and the history of South Carolina.
The speakers were introduced by
Superintendent Bean, of Drayton
mills.
Governor Blease came to Spartan
burg from Florence. He stopped for
a short while at the Gresham hotel,
and yesterday morning went to Cow
pens, where the Red Men had cele-
| bration.
There was crowd of 5000 at Cow
pens. The governor was met by a
brass band. A parade was formed,
with the governor and the great
sachem of the Red Men, DR.. j. P.
Carlisle, of Greenville, in the lead.
Next came the great junior sycamore,
S. S. Timer of Pacolet, and A. E.
Hill, sachem Of Seminole tribe, of
| Spartanburg. They marched from
| the station to a grove in the church
yard, where n platform had been
erected. Between the speeches there
| was music.
The speakers were introduced by
Rev. Mr.. Sans. DR.. Carlisle, who made
| the first address, spoke on Redman-
| ship.
Mr.. Hill was the next speaker. He
| entertained the crowd with jokes, and
spoke more seriously on Redmanship
and fraternity.
Then came the governor, who was
greeted with great applause.
Governor Blease spoke for an hour
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