The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-12
are out who ought to be in.

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rible thing life Imprisonment is?"
Gov. Blease said 1t had been in.
sinuated that he sold pardons. In
answer to that charge, he said. he
desired to say that with the exception
of Brigham IT Florence, who had only
had three more months to serve any
way, there was not a man whom he
had released from the penitentiary
who had money enough to buy 8
mel suit of clothes after paying his
railroad fare home.
And, he added, rich man went to
the penitentiary not long ago, and he
is going to stay there.
With regard to the charges OF
bribery made against him by CO...
Thomas 3. Fielder, Of Atlanta, Gov.
BIease said that if Tom Fielder would
produce a letter asking bribe or
acknowledging the receipt Of bribe,
and any three men familiar with
Blease's handwriting would say the
writing Of the letter was his, he
would resign the sovernorship in Is
minutes.
On the other hand, he said, ii he
could not prove that Fielder had Of
fered a bribe to a State official, he
would not only consent to resign the
governorship, but would move to the
Philippine Islands
Z. Gov. Blease said he was not averse
to Felder's being given a change OF
venue if there was any doubt as to his
being able to obtain justice in New
berry County.
Gov. 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 de-
clared that his enemies NEED expect
nothing from him.
He had been told, he said, that
this was not the proper spirit, and
that he should consider the example
of the Savior, who said Of those who
nersecuted Him: "Father, forgive
them, for they know not what they
do"
Gov. Blease said he had no for
giveness for his enemies because they
knew very well what they were do
ing.
He mentioned among his enemies
the newspapers. He said the engi-
neer of a 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 it would be un-
parliamentary.
Chief among his newspaper enc
mics. he considers the Columbia State
and he said it was controlled by Gu
bans and they we're foes to organ
ized government. One of their an
cestors he said was exiled from Cuba
because he was a foe to organized
government.
Gov. Blease also paid his respects
TO The Spartanburg Herald He as
serted that this newspaper was OWL
ed by The Columbia State, ana rnat
the editor published nothing until
he had telephoned to Columbia and
had obtained permission.
The Herald, he said. published az
untrue story to the effect that tbs
girls Of. Winthrop college had asked
that their diplomas be presented to
them by somebody else than Gosern-
or Blease. This story was Ia er
found to be untrue, he said, but the
Herald lacked the manhood to come
out and admit it was untrue.
He was warmly applauded and one
man shouted that he had stopped his
subscription to The Herald because
of it's unfair attitude towards Gov
ernor Blease.
Gov. Blease made sighting re-
marks about Northerners severai
times. He said that of 1SG voters
in q. Newberry 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
hosiery mill, which he proposed TO
abolish. He said that prisoners were
put to work in the hosiery mill who
knew nothing about making hosiery.
bet who were required to do just as
much work as skilled operatives. They
had to work ten hours day, he SAID,
and were kept standing the entire
time.
A lawyer, he said, might be put
to work alongside skilled worker
The lawyer would be given the same
task as the other man. # the lawyer
cause of his ignorance of the work,
failed to complete his task, even
though it was an impossibillty'. De-
cause of his ignorance of the Work
ne was taken to the stocks, his arms
placed in it, his clothing removed
% the waist, and the lash applied
Gov. Blease, in the course OF MS
soeech. made several remarks about
srartanburg men, which pleased the
crowd.
When Congressman joseph T.
Johnson came upon the rostrum ne
said that United States Senator had
.old him that Mr.. Johnson had more
sense than all the other South Car
lima congressmen put together, and
this. he said, confirmed his own judg'
ment.
He said that his friend, Represen'
tative H x. Osborne, who was also
on the rostrum, was coming his way
and if spartanburg county sent Mr
Osborne to the legislature for cou
ple more terms he would probably De
on the Blease platform by then.
Blease had a kind word for the