Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-01-25


of the papers Of South Carolina
charging it with 'unfairness' They
had practically nothing to say about
Mr.. Blease, he having distinctly de-
fled them to make their charges, If
any they had, to his face. They fail
ed to do so. Now they are making
one Of the ugliest and most slander-
Gus campaigns against Mr.. Blease
that has ever been waged in the State
Of South Carolina. What do the
newspapers think Of this fight at this
time? Is it fair? Mr.. Blease and his
friends have no manner now "
whicht answer them, for they will
publish nothing favorable to Bleasc;
he cannot answer it on the stump;
the campaign is over"
And also an article from the
Shreveport, La, journal Of Septem-
Der, 1910:
Speaking OF the News and Cou-
ricr, the election was striking eX-
ample OF the wonderful power OF the
press to mould public opinion Ey-
cry newspaper in the State, with the
exception OF two country wecklies,
supported Fcathcrstone and called
Bloasc out OF his name. They sue
cccdcd in making tho people believe
BlcaSe a regular Satan in one re-
Spect. newspaper pos
sesscs power to direct public opinion
only to the extent Of its independence.
its honesty and its imparitality.
These three things are hard to find in
combination in newspaper OF to-
day"
And also an article from The Edge
field Chronicle:
I'VE do not Join hands in the ava
lanchc OF abuse that has been heapcd
upon the head Of the Governor elect
If personality was the issue. how sad
a reflection on MIR. Feathcrstone that
he could not carry his own county,
while Bleasc carried his by a substan-
tial majority"
And also a comment from the CO.
lumbia Daily Record:
'Disliking to do SO, for obvious
reasons, yet the Record now feels
constrained, as a supporter of Feath-
erstone and an opponent to Blease to
say that the rcpulSive cartoon in the
State of Thursday, portraying Blease
as vulture, is offensive to the sense
Of decency and fairness"
And an article from the Macon,
Ga, Telegraph OF September 25th,
1910:
''There is Il citizen over in South
Carolina by the name OF Blease, who
has done remarkable thing. The
readers Of almost any South Carolina
newspaper week or two ago would
have found good reason for the belief
that Blease was everything that was
bad or undesirable, to say the least;
tha. in expressing desire to become
Governor he had shown objectionable
p"esumption; that his candidacy was
fit subject for jest, and that he had
not the ghost of a chance. The Char
lesion News and Courier contemptu-
Ously reported the fact that only
three newspapers in the whole State
had ventured to endorse the candi-
dacy Of Mr.. Blease. All the dailies,
largo and small, the religious papers,
nondescript and what not, thunder
ed at Bleaso continually. Moreover,
he was bombarded from the pulpit"
And an article from the New Or
leans Picayune OF September 14th,
1910:
''The vote to-day hinged very
largely on the personality of the two
candidates for Governor. In the
interval between the two primaries
the press Of the State made a siren
uOus fight upon Blcasc. attacking his
record dS a legislator, attorney, and
even as a private citizen. Every
daily and all but two weekly news
papers were aligned against him."
BIcaSc's PLATFORM.
In making my campaign during the
past summer | announced that my
platform was:
1st. An honest administration Of
all the laws, fairly and impar'tally
to all citizens alike.
.. Enforcing all laws upon all