Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-08-09
FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1919.

believed then that / could have
drawn bill that would have held wa
ter constitutionally but ! did not at
tempt 1t. Not me. It would have been
Of no use. II had sent that legisla-
ture a declaration that Jesus Christ
came into the world to save Sinners"
they would have voted that Christ had
never been on this earth because Cole
Blease had said so. (Cheers and cries
Of that's right.")
Referring again to Judge Jones, Gov.
Blease said that from the way the
Judge had talked at some places, one
would have thought that he made his
living plowing with an OK, and that he
did not know what an automobile was
He himself was surprised when he
went to Lancaster and found the Judge
the owner Of $4,000 automobile.
But" said the governor, I'll bet he
does not know what time Of year to
plant cotton" Uaughter.)
The governor read some correspon-
denc Of Wade Hampton excoriating
Judge Jones In connection with the
for the senate.
He says I started this fight. did,
did I? He tried to force me to appoint
special judges in violation of the law,
and l would not do 1t. He said was
an anarchist. Is that personal? And
he called my friends anarchists Is
that personal? He said yesterday that
the Blease men were hogs. Is that not
personal? At the beginning Of the cam
paign the newspapers said this man
was going to run Blease off the stump.
At Sumter made my speech first and
never even referred to him. They took
him into room trimmed his comb,
pulled the feathers Off his legs and put
him into the pit where he lit into me
as viciously as he knew how. Next day
I showed up for him as black politi-
cal record, as has ever been known in
South Carolina and eliminated him
from the race. AS soon as he felt the
gaff he squawked and ran like shang-
hal.
He tells you he wants to redeem
South Carolina, but he does not tell
you who for. I say he will never re-
deem South Carolina and put II under
the rule of Gonzales. And he took such
high moral ground, that an old fellow
over in Lancaster wanted to know
whether or not wings had begun to
sprout under his arms. But in spite Of
his morality, while member Of the
legislature he voted for divorce law.
suspect that is why that fellow Hick-
lin who Is writing pieces for him In
the Gaffney Ledger admires him SO
much. They tell me he used to live
here and that he used to beat HIS wife.
But maybe he wanted q divorce law so
he could increase his law practice In
the divorce courts.
Where Is the lawlessness he talks
about? Look at the reports Of the at
torney general and you will find less
lawlessness during the past two years
than during any previous two years.
borrowed money cheaper than or as
cheap as IL has ever been borrowed be-
fore, and have been offered 100000
more at still lower rate.
The only thing they are so anxious to
beat me for Is to regain the power they
had for eight years and which they
lost two years ago. And they won't give
me fair deal. Why this bunch Of
newspaper men tried to make II appear
that Jones had a majority of the crowd
in Lancaster yesterday and the hand
primary took showed beyond ques-
ton that fully two thirds Of all nres-
ent were for Blease.
b. this fight Is not against me. 1t
Is against you. am making this fight
not for myself but for you. / should
not undergo all the labor, exertion and
expense that are called forth In fight
ing this crowd mainly for the further
ance Of my own ambition. No, am
fighting for you laboring and produc-
ing people to keep you in control of
the government that rightly belongs to
you, and you are going to stand by me
in such a way that on the 27th Of Au-
gust we will cover them so deep that
they will never be able to tell what it
was that fell on them. =
Upon the conclusion Of the governors
speech he was presented with flowers
and the crowd broke out in prolong-
ed cheering. Many rushed to the stand
to shake hands with him and within
few moments men had him on their
shoulders carrying him up the street to
the hotel and followed by nearly
thousand men. After he was set down
many Of them marched by taking turns
at shaking hands, and continuing their
demonstration for ten or fifteen min
utes.
Mr.. John T. Duncan.
Was introduced after Governor
Blease concluded and took the platform
as the great crowd was leaving. Sew
eral hundred men remained around the
stand but the confusion was SO great
that Mr.. Duncan could hardly make
himself heard. He complained that
this was the way the other two always
did when he was last. They ran away
because they did not want to listen to
what he had to say about them. But
Mr.. Duncan held forth for quite a
while anyway. He poured IL into Judge
Jones, Governor Bbease, the Gonzales
Bros, w. A. Clark, Willie Jones and
others, and charged the whole lot with
being intriguing conspirators, who had
for years deceived and hoodwinked
honest people and he complained Of the
difficulty he was having in getting folks
to open their eyes. He promised that
IL he was elected governor he would
show up rottenness and thievery, the
olina had never dreamed, and claimed
that there was strong probability that
ne would be in the second race with
Governor Blease, though he felt sure
that he could beat Jones or Blease
either one. He is not in favor Of the
warehouse law, arguing that 1t Is sub
ject to the same pitfalls that proved
the death of the dispensary. He Is
agreed that there is no limit to the
good that could be brought to the south
through proper and intelligent direc-
tion Of Its great monopoly in cotton;
but he is afraid that II the warehouse
management should fall into the hands
Of bad men, with the tremendous temp
tation that went with 1t, 1t might be
used as an instrument of still further
oppression. II would be easier to control
prices but there would be more temp
tation to the men having the control.
The safest and best plan he thought,
was for every farmer to have ware
house Of his own. This was easily
practicable. All that would be neces-
sary would be to lay down a concrete
floor and house it over with sheet iron
sides and roof in such a manner that
additions might be made with increas-
ed requirements.