The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-01
CAMPAIGN SPEECH OF
JUDGE IRA B. JONES
Delivered at the Meeting in Columbia Friday,
July 19th.-Strong Presentation
of Blease's Record.

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much to you or to your children.
South Carolina, the State you call
yours, the State for which your faith
ers have fought in four wars, is on
trial. You are to decide her fate
What l say may help you to decide
right. Think it over.
We are to elect governor. A gov
ernor to represent you and your
children, to make laws and to enforce
them. Do you want a friend of the
people, an enemy of the criminal and
grafter-or one who has pardoned
more criminals than cny other COVER
nor South Carolina has ever had? A
man who has acted in defiance OF
law and order? Whose message to
the legislature was so vile and vulgar
that that body by an overwhelming
vote struck it from the record
something that has never been done
before in the history of the State
a man who poses as a friend of the
poor man and an enemy to laWless
corporations, but whose votes and
whose acts show he cares nothing
for the poor man and has only pro-
tected the criminal and the CRATER.
Blease and the Dispensary Grafters.
He voted not to investigate the
dispensary (Senate Journal, 1907,
pages 6S and 69.)
He voted not to take up and con-
slider the bill supplying money to
prosecute the grafters.
Then he voted to kill the bill sup
plying money to prosecute the graft
ers. (Senate Journal, 1908, page
573.)
He voted against a bill to help
the State in the Federal court in her
desperate fight with the grafters.
(Senate Journal, 1908, page 253)
The State finally won and recovered
back many thousands of dollars
stolen by the grafters. If the other
legislators had voted with Blease
would the State have ever gotten this
money? The echo answers when
and how?
Finally, when he became governor,
he asked for a committee to investi-
gate the Ansel Board. The legisla-
ture passed the bill, but gave the
committee power to investigate
charges against anyone. That was
just what Blease did not want, so he
vetoed the bill. The legislature pass
ed it over his head-and that is the
same committee that has been hear
ing charges in Charleston about the
blind tigers paying three thousand
dollars a month to the chief con-
stable of the governor and the COVER
nor still stands by the chief con-
stable. Do you wonder that he We
toed the bill? Only one CRATER,
John Black, has been convicted and
Blease pardoned him before he ever
got in sight of the penitentiary. Oh,
yes, he stands by. his friends. Hasn't
he stood by the grafters?
Is Governor Blease a Friend of the
Poor Man?
He voted not to tax the income of
the rich man. (Senate Journal,
1907, page 452.l
He voted to shut the school house
door in the face of the child of the
man who is too poor to pay poll tax.
(Senate Journal, 1906, page 463.)
He voted against the bill providing
for Federal help in road building,
which would have made the road tax
lighter on the poor man. (Senate
Journal, 1907, page 1919
He is in favor of abolishing the
office of bank examiner, thus leav-
ing it easy for an unscrupulous and
dishonest banker to rob the small
depositor.
He vetoed the appropriation of
$4,133.64 to pay for medicine furn-
ished the poor mans child N cases
of diptheria and smallpox.
He favored putting a burden of
100000 on the taxpayers to i'm
prove the State house, which every
body knows is one of the finest State
houses in the country.
Is he the poor mans friend? He
will tell you so, but does his record
show it?
Is He Opposed to the Corporations?
In 1892 he voted for free passes,
and for free express and free tele-
graph franks to legislators. blouse
Journal, 1892, page 257)
In 1907 he voted to let the rail-
roads keep it secret who were carry
ing free passes. (Senate Journal,
1907, page 311)
In 1907 he voted against the bill
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