The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-09-25
WHAT BLEASE FACTION PROPOSES
IF FIRST PRIMARY is THROWN OUT
Full Ticket Will be Put out for All State Offices in the
General Election and Nominations of First Primary
tor Appontive County Offices VIII be Disreqar-
ded, According to Blesse "Prophet"

continually referring to Governor
Blease's political adherents as AN
archists, hoodlums, lower element,
ignorant. vicious and prejudiced,' and
now they wonder at the dangerous
aspect of the storm He that SOW
eth the wind shall reap the whirl-
WIND is quotation that should have
been needed in the convention last
May" and then goes on to hold out
the olive branch to the opposing fac
tion if they will come into the fold"
and present solid front to the com
mon enemy"
The state committee is given a
yelled threat in this matter. An
other point to be considered In this
settlement of family affairs, as it
were is this: The constitution of
South Carolina imposes upon the
governor the duty of appointing the
county treasurers, auditors, masters
IN equity, judges of probate and
magistrates. Releaes him from the
primary obligation to respect the
nomination, and he can, and we think
would, appoint to those Offices whom
he pleases. That would afford an
ideal opportunity to put into more ex-
tensive operation the famous declara-
ton: L stand by my friends"
As To TiIlman.
That Senator Tillman in the eyes
of the BleaseiteS, has made amends.
in large degree, for what they CON
| sidered his "desertion" by advocating
the election of Jones in the first pri-
mary, by his letter to John Gary
Evans demanding instant action on
the part of the executive committee
and favoring the declaring of Blease
the nominee, is evidenced by this
statement: at should not be forgot
ten that Senator Tillman also re-
ceived the nomination, on the face of
the returns, and should, and undoubt-
/ edly Will be, considered the actual
nominee by the regular democracy
and supported accordingly in the
next general assembly when they so
into the matter of election for a
United States senator" Senator Till
man seems to be solid once more
with the Blease faction.
One is struck by the fact that the
semi official def" has gone forth in
this announcement that, if necessary,
the Bleaseites will make an onslaught
on the whole of the statehouse Off
cin1c ho a. X.
and in the general election if il goes
that far. Only two of the accredited
nominees, John G.. Richards, for rail
road commissioner, and j. e. Swear
ingen, superintendent of education.
escaped and are acceptable to the
! Bleasoites. The fact that Mr.. Swear
ingen, nephew of Senator Tillman,
is acceptable is significant The state
house officials running without Opp0-
sition in the primary were r. NJ.
McCown, secretary of state; A. w.
Jones, comptroller general Il. j.
! Watson. commissioner of agriculture ::
w. w. Moore, adiutant general; Chas.
A. Smith, lieutenant governor. None
| vi IHtoC iI Z dNttDldDle 10 Ine GlcaSG-
ties for they are all considered as
unfriendly to the governor and will
be marked for slaughter if an appeal
is made to the general election.
The Bleaseites. from this suggested
ticket, would take Oscar w. Babb. at
! present assistant adjutant general
and make him adjutant general over
w. w. Moore, incumbent. and run
ming without opposition in the last
primary.
The letters goes into detail and is
considered in Columbia as being. at
least, semi-official announcements OF
what the Bleasc faction proposes to
do if the state committee refuscr to
concede the nomination to Sc
For that reason it is of more than
usual Importance and is concdercd
significant.
w F. CALDWELL