The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-28

ala he not do the pardOning business
= himself on his own judgment, rather
than turn il over to a shifty LAWYER
to charge fee unless he was getting
some or the money? Why is it that
nc Is so intimate with Ben Abney.
the leading counsel for the Southern
railway as to take him into his own
! house, when he knows Ben Abney is
, the greatest lobbyist We have ever
had in South Carolina a manipula-
tor of legislatures and railroad COM
missloners. If 1 had been running for
governor like Jones is, what do you
suppose I would have said to Blease
when he charged me with having Son
Charlie megaphone up to Pa on the.
supreme bench? I would nave re-
torted: Gov. Blease, Ben Abney does
not have to use megaphone or tele-
phone to reach you and tell YOU what
the Southern railroad wants. He can
talk to you three times day across
| the table. and if he does not finish by
supper, he can go to bed with you and
talk 1t over and get everything fixed
| Every Intelligent man in the State
knows Ben Abney's pernicious activity
in Columbia Through the lawyers In.
the legislature in the employ OF the
railroad he has prevented any relief to
the people about the mileage book
situation and ALL other railroad mat
ters.
Because Gonzales and all the other
State papers ans; supporting Jones is
no reason why Jones is unfit to be
governor, or that he will be controlled
by them If he is elected. My friends
VINO have been so outraged because
SAID Jones was 'a,Ainently qualified to
be governor and. have demanded that
should say the same for Blease had
better take heed, lest in their passion
and prejudice and. madness they get a
worse governor than Jones can pos
sibly make. 1 undertake to guaran-
tee that Jones, If elected governor,
will be governor OF all the people and
not OF his friends alone. Because all
the newspapers which have howled at
me--and some OF them are still howl
ing-are now howling against Blease
and for Jones is no manner of proof
that Blease Is the best man Of the two
or will make the better governor.
Blease has had his. chance Has he
made good? On your honor. do you
think ne has made good as governor?
NO man can be a good governor un-
less he realizes that. it is, a high office
and that ho ought t0 ~ i."tilag TO
trine il uno"r suspicion. TIA Aono- ~
The STATE is Ike .'ra honor -c a eo-
man. and ought 10 he Gea- z, every
Carouniap. have ,riea ,ly 1es, 40
stay out of this light. but my friends
are trying in every way possible, it
seems, TO drag me into it, having no
thought OF the consequences to me,
but Intent only On. electing Blease or
Jones l could not say Blease was as
well qualified as Jones without lying,
except as 1 have explained in this let
ter. Ii I could speak to every South
CarOlinian i'm the State who is a Till
mantle. between NOW and the primary,
this is what L weuiH say: L am the
same man that 1 have always been.
and have not changed one particle.
still believe the poor people and the
farmers ought to have rs many rights
and privileges as. anybody else in the
country, but they only play into the
hands OF their enemies and fight
against their own interests when they
vote for an unworthy man. did not
win their confidence and loye by lying
TO them, and ( do ROT purpose to re-
tain it by lying to them. do not be-
iieve Blcaso would make as good Il
governor aS Jones. but 4 very much
worse one than we have ever had
-''N' WIG i"''S"i o'sS' "hV III " 'ufu
bring us ,iS-raCt. il cicctcf again ]
know mauS OF my friends regard
B'casc ~. smother Tillman. lie can
use the pitcifnrii IL wciI or perhaps
better ,fau can now, but never
dipped ttc piechiork i'm filth, And that
i, what he hr- done. .ind | tOpc for
the Crejt 81 the state be will fre
bcdtru.
"Con-idrr A9w idotic. and fool
ish j; is 1" Vote against a good iAan
becaVse Gonzales VIII vote for him
and supports him in nis newspaper.
If he should happen accidentally to
support r,t some time. that wou,1 be