The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-25

lima has written her will against it,
and I accept her peculiar attitude in
the matter" Judge Jones declared that
he held his own view on this great
debatable question, but that he was
eentent to abide the will of his State,
and that he could not change the law
If he wished.
Says Blease Voted for Passes.
Tn the matter of free railroad passes,
Judge Jones admitted that in those
DAYS he was fool enough to think that
the acceptance of a free pass could
not, by any means, influence an OIL
ciaI. He soon found that the public
conception was otherwise and imme-
diately gave them up.
81 repented of that" said Judge
Jones, 'but Blease must answer to
you on this very matter which he
charges against me. In the vote on
the acceptance of free passes, Blease
while in the legislature, skipped the
question, and did not vote, but in the
journal of 1892, on the question of re-
pealing the act allowing the accept
ance of passes, you will find that Cole.
L. Blease voted against the repeal and
for the acceptance of passes. In that
vote I had seen my error and stood
against accepting passes.
sJim Grow" Car Bill.
Judge Jones was yesterday accused
by the governor as favoring the same
railroad coaches for both whites and
blacks. A bill providing for separate
coaches was introduced in the legisla-
ture in 1892. This, Judge Jones stated
today, he knew to be unconstitutional.
That was prior to the constitutional
convention of 1895.
s|That bill, as presented" said the
speaker, could not have stood the
tests of the courts five minutes. l am
heartily in favor of separate coaches
for negroes, of course, and it is mere
elap-trap to charge that favor social
equality"
''No," said Judge Jones, 'you cannot
tear down man by finding flaw here
and there in some of his individual
acts; if you cannot make a successful
attack upon his character, you cannot
damage him by citing some errors Of
Judgment. I am today making fight
against the greatest demagogue who
ever ruled in South Carolina. I defy
an investigation of my whole life, the
lives of my whole family
Attacks Blease's Record.
Turning his guns upon the record OF
Governor Blease, Judge Jones said:
~You don't have to go back into an
eient history to find vulnerable points
IN this mans record. Blease vetoed
the bill providing an investigation of
the Murray winding-up commission,
thus holding against these honorable
men the slander that had been made
"The Factory Inspection Act" said
the speaker, was vetoed by him, and
vet Re gees ahead and pays Col. l.. NJ.
Green about $500 a month. think, to
make long distance inspection of fac
tories and make up his report from the
findings of the agricultural commits
sioner."
The speaker then charged that the
governor had crippled the work of the
State board of health by not allowing
an appropriation of S4,163, to cover a
deficit in the funds for diphtheria anti
toxin.
Judge Jones merely mentioned the
governors pardon record today, call
ing attention to the Wash Hunter case.
hs which he said Blease tried to bam-
boozie the supreme court on the issue
of a true bill" finding, attempting to
show analogy with the Lazarus case.
Judge Jones declared that the SUI
preme court had not reversed itself in
this, and that Blease's charge was
reflection On Justice Woods. Judge
Jones was given rousing cheers and
hearty handclaps as he concluded
Applause and Kisses for Blease.
Mingled with the applause with
which Governor Blease was received
there were a few Kisses. Il am sur
prised to hear Kisses from Darling
ton audience" said the governor, who
at once struck defiant attitude, pro-