The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-08-22
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Laurens, Aug. I4.-1he 0taC
campaign party was here toda..
and had q crowd of possibly 3,
coo people to hear them. Prot
ably the largest number o
ladies that have attended a cam
paign meeting this year attend
ed this one and to this caus
more than anything else coul
Ee attributed the splendid orde
that prevailed. It would hardl,
be correct to state that splendi'
order prevailed throughout tn
meeting for at the very clos
Judge Jones was not allowed t.
make the categorical reply du'
him under the rules of the cam
paign party. Gov. Blease hat
made several vitrolic attack
upon Judge Jones, charging
him with cowardice because h
did not refer to the Darlington
and Wash Hunter cases II
Laurens when he had usee
them elsewhere in the campaign
When Judge Jones arose te
make q reply to the charge that
he was afraid to face a Laurens
audience on these cases. the
crowd Immediately surrouEding
the stand would not allow him
a word. Chairman Cannon
made every effort to give the
Judge a hearing but the crowd
would not listen to him: The
Judge had to sit down.
\ majority Of the audience
today appeared to be for Gov.
Blease. Judge Jones admirers
not being given so much to cam
paign attendance. However,
Judge Jones had a handsome
following today and according
to reports he gained many
more. Coy. Blease is said to
have lost numbers of votes De
cause of his violent speech.
Judge Jones made no refer
ence to the governor today, not
being in his customary good
health, but closed some time be-
fore his time was up. He gave
his attention to giving his quail
fications for the Office and
stating the platform upon which
he was running. He said that
it had always been the ambition
of his life to serve the people of
the whole state and that when
he resigned the chief justice
ship to run for the governorship,
he was seeking to crafty that
ambit;4l. He said that he
favo@d the passage of an en-
plovers liability law, which
would make corporations liable
in case of injury to their en-
pioyees, whether the injury
was the result Of carelessness of
fellow employees or not. Re-
plying to a question from the
audience, he declared that he
was for county local option
upon the liquor question. He
dwelt at length upon the Torrens
system Of land registration, ex-
pressing his approval Of it, 1t
might be stated J ere that Gov.
Blease made sonse fun of Judge
Jones reference to the Torrens
system when more important
matters" like the pardon of
Wash Hunter and John Gar.
lington were to be dealt with
Judge Jones expressed a desire
to give to the people of South
Carolina an impartial govern.
ment and not a government fol
his friends only. When he
closed he was presented with
several handsome bouquets by
his admirers. He was Loudly
cheerea at the close.
Gov. Blease, in opening, paic
a tribute to his friend, the late
Col. 7. B. Crews and ther
launched into a denunciation o.
the newspapers, especially tht
Columbia State and one of the
Lancaster papers. Taking the
State and spreading it out be
fore the people, he used his Gus
tonary language in referring t
it. tore it in two and flung i
towards the reporters for TIL
Atlanta Journal and The Go
lunbia Record: 4 great many
people thought that the gov
ernor threw it in the face Of tn
representative of The State, bu
Nr. Horton was sitting some dis
tanee away. Referring to tn
recent letters 0f Senator TIL