The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-08-16

against Mr.. JnO. l., Duncan, 10 WHICH
Mr.. Duncan later replied under the
rule allowing the candidates the priv
I iilege of categorical reply.
"Who represents your ideas of man
hood? Who represents your ideas of
patriotism? Why, the idea of going
back to slander a mans family? In
all this race have never said one
word against the personal life and
character of Blease. l have never
thrown one thing of mud or filth in
this campaign. 1 have never referred
to his private life. I have never refer
red to his character as a man. I have
never referred in the relnotest degree
to any of his family or any of his an
cestors. All that I have done is to
point to his record while in Office, and
that is no personal attack, that is no
slander. I claim I can go before the
people of South Carolina at any time
and refer to any mans record, if I
confne myself to the truth, and do
not falsify, and do not misrepresent."
He charged that Gov Blease's
charge on his Wade Hampton vote
suggested what was not true. 81 did
vote for COL Irby," he said. ''He was
Reformer and 1 was a Reformer. I
had been with Tillman and Irby and
Shell in their meeting; was one of
the leaders in the Reform movement,
one of the lieutenants of Ben Tillman
in his fight, and when Col. Irby, one
of the leaders of the Reform party,
! was a candidate for the U. S. senate I
stood by my party and voted for Irby,"
just like, he said, he would stand by
the Democratic party if he were a
member of congress. "What did
Blease do? Blease did vote for Hamp-
ton one time when the two houses met
separately" said Judge Jones, explain
ing the method of election. Everybody
knew that wouldn't result in an elec-
tion. When the two houses came to-
gether-he didn't tell you thatzzwhen
the two houses came together they
voted six or seven times in joint as
sembly and Cole. Blease voted for Irby,
just like 1 did, every time. Are you
such suckers as to be fooled by any
such rot as that? l don't think you
are II don't call people suckers, but
l want to know if they are such suck
ers as to be easily caught by things
like that. 1t is said 1 voted against
Judge Wallace. / did vote for Y. ].
Pope against. Judge Wallace" paying
high tribute to Judge Pope. ''Cole.
Blease did the same thing" he said,
"and yet he would have you believe
that turned traitor on Judge Wallace
and sent him back with humiliation
and disgrace, and he did the same
thing. He did right, and so did 1.
What is the use for him to come before
the people of Newberry and try to ram
down their throats that I did some
thing he himself didn't do
Judge Jones said he had knocked
Blease's Bishopville speech into a
thousand splinters. There isn't a
thing left of it. When he offered that
speech and 1 got up, as had right to
do, to reply to it, Blease got up and
practically wouldn't allow me. Blease
took charge of the matter, and with his
men around bowling I wasn't allowed
to make reply to it as I had right to
do under the rules he himself
had agreed to the day before. And he
left the poison just where he dropped
it, without my having the right to put
in the antidote." But, since that time,
he said, though Blease had two replies
to his one during the campaign-29
replies to 15-he had knocked the
Bishopville speech into splinters, "and
/ am going to beat him, anyhow,
don't care what the handicaps are"
The people, he said, were now begin
ming to scratch their heads and Won
der what they saw in the Bishopville
speech-there wasn't thing in it but
froth, he said. He took up the charge
that he had voted not to reduce the
rate of interest in 1890 ''He did the
same thing" said Jones, and Judge
Jones contended that vote at that time
was in the interest of the woTkingman
who had to borrow money. Judge
Jones said he had voted for divorce
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