The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-07-19
GOVERNOR BLEASE
LAMBASTS FIELDER.
In Bamberg Speech, Blease Denounces
Fielder and His Political Enemies in
Characteristic Fashion - Offers
$1,000 to Any Man Who Will Fetch
Tom Fielder on This Side of the Sa-
vannah River.

Bemberg, S. c., July 13."-Dirty
,-skunks who are in Augusta endeav-
oring to hurt my name today are
afraid to come to my face or to come
to South Carolina" said Governor
Blease today, referring to the inves-
tigation in progress in Augusta, "but
they go into a State that can only
raise pimps and monkey-headed wa
termelons, and whose governor hasn't
got sense enough to raise sap seed
melons,"
The governor then launched into a
lengthy discussion of social equality
charges.
In his speech today Gov. Blease
said: "I'm willing for every act of my
public life and every act of my pri-
vate life to be held up to the pub
lie eye. I've done things that all
boys have done, things that all men
have done, but not one dollar has ever
gone into my pockets that was not
honestly earned.
"You send your committee to Au-
gusta, guttersnipes, pimps and politi-
cal prostitutes, to take the testimony
of man who's a thief and he knows
it, to take the testimony of a man
who the attorney general knows is
the dirtiest thief that has ever been
hurts the State and his statements are
as false as the hinges that swing the
gates of hell. He knows it and that's
why he won't come into South Carroll
ma.
"1'll give any man a thousand dol
lars who'll bring Thomas Fielder on
this side of the Savannah river with
me present. If he's such a clean man
why won't he come into South Caro-
lima? Why send a committee with
authenticated Sullivan, uncle of C.
c. Featherstone, at it's head, which
is composed of as dirty and contemp-
tible set of men as ever sat in
legislature, except in days of Moses
come to my face Monday, I'll tell him
he's something that every decent man
in South Carolina will resent"
In referring to the story from Au-
gusta carried by morning papers, the
governor said: "There never was
dirtier set of lies ever published on
man. If any member of the investi-
eating committe will meet me on
Columbia's streets Monday and tell
me he believes what Tom Fielder says,
you won't need any duelling law and
Charlie Smith will be your governor"
Judge Jones left the stand amid
loud cheers, which continued when
Governor Blease was introduced Gov.
Blease was loudly cheered, and while
it seemed that sentiment Of the crowd
speech brought forth cheers louder
than those that greeted Judge Jones.
The crowd was in good humor and
it applauded.
"Judge Jones told you he was bam-
boozled by pass" said the governor
amid cheers. We'll, never was
bamboozled by anybody" If you've
got a nigger wife" said the governor,
in developing the social equality
charge, you go and ride in nigger's
train with her." and later he said
"You people who have got nigger
wives in your back yards vote for Ira
B. Jones'" "John T. Duncan is
cleaner man than Ira B. jones'" said
in most particulars resembled those
of past days dealing with pardon rec
ord, Ben Abney incident and other
things.
The crowd loudly cheered the gov
ernor's reference to the Augusta in
vestigation. There were people here
today from Orangeburg and other
nearby counties.
After the excitement of yesterdays
tilt between Lyon and Evans the
speech of the latter here today was
unusually quiet and free from bitter
ness. When he had spoken he took
an early train for Columbia. He
made no reference to yesterdays
events. Thos. H. Peoples was absent,
having. gone to Augusta to. have a
eye. Lyon followed Earle and assail-
ed the latter's record in the legisla-
ture, especially his vote for the State
dispensary.
Earle attacked Lyon for charging
the State for laundry. hacks, shoe
shines, Pullman and like bills when
on official trips to Cincinnati and
other places in the North. and said:
az am convinced that the charges
were wrong" He said he would not
have made such assertions unless Ly-
on had a chance to reply.
ellis name is Earle, but / am sorry
he is getting in the Barney Evans
class; he belongs to an honorable
family, but hope he will stop such
tactics as Barney uses" said Lyon on
Earle to remember his name is Earle.
Lyon was well received. He said he
would not assail any oness record
unless he had the documents as he
had on Barney" and would produce
records on Evans if any one wanted
to see them.
"Do you want votes of grafters ?"
asked a big voice in the crowd.
~ would not have them if I could
get them," replied Lyon, and he was
applauded.
Sam J. Nichols of Spartanburg
joined the campaign party in Barn
we'll yesterday, and is still in COM