Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-08-23
BLEAsE CHANGES TACTICS;
DOESN'T ASSAIL JONES
Latter Makes Strong Speech
at PiCkenS and Claims
Many Votes,
- staff Corresnondent.l

Blease's speech here today was differ
ent from any he has delivered on the
/ campaign. He only mentioned Judge
Jones name a few times. and he did not
at all assail the private or public
record Of the former chief justice. The
governor did say that he had put so
much pepper in the former chief JUS
| tees Office that he had jumped down
from the supreme bench and into pri-
vate life; that Judge Jones is being
supported by the editor Of the Columbia
State: that the former chief justice got
mad when the governor ignored his
recommendation for appointment as
special judges and that Judge Jones
had been educated in a UNCONVENTIONAL
| college" =.
These were the governors only refer
ences to his leading opponent. He never
| touched his old social equality" charge
and other charges.
! JONES CHANGES CROWD
Judge Jones delivered a telling speech,
adm a crowd that was at first Of Blease
| sentiment was. at the end meeting, a
Jones crowd.
/ Replying to the governors statement
that he had made Judge Jones jump
out OF the chief Justices seat, Judge
Blease's salt and pepper, be IL red or
/
out OF the governors chair"
| The campaign ends tomorrow, FIVE
/ days before the election. and Judge
Jones. referring to this fact, said: Gov
ernor Blease sees the handwriting on
the wall. He is getting scared. and I'll
prove it."
He gave as his first reason for this
belief the fact that Governor Blease. at
Carney and other places, spoke Of what
4 l. l..
i assassinated. He said that he had nc
weapon with which man. could be as
ssssinated. his only weapon being a
corkscrew, and he had pulled this out
| Just 70 keep him (Blease) from trem-
bling to DEATH -
/ Judge Jones second reason for be-
lleVing that the governor is afraid for
his election was that Governor Blease
| has been talking of fear that "some
/ rascal will steal all the ballots"
Judge Jones said: He needn't worry
about 1000 ballots place. He won't
I need half that number"
- BLEASE'S ALLEGATION.
/ Governor Blease has gone a step
| further in HIS allegation that his
4 opponents would count him out. He
said he had received a letter from ].
Manly Smith. ex-sherif of Lee county,
stating that Chairman John Gary Evans,
Of the state executive committee, had
sent to ths chairman Of Lee county
1000 election tickets. whereas there are
5000 names on the club rolls Of that
county. The governor also said that the
| state chairman had sent to the Pickens
/ county chairman 1000 tickets less than
/ had been asked for. He said: This
shows they are trying to count US out
4 Governor Blease brought United
States Senator B. r. Tillmans name
] into the campaign again today, and he
| read another letter from the senator, in
which TiIlman said he is hands OFF, in
the glbernatorial race. @ l-
The governor said the newspapers are
to blame for his having had to mention
j Senator Tillman's name so often.
He said that p. II. MCGOWAN, news
paper correspondent in Washington, had
| recently sent out an article in which he
4 said that Blease had promised to
throw his influence for w Jasper Tai
bert in the senatorial race"
/ Governor Blease said he had never
mentioned either the gubernatorial or
the senatorial race to Talbert and he
thought MCGOWAN Ought to be named
p. H. Liar"
The governor read a letter which he
said he received from Tillman bearing
date Of August 16. From this he read:
| 81 did not think 1 ought TO try to die
tate to the people as to whom they shall
vote for, for have done my best to
1 remain hands or as between the can
didates for governor. and shall continue
10 do so. I am not responsible because
the newspapers are deceiving the people
by putting lies in the headlines"
A crowd Of about 1900 people heard
the aspirants for the governorship, and
Of this the larger part at FIRST appeared
to be OF Blease sentiment. Many husky
mountaineers were in the crowd. and
/ other counties were represented.
There were a few attempts TO howl
Judge Jones down. but these were han
/ died we'll and overcome. The crowd,
which at first shouted for Biease, broke
up with Jones men in the majority.
/ Governor Blease frequently refers to
Judge Jones' age, and this he repeated
today. Answering this. Judge Jones
asked: as there any shame in being an
old man? Does he mean to say 1 am
decrepit? Why, ] could whip either OF
them in a fair fight" the reference
being 20 his two opponents. The gov
ernor took his usual hand primary.