Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-05
STATE CAMPAIGN.
Seems to Have Developed Into Howl |
ing Down Contest.


Seems to Have Developed Into Howl
ing Down Contest.
Monday was an off day in the state
campaign; but on Tuesday the candi-
dates appeared before the voters at
Kingstree. the county seat Of Williams
burg, and yesterdays meeting was at
Monck's Corner, Berkeley.
Kinsstree.
There was quite a large crowd at
Kingstree, the largest. the correspond
ents say, that has ever gathered at
meeting there, and although
1t was a noisy meeting there was no
actual effort to howl down. At George
town, 1t Is said that the Blease men
were in a bunch and did their howling
In concert; but at Kingstree they were
scattered among the crowd and. instead
of trying to drown the speaker out
with noise, fired more or less good ma
tured bandinage at him. The Jones
men made the usual claim that the in
terruptions came not from Kingstree
men; but from people living at dis
tance. At one place In his speech
Judge Jones said: Here is the differ
ence between Jones men and Blease
men. Blease men don't want to hear
the truth. They squirm and wriggle
and holler and try to howl q man
down." This was met with derision.
Judge Jones was the recipient Of flow
ers. Governor Blease was received
with rousing cheers and in answer to
a demand from the audience, devoted
much of his time explaining his par
don record. He was quite Independent
and defiant about the matter, especial
ly as to one negro in Williamsburg,
who had been paroled instead Of par
doned. He said that the people who
said that the negro had been pardoned
had lied. He showed that his action
had been taken at the instance Of peo.
pie of Williamsburg. The governor
jumped on the newspaper reports OF
the Georgetown meeting, saying that
he had the crowd with him, while the
had represented other
wise The governor had refused to ap-
point a man named Files as magis-
trate. although properly recommended.
and he explained the matter to the ef-
feet that Immediately after the cleo
ton Files had sent the governor state
ticket with a goose-egg opposite his
name, and said: Here Is what I offer
you at my box" One expression by
loud yelling was when he said that
when he had showed up Judge Jones
separate coach record he had eliminat-
ed him forever from South Carolina
politics. II wonder" he said. If those
pretty girls who brought him those
flowers, know he voted in 1891 and In
1894 to make your wives and daughters
and sweethearts ride in the same
coaches with big buck niggers." Gov
ernor Blease was the recipient Of al
handsome floral offering in the shape
Of a horse shoe, and in accepting 1t
called attention to the fact that II was
of good luck rather than
burial.
In Clarendon.
The correspondent Of the Spartan
burg Journal and the Greenville News
sent the following report Of the Man.
ming meeting:
"If one voter in Clarendon County
knows a single complete argument
advanced by either candidate for gov
ernor, he never heard it in Manning.
for so noisy was the crowd that
neither Jones nor Blease could speak.
Judge Jones was on the stump his
allotted time, but so great was the
bowling that he could hardly be
heard. Governor Blease did not
speak at ALL He was howled great
Iy, and after standing for five min
utes waiting for quiet, he asked that
all Blease men in the crowd hold up
their right hands. Within fifteen
foot radius Of the stage hundreds OF
hands went up, and the governor
took his seat. bowling his acknowledge
ment to crowd. He had not even
started his speech. He said that he
was confident 1t was 'his crowd
and he did not care to speak further.
Judge Jones then asked all Jones
men to hold up their hands and many
in the outer crowd went up. The
cheering was Just noise and consti-
tuted the most unusual and the great
est demonstration of the campaign.
Il seemed that at all times Jones men
IS we'll as Blease followers. Joined In
The bowling and there was little in
.elligent applause. A bunch Of col
ege boys, who yelled for Jones, play
I'd a big part in the hullaballoo. Clar-
,ndon put up the widest reception
yet accorded the candidates. The
hand primary showed the crowd to be
argely Of Blease sentiment, but there
we're many in the outer part Of the
,rowd who are said to be either dis
Interested or disgusted and it did not
seem there was much Jones senti-
nent."
At Monck's Corner.
There were about 500 people at the
Berkeley meeting yesterday. Governor
3lease spoke first and Judge Jones last
There was a great deal Of interest and
he crowd was quite demonstrative.
he sentiment for Blease and Jones |
10Th being strong. Lyon and Evans
denounced each other as usual. The
meeting had to be held in the court
house instead Of out Of doors on ac-
count of rain.
Clark Sore at Bryan.-On his return |
% Washington from Baltimore last
night, Speaker Clark gave