The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-09-03

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and untrue, the primary should be vim
dicated, but if the charges were sub
stantiated, then the fraud must be
wiped out. He said that he wanted ev-
erything fair and honest and that
when the committee should declare the
nomination it should write across it
clean and fair. He favored going to
the bottom of the charges no matter
whom they affected.
BleaSe FavOrs Probe.
Mr.. Eugene S. Blease took the floor,
and speaking as the personal repre-
sentative of his brother, the governor,
said that Governor Blease did not want,
and would not have the nomination
for governor, if tainted in the slight
est degree with fraud. He said that
10000 honest votes had been cast for
the governor; that he had received a
majority and that this majority would
stand behind, the governor and see that
he was accorded his rights. He said
that all the governor asked was fair
and honest count; that the Democratic
party had always stood for honesty in
elections and always would. Mr.. Blease
referred to the fact that, with the ex-
ception of Newberry county, where the
machinery was in control of the
Blease men, every one of the counties
in which there were charges of fraud
had been carried by Blease and still
the election machinery was controlled
by the Jones forces, and that the vast
majority of the managers were Jones
men.
Mr.. Blease said that the Georgetown
correspondent of the News and Cour-
ier, before the election, writing to that
paper, reported that Georgetown would
go for Jones and that the election ma
chinery was in the hands of the Jones
men, which was a distinct advantage.
How about Anderson" some one
asked.
Judge Breazeale and Gen. NJ. L.
Bonham, Jones men, were in charge in
that county," replied the speaker, and
a spectator shouted, "Give it to them,
Blease."
The speaker said he knew the VIC
tory of Blease was cutting to the 9TH
er side, but expressed his wish that all
wounds could be healed and all bitter
ness forgotten. He said that since fac
tionalism was running so high he fav-
ored the resolution adopted at the
morning meeting looking to safeguard
ing the primary. Cali we want is fair
play" he said, and he added that he
was willing to assist in every way pos
sible and he heartily seconded the res
olution as, worded.
As to Heavy Vote.
Explaining the heavy vote cast by
the intense interest, Mr.. Blease said
that some men had been taken from
their beds to vote; that thousands, un-
der the urging of the newspapers,
came back from the mountains and
from their vacations to vote, and that
they voted for Cole. L. Blease, and now
the papers were kicking. He said that
he does not believe the Democracy of
South Carolina has stopped to fraud
until he has absolute proof of it, and
that he had full confidence in the hon
or and integrity of the managers of
election in South Carolina He hearth
ly favored the adoption of the resolu-
ton.
Mr.. Stevenson sail the argument Of
Mr.. Blease supported the resolution;
that the Democrtic committee was &C.
ing tS write the nomination clean anG
that the investigation of fraud must
be above partisan acti1.,, and it was
for the reason that it WAS jones mara
gers in counties IL which there are
Irregularities charged that he favor
ed the resolution. He said that the
speaker had ignored the charge OF
Governor Blease in his speech from
the State house steps, that the Jones
forces had stuffed 10000 votes in the
ballot boxes, and he wanted this
charge investigated, and, therefore, all
the poll lists, all the rolls, all the evil
dence and everything in the counties
in which these charges were made
should be brought before the commit
tee and everything examined in open
public and under the gaze of evrybody
co thero cou1d he No char0p of Darti-