Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-23

De ready anO anxious 10 Help ceTldlH
who are the grafters.
Repeatedly the speaker returned to
his primary theme, which was the hu-
initiation that all patriotic South Car
olinians must feel when they consider
what things are freely said at this
time throughout the country, concern
ing their highest officials. 1t was less
the desirability of his own election that
he urged than the imperative necessity
and obligation of re-enthroning law
and Of restoring the pristine glory Of
the state.
Speaking of the charge the governor
had laid against him, Of endeavoring,
by his votes against the early Jim
Crow car bills, to perpetuate social
equality between whites and negroes,
Judge Jones said this accusation was
so false, preposterous and puerile that
he would ignore 1t entirely at all
| times, II he did not find a man here
and there who was ignorant OF his
twenty two years service to the state
in high Office and hence might give
some credit to the story. Judge Jones
gave in detail his reasons for voting as
he did, which reasons are by now ia
miliar to the public and said, well, II
these votes were so bad, had mighty
enumerated various prominent citizens
of Chester county who took the same
position he took on these bills, their
number including P. L. Hardin, Jesse
H. Hardin, c. w. McFadden, Peter T.
Hollis, s. T. McKeown, Joseph Nun
merry and A. G. Brice, and inquired
whether these men were advocates OF
social equality. The governor, he said,
could not lay this charge against him
without arraigning these good men on
the same charge. This point Judge
Jones brought out strongly and II made
powerful impression.
Recalling that Gov. Blease had re-
Gently made much Of an alleged asser-
| tion by him at Hampton last March
that Blease and Blease men were "an-
archists," Judge Jones declared he had
never said or meant to say that per-
sons who supported Blease were anar-
chists, but he did assert and would
maintain that "Bleaseism" leads to an
archy. He was well aware that some
OF the best people in the state had sup
ported Blease, he said. Some Of his
own strongest supporters at this time
were men who in 1910 voted for Blease.
But anarchy is dethronement Of law.
The man who believes In the principles
anarchist at heart and would show 1t
in his life. Not later than last night,
he said, the governor Of South Caroli-
ma stood on the steps Of the state
house and told his friends that he
would have pardon ready for any
man who killed another for coming to
his house intoxicated, and using i'm
proper language there, as the governor
alleged was done last Sunday after
noon at the governors mansion in Co
lumbia, by two Red Men from Green
vile, ]. N. King and o. w. Watson.
Judge Jones denied the governors ac-
cusation that he went with these men
| to the office of the State. Judge Jones
said he was on his way to the Office Of
DR.. Horibeck on Gervais street to have
his eyes treated, and met these men
casually on the sidewalk in front OF
the State building. He talked with
them only few moments and did not
visit the office of the State at all. He
had nothing to do with q signed state
ment from these men which was pub
lished in the State and any insinuation
that he did was "maliciously false" !"
There was represented in Columbia last
night, he said, the spectacle, which no
thoughtful citizen could contemplate
without horror, Of the chief executive
of the state proclaiming openly his
readiness to pardon man who might
murder another for an insufficient
cause.
"Hurrah for Blease!" some one
yelled.
"Why don't you say, then, Hurrah
for murder%" retorted Judge Jones.
But no." he continued, lets say,
rather, Hurrah for law and order!'"
This expression worked hearty and
general applause. mo man who mur-
ders another" the speaker resumed,
without greater provocation than has
been announced in the case Of King and
Watson, Will ever get pardon from
me-" : - 'i--sse- - '-'- > r-'T ::
Ridicule by Judge Jones Of the tt
rades in which the governor INDUCES
on the subject Of negroes called for
considerable laughter IF Gov. Blease,"
he said, cant get the niger in his
speech, why, he's got no speech" A
case In point, the speaker said, was
the governors defense Of his action in
revoking all notarial commissions. The
governor said he did II to get rid Of
few negro notaries public. But why
strike at 100 white men In order to
hit one negro? Why could not the gov
ernor have looked through the list and
struck off the few negroes without dis
turbing the white men? 1.-The negro;
oh, what q sweet morsel!"
When he concluded Judge Jones was
presented with several bouquets of
flowers for which he made graceful
acknowledgment.