The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-07-26

had promised certain gentlemen who
were here today, two years ago, that
were interested in building this bridge,
that he would do all ne could for 1t,
whether he was elected or not. He
wasn't elected. He went to Columbia,
anyway, and stayed the proverbial 40
days and 40 nights, and then he had
to come home-the legislature stayed
twelve days longer fighting Blease,
and he wasn't in that. He had gone to
Senator Johnson, of Fairfield, and said
to him, eff the bill comes up here for
a bridge across this river. will you
help us. to get it?" Senator Johnson
told him, he said, he didn't think he
could do it. 81 am making no char
ges,'' said Mr.. Evans, but Senator
Johnson, of Fairfield, said he and Sen
ator Johnstone, of Newberry, had talk
ed the matter over and come to the
conclusion it was no GOOD" T" So he
had been forced to drop the matter.
The people did need bridge and need
ed it badly. They were bottled up
almost like Cuba was, and were they
going to wait for a Hobson to come
and unbottle them, when it was the
duty of the legislature? Brazzleman's
bridge had been built, and bridges be-
tween Lexington and Newberry What
was the reason this one could not be
built? What did they want to throw
away money on strangers and negroes
for?
He said when officials had disre-
garded the interests of the people it
was the duty of the people to retire
them. He contended that 4 man did not
go to the legislature to exercise his
own individual opinion, but to repre-
sent his county He said he didn't
care whose toes he was stepping on,
because he priced the right Of free
speech more than any Office but the
effort to get rid of Governor Blease,
in the manner which had been chosen,
was because he had the courage, the
manhood and the backbone to be gov
ernor of South Carolina, and his re-
fusal to be dictated to was what had
caused the fight upon him. Governor
Blease was incorruptible, and the peo-
pie knew it, Notwithstanding all the
lies and calumny heaped upon him by
the legislature and those to whom it
had delegated its powers, including
men ''like that dirty scoundrel, T. B.
Fielder, and cowardly detectives afraid
to come into South Carolina" You
can't insult governor without insult
ing the people, he said. They were
after Blease because they couldn't
cont1 oil him, but he prophecied Blease
wohld be the. next governor by 10000
majority, and that there would be a
legislature that believed in economy
and not self-aggrandizement at the
expense of the people. He was hoarse,
he said, because he had been in Colum-
'bia, with thousands of others, holler
ing for Blease. He said the legisla-
ture had been extravagant and had
squandered the peoples money, and
the demand was for economy.
Mr.. Arthur Kibler.
candidate for reelection to the house,
said he was delighted at the interest
shown by the people In the discussion
of public questions. The duty of ev-
cry man was to come to the front and
show that he took an interest and
a pride in his State ana it's welfare.
The State government was divided into
three distinct and separate depart
ments; the legislative, judicial and
executive. The legislative department
passed the laws, the judicial depart
ment interpreted them, the executive
them. The position to which
he aspired was not judicial, or execu-
tive, but in the legislative department, /!