The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-25
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records show that on every vote, when
the opportunity was afforded him 10
prevent social equality in South Caro-
lima, he voted to force white ladies
and white children to associate WITH
free negroes, by travelling in the same
coaches with them; by forcing them
to drink out of the same, water glass
es; by forcing them, in some instances,
to use the same toilets; by forcing
them to sit so close to them as to
smell the filthy odor which they throw
off. Every time he had the opportuni l.
ty to prevent that he voted against it
and in favor of the railroad corpora
tions who were fighting it. That is
some of his record gentlemen.
Has Candidate Jones stood by the
negro? His recent convention refused
to pass a resolution favoring the re-
peal of the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments to the constitution of the
United States, which places the negro
OF equal footing of citizenship with
the white man and deprives the State
of the right to disfranchise him. This
resolution was introduced by Mr.
Wannamaker, of Orangeburg. All OF
the other Southern States favor it.
The Jones corporation convention
committee reported it unfavorably and
thus putting themselves on record as
opposing the repeal of these clauses,
while all the other white people and
all the Southern States do. This is the
csp-stone corporation Jones, fighting
against separate coaches and in favor
of negro equality, places upon his dis
graceful corporation record as legisla-
tor, Judge and delegate.
Now, you have heard some paint
ing of "Bleaseism." Which do you
prefer, negro equality and association,
such as he attempted to place upon
you, CT freedom and independence
such as l have given you? Which do
YOU want? "Jonesism" or "Blease-
ism,'' as he sees fit to call it?
Now, he passed on to the supreme
court. What do we find there? l
will tell you one thing you will find,
that while he was on the supreme
bench, and while he was chief justice,
his son, who was looking after a bank,
and a grocery business and stock
business over here at Lancaster, was
riding around on railroad passes as
railroad attorney. Just as soon as
Jones quit being chief justice that boy
quit being railroad attorney. Why?
Was he not just as good a lawyer as
he had ever been? Oh! No. Pa was
no longer on the supreme court bench,
and the railroad no longer needed
Lawyer Jones. He may say he re-
signed; possibly he did; so did Pa.
The Lawyer Jones is out OF a job; so
is Pa. The lawyer though may get
another one; so may Pa, but it won't
be governor.
What about some Of his decisions in
favor of corporations, when he was
on the supreme court bench:
Take the case of Taylor VS.. A. c. l..
R. R. Co., IS South Carolina. This is
a case in which white lady of good
standing was put off of train at
Green Pond, in the midst of crowd
of drunken negroes, who violently
pushed and jostled her, abused her
with menacing speeches, using profane
and obscene language, etc. The agent
of the company ran off, telling her
that he was going to get his pistol,
but he never returned, leaving this
lady there among that throng drunk
en- negroes. She brought suit against
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad and
the jury gave her a verdict of ten
thousand dollars. A motion for new
trial was made and Judge Dantzler re-
fused it. But, 10 and behold, when
they got into the supreme court, the
distinguished corporation lawyer,
Jones, wrote the opinion of the court
and said, among other things: "It
is not the duty of common carrier
to provide escorts for unattended la
dies" and winds up his opinion by
saying that the judgment of the circuit
court is reversed, thus depriving this
lady, who had been so outrageously
and indecently treated by corpora