The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-09-18
UGLY Threats MADE
SAYS BLEASE WILL BE SEATED
AT ALL HAZARDS.
Some INCENDlARY TALK

State Democratic Executive COMMIT
tee Given to Understand That
HIease Must Be Declared the Nom-
inee. Regardless Of ANY Fraud or
He Will Be Put in by Force.
In a speech introducing Governor
Blease to a meeting of "Elks and
"Red Men" last Wednesday night IN
Charleston. ]. V. Wallace is quoted
as having said:
"That during the last three
months the Governor had gone
though the tortrres of the damn
ed and had WOE. Regardless, ne
said. of what John Gary Evans or
". F. Stevenson might do, Cole l..
Rlease was going to be governor
for the next two years. Mr.. wal
lace said that nearly two years
ago, after having been injured
ty his shotgun, he put the gun
awav and had not taken il out OF
its place since; but that he knew
where to find it at any time aHu
that if the time came when an at
tempt would be made to cheat Gov
ernor 'Blease out of the election,
he would be the captain Of COM
nany to 20 to Columbia and de-
fend the Governor and to keep
him in the Office that was MS.
Wallace is an officer of the "Blease
club" of Charleston and was mem
her of the late Blease winding up
Dispensary Commission" The New
berry Herald and News, edited by a
former appointee of Governor Blease'
editorially said last week:
"The trouble with some people
is they never know when they are
whipped. Better take the medicine
gracefully and with a smile. The
Deople of South Carolina kill not
stand for an Independent ticket
and many of the old fellows as
well as the boys are ready to un-
sheath their swords and take down
their old muskets."
The Anderson Intelligencer, also
edited by a paid appointee OF Gov
eruor Blease said, in the course. OF
lengthy editorial article, a few days
ago:
LAS we stated above we are for
peace. But we have no idea that
the people of Anderson county and
the people of the State at large
are going to stand for any such
business as is new cropping out in
this election. They are going to
seat Cole Blease or there is going
to be a civil war in South Carolina.
And if a war is necessary the Intel
lieencer is in favor Of it rather
than sc ethe will of the people de-
feated by few sore-headed poll
ticians.'
The State commenting on the above
says: Thus we have from three dlf
ferent parts of the State, from me1
who have drawn salaries by appoint
ment of the Governor and are con
spicuous as to his supporters ant
personal friends, threats to the ef
feet that unless the State Democratic
Executive Committee declar Mr
Blease the nominee of the recent pr1
mary there will be an appeal to arm
in South Carolina!
1t is significant that the Newberr!
Herald and News is at pains to quot
| in full the Wallace threat from Char
lesion and The Intelligencer's articl
from Anderson.
"By the Blease leader in Charles
ton anil by two Blease newspapers II
Newberry and Anderson, the peopl
of the State are squarely put on no
tice that what the Executive Com
mittee shall do really has nothing t.
do with the case, that tMr. Blease vii
be seated as Governor with the all
of shotguns if necessary. That th'
primary merely nominates candidates
an dthat an election is to be helt
is quietly ignored.
"By these high Blease authorities
the country and Congress is told tina
in South Carolina nominees Of the
primary, the fairness of the nom1na
tions having been prejudged in faVol
of candidates successful on the face
of the eturns, will be given the Of
flee, with the ad Of armed Insured
ton or civil war, regardless OF the
voting in the general election in No
yem,ber. If that principle is to be
accepted in the State, Republicans
will find it useful in considering con
tests for seats in Congress from
South Carolina.
"The State has at no time said that
the primary election was fraudulent
but it has quoted witnesses Of cases
of fraud. 1t has said that If the "a
tion of one white voter to five OF
population be assumed as the basis
upon which to estimate the total vote
of South Carolina, a total vote OF
more than 100000 IS amazing and
about equal to the aggregate number
of white males Of voting age, In
cluding sick, insane and other incom-
petents. 1t has said that an increase
of $4,000 n the vote, in two years,
over the highest vote (less than 107-
O00) hitherto cast in State primary
is also amazing.
"Fraudelent primaries have not
been unknown in South Carolina. A
few years ago an election for super
visor in Greenyille county was set
aside on the ground of fraud and the
candidate defeated on the face OF the
returns in the first was elected in a
second and special primary. There
was no talk Of shotguns rcivl war.
A notice of contest filed by an unsuc-
cessful candidate for Congress, subse-
quently withdrawn caused no talk OF
shotguns two years ago. A contest
and the overthrow of the primary re-
turns in a general election in Lex
ington county did not raise the threat
Of war.
"Has the Democratic party Of South
Carolina no right to examine, through
its leagglly constituted agency, the
Executive Committee, its own nomi-
mating power? Is it to be brow-beat-
en-, overrawed and intimidated by
public threats of violence and blood