The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-07-02
Mr.. Thos. H. Peoples made his usual
Applause for Jones.

applause, at once IOOk up IN Qetall
the various charges previously made
by Governor Blease, regarding his vote
for Senator Irby and Judge Pope, and
his votes On the divorce law, the in
terest rate regulation and the separate
coach law. The speaker denounced in
strong terms the effort to create the
impression that he thereby favored
social equality, "as the cheapest, low
est clap-trap politics he had ever heard
in South Carolina" He continued:
"Fale as H ITSELF"
'The intimation that 1 would lower
the white race to the level of the negro
is as false as hell itself" Among
those who voted the same way he did
on the separate coach law Judge Jones
named Messrs. C. j. Price and Jere-
E,iah Micheaux, of Horny. "Do you
people think these good men favored
social equality?" asked Judge Jones,
driving home his argument in most ef-
fective manner.
Governor Blease was trustee of
a negro college, said the speaker, and
the people loudly cheered. More and
louder applause was evoked when
Judge Jones said: Governor Blease on
the stump talks to you about niggers
being babboons. Listen to what he
says about the educational work for
negroes in a negro college: "The in
dustrial department is scoring a big
success. No better work of the kind
is being done anywhere" That is
what your governor says about these
babboons, and he says they would be
self-sustaining when they leave the
college.
And look at the negroes Blease has
pardoned," said Judge Jones. "He
turns loose a negro who burned the
barn of Senator Crosson, of Lexington,
who was political enemy of the gov
ernor, and he pardoped some negroes
who beat up white man and left him
tied to tree"
Defends Judge Moore.
In defending Judge Ernest Moore,
whom Governor Blease has severely
criticised, Judge Jones said that Judge
Moore was an honest, upright, honor
able and incorruptible Judge, who had
forgotten more law than Governor
Blease ever knew or ever will know"
AS to the governors claim to econ
omy, Judge Jones again pointed out
instances which he cited to show that
there had been crippling of the gov
ernment and evidences of willingness
for widest extravaganza.
Judge Jones made effective use of
the fact that Governor Blease had re-
fused to commission Mr.. C. P. Quattle-
baum to hold the Horny court. He de-
clared that the governor had piled
upon the people of this county the
burden of an unnecessary expense in
this matter.
The speaker closed amid strong ap-
plause. He was again today present
ed with a bouquet of flowers.
Cheers for Blease.
There was loud cheering when Gov
ernor Blease was introduced. He again
made sport of Judge Jones's flowers,
but the laughter of the crowd was soon
turned into serious attention to sit
uatjon produced by the charge of "cow-
ardly liar against T. H. Hunt, as So
liciting agent for the Columbia State.
Governor Blease said he had been
told that this Nan Hunt was going
about the State telling thai he had
been paid $4,000 for the parole of J.
Stobo Young, of Lau1ers, convicted in
the Seminole deals The governor call
ed On Mr.. Hunt to say whether or not
he had made such I statement.
81 said that I am reliah.y informed
there is letter in exist ence from
lsdy in Chicago 20 81 la!y in South
Carolina, in which he writer says she
paid $4,000 for St,ho Young's re-
lease" spoke up Mr.. l-unt fron tie
audience.
you or any other man WHO says |
was paid for Stobo Young's release is
a cowardly, dirty liar," fared Cover
nor Blease. The governor devoted
much time to denouncing Hunt and
other 'paid hirelings" of the Columbia
State, who, he says, are following him
around on this camnaion to11ino 1iac