The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-08-23
BLEASE SENTIMENT WAS
LARGELY PREDOMINANT
CLOSE OF CAMPAIGN MARKED BY
GOOD ORDER.
SsKing.WatS0n" Incident Was Not Men,
tiOned-The Campaign Is Re
viewed.
(By JnO. n. Aull.)

Greerville, Aug. %, $50 p. m.-Dun-
can came first of the candidates for
governor. He made about his usual
speech. His brother, Sam NJ. Duncan,
was in the audience while Duncan was
speaking.
A large number of people with red
Blease badges gathered on the grounds.
conc hundred per cent. Blease'
badges were largely in evidence.
Duncans statement that every
Blease man would vote for him before
they would vote for Jones, received
large applause.
Jones Received With Applause.
Jones was received with consider
able applause. He did not attack
Blease on his administration in the
first 40 minutes of his speech but de-
voted himself to discussion of edu-
cation, good roads and other matters,
he advocates. The crowd became rest
less during his speech and there was
no enthusiasm during the latter part
of his speech. He referred to lawless-
ness which he said existed In the
State and charged that it was easy to
get a pardon He said he wanted to
be governor for the people and claim
ed that he had attacked only Blease's
public record and had not attacked
Blease personally. Cheers for Blease
greeted his statement that BleaSe knew
he was beat, mingled with cheers for
Jones. Supporters of Blease and Jones
each tried to cheer louder than the
others. He said a full ballot and a
fair court would bury Bleaseism, and
when he said Blease had threatened
Charleston Blease applause. made it
difficult for him to proceed, and he
said it was a pity there was such SEN
timent When he concluded there was
a great deal of applause for him, and
the band played, but the Jones ap-
plause was almost drowned by the ap-
pIause for Blease. Jones received two
bouquets.
Blease Greeted With Ovation.
Blease was greeted with demon
stration for him which exceeded the
ovation he received in Newberry. So
great and prolonged was the applause
that it was several minutes before he
could begin his speech. He began with
a beautiful tribute to the late Senator
Mauldin. He charged that Christie
Benet had been caught trying to hold
back tickets and had been made to
<Ecome across.
Blease reviewed the campaign and
said the dirt and filth had come from
such men as Fielder and Grace and
others in the Jones ranks. Seyera!
times there were cheers for Jones,
which interrupted the governor for a
moment, but they were quickly drown
ed out by Blease cheers, and when
magnificent design of cut flowers and
other bouquets were brought to the
stand in the midst of his speech there
was another big Blease demonstration.
There was a fight out in the audience
and the stand sagged under the crowd
that surged around it, but the people
kept their heads remarkably we'll and
quiet was soon restored. Throughout
his speech there was loud and prolong-
ed applause, and if cheers and enthus-
iasm are any index of the sentiment of
: a crowd, it was Blease crowd by an
overwhelming majority.
When Blease was interrupted by
scattering Jones cheering to holler and
charge it up to the Blease hoodlums," J"
and there was another great Blease
demonstration. He said he was going
to beat Jones and Duncan by eighteen
to twenty thousand.
While he was picking up his bou-
,quets and'telling the crowd they were
from ladies, a large silver waiter was
presented him " the eha;rn2" g the
meeting OF hea&lf % Graaav!l'e
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