The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-08-09
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That display at Spartanburg Sat-
urday night was disgraceful and dis
gusting. 1t certainly did not repre-
sent the Spartan spirit--Gaffney
Ledger.
The Spartanburg Journal referring
to Saturday nights disgraceful scenes
in Spartanburg says: eff that's
Bleaseism, then pass us the Jones'
ism."-Greenville Daily Piedmont.
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A friend of Blease said today that
if the police had arrested any of the
crowd creating disturbance in the
theatre Saturday night, there would
have been a dozen or more men killed.
He seemed to know what he was
talking about.-Spartanburg Journal.
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Grace says Blease has got to deny
the charges he makes against him
"just as he denied long ago that he
stole that essay, for plagiarizing
which he was kicked out of the South
Carolina University."-Orangeburg
Times and Democrat.
In Greenville yesterday Mayor
Grace held hand primary. He said,
"All. of you, who wish your boys
to grow up and be men like Blease,
hold up your hands," Not a hand
went up. He would find hands going
up by the score in Spartanburg.-
Spartanburg Journal.
The newspapers are the best
friends the poor man has. They
fight for all that is for his good.
They fight for clean government,
low taxes, good roads, free schools,
for good prices for his produce, for
protection from the greed of corpor-
ations, and in fact everything that is
for the good of the poor man. 1t is
all nonsense to say that the news
papers are enemies to anybody ex-
cept crooks.-Orangeburg Times and
Democrat.
The same cry of counting out"
was raised by Mr.. Blease just two
years ago-just before the primary
election. The only complaints Of
cheating in that election that we have
heard came from the city of Charles
ton, where Mr.. Blease's own vote in
creased from 829 in the first primary
to 1865 in the second; and where the
poll lists for the approaching primary
by the way, are said to have $500
more names on them than there are
voters in the city.-Newberry OBJ
server. gSl
Speaking in Camden yesterday
Governor ,Bleass~said- iS--sse- -,wasA ~,
feated he would make the Jones
forces "sweat" the remainder of his
term. We don't know about the
other counties of the state bN we
do know that threats wonr - in
Greenville county. The citizens of
this county cannot be cowed into
voting for any man, if they believe
the principles advocated by him to
be wrong.-Greenville Daily Pied
| mont.
The first vivid and practical illus
tration of Bleasism that the people of
Spartanburg have seen was at the
threatre on Saturday night. Hundreds
and hundreds of persons in this and
other counties have read of Bleasism
but never before had this prevailing
rule of anarchy been brought so close
home, never before has the stage for
the enactment of the Blease drama
been set at their very door. 1t was
a Blease crowd that caused the dis
grace. They were following the ex>
ample of their ambitious and anarch-
ical leader, who was elected governor
of South Caraolina on a fluke two
years ago. Cole l.. Blease is to blame
for the proceedings. His teachings,
his utterances, his utter disregard for
law and order, his wholesale pardon
ing of convicts, his defiance of the
courts of the state, his dirty and OBJ
scene statements on the stump appeal
to this class of voters and they fair
ly worship their idol, just as some
Chinese and other barbarians worship
their clay gods and brazen images.
If you were at the theatre Satur-
day night, you had a good dose of
Bleascism in its true ad original
form. How did you like it? Did it
appeal to your higher sense of duty
to your state? Are you one of the
men who shout out for Blease? Or
did you become sick and disgusted
with the hoodlums? Are you going