The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-09-27
BEARD TELLS
"WHY" INVESTIGA
TION WAS STARTED.
GIVES OUT LETTER THAT WAS
FOUND ON THE STREETS.
Then Comments on the Situation.
Asserts Tom Peoples Must Have
Fair Election Deal Next
Election.

"
the mayor of Greenville and signed
by a name not legible reveals the
real "why" of the investigation of the
primary. "Sinbad," as w. P. Beard,
publicts for Governor Blease is called,
submits the letter and offers $25 to
any one who will name the author.
The letter follows:
"Columbia, S. c., Aug. 81, 1912.
"The Mayor, Greenville, S. c.
"My Dear Sir: feel that our mu-
tual interest and state pride are suf-
ficient excuse to urge you with as
few minutes delay as practicable to
personally write, telegraph or tele-
phone every member of the state
democratic executive committee, call
ing their attention to what is tactical
ly understood as the unwritten facts
concerning our state primary of
two years ago between Featherstone
and Blease If the conditions and
facts prevailing at this momehtous
critical instant, when so much de-
pends upon the righting of the cleo
tion frauds, perpetrated last Tuesday
all over our beloved state, when these
frauds are brought up before them for
consideration next Wednesday to hold
up their hands and strengthen their
determination to save South Carolina.
Remember the refunding of the
state debt, say about S5,000,000, the
state asylum building, and the posi-
BILE state house annex, in all involving
about $7,000,000, to be disposed Of
by the incoming administration, and
further the United States senator to
be elected in 1914, and who may we
expect for our governor two>-years
hence? Your subscriber is a native
South Carolinian, is not even re-
motely associated with office seek
ing, past, present or future, but loves
his state as all true sons do, and. fears
the scandals of Pennsylvania, blood
shed of Kentucky and thievery and
bribery of California may approach
the sanctity of our commonwealth il
we are not energetic and wise ant
alert before it is too late. There i
sJhlready too much of pa1 HeQurt tim,
dence enough TO do # #ey Ra.
spectfully, Signature IllfiBiel
Sinbad Commend.
commenting on this lette Sin
bad" says as follows:
Now read, digest, think, Il do
as any well ordered conscience die
tates, execrate and pronouncef an
athema the scoundrel or set of s.oun-
dreis that are evidently guilty of at
tempting to league the various pub
nc ofhclals together in an endless
chain' for the diabolical purpose of
forcing by sheer weight of concerted
action, the executive committee to do
the bidding of INSCRIPTIONS politi-
cians under the erroneous impression
tnat they were yielding to the voice
OF the people-or to give certain
ShreWd and tractable members there
ol an excuse for advocating annul-
ment OF the primary, and a club with
winch to hold their weaker brethren
IN nne' IN case any fall for the dope.'
that is not clearly the purpose of
this letter then we are incapable of
understanding the meaning of
words"
continuing his attack on the au-
thor of the letter which he submits
Slnbad' continues:
why does he speak of the
Dloodshed of Kentucky? Does he
refer to the assassination of Gover,or
Goebel twelve years ago and tha, the
law OF slmilars pertain in this case.
Governor Blease has been often
threatened with death, and this pa
trlot CD may have inside infoma.
ton, who knows?"
Sinbad" says that that $7,OOOOO0
seems to worry the writer of the let.
Ter good deal, and he saws that
ferhaps he sees with a practical eve
a grand opportunity for graft and
thinks that his side should have the
nandllng of same," and then goes on
70 ofer a reward of $25 for the sip.
nature to the letter.
His Blease Ticket.
turning to the suggested Blease
'icket Tor the general election the
writer says that he advocates sup
porting those nominees who abide the
'esuit OF the first primary and pro-
,,oed ~ they come squarely out for
'lease if necessary. Otherwise, he
ays that ne believes in getting men