Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-06-21
THE STATE CAMPAIGN.
Candidates on Their Round for Vote

were lWO llOubdlu ihSA .
people at the opening Of the state
campaign at Sumter last Monday,
many Of them from counties sur
rounding, and the meeting while in
teresting was devoid of sensational
features.
All the candidates were present, and
all had their say. The candidates for
governor were allowed forty-five min
utes each, the candidates for attorney
general fifteen minutes and the other
candidates ten minutes each. The
main features of the day were the
speeches Of Candidates Blease and
Jones and Lyon and Evans. The
crowd was not especially demonstra-
tive. There was shouting for both
Blease and Jones; but the Blease peo-
pie were evidently in the majority.
Both Governor Blease and Judge
Jones confined themselves closely to
typewriter manuscripts. Governor
Rlease gave copies Of his speech to the
daily papers and 1t will be found else
where in The Enquirer as reproduced
from the Columbia State. Judge Jones
followed Governor Blease and the
following synopsis Of his speech Is as
published in the Columbia State from
it's correspondent, McDavid Horton:
Judge Jones took the offensive
promptly. He would be glad to keep
this campaign on high plane, he
said. He deprecated the methods OF
the governor. Down with demagogu-
eryi" he exclaimed. He reproved the
stirring up Of race prejudice and the
antagonizing of workingmen in the
mills against workingmen In the stores
and on the farms. Shame" he cried,
shame on such contemplate poll
tics!" Charges made against him by
the governor, in terms and by impli-
cation, were discussed seriatim. The
governor, Judge Jones said, did not
think a governor entitled to a second
term when he opposed Gov. Ansel.
Jones, fatty denied that money
was being freely used In his Interest.
IF anybody has given me cent of
money to run this campaign, haven't
Of corporation backing, Judge Jones
said he was not aware he had the sup
port Of any corporations, but was cer-
tain he had the active enmity Of some
Of them, mainly on account Of decis-
ions rendered by him in his capacii,
Of chief justice. He mentioned as one
corporation executive fighting him
and supporting Blease-presumably
w. H. Andrews Of the Atlantic Coast
Lumber corporation, Georgetown. HE
Is one of Blease's strongest hackers"
the speaker declared. "And tell me,
he said, ''you men who holloa for
Cole Blease, who Is the chief counsel
for the Southern railway? He is B.
L. Abney, the governors cousin: and
he makes his home in the White
House at Columbia" Nobody owns
me-" said the speaker; I am no mans
hx,
papers nor by corporations-nor by
my friends, or my enemies.
'If Gov. Blease has done his duty, =
said Judge Jones; "if he has followed
his oath faithfully and Loyalty done
those things which would enhance the
reputation of his state at home and
abroad, vote for him, re-elect him;
and II fail to prove that he has not
done these things, do not vote for me- y
Judge Jones scored the governors
pardon record and declared that his
own aspiration was to be governor OF
all the people and not governor mere
ly for his friends benefit.
There was a pretty warm tilt be-
tween Fraser Lyon and B. B. Evans.
Evans repeated some Of the charges
he had made against Lyon two years
ago and Lyon gave him notice that II
he persisted in that policy he Lyon
would expose some ugly things against
Evans. Evans def1ed Lyon and Lyon
promised to specify at Bishopville on
Wednesday.
At BishopvilIe.
The Bishopville meeting Wednesday
was unusually hot and exciting. At
ter Judge Jones had spoken, Governor
Blease took the stand and prefacing
his speech with an explanation that
personalities were distasteful to him;
that he would not think Of personali-
ties had not Judge Jones laid down
the gauge by referring to him, the
governor, as an anarchist and his fol-
lowers as anarchists, he proceeded to
attack Judge Jones legislative and po-
litical record, citing volumes and pages
Of the house journal and supreme court
reports. He told how Judge Jones as
a member of the legislature had first
voted for prohibition against the orig
inal dispensary law and that he had
afterward voted to force the dispen-
sary upon prohibition counties. He in
timated that the change Of sentiment
had come as the gentleman from Ian
casters ambition to be judge In
creased. He heaped quite lot Of ridi-
cule on the judges actions. He then
related the fact that Judge Jones as a
member Of the house had seconded the
nomination Of John L. M. Irby to sue
ceed Wade Hampton in the United
States senate; but took occasion to
say that he mentioned this only as a
fact and not as against Jones. He cit
ed a number of opinions written by
Jones to back up charges to the effect
that Jones was too friendly with the
Southern railway and Western Union
Telegraph company, and other corpor-
ations. He charged that Jones's son
had been made attorney Of the South
ern railway because Of the fathers po-
sition on the supreme bench, and said
that since the father has resigned
from the bench the son Is no longer at
torney. The governors whole speech
was in the nature Of a terrible rasping
and the crowd applauded vociferous-
ly. When the governor concluded,
Judge Jones got up to reply. Governor
Blease rose to his side and claimed
that the Judge had no right to say a
word. The two men stood shoulder to
shoulder pushing each other, and 1t
looked as If there was going to be a
row. The crowd which had commenc-
ed to leave as Governor Blease con-
cluded began to return to the stand
anu DeCdIIle ucIllOIlSlIdllNc. n pOliCC-
man mounted the stand and took hold
of Judge Jones. The crowd began TO
talk ugly, and the chairman quieted
the trouble by declaring that there
would be no more speaking.
B. B. Evans anticipated Lyons
promise to bring court records against
him in Saluda county for forgery and
claimed that there was nothing in the
matter because the indictment had
been quashed. He also said that a
man suffering from dementia had COM
mitted suicide in his, Evans room.
with his, Evans, pistol. and that he,
Evans, was in no way responsible, as
had been shown on the trial Of the
case. Lyon produced the documents
from Saluda showing that Evans had
been indicted for forgery, and exhibit
ed the alleged forged paper to prove It.
He said that he had not intended to
say anything about the killing referred
to, as he only felt pity for Evans on
account Of that.
Darlington Meeting.
At Darlington yesterday the audi
ence seemed to be pretty evenly divid-
ed between Jones and Blease support
ers. Jones made reply to the charges
that Blease had made at Bishopville.
He said he had been sent to the leRfS-