Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-13
Best Beloved and Yet
the Most Hated Man
in South Carolina
Gives Ideas Which
Have Made Him
Either Famous or
Notorious.
Bv JAMES 3. NEvIN.

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Governor" 7 replied as I arose
III. say good bye. you remind me Ok
BIZ Nye's definition OF classical music,
You are not nearly so bad ne you
sometimes sound"
Then Coleman Livingstone Blease,
chief magistrate Of South Carolina,
laughed q big. booming laugh, and
said, "All right-thst's ali right! The
ono and only thing / ask is that peo-
DE speak the truth Of me, when they
speak OF me ct all"
II Is no easy matter TO get TO Gov
ernor Blease-at least, It was no easy
matter for me. His sccretary-a f1e
Young chap-swore by the great horn
spoon at frst that J shouldn't
Il expostulatsd and explained--he
SAID there was nothing doing. He
old mo frankly why, moreover.
8o ssid. quite engagingly, that the
Governor had so frequently been tei
about. up one side and down the other
by various enterprising newspaper
men here and there. that nc was get
Ing heartily tired of III"
. I Faa eeHfA ~ aHth AAiftAstAA y "a - 80
pathv for that point OF view. but
assured the secretary that I was not
a liar ] insisted. indeed, that George
Wasnington had little, II anything, on
me IN The matter Of versclty.
The Secretary Relents.
'fOh. I guess you would see him and
ALE ia him. whether YOU did or not,
sid the secretary. menaciugly. / was
very much panied that tho secretary
should have said anything 80 IN
xind-and ! am reasonably sure !
looked the part, too.
For presently the secretary SAID,
well YOU cont back here at
O'Clock and ] viii arrange FOR an au-
dience with the Governor"
was back Ct onr-a quarter be-
fore. Almost Immediately ! was ush-
cred into the executive presence.
IL was explained 70 me then that
the Governor had not quite under
stood that Il was one OF Mr.. Hearsts
niawspa Ders that wished to communi-
cate with him. He had sent his felici-
fations 10 the Sunday American, upon
The occasion of its first appearance,
and he was quite ready to see its
representative
il was AN conversationally with me.
Every now and then J edged In a
word or two, but most Of the time the
Governor did the talking.
For an hour and a half he IN
bosOmed himself. and he might be
talking vet had Il not been that "A
very black neEro-the Governor =
famous chauffeur-stuck his head in
The door eventually and informed HE
excellency that Miss Fannie" was
waiting
When this happened. ! was served
with polite notice that ] had reached
the end of my rope. Miss Fannie,
learned, is Mrs. Blease.
The remainder OF the day l spent
IN walking about the streets Of Co
umbia. asking questions about Blease
1.-The most talked about Governor in
the South to-day, ] really believe.
Ree<s With Personality.
Coleman Livingstone Blease simply
reeks with personality and all hut
bursts with individuality,
have met and talked with many
public men--I never before met a
more interesting one than Blease.
He ia as unique AZ Theodore RoOse-
velt or Tom Watson. There IS alb
solutely nothing OF the commonplace
about him.
Apparently. ~ Doesn't siVeadamski
for auythiBguVitch As a matter of
fact. he does-very much. He stands
fire maufully, but he has no great
aSiug FOR il. He hurts back every
+ allegation. and dedes every alligator,
bat ne feels the cut aud lash OF ad-
+ erse criticism kecnly. nevertheless.
4 Talk with him ten minutes. Il will
Suffice 10 prove the truth Of these
Assertions
4 Blease Is 4 perfectly natural, and
7 not az ali INV wholesome, product ct
4 South Carolina a $ II is to-day. one
gentleman in Columbia asked me u
! did not think II u "far cry down
Ward from Wade Hampton To Cole
Bleasee" I told him l should not say
b was i should not say IL was q
FRY either up or down-rather would
call IL IS cry across For IL is q
sfy across-acrOss q Chasm that like
= never VIII be bridged. albeit thoss
on one side OF it by and by come g
ae nothing more than memory anc
song.
Blease is South Carolina up 70 tbs
minu.e. He Is far. far removed iron
{ The old aristocratic order OF things
4 He has no ancestors that cut ans
particular scallops. socially or other
wise. in the Palmetto State.
In the past few years, there hav'
come into South Carolina thousands
Il cotton factory votes-they are fOl
bieasC. 90 a man,
Looked On As Disturber.
The ancient oligarchy-s omebod!
BANDED me that sonorous term In CO
luInb.a. aud iJ hath Snug ring
hates Blease. Il looks upon him a.
rank intruder. an outsider. a dis
lura7r % tie ue1ce-in short, a mos
uHn cl1ome "buttinski'
q doesn't distress Biease ia IA
- however. that such Is the case
~ ullns man. for a. that" an.
b-e4sa believes that the vote Of a.
'hte.As honest. and ell-ilforrnel
p--a- -a--1ry band named Brown j
4lte e. worth having as IL
-l-.l Nol tuoreu--. Regi
1 7 v.iaut and .ooors hi
..e contrary uufEith
lvHe
l-- --- .at me sss tlai t-
such trouble a
s-'-lG So FAR "a
Pc Gems elue1 9
.. his f.. .r..-