The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-12-10
ATTACK ON wilson
has HURT GOVERNOR BLEASE
With The FARMERS
FARMERS like wilson
Governor Blease's Mad Assault on the
President and His Wholesale Par
donins Of White and Negro Con-
yicts Has Hurt His Chances in the
Race for the Senate.

Race for the Senate.
The Columbia correspondent of
Tie Augusta Chronicle says apropos
to Governor Blease's speech at Ander-
son Saturday, in which he denounc-
ed President Wilson and vehemently
asserted that he would defeat E. D.
Smith for the United States senate
next year, political observers of the
conditions in the Piedmont do not by
any means agree with the governors
prophesy of success-in fact, they so
far disagree with him that they are
sanguine that he will lose the Pied
mont by large majority. And they
bring forward certain conditions to
bolster their arguments.
It is said that Blease's wholesale
denunciation of the Wilson admins
tration has done much to injure him
amoug his friends in the agricultural
class; that he has lost votes he can
never regain, regardless of what spec
tacular political move he takes, OF
the more sinuous course of his as
tute lientenants.
It is claimed that Blease's utter.
ances have done much to injure the
chances of election of his first polit'
ical captain in the Piedmont, Sam j
Nichols, one OF the pardon lawyers
dictagraphed By Burns detectives in
the employ Of Thomas B. Fielder, an
attorney Of Atlanta, Ga. Nichols is
in the race against Joseph T. John
son, who represents the Fourth Con
gressional District.
The farmers-who are shrewd 70
ters when the prosperity Of the coun
try is concerned-are putting up thi:
argument why Blease should not be
sent to the senate in the place o:
Smith: Woodrow WilsoI., hey say
has made successful p.es.aent, one
who has demonstrated that he is the
friend Of the farmer Of the South anc
West; that he is the real force caus
ing the downward revision Of the
tariff, with its probable reduction II
the cost of living.
They recite the fact that one o.
Wilson's cabinet, through the assem-
OF the president, relieved the inan
cial stringency by advancing none!
out Of the treasury to harvest ant
move the crops. They think tina
Wilson has the agricultural interest:
at heart when he advocates rura
credits as the next great administra
tive measure.
The farmers know that E. D
Smith is progressive and not de
structive Democrat; that he is align
ed with the policies of the admins
tration; that he enjoys the persona
friendship OF the president, and, con
sequently, can be of much influence
in promoting the general welfare O.
the state.
From the tenor Of Blease's causti'
criticism of the Wilson administra
ton at Anderson, the farmers know
that, if elected, he will oppose Will
son and will be political nonentity
so far as exerting any influence II
behalf Of South Carolina is concern
ed.
The farmers, not only of the Pied
mont, but Of the other sections O.
the State are using the foregoing
conditions as arguments and are say
ing: "Why should we cut our Owl
throats by. sending Governor Bleast
to the senate, where he would try tt
nullify the acts Of the president, oul
friend, and defeat Wilson's friend
Senator Smith, who can do much fol
South Carolina through his in
fuence?"
The farmers are using the same
arguments against the candidacy o.
Sam J. Nichols in the Fourth Con
gressional district, against Victor
Cheshire, colonel on the governor:
stotf, and Fred H. Dominick, assist
ant attorney general and Blease':
campaign manager in the last cam
paign, who are opposing Wyatt Aiker
for congress in the Fifth Congress
sional district.
And political wiseacres, with pre-
mises OF facts to substantiate theil
logic, prophesy that Blease and hi!
three lieutenants will be submerged
! in a tide OF ballots. 1t is stated
that the 'blind tiger" element. which
supported Blease to a man for the
goveTnorship will be lethargic, if no
downright inimical to him in his race
for the senate. When they supported
him last year it was because Of the
supposition that they would have
friend" in the governors chair. ant
Blease ~'ill be of no use to them II
the senate.
Blease's wholesale pardoning o.
every description Of criminal is sale