The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-05
The POLITICIANS MEET
At FILBERT in YORK
BLEASE SAYS HE Is HANDS OFF
IN GOVERNORS RACE.
McLaurin, RemDert, Richard, c. A
Smith and VI L. Smith Among
GubernatOrial Candidates.

Filbert, August 1.-The annual Fill
bert picnic today, which was attended
by fully 1900 people, was a big sue
cess. The meeting was featured by
the declaration of Governor Blease
that he is "hands Off" in the guher-
material race; an attack on the State
senate by Representative Geo. R.
Rembert and his charge that Tillman
deserted" when he made his famous
address to the people last summer. in
which he repudiated Governor Blease;
slap at the State senate by Railroad
Commissioner Richards for failure to
pass the fiat two-cent mileage bill,
and an ovation given the governor.
The crowd present was representative
not only of York, but of adjoining
counties and some came from North
Carolina.
In spite of the intense heat the
great company of men and women
listened patiently while the candi-
dates for governor held their prelim-
mary skirmish. The absence Of
United States Senator E. D. Smith
was regretted. He sent a letter TO
the chairman stating That important
measures, the tariff and currency leg
islation, held him in Washington.
Letters of regret were also read from
R. l. Manning, of Sumter, and John
C. ClikscaIes, of pastanburg, both of
whom are candidates for governor and
who were among those invited. Each
of the speakers was given the best
of attention and accorded a compE-
mentary reception.
BIeaSe is Islands OF"
Governor Blease appeared to be
the favorite. His speech came last
in the afternoon, a threatening rain
storm cutting it short. He told the
crowd that he was hands off" in the
race for governor He stated that
he did not think John L. McLaurin
had been treated right in politics in
the State, that George R. Rembert al
ways had been and still is his friend;
that John G. Richards had been alb
solutely so in last summers cam
paign; that C. A. Smith was, too, and
the people ought to treat him right;
that the record of NJ L. Smith was
shown in the legislature journals;
complimented Charles Carroll Sims,
of Barnwell, and declared he was
hands off in the gubernatorial race.
The governor told the people that if
his successor was not one who would
carry out the policies Of the people
that from the time of the primary un-
til he gave up Office to take his seat
in the United States senate, "he would
turn them loose so fast that there
would be deyilish few left" referring
to the matter of granting pardons.
All of these statements brought yells
from the crowd.
Congressman Finley Speaks.
The meeting was held in the grove
at FiLhert and was under the aus
pices of the local camp, Woodmen of
the World County Supervisor John
E. Carroll, presiding. The band from
Tirzah furnished music. 1t was II
O'Clock when Chairman Carroll call
ed the meeting to order and introduc-
ed State Senator ]. E. Beamguard,
Wlho made the address of welcome.
He was followed by Congressman D.
Z. Finley, who made short talk on
national issues, predicting great good
to the people from the passage Of the
tariff bill Mr. Finley said he be-
Ieved currency lgislation would go
through. He lauded the democratic
party and raped republican senators
for trying to call down Postmaster
General Burleson in carrying out the
extension in the parcel post.
McLaurin Leads OH
Senator John L. McLaurin led off
the gubernatorial speakers, talking
for the greater part on his cotton
warehouse scheme He raped what
he said is the present method of refer
ring to any public ofhce-holder or
seeker as a politician in a sneerine
manner and defined the true mean
ing of the term, saying that from the
present use of this term "there are
no statesman except dead politicians. ,"
He referred to political policies of 20
years a4go and of the leaders as
men with great vision and claimed
that politics of the present democratic