The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-11-04
GOVERNOR BLEASE
CONFERS With FRIENDS
WILL OPPOSE,ANY EFFORT TO RE-
STRICT PRIMARY.
C. C. Simms Will Run for Governor
Dominick for Congress in Third
District,

} Dominick for Congress in Third
District,
Columbia, October 29.-Determina-
ton to oppose any effort to restrict
the primary, and an equal determina-
ton to control the next democratic
State convention and State committee,
were prominent features Of the con-
ference of two hundred followers OF
Governor Cole. L. Blease, who gather
ed tonight in the Jefferson hotel
around the banquet board and listen
ed to speeches from Governor Blease
and his prominent heutenants.
The banquet began at o'clock and
lasted until midnight. Speeches from
leaders worked the gathering up at
times to the highest pitch OF enthusl-
asm. Governor Blease was given an
ovation, and the speakers We'd with
one another in paying tribute to tnelr
leader. The meeting brought forth the
nositiye announcement from Mr. Char
les Carroll simms, of Barnwell, a close
personal and political friend Of the
governor, that he would be in the race
for governor next year. The governor
himself emphatically stated that he
would take no hand in the gubernato-
rial race in the first primary, but init
mated that he would back the Blease
man in the second race if that race be
between a Blease man and an Anti
Bleasite.
To Oppose Manning.
AS equally significant was the state
ment from Governor Blease that he
would fight as long as he lived the man
who introduced the resolution in the
State committee last summer providing
for an investigation into the charges OF
fraud in the primary, While he called
no names, the reference was clearly
understood to be Richard 1. Manning
of Sumter. It brought forth storm
o. cheers.
Senator McLaurin and Mr.. c. c.
Simms were the only gubernatorial
candidates present. Both made speech
.gs. hut Mr.. simms appeared to be the
fayorite of the gathering cries OF
"our next Governor" and cheers pune
tuating his speech, which was largely
a glowing tribute to Governor Blease
and his followers. Senator McLaurin
was given respectful attention and
drew applause, but apparently his
speech did not contain the material
the crowd wanted.
Assistant Attorney General Domi-
nick acted as POSTMASTER, and i'll his
Introductory remarks was given a
rousing reception. The crowd clearly
wanted him to run for governor, and
this was suggested by several speakers,
but he positively declined, saying that
he was going to be elected to congress
from the 3rd district.
Secure Control, Urges Blease.
Governor Blease urged his followers
TO attend club meetings aand secure
control of the convention, bitterly op-
posed any restriction of the primary
announcing that he would veto any
legislation along this line, urged every
white man to register, charged that
fraud was committed in the last pri-
mary by the Jones people and that his
majority over Jones was really 100000;
said a fund had been collected and
used in that primary from corpora
tions in trying to help elect Jones, and
said one man now running for COVER
nor had gone around in his home town
and took up fund, and that he hoped
<'no Blease man would disgrace him
self by voting for that man for COVER
nor" saying he would fight him on the
stump next SUMMER.
Sam Nichols Speaks.
Mr. Sam J. Nichols, of Spartanburg,
"a candidate for congress in the fourth
.e1istrict, was called for by the crowd
/ pd made a speech which drew tre-
endous applause when he referred to
9e election of a Blease man for mayor
of Spartanburg, in spite of the re-
strictions on the primary. He an
nounced he was going to speak at
every county precinct, and urged the
people to send delegates to the con-
vention pledged against any restric-
lions OF the primary.
9 Representative c. C. Wyche, of Spar