The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-25
TIE system then played both ends

ed, Jones or Blease. for the boss held
the strings TO botn.
have shown ii and proven it to the
satisfaction Of honest men and to the
distress of crooks that among the ten
men coaxed into the race against me
for governor, tie system lad its fav-
critics in both factions. 1t prefers
any man of the ten, to Duncan, for
il is believed that any man can be
handled easier than Duncan.
Neither temptation nor punishment
has seduced Duncan and today he
remains steadfast to his people, a
martyr for conscience sake.
He bears mis- punishment and sor-
rows alone, nor. makes display for
PHYS sake.
The cause of the people deserves
better champion, but these feeble
hands shall never hang idly at my side
willie there is yet so much to be done
in behalf of equal justice tosdll men.
On the first day Of this campaign
l pointed out the two end men, Mendel
l.. Smith on the one side and John
Richards on the other, each man hav-
ing long been in training lifted to
play either end of the line.
This pair of Camden twins were
favorites in the house of our master
and in higher circles.
hand but to mention "coatail
swinging" when Richards grabbed the
hook and could never let go.
Day by day he advertised himself
as the best coattail swinger Of the
bunch and he was laughed into his
political grave.
M. L. Smith the first choice then
loomed large on the horizon.
pointed him out as deserving most
at the hands of the boss, for having
saved the old seminole chief form the
penitentiary where he deserves to be.
l showd too that Smith had aided
tie exploiters in their attempt to
resurrect that asylum job with six or
eight million dollars of graft in pros
pect. His private explanations involv-
ed him worse and worse. Then Irby
who fought the job on Duncan's in
structions added some knockout blows.
Finally pressing him at Camden,
Smith was stripped of cover and de-
clared against Blease.
His record killed him and the party
kissed him good bye and laid him
to rest.
Blease was caught lining up his
forces for NJ. L. Smith across the line.
At the burial of Smith, Mr.. Blease
and his first lieutenants dug up Mr..
Richards, poured water in his face,
pumped air into him, used smelling
salts to revive him, but all still looks
like a dead man to me.
Seeing that Duncan was running
away with tie bunch the old boss be-
came alarmed with the prospect OF the
votes so evenly divided between ten
men as to let Duncan into the second
race and winning the second race, a
hasty call was made for the elimina-
tors convention to meet July 81 at the
Jefferson.
The boss rushed a call by telegraph
for July 25th and there with Cooper
and Manning on hand, the self con-
stituted eliminators knowing that
Duncan dared them to name their end
men and the people would wipe clean
the slate, and also dared any man to
permit himself to be pulled out of the
race, thus admitting he had boss,
CI1Gy W COuCS1I1 dIC "HCn IAOJ
found they could not eliminate.
Manning was the favorite substitute
but Cooper was used as blind.
On second thought they decided
that an other brush was needed and
DR.. Clinkscales was used.
Cooper is unconscious and happy.
He doesn't know enough to be ap-
prehensive.
Manning is hopeful but apprehen-
siye.
Neither of the two is wise but both
are kicked enough to deny their pur-
pose at that conference, and that eacn
of them was personally in consulta-
ton with the boss.
Both softly denying the charge at
Winnsboro, I challenged them to name
the man each was in close private con-
versation with, naming place and cir