The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-07-01
ATTACKS GOVERNORS RECORD
JENNINGS AND POLLOCK POINT
OUT WEAKNESSES OF
BLEASEcS STAND.
Large Crowd Gathers Mt Barnwen to
Hear Senatorial Asplrants-Othcr
Canatdaees Well Received I'm
Baesss Territory-'scnd Blcasc to
Mexico,- snys Pollock.


Bleass Tervitory-'scnd Blcasc to
Mexico,~ snys Pollock.
Barnwsll. Juno 26.-For the first
time since the United States sena-
torial campaign opened. the governor
was placed on the defensive today by
w. p. Poilock. who has been persist
emily hammS1lng at the governors
pardon rs1Brd os governor has boen
QUE Of thsN runnl for three days.
missinr the Beaufof&$ Hampton and
Jasper comfy meetInS ana when
he returned to BSspwen t>aay. he was
loaded with reproaches. Hen ad hard
! y begun his speech before >he had
90 launch into an explanation ofs the
pardon of the yeggman sometimes
hnown a Portland Ned" who dis
: zppsared from the governors ONCE.
rhis outlaw. the governor said. was
not Portland Ned" but one, James
3ohnson instead. who had tine alias
.lof the widely notorious safe blower.
He also read letters from a United
4 States marshal and a federal district
sttcrney. saying that there were no
outstanding warrants against the
convict at the time clemency was
granted.
tr The governor made his customary
b>>ter attack on the newspapers, des-
kS1patins certain reporters as liars"
~ characterized the new primary
r. N "a dirty. contemplate piece
'of thisve~y. which Portland Ned and
al hisl associates would not be guilty
o." -. ID. Smith. he said. was Re-
ppnlican, and no friend of his.
@hough In . distinctly Blease terri
Nh, ,nsssr2 Jennings and Pollock did
. - - f8lD}en their denunciation Of the
DaP1eh record, II expect
r9er's record on ex-
totm every stump in South
CaSe1 a." Mr.. Jennings said. "and
the detectives running around with
the party can't scare me Off the
stsge."
Mr.. Pollock said that he had heard
"nagger, Niger. Niger until he was
Thoroughly disSusted. That's all the
sovsrnor'. got. and If Try memory
serves me correctly. " believe 1t
va only few years ago that the
governor was himself n trustee of u
negro college In Orangeburg,"
Senator Smith. who, has been COM
plsteiy ignoring the charges by his
opponents. today answered tho state
msnt made by the governor that Mr..
Smith. when a member OF the legis
lsture. had voted for a bill to indem-
nifty the family Of a negro. who had
been lynched. to the amount Of $4,000.
In answering this accusation. Senator
Smith read article 6. section 8. of the
constitution Of south Carolina. which
makes this provision. The constitution
was written. the senator explained. by
Senator Tiliman and his Reformer as
sociasss. back In 1895. 'the very hey
day of the power Of the common
people.
Approximately 1900 voters attend
Cd the meeting and each candidate
was cordially received. The governor.
got welcome similar to that extend
ed by Barnweil on former occasions.
Senator Smith. too. was favorite, and
when the governor asked for q min.
ute at the close OF Mr.. Pollock's
speech to answer q charge by Mr..
Pollock. Il looked as if the governor
would be howled down by calls for
Senator Smith. The governor waited
patiently minute and then exclaimed
that he knew what he was doing. 81
asked permission from the chairman,
and I also got Senator Smiths per-
mission to make brief reply" he
said.
w. II. Duncan. the presiding OIL
Ger. said that this permission had
been granted. and that the governor
should have an opportunity to make
reply. regardless of their disapproval
The boisterousness than subsided. and
the governor was allowed to explain.
Immediately upon his arrival In
barnwell today the governor was
handed a petition for a pardon. nc
said. bearing 81 signatures. Among
these. he asserted. were so anti Bleasc
men. That shows the kind of traps
they set for me. IL were To grant
the pardon. then they'd run around
and attack me for granting 1t. 1t
only shows the extremes To which they
will go to defeat me-"
The governor held IN n coto,opuo