The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-30
DENOUNCE GOVERNOR AND
HIS RECORD IN NO UN- {, ;
CERTAIN TERMS t
EQUALLY DIVIDED
Idgefield Voters Loudly Applaud.
ed Smith, Jennings and Pol
lock Eliminating Blease
Special correspondence:

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Special Correspondence:
Edgefiled, July 29.--About 1.GO0
Edgefield county voters; the vast ma
1ority Of whom were anti Blease, to-
day heard the Senatorial candidates
here The outstanding features OF
the meeting were the receptions given
W. p. Pollock and Senator, Smith. Mr..
Pollock was accorded nothing short
| or an ovation and Senator Smith was
Just as cordially received. especiaiIy
by his farmer friends, - ~
| Gov Bealse, whosetl3s supporters
seemed to number onlysa small cli-
que. some OF them strangers; declared
that the campaign IL no Ion Ger one Of
education, but has deganerated into
abuse, villifcation y and falsehood.
f4e characterized the anti -Blease
meeting which has been called for
Friday In Columbia as o. trump con-
vention" and said that II rocked with
the most bitter partisanHhip. 3 S ,.il Z
Mayor Jennings quoted sthe state
ment OF DR.. Mcintosh denying that
he had signed the statement read fy;
Gov. BleaEe in Columbia and then laid
Blease had said Dr.. Mcintosh would
/ ~-SSN hSAA - AASs7 AAu JklCEGtt66bly luS3Sy
nounced tho governor Tor the part he
had taken in the DR., Saunders case.
MIR. Jennings offered 10 ] withiraw if33
anyone could prove It'd him that the;
IaaYeEna shags, ilis ~,
Observation-Disclosures 81
Mfr. Pollo was Safi q fiilE
muitpus cheers and HE iiiShd deS cnes Df
the .sAst speeches OF THE Garnpaign =
He said that Governor SIeAse efs too
big coward to stay on the platform
and hecr h!e record ~ sssA sss ssasss,a ana:
compared him to o featfer.legged
Shanghai. g .sf ~ sis.s9
Senator s/lith DEFENDED hts record
In the Senate and was repeatedly,
cheered. Il, sj,is e ! e 5stS g & IS
This county went overwhelmingly
against the governor two Years ago,
and the Indications are that the goyer-
nor is no more of q favorfte now than
he was at that time v After he had (
left tho stand at the conclusion of the
speech. his following that remained,
seemed to have been reducel ito q ,ba-
ker's dozen, !s scattered bursts OF re-
sentiment against Messrs. Jennings
and Pollock were TO be- regarded as
Doesn't Like CalnFalgynal. 3 i:i.s
The meeting today was marked by
Governor Blease'r decrying OF fac
tionalism. "The carapaign,. he said,
people by discussion S0f Issues. It
was" he. explained, caiip paign OF
vituperation. Of slander, oS abuse and
falsehood." I, 80 Ssts ly.is:i
The proposed convention in colu,n-
bia next Friday to eliminate some Of
the anti-Biease administra ttoti candi-
dates or to focus the Interest fof the
people on few OF them, was de- B
nounced as a plan TO- bolt the pri-
mary. Such action, he { Said, II ac-s
cepted by the candidates would create
a factionai candidate ,6f thpse WHO /
were selected. The whole thing, he
added. reeked with s;..fAttiohalism. a
These new rules. Governor Bleasa
prophesied would incur upon the
trainers, the loss not only OF the UNI
ted States aenatorship, bur a1se ct the Of 3
No Kick Coming. &
Only limited informatioh as 70 en-.
! rnll.nent was III ina Hantts or tnts
governor today. What he hait he said s.
was all in favor Of the, Blease forcsss..
Particular boxes, overwhelmingly
tanti-Blease two years ago, indicated
much shrinkage. By night the, gov
ernor said, he would practically have
complete returns. -sSiel s.s. u. s \, 4
Stronger In Anders sOl: ST
. A letter was read from Josh, Ashley
in Anderson stating that RI anderson
was stronger than ever EsIofe for the
Governor and expressing the belief
that the shooting OF & .SMcIntpsh
| Was help rather than him diianee TO the /
cause Of the governor. w 8
There were many ca)ls TO itiiei gov
ernor to rtay and take thts med edicine;
when he had iiniahad speA Aking, ~
Mr.. Jennings had to y wait until the /
automobile In which Il tbs Governor
was departing got out from the crowd
because Of the noise.W He then aex- !
planned that he had always been
taught from youth to Bow I'm silence
as the corpse was carr3ed out
Mr.Jennings made O. good point In i
discussing the apparent teHtangle-3
ment as regards the Richie parole, rs
Dr.. Mcintosh says he didn't sign
the paper. :. the speaker urged, and
the. governor In ,his :Abteyiile speech
said that DR.. klcIp ptosh would mot lfes;
Continuing; he said ysaI am satisfied
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