The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-28

Spat Upon Telegram
Handed Him By the
County Chairman
BOLD SPEECHES
FEATURED DAY
The Voters of Bamberg Were
Boisterous, Applauded and
Kissed Each Speaker
In Turn
Special. to The Intelligencer.

Special to The Intelligencer.
Bamberg, June 27.-More than 900
Jealous partisan voters heard the Uni
ted States Senatorial candidates here
today. At no other place visited in
the campaign have preferential lines
OF cleavage ben 80 directly drawn or
partisan strife 20 rampant Both
McsErs Jennings and Pollock, the post
entrants, were we'll received. Senator
Smith had a large and appreciative
following in the audience Governor
Blease had many admirers, anG his ad-
herants today were the most bois-
ferrous of any that have listened to
the candidates thus far.
That large number OF the .Bam-
berg voters will remain in. the, ina
jority which I already have" was not
questioned today as the governors
followers showed. their approval OF
his bitter denunciations of all classes
and conditions of men who are not
with my friendE.' When introduc-
Ing the governor, H. C. Folk. the coun-
ty chairman, read q telegram address,
ed to the governor by Mr. Folk. ask
Ing that the governor answer IN the
course of his speech something rs to
the support Of the. democratic nomi-
nee. The chairman also asked that
:; man who violate Af sats, ,tt1asaaaffS
aHfoper a fssbSt sSxt M th 81 Il (ssts ~
o1thA In, the Uhited Satset senate q 20
Spat on Telegram. w
The governor spat on aud slammed
under his fest the telegram. while
the. cros=d vigorously applauded his
act. He entirely ignored the ques-
tion. Bamberg citizens were remind
ed that in the cace of an attack upon
white woman by q negro, no military
company would ever be ordered out
TO protect the negro. This bold chal-
icnge feli on willing ears. and the gov
ernor again pursued the "nigger. Z"
Senator Smith was charged with be-
ing member Of the Haskell conyen-
tion and voting with the negroes back
In 1880 against BENJAMIN r. Till
man; that as member of the legis-
iature he had voted against
the separate coach law: and that he
had voted for bill to pay an indemni-
ty fee OF $4,000 for the family OF ne>
gro who was lynched. i ~
The governor said that tho. new
rules were only to disfrahchise my
friends" glowing picture of the
NJ.
and the late Wade Hampton, riding his
mule with the "red shirt" hosts to
rid the state OF negro domination.
Yet" Governor Blease said, because
this man cannot sign his full name,
he can't VOTE" It waE at this juno
ture that some one In the audience
called out, "yes, but he can get the
clerk to sign it for him." 'Any fool
knows that" the governor retorted.
Then he added, "you ain't contribu-
ting any information" More aues-,
tions- were fired at the candidates here
today than at any previous meeting. :.
Many OF these were OF an unfriendIy
nature to the pregent administration
and the parrying and thrusts and acid
replies were heartily applaude>
Again today, as yesterday. Senator
Smith received several lunches OF
beautiful flowers. which are to be
pressed In memory Of those, he said
who were making heroic, fight to
take him out Of the United States GEN.
ate. ~ .
Although the governor made q hold
attempt TO get rough at today'e meet
fEgs, L.fD. Jennings, wa1tzed into his
record with greater ferocity than at
: any previous meeting. He was given
fine reception and after he had, ex-
plained the rulee OF the party the
state convention was cheerafl for It's
work by many In the audience. y
Mayor. Jennings said that the gov
ernor was proud Of his record. Then
he shall be proud Of ME- for Ii expect
To help him exhibit the record from
every Gtump In South Carolina, said
Mayor Jennings. 3; - ~. 4 .5;;e: {;
GO to 4, Jenninss, 4 / DOM vote