The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-07-03
ISSUES ARE DISCUSSED
IN THE STATE CAMPAIGN
Law Enforcement, Education, Pardor
Power and Roads-Review of the
State Ring-Hard to Say
Which of Eleven Guber-
Material Candidates
Isin the Lead.

Columbia, June Reinforcement
of the law, compulsory education,
good roads and curtailment of the use
OF the pardoning power, are the para
mount issues developed in the cam
paign tour of the candidates for the
State offices, which closed it's second
week at Dillon yesterday afternoon.
Other issues have been brought into
the race, but these have been holding
the centre of thE stage, at least as
far as constructive measures are con-
cerned.
"Coat-tail swinging" is heard from
every stump, becoming especially
prominent at Florence and Marion
during the past week. At the first
place all kinds of questions were
hurled at John G. Richards, who is
running for Governor, when he de-
clared his intention to vote for Gov
ernor Blease for the Senate and de-
MED that he was "coat-tail swing
er" as result, that he was simply
exercising his right to vote for whom
he pleased. He denounced what he
calls the newspaper oligarchy" and
says they are trying to crush him be-
cause of his intention to vote for
Blease.
Called a Camp Follower.
w. c. 1rby, candidate for Governor,
and also a political friend of Gov
ernor Blease, denominated Mr. Rich
ards as "camp-follower" at Marion.
Mr.. Irby said Richards reminded him
of one who turks in the rear while the
fighting is going on and after the VIC
tory is won rushes on the field and
trys to grab the spoils. "Where," he
asked, "was Richards standing two
years ago when he went into a caucus
with Senator Tillman to consider op-
posing Blease for reelection?" He al
so wanted to know where Richards
was standing years ago when he and
others who have been with Blease for
years went down to defeat with him.
Florence was the first place faction
alism has cropped out on this cam
paign tour. The audience there was
anti-Blease, strongly so, and they
cheered to anti-Blease candidates and
heckled the others. From what has
been gathered most of the counties
apparently so far visited are against
the state administration with the pos
sible exception of Horny. 1t is ad-
mitted that county will be close, al
though Governor Blease carried it
two years ago by good majority.
Places Visited.
The candidates for State Offices
have visited Sumter, Clarendon, Berk-
eley, Georgetown, Williamsburg,
Florence, Marion, Horny and Dillon
counties. Which of the eleven can
didates is leading for Governor is
hard to say. The people have been
giving close attention of all of the
speeches.
That the people are doing their own
thinking and are intelligently arriv-
ing at conclusions regardless of the
so-called Blease issue is evident. All
of the audiences have applauded con-
demnation of the indiscriminate use
OF the pardoning power, voiced by R.
l. Manning and M. L. Smith in their
speeches for Governor. These, with
John G. Clinkscales and R. A. Cooper
have stressed the need and necessity
for enforcement of the laws. Man
ming, c. A. Smith, Cooper, Clink-
scales have scored race tracks and
promise if they are elected Governor
to suppress the evil.
The weather has been sweltering,
so hot, indeed, as to be burden to
the candidates, the newspaper men
and the audience. The patience of
the whole collection has been wonder
full.
ohSuiShy DopIStS.
The newspaper men who are COW
ering the campaign have new names,
as result of the attacks by Major
John G. Richards, chairman of the
railroad commission, and a candidate
for Governor, on what he has named,
"the newspaper oligarchy." A. D.
Oliphant, of the Columbia State, has
designated the three newspaper men
as Oligarchy 1, and 3. He calls j.
A. DAILY, of the Columbia Record Oil
garchy No. 1, Caldwell, of The News
and Courier, as Oligarchy No. 2, him
self as Oligarchy No. 3, and G.. r.
Calvert, the Western Union man, who
is making the rounds with the cam
paign and handling press copy. as
chief slave of the Oligarchy. Rich
ards and Charles Carroll Simms, also
running for Governor, are the only
two out Of the twenty-six candidates
who have attacked the newspapers
so far.
The candidates speak this week at
Darlington, Bishopville, Bennettsville,
Chesterfield, Camden and Columbia,
when there will be recess until the
next Thursday. w. F. Caldwell.
Men will do anything for notoriety
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