Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-24
WILL STAND BY THE PRIMARIES
Governor Blease Says Democratic Ma
jority Will Control in November.

Columbia, March 21.-Gov. Blease,
who has been out Of the city for the
past few days, was asked upon his re-
turn If he had anything to say in ref
erence to the rumors in regard to at
tempting to do away with the county
to-county campaign In reply, Gov
ernor Blease said:
I'm the first place, cannot conceive
that this matter Is being discussed Sc
riously, for hardly any man with any
good common sense, who Is a candidate
for any office, would endeavor to keep
from going face to face before the peo-
pie Of South Carolina and discussing
questions which are Of vital impor-
tance to them. The man who would en-
deavor to keep from going before the
people would be at once denounced as
fearing to face the people, and it would
prove disastrous to him and his cause.
matter Is being seriously considered,
but is merely newspaper rumor.
Il have made several county-to-
county state campaigns, and think
some Of them, at least, it will be ad
mitted, have been just about as strenu-
Gus, and under just about as warm cir
cumstances, and in just about as hot
weather, as any other man has ever
undergone or will ever undergo, and /
have never seen one which was any
special hardship, and even II such
campaign is some little hardship on
the candidates, it Is certainly the only
way to reach the people, and the peo-
pie are not going to submit to it's be-
ing abolished.
However, If those in control were to
be so foolish as to abolish 1t, that
would not interfere with my plans in
the least. l would simply arrange an
itinerary Of my own, just as the state
executive committee does now, and
have it published as paid advertising
as l presume that would be the only
way could get 1t in most Of the news
papers. 1 would also forward it to my
campaign manager at each county seat
and have him to announce that / would
be at his county seat on certain day
to deliver an address, and those who
wanted to come to hear me could come
just as they do now, under the present
rules, and those who did not want to
come could stay away, just as they do
now under the present rules, and in
this way I would go to every county
seat in South Carolina this summer
on my own initiative, regardless Of
what the state executive committee or
anybody else might do. And I would
send polite invitation to each Of the
candidates VINO HlSnt pe III tne race
for United States senator. and invite
them to meet me at the county seat of
each county on the day that would be
present, and offer to divide time with
them in the discussion Of the issues.
OF course, II they declined-which /
have no idea they would dol would
simply go on, anyway, and deliver my
speech. l propose to go before the
people and tell them what have done. |
and why l have done it, and no crowd
Of political ringsters can keep me away |
from the people"
What do you think Of the rumor |
that there will be an attempt to form
a separate party If your friends should
control the clubs or majority Of the
clubs throughout the state?" Governor
Blease was asked.
"Of course" Governor Blease replied, !