The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-14
Candidates & 'at Are ( Lined 2 Up
Ready For Starting Gsasas

Columbia. June 13.-South Caroli-
mas biennial Circus opens on We'd
nesday and will give continual per-
fornances until August ,2Oth. Every
trdnty in the State will he visited, and
Oh each day .hern will be perform
I ance at one of the ~ county sc1.s,
the route having been mapped out by
the State Democratic Executive cnm-
| mittre.
Th're will be two rings" d the
"tircus" tt.is year. one made up OF
| caEdidates or United States senator
uhd ti." other of the candidate for gov
ernor and other State offices u =,
! .attc!' Is so CT 'wded that there Will
; m little time Eirrn for the md. ,'Gua;
actcrs to perform. About all they will
have time TO do will be to make their
| bow and retire.
The race for United States senator
! Is attracting the major share Of inter-
est. United States Senator E. ID. Smith
who defeated some half dozen candi-
| cafes six years ago Is asking for re-
election. Against him Governor Cole
l.. D,"cse. just completing second term
II lEe oflce Of ,ehief executive has
pitted his strength. and Is asking the
votes to retire Senator. Smith and place
| the toga on his shoulders.
1t was th:nGnt for long time that
these doughty warriors wonld have
| the arena to tl,i mselves AMI already
talk had begun Of 'Smith people. and
"Blease people" but Mr.. W. p. Pollock
OF Cheraw rudcly shattered all ca .cu-
lations when he SHE'D his hat into the
ring and announced that he Is running,
for United states senator. Like tie
other two entrants. Mr.. Pol,or's is
| fighter ami a fierce debnlor. pressing
rcd hot triangular contes. for tl:c
| s. nate this sun;Eicr.
II Is tile general expectation that
Governor Blease will launch terrific
attack III, Senator Smith, this h,Iag
Eathclcd largely from the canrni.i l;
"aeed by the governor agains' Judge
Ira B Jones :'vc years ago. NhGt'.,i'
Senator. Smtth will be. a., ITO rrptI
the attack and assault The public roe
or III the Cove rnor is n ;.':ca'iOn no &
asi!"ting South Carolina. Mr.. Po,!rc:.
Will nndonht ely r0mp on both or his
! onp0n"its and the general :dtn f,tn..
contest is summoned mp in an express
sion heard every day the fur will
fly"
The State campaign ring lis crowded
with actors. There will lie at least a
dozen candidates for governor, three
for Lieutenant Governor, two FOR
comptroller general, six for railroad
| commissioner. two for attorney gener.
| nj. three for adjutant general. and GER
tainly one each for state treasurer,
superintendent of education, commits
stoner OF Agriculture aud secretary OF
state. There may be. more hut a con-
servatlve estimate places the entries
In the state campaign ring at Il ast
27.and possibly 80. An average Of. .,,n
minutes each would take up three
hours for the candidates to speak and
few audiences will keep their patience
longer than that. =
The governors" will be given more
time than the others and some of the
other office seekers will jnst get time
enough to announce their names, give
the, office they arc seeking. anL .hank
the voters. in ADVANCE. for their cup.
port, and then sit down.
"hile there has been q genera, idea
ttat the race for governor woula be-
an "AlphonSe- CASTOR" affair, racent
htraws .ishow that this ring" like all
others that have performed In South
Carolina will warm up. Several of the
would be governors" are already
champing at the bit and any little
abrasion will atari the confederation.
Lay en- MacDuff,"s will likely be the
IGot'u OF this carpaign as In the sen-
atcffa' ring for ,,fat. is what the aver
age South Carol gaian demande The
4uict; easy g3In. f,iinw attract, IL
tie sttention. The. audience want tile
"h x stuff." aEi the hotter II Ia the bet.
III they like II -
Claims" Of victories are already be-
ing made, Governor Blease thinks he
will defeat Senator Smith by $4,000
votes and cay so. Mr.. Pollock's en-
trance ho figures .does not interfere
with his following but Pollock'a votes
will ONE off Smith . Senator Smith
has stated that he will be reelec. .,i by
la,puof najoritya Hus friends say Fol
locks votes will not come Dfs Smith.
Mr. oilock thinks the people want
rn0"2 n aicrlfl to CHOOSE frSin and q
Mider field pnd offers himself. His
friends say his chances are good and
that lie Will draw support from bt,h
OF tho otner factions.
The claims" in the govern ,r's race
has not gone beyond the s. :on.l ,pri-
mary. uli statements being based IN
who will r1ake the ;;etond race, Maiur
ION q. Isis! !ard's friends think he. 81
sure of being In the second race es-
peciaIlyt since his declaration for
Blease. Professor John C. ClinksGales
followers assert he is gaining ground
so fast that he will lead the first ipYi-
mary and win In the second Like
claims ARE made by friends Of Lieut. en-
ant Governor c. A.. Smith. Solicitor n.
A. Cooper, Representative w. C. Irby,
Jr, Mr.. l.. J.. Browning, Speaker NJ. L.
Smith, Mr.. 2. s, Simns, Mr.. r. I. Man
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