The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-07-17
RULED BY PRIMARY
SAYS GOV BLEASE
Won't Run in General Election,
IL Beat in Primary
QUIET TIME AT WALHALLA
of Two Years Ago Lack
ing in Yesterdays Meeting.

news anu courier July 16.-GOYer-
nor Blease today declared that he
would not be a candidate for the
United States Senate in the general
election il he is defeated in the prim-
ary. He stated that he had already
pledge himself to abide the result of
the primary and attributed the re-
port that he might run independent
ly to "one of these dirty towards, &"
who, he charges, are cirulating false
reports about him. He did not call
any names.
With an undermonstrative crowd,
numbering not over 500, and a rath-
er tired Quartette OF candidates, the
Senatorial campaign meeting here
was pretty tame affair, in glaring
contrast to that of two years ago,
when at least twice as many voters
heard Governor Blease and Judge
Jones speak and when the enthu-
siam of the rival factions ran high.
Each speaker received about the
same applause today and there was
apparently no favorite
The candidates had not fully recov
cred from their exertions at the big
meeting in Anderson Wednesday and
none was in his usal form, the meet
ing being without special feature.
CARRIED BY BLEASE IN 1912.
400. County Chairman James NJ
Moss presided today and presented
the speakers after prayer was offered
by the Rev George NJ. Wilcox, of the
Presbyterian Church.
l.. d. Jennings explained the new
primary rules saying he had not
heard them denounced by anybody
but certain candidates. He asked why
had the Anu-Blease people changed
the rules II, as charged, they bene-
fited by the alleged frauds committed
in 1912? He said that then both sides
cried fraud that the Anti-Blease
crowd changed the rules and now the
Governor and his friends were
denoucing them.
Voters have heretofore been lined
up with blind tigers, race track
gamblers ex-convicts and lawbeakers
OF all kinds, but that now they were
having their eyes opened, were com
ing over to the side of "law, order
and decency." he said if the con-
ditions that have existed in South
Carolina during the past three and
a half year continue this state will be
in the same condition "as poor old
Mexico" The speaker declared the
election of Governor Blease would
be taken as an endorsement of his
record and a message to the States
next Governor that the people want
the kind of Government Blease has
given them.
| He said he was satisfied that if
Governor Blease went to the Senate
about the first thing he would do
would be to introduce a bill to turn
( all buck Riggers" out of the Fed
eral penitentiary He predicted that
the Governor will be beaten so badly
on August 25 that hell wake up
in China or some other uncivilized
country, where he ought to be-
POLLOCK EXHAUSTED
W p Pollock said he was exhaust
er from his efforts in Anderson,
where he undertook Ito dig hole.
put Coley in IT and cover him up"
that his conscience hurt him because
The realized that in attacking the
Governors record he was "lambast-
ing corpse" Mr. Pollock paid his
daily respects to Senator Smiths re-
cord The speaker declared the great
est issue in South Carolina is whe-
ther or not decency, law and order
shall prevail. He declared he was run
ming to elect himself to the Senate
and nobody else Smith thinks I'm
the man he's got to beat" he said
Mr.. Pollock said he was sorry the
Governor would not sit on the stand
and hear his record discussed; that
not until the campaign opened did
he know the Governor was feather
legged" and that the Governor knew
his record was so bad that he couldn'
hear IL and keep his face, but turns
turkey and runs away"
After poking a little fun at Mr.. Pol
lock Senator Smith replied TO Cover
nor Blease's often repeated charges
that he (Smith) had voted against
Jim Grow" bill had voted 20 give
$4,000 to the family OF a man lynch