The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-07-14

back 20 NeWbcrry my home-and
they 90 Gown street and get bale OF
cotton-look at the size OF it exhibit
ing miniature bale Il cotton), and
they ride Smith out to the campaign
meeting. and, 10 and behold, they ride
nim upon stuff the Farmers Oil Mill
stole from the farmer. Aren't YOU
Smith people ashamed OF tGat? That
cotton wouldn't bring two cents d
pound on the market, and yet they are
riding 15-cents-a-pound United
State senator on it. l know Senator
Smith was ashamed to ride out here
on it, but of course he was too polite
to say anything, and he had to ride
This reference of the governor to
the ride of Senator Smith to the cam
paign meeting was received with loud
acclaim, and the governor added:
THAT is good campaign stuff; l will
get to tell that some more.
The governor held in his hand a
sample OF the bale OF cotton on which
Senator Smith was ridden to the meet
ing, the bale being styled as "linters.' .
The go,ernor then quoted figures
from the Columbia State prognosticat-
ing the election Of two years ago. On
the 18th day Of August, 1912, ne said,
the Columbia State had published an
editorial of two columns and more
Which was characterized by that paper
as "a forecast and not q guess. That
editorial, said the governor, predicted
that Jones would receive 61,100 votes,
Blease 46,400 votes, and Duncan 5000
votes, and that She Columbia State
believed that it was sounder judg-
ment to figure that the Jones plurality
of 14,700 would be several thousand
greater. The governor quoted the edi-
tor as saying that the figures were
grounded on logical consideration
and the governor added: And On
these logical considerations a whole
lot of Jones men bet their money and
a whole lot of Blease men put it in
their pockets
One of the editors of the State, he
said, bet on the election-violating the
election laws, although always preach
ing law and order-"and here" he
said, ''is a letter written by one editor
of that paper, and here is what he
says: 81. M. Mcintosh, Esq, Colum-
bia, S. C.,--Dear Mr.. Nc: l am drop
ping you this note to remind You not
to tuln loose any of the bets in which
Mr. Murphy or myself are parties, as
the election is by no means decided,
and may not be for several days. Sim
cerely yours, Robert E. Gonzales
There is the forecast" said the
governor, telling you people in New
berry and telling the people in South
Carolina that after logical considera-
tions | would be defeated by 1900
votes, and when the votes were count
ed Jones went homo and dreamed of
the fact that "once | was but now l
am not.
The governors references to these
matters were interrupted by prolong-
ed applause, as were other utterances
during the course of his entire ad-
dress.
Governor Biease then reviewed his
early struggles from the time when he
started life in his fathers hotel and
livery stable in Newberry, until he
was admitted to the bar and began
the practice of his profession in his
home town, when ne faced lawyers
of eminence and said that, notwith-
standing the odds against which he
had to contend, that when he left
Newberry to go to the governors Of
fee his name was on the dockets OF
the courts in Newberry county in more
criminal and civil cases than all the
balance of the bar put together"
He spoke of the candidates New
berry had had for governor, for con-
gress, and for the United States sen-
ate, who had been defeated, men whom
he characterized as Of the aristocracy,
saying that it was left to livery
stable boy TO come out and say New
berry, by the grace OF the living God,
shall have a governor, and by that
grace she has it,
1t was not blood that made that
fight, he said.
He was interrupted by voice in
the audience to the effect that it was
ambition
Yes, replied the governor, "and