The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-25
BITTER TALKS
AT LEXINGTON
JENNINGS MADE A SEVERE
ARRANGEMENT OF GOV.
BLEASE
N E w FEATURES
Blease Accuses Francis H. Weston
Of Abusing the Privilege of ="
His Office
EW FEATURES
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Lexington, July 24.-The senatorial
meeting here today was marked by
the bitterest speech of the campaign.
This vitrOlic utterance was from L.
ID. Jennings who said the present chief
executive during the last three and
QUE half years has made the filthiest
and most diabolical record ever made
by a white man in South Carolina"
'The governor" he added, ''has de-
bauched the state worse than Cham
berlain. Scott and Moses of radical
times combined"
When he was speaking the governor
said that he never spoke to his op-
ponents, his reference being to
Messrs. Jennings and Pollock. Allud-
Ing to them the governor said" When
men appear on the platform to spew
out filth against gentleman. don't
notice them. 1 never pay any atten-
tion to any men VITO put themselves
on plane with JOi1n T. Duncan and
Barney Evans"
Mr.. Jennings answ cred this by eay-
ing that he would suffer his right
hand to be paralyzed and his tongue
to cleave to the roof of his mouth he
fore he would speak to man with
such q filthy record. "And IL 1 should
speak to him.. this candidate went on,
81 hope my wife and children will de-
sert me-" The governors record was
"as filthy as the nest OF a carrion
crow" Mr.. Jennings concluded.
w. p. Pollock, the first speaker was
little less bitter In his denunciation.
When this candid,te was drawing the
"blisters" on the administration fol-
| lowers, there was much hecklingz and
| angry retorttng, the Blease faction
trying at times to keep what the
speaker was saying from being heard.
To one of these Mr.. Pollock replied.
Eyes, hollow for Blease now and two
years hence you will be like Peter OF
old, you will declare you never knew
him."
Another was told that the Bleasites
| would be buried August 25 with faces
| down. This he explained would be
done 30 that 'if you scratch ont you
will scratch out in hell.'' This
speaker told the audience that IL the
roll of delegates to the state demo-
cratic convention of last. May should
be examined. " it will be found that
there were members of the Lexington
| delegation who were on the Bull
Moose ticket with John C. Capers and
other negroes" The Lexington dele
cation to the last state convention was
reported to be for Blease.
II the governor should go to the
| United States senate. Mr.. Pollock con-
! tinued he could not work in double
harness with anyone. He said tho
governor was "out of Joint" with every
department OF the national govern
ment with which he had any dealing.
that he was working against Senator
| Tillman who had stood four square to
the world and would neutralize the
senior senator's good work 30 that the
state would be practically without
| representation.
Mr.. Pollock again today measured
| by the carload the more than 900
negroes pardoned, saying that "there
would be about enough to make up
the biggest negro excursion in South
Carolina.
Senator Smith said today that he
| was In the campaign to take care OF
his own record, and not to attack 9TH
ers. II am not going around" he ex-
| planned, picking ont the rotten spots
In any mans character. I have not
started a campaign OF villification and
abuse. am not bere to hold up any
mans piteable failure, but here to
hold up e. d. Smiths magnificent sue
cess"
The speech Of Gov. Blease was
marked by his compliments to The
Columbia State. which he paid. though
he apolgized for doing 80. "For once
in my life want to thank The State,
and hope lightning won't strike me
for doing 80. I went to thank The
State for. once being fair to me in
| printing this morning the record In
the Richey case"
This is the home Of State Senator
w. H. Sharpe, who is state chairman
of the Blease rganization.
Today. the governor said that one
representative from each county COM
posed the executive committee. Un-
der each county committeeman, he
added was q suborganization. with one
or two members from each club In
the county. =. ssaSezz
Francis n. Weston, recently ap-
pointed United States Attorney. was
charged today by Blease, with at
tempting to disrupt the democratic
party In South Carolina. "How long,
wonder" the governoe. aeked, "will
Mr.. Wilson, allow to be violated that
democrtic. doctrine of Grover Cleye-