The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-08
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Tillman at last has, come squarely
out for Blease am glad of it; with
the ,Tillman following, the Blease fol-
lowing, and the, Gonzales following
all working in unison and harmony as
unit It insures Blease's election to
the senate. Well, we need infusion Of
new blood and gray matter In our del
egation. SO why not s...tSt Il. q 4
This also proves me to be a prog
nosticator of the first water, and JUS
titles the old adage that !" a prophet is
not without honor save In his own
country. y !. :! y y
Months agoSI foreshadowed this
deal. When Governor Blease and BIS
close advisory friends, accepted the
homage Of topper John Richards, an
eleventh hour convert, and the Joint
personal candidate of Z Senator Till
man and Gonzales, that proved it.
Then later John Gary's eloquent sill
ence, and the States" endorsement,
sufficiently corroborated it. But old
Ben, as usual, now puts on the cap
stone, and says to the people, fear
not, they, are, all my boys, obey your
master vote. the ticket.
| q This is a nice adjustment. of all the
"isms;p no longer cam ,fbe. re-
preached with 'fBleaseism. ." 1t is now
Tillman-Ble Gonzalesism, a lit
tile idifficult to handle orally but none
the less effective politically.
This sensible combine If successful
Els going to do good. z It Will elect
Blease, and maybe Sam Nichols and
Fred Dominick to congress-. Later at
can serve to make John Gary Evans
federal judge, "Pussy-foot Bill" Thur
mond district attorney and Henry
Tillman or C. C., Wyche assistant, Al
| so Sheriff Gideon Long, Of Union, can
| get the marshalship, and appoint p.
/ H. Aull his deputy, and another form
er Bleasite his clerk and elect Swear
ingen to succeed Tillman. Let Smith
ask Tillman's help on the second ju-
dicial district in time to make the ap-
pointments before the primary de-
cides who the next senator will be. z
He can't get it, Tillman Is obliged
to stand pat.
Smith corral the federal patron
age and appointed his "Haskellite'
friends and now Benjamin no longer
loves Woodrow. Since he threatened
to "read me out of the party" old
Ben has progressed. He recently
with the aid of the, ever-useful May
convention straddled on Wilson'S re-
pudiation of the platform and tdroit-
ly lodged the vote on the tolls repeal
bill. I now welcome him into the
Bleaseite fold, and If the new iniquit-
GUS rules do work and cut out $4,000
or 10000 votes I expect to give him
the glad hand in the Bull Moose
herd later. It is but short distance
to 60 now, and the water Is fine.
The SENATOR ,artfully bases his
come out" on the fear of a party
split. Well his fears are we'll found
ed and he knows the signs, having
waited patiently once for light In
the west"
I don't think his niger photographs
will altogether distract peoples at
tention from the real object Of his
legerdermain trick; however at least
until he explains why he voted to
confirm the appointment of a niger
to a judgeship by southern demo-
cratic administration.
Just watch the jointed snake get
together; no one should be surprised
for when two men have something to
exchange that the other wants, it is
| no trouble to trade. So whet Nc
Laurin refused to betray his friends
to defeat Blease, there was nothing to
do but trade or fall. Ben never falls
altogether.
John G. Richards is the keystone of
this political arch; knock the key
stone out and the arch will fall. Rich
ards can't be elected, nor Blease
man either; his reception into the fold
| hopelessly divided the host.
That is all right. The "State" boast
ed that because Richards will vote for
Blease that don't make him Blease-
ite, or prove that he will carry out
Blease's policies or reward his friends
if elected. The "State" is eminently