The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-06-19
Opening Address OF
GoU. Cole. L. BLease
Delivered at ST. Matthews Wednesday, June IL. IL,
the United States Senatorial Campaign
Speech in Full,

g p@s zs?5 vi %o sS" n qaa ass to take uD your time remind YOU Of how
Itbe State ConVen M rporatn aWs w the bsnter the ttn @ null MIL
the railroad attorneys of prominence fact the
action OF the State Executive trying toSeal the election and defeat
tt | @ ra ,rn+nd NY sbicf @ y not @ ifd % With vi m tna y @ I
M S1 @ M @ts @ & GFn ] m 4 @ 5 its @ went oe @ !G
minds 10y to be them here
qcrue politics they peace
s @ P T 5o @ t @ 3 % nS4 printed o 5 P ss % nd % s26und the
% % t % @ e Thew W aee @ their @ % cI nr @ @ with v an t @ t6s couId
gc5 eome notwithstanding their c let's hye no % aconasm some
the Democratic club meetings
In the OF Ne"e Ward club William Fair who for has
] s spu a 1 S " S s I By Rcn for s ~ns
@ c was o ] % @ the % ned ~ town % sg. s
eua M 4 this true Of the Ward Wa & club %t the city city of e2ma @ s o ward
Alderman election which held the day after the county
@ this "sT s % e ss"didat
twenty five delegates
convention by fiy-three delegates
Christie BE Bene secretary OF the the state DeG'rane Demo- ne'uye % e
I'VE have tie Ward roll think that this internal M fraud
club fttree delegates being seated in this
arc entitled to- He says that fraud pepeta-
represented Chairman the State Democracy These
that themselves the purifying Of the pma and attempting
the Newb the county convention elected one Joseph l. @
leader leader the P4puIsts @ this STATE e, and
to-day Chairman OF the Democracy Never county chosen by packed
up from rolls which
who had @ long ns moved 5m smh e the @ % Eeue 5 se
who openly and publicly boed the Democratic ticket and worked for
which could give but would take
conty hoever M @ know the Conditions in their own County only give
pead appealed the oldn aee who themselves
pead the and have appealed to the P0puS to all come back and
the various counties they know political
p5e I es e an Jnn % "na a @ 6pon " n an n are Ire @
fps % or sS s 5nz Raoad Attorney % and %So ~ % State
the county OF orang kept his pocket
was Nicholson of Edgefeld corporation LAWYER
ior Governor Tl
% ON SENATOR n'o e. p p s beeause he Francis H. Weston read the report
and also bank officer and the
til % @ @ S % e 5 etf % nsiie said the that his own the
there stolen votes presume he he SAID TINS because f ne was
William Graydo askeIite OF the btest and who am
asked the question il prosecuted ANYBODY for
any TINS taHd 'ou d ohS ] Of % An @ peneeiT oN9 committee
refused furnish the club rolls that committee INIT in order that the he 1 no
with his appealed before oerg fraud among the
And the chairman Executive Committee reelected by
, if M @ % ta s counsel in this State
Telegraph Company and other corporations and elected @ TOR @ @
dent railroad attorney and commonly known Seaboard Bill + ~
convention other lawyers and officers eGpo %
but ask M y % out of the great S9un s 1T T e w rpd g r
farmer vote and their enormous d cotton m G d @ @ many
members 3 OF @ m Spa5a2Ps @ n either nds5 on n How many
people who gong to raise the
price centsd they allow these farmers to SIT as delegates
among the dedeS how
anv o there: Silt convention thoroughly ana you VIII
ind composed d o1 o0 @ @ all 5 is useless Ii these men who
charge the were OF ue
people when they had absolute control OF these count" e
tons they mill men to represent heeeS
on the floor Of the State convention didn't they elect farmers
v didn't they men? No; they only wanted the nc the cor
that might
% man notice in TIE Senatorial obituary Senator Smith that he puts nm
a but planter presume was l"ese '''
Now look at their committees They said Lets have no ausnl u
hooks Nes Christensen the senator from
company III the