The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-07-24
NOT GIVEN SGtARE DEAL
Correspondent Sa!> 5lc@se is y,
Given Square Deal by the
Press.

Columbia Record.
To the Editor Of the Columbia Re-
cord
Of all despicable traits. God for
bid that | shall ever be guilty OF de-
scending so low as TO inpugn the mo-
tive OF a person. simply because that
individual was not affiliated with me
politically n otherwise. Inasmuch
as the Proud Conservatives Press" Of
South Carolina, almost as unit, nave
trained their guns upon Governor
Blease again, and have become sub
servient to a bunch of yindictive pol
iticians, who hate the &C ernor as the
devil hates holy wattr,' shall ask
your permissi n to use your columns
to express the sentiment of many
Bleaseites, also a few ants VINO de-
sire to see fairplay. | don't believe
that any honest anti Will SAY that
bease is being given a square deal
by tie press today tat he is e
target for bunch OF mad political
thugs, is fcregone conclusion. It
is conceded by d vast majority 9 anti
Bleaseites that neither Mr.. Jennings
nur Mr.. Pollock have any more chance
o. winning than "taIioW bulldog
woald have chasing an asbestos cat
through leil.'
Some Will tell you that these two
astute politicians are paving the way
for a c1ance at Tillman's joD in 1918.
.<CW, if this DE tie ambition + tie
gentlemen who are assisting in steor-
ing Senator Smiths aerop- -ane, they
might as we'll go way back and sit
down.. as little Frank Lever is 60
ing TO take that bacon home. 1t ap-
pears that Governor Blease's enemies
were just little afraid to risk put
ting Smith against the governor sing
ly, and that the other two gentlemen
were cajoled into entering, thereby
giving the opposition three times as
mucn time to "cuss out" Blease as
he would have to desend himself. Or
while he engaged M.ssrs. Jennings
and oPllock, Mr. Smith might slip
in unobserved 1t was very clever
scheme, but, like foxy grandpa" :"
Blease is len:ng the gentlmen do a
great deal of shadow fighting and
he is looking after Smith; the other
gentlemen have nothing that Blease
wants, SO way waste time on them
Jennings boasts Of being "a self made
man" So is Cole. L. Blease, and ne
must have outstripped Mr.. Jennings
in this line, as Blease is governor,
while Mr. Jennings records show that
high as mayor The records show that
tle strongest supporters OF Senator
Smith are the very men who support
ed Haskell and opposed 'rillman And
the name of E. D. Smith is .ounu
among that aggregation. l.. this state
ment is Challenged, | respectfully re-
fer you to tie Hon. Benjamin Ryan
Tiilman, Wno | am sure will subStan-
tiate the aboye Ask Iillman if Smith
fought him in favor of Haskell. One
thing must be said in behalf of the
Bleaseites-not one of them ever nave
bolted the primary. If you say the
same in behalf # the ants, refer you
to Green;ille county, two years ago,
in the general election. And, Mr. Edi-
tor, should such parties be considered
tligible to vote in tle approaching
primary? Have we any assurance
that they will abide results this time?
Gen. Hampton said from every stump
in South Carolina that "a bolter is
worse than radical So to what
class do these gentlemen belong?
They should join the suffragettes.
A great deal of abuse is hurled at
Blease relatives to his pardon record.
Why not "cuss" the people who vest
ed this authority in tie governor, and
stop abusing him. You may as we'll
give your Children an apple, then beat
the "stuffings outen him for eatin' it. y
Many niggers have been turned our
OF the "pen,' but great many OF
them were dispatched to their nome
county chain gangs to serve out their
sentences. The rabid ants, in their
eagerness to injure the governor,
never discriminate between pardons,
paroles, combinations or returned to
t1eir county gang; but loudly bel
low, "Blease has turned hundreds o.
niggers out. In your issue of the 16tl
wan ctrpcc unoo the