The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-07-24
SAYS NO BLEASE|TE
SHOT DR.. M'|NTOSH
Governor Declares He Has No
Friends Who Hold Men Up.
BIG CROWD AT MEETING.
The Governor Presented With Many
Flowers, n Gold-HandIed Um-
brella and Loving Cup.

From The News and Courier of
today we take the following, which
is part of the governors speech in
Columbia yesterday:
When Governor Cole l.. Blease
came on the stand he was literally
loaded down with flowers and gifts
by his friends. Little girls dressed
in white crossed the stage, each with
a profusion of flowers and presented
them to the governor. young lady
presented him with a gold-handled
umbrella, while q man brought on
the stage loving cup, which he gave
TO the governor. All Of this time
the packed theatre was ringing with
the acclaims of the Blease followers
and the Kisses of the opposition. The
umbrella was presented by the
Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen,
the loving cup by the farmers of
Richland' county, with this inscrip-
ton: From the farmers of Rich
/ land County, who know Governor
Blease to be the friend of all the
] NOihihS pSOpiS'
/ While the waves of cheering and
/ Kissing were passing ovc rihe audi
ence Governor Blease suddenly turn
ed to Chairman Sloan and demanded
that he eject from the audience n
man whom he said had called him a
liar. While the people leaned for
ward to see wnere the person was
sitting the governor pointed him out.
and said that If 1T was a Bleaseite
he would have been elected and he
demanded that this one be put out
Calling on tn epolice, the governor
repeated his demand for the eject.
ment of the interrupter, and finally a
policeman got the man and took him
out under the stage.
LOST LOTS OF MONEY.
Taking up the election two yeary
ago the governor declared that the
Rnti-Bleasc men had lost lots ot
: money, which the Bleaseits got,
and laughed at his opponents. Turn
ing then to the charge, which, h
, said, had been made that the stat,
would be ruined ifBlease was choseI
governor, he told of the recent Dor
rowing of $35O,OOO 70 rthe state a
31a per cent interest, which, he de
b clared. was the cheapest rate eve
obtained, and said this showed hoV
fine business was under his admins
tration. The credit for the low rat
he gave to President Willie Jones am
Cashier ]. Pope Matthews, of tn
Palmetto National Bank.
, Getting to the charges about hi
negro chauffeur, Harrison Nicely. tk
! governor told OF how this negr
r MIXED two COWS every morning
cleared up behind them and other an
e imals, washed out the spittoons a
. governors office, did other chores
| If there is a white man in this audi
= ence low enough down to want tina
: negro's job and SIS week let hir
, stand up" was the invitation OF tn
D governor, but no volunteers offere
q themselves. II don't believe theT
is Il bledSe man low enough uOWn
a want his job and l know If there wa
such an anti-Blease man l would no
0 allow him in my back yard" he eS
claimed while his followers al
plauded.
+ THE RICHEY CASE.
When the Richey case was take
= up the audience settled back an
e listened, for this contained the mucf
discussed certificate signed by ID
n James II. Mcintosh, who was las
: night shot and wounded as he wa
returning home, and the late I,r.
b. Knowlton. Calling Mr.. Augu:
L Kohn to hold the copy of the cert
T ficate given in the Richey case b
Drs. Mcintosh and Knowlton, Govel
d nor Blease read the original and 1
: It he qouted this as the language c
; the two doctors in referring I
u Richey's complaint, as "marke
r neurosis, that the same simulate
g true paralysis" He offered rewar
y of 800 to any man 20 prove that tn
signature on the certificate was nc
q that OF DR.. Mcintosh and Dr. Euow
ton.
d JIe said he had maiied a copy {
/ tnir record TO The Nows and Courie