The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-07-08
c, WEDN ESDAY. JULY 8, 1914
he HAS No ANSWER
BuEASE IGNORES ALL CHARGES
IN SAUNDERS CASE
SPEAKERS BUBBING IT In

Jennings Suggests That Blease Go In
Partnership With James Sottile
The King of Blind Tigers, Who Is
On His Staff-Caro1ina Militia
Must Salute Mashed Down Nose.
For the second time Wednesday,
at the Senatorial campaign meeting
at Lancaster Governor Blease ignor-
ed the charge brought by two Of his
opponents, Messrs L. D. Jennings
and W. P. Pollock, that the Execu-
tive with regents OF. the State Hospi-
tai for the Insane appointed by him,
had attempted to discredit DR.. Elean-
ora B. Saunders, formerly a physi-
clan at the asylum, and that her
treatment by the Governor and his
appointees drove Dr.. Saunders and
Dr.. Babcock, the superintendent,
from the service of that institution.
The Governor reiterated his policy
Of silence, again declaring that he
stood on his record, and had neither
apology for nor explanation of any
official act or word of his since oc-
cupying the gubernatorial, chair.
This, however, did not deter Messrs.
Jennings and Pollock from again
presenting the facts in the Saunders
case as contained in the report of
the Legislature investigating COM
mittee, which exolerated DR.. Saun-
ders. DR.: Saunders and DR.. Bah
cock resigned after the investigation
was completed and the report made.
The Governor spoke first. He
again attacked the new primary rul-
es, declaring the personal enroll
ment feature was for the purpose Of
cutting down his vote in some places
it was purposely made difficult for
his supporters to enroll, and that
many men couldn't write their
names and must go before some "lit-
tie cigarette-sucking clerk" and
have that service performed for
them. He said he had many strong
friends who stick to him because I
stick to them" The Governor de-
clared that Stale Secretary John
Gary Evans stated in Spartanburg,
referring to the new rules, that
Biease wouldn't be elected this time
because we've got him fixed But,
said the Governor, ''I'll show him I'll
beat him and the whole bunch"
Nr. L. D. Jennings said he would
show that "Blease is unfit for the
United States Senate. He said that
the Governor had tried to run and
was at loggerheads with every other
department of the State Government
and that he had signed more pardons
than and other Governor South Caro-
lima ever had.
"Was it because. of tender
hearth" somebody asked. ''No, not
tender heart, but to please political
henchmen Of his" Mr.. Jennings re-
piled.
When the speaker asked how
many endorsed Governor Blease's re-
cord in the Saunders case, there was
chorus of, no." while one man
yelled Yes"
May God have mercy on your
SOUL" came from the speaker.
Mr.. Jennings explained that the
new primary rules were far alike to
the friends and political enemies of
the governor. You're right" an
aged man in the crowd answered.
eve been here so years and ex-
pect to enroll my full name and vote
under them"
This speaker retaliated said that
the governor could do better than go
back to Newberry and work in the
livery stable, as the governor threat
ened to do before he would apologize
for or explain any word he had ever
uttered or anything that he had ever
done
my suggestion is," said Mr.. Jen-
nings, "that he go to Charleston and
go into partnership with James Sot-
tile, who's of his staff and the king
of blind tigers, and the governor will
have a better business"
Mr.. w. P. Pollock read his list of
"furriners' and said that they were
1.-The kind or riffraff that drift into
Charleston who haven't a dollar in
the world, who can't sign their
names, yet they are herded together
and voted like sheep by Vincent
Chicco and James Sottile. They are
the kind that cross over from Angus
t. and adjoining counties to kill the
honest votes of the farmers of South
Carolina
Mr.. Pollock then explained what
he said were the relations existing
between the governor and James Sot'
=! !tile-"the king of all blind tigers
and colonel on the governors staff y
The speaker then asked whether
they would salute the mashed down
. ! Dago,' and there was a chorus OF
mos" and many hurrahs for Pol
lock.
Answering another question Mr.
Pollock said South Carolina lost the
encampment because of "the greatly
magnifed ego of your Governor, Cole
L. Blease, who said they wouldn'
bow to him and had ignored his dig
nifty, and until then never knew h
had any dignity" He said he was
running to help Senator Smith, but
not as many people thought; that he
was running "to help Senator Smith
) back to the farm"
Senator Smith was the last speak