The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-07-28
JENNINGS MADE A SEVERE
ARRANGEMENT OF GOV.
BLEASE
N EW FEATURES
Blease Accuses Francis II. Weston
Of Abusing the Privilege of
His Office

Lexington. July 24-The senatorial
meeting here today was marked by
the btterest speech Of the campaign.
This vitrOlic utterance was from L.
ID. Jennings who said the present chief
executive during the last three and
Que half years has made the filthiest
and most diabolical record ever made
by white man In South Carolina" :"
'The governor" he added, "has de-
bauched the state worse than Cham
berlain, Scott and Moses of radical
times combined"
When he was speaking the governor
said that he never spoke to his op-
ponents, his reference being to
Messrs. Jennings and Pollock Allud-
Ing to them the governor said" When
men appear on the platform to spew
out filth against gentleman, don't
| notice them. ! never pay any atten-
, tion to any men who put themselves
on q plane with John T. Duncan and
Barney Evans"
MIR. Jennings answered this by say
ing that he would suffer his right
hand to be paralyzed and his tongue
to cleave to the roof of his mouth he-
fore he would speak to man with
s.c::: . ::;:::yf Escc-d "Ard'lt should
speak to him." this candidate went on,
II hope my wife and children will de-
sert me-" The governors record was
"as filthy as the nest OF q carrion
crow" Mr.. Jennings concluded.
w. p. Pollock, the II st speaker was
little less bitter in his denunciation.
When this candidate was drawing the
"blistcrs" on the administration fol-
lowers. there was much heckling and
angry retorting, tho Blease faction
trying at times to keep what the
speaker was saying from being heard
To one OF these Mr.. Pollock replied,
"Yes, hollow for Blease now and two
years hence you will be like Peter of
old, you will declare you never knew
him. M
|. Another was told that the Bleasites
would be buried August 25 with faces
hlown. : This he explained would be
done so that III you scratch out you
will scratch outr In hell" This
speaker told the audience that IL the
roll of delegates to the state demo-
cratic convention Of last May should
be examined; :" 1t will be found that
there were members of the Lexington
delegation who were on the Bull
Moose ticket with John C. Capers and
ptaetfl negroes" The Lexington deie-
gntion1to the last state convention was
reported to be for Blease.
II the governor should go to the
United States senate, Mr. Pollock con-
tinued he could not work in double
harness with, anyone. He said ,the
governor was "out OF Joint" with every
department of the national govern
ment with which he had any dealing.
that he was working against Senator
TiilmRn who had stood four square to
the world and would neutralize the
senior senator's good work so that the
state would be practically without
representation. e':
Mr.. Pollock again today measured
by the carload the moro than 500
negroes parioned, saying that .there
would be about enough to make UP
tho biggest negro excu.s!cn n South
Carolina -y -; risri ! =
Senator Smith. said today that he
wac In the campaign to take care OF
his own record. and not to- attack 9TH
.ers. II am not going around" he ex-
planned. picking out he rotten spots
In any mans charac, r. have not
started campaignc dllification and
abuse / am not he to hold up any
mans piteable fall /. O., but here to
hold up q. D. Smit' magnificent suo>
CESS .s es
Tho speech OF low Blease was
marked by his, mpliments TO The
Columbia State.' ,ich, he pcfd. though
he apolgized fc Lcirg 80. .,Fnrs once
in my life w Ito thank The State,
and hope lig ming won't strike me
for doing so. Il want to thank The
State for ons being fair I me IN
printing tli-, morning the record In
the Richey ase."
This Is tile home OF State Senator
w. n. Sharpe. who Is state. chairman
or the B1eaHe rganization.
Today the governors said that one
representative from each county com
posed the executivs committee. I'm
der each county committeemani he
added was suboysanizatfon. with one
or two members from each club I'm
the county. e g y ~. .s s.iat -
Francis, H. Weston. recently ap-
pointed Unitel States Att Srney, -was
charged todey; By Hlease. with at
tempting iU disrupt tiiu loiiiI5T iI i .s; ss;5 9
rarty In South Caroline How long,
I wonder" the governor asked, "will
Mr. WilEol, allow ID, be violated that
democrtic doctrine OF Grover Cleva-
land. that rule laid down hy; him, that
federal appointed should not spartt-
scipate In party politics r. ssW Weston,s,
he explained .''is doing everything in
( ilfs bower In t1fHfnDt the iiemtlcraffc