The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-06
GOV. BLEASE TO
MR.. STACKHOUSE
Replies TO the Criticism Expressed
By the Head of State Cotton
Congress

The Intelligencer has received
from the Office of Governor Rlease the
following communication which oz-
tplains itself:
Columbia, Sept. i, 1914.
Wade Stackhouse. President South
Carolina division. Southern Gotten
Congress-. Dillon. s. C.
Preamble and resolution. dated
Dillon, s. G, September 2, and signed
by Yourself, received at the gover-
nor's Office this day.
| Ii the campaign for the United
S...ss senate. just closed. It was said
throughout the state by opponents of
mine. that II Senator Smith was re-
telected the United States government
would come 10 the Immediate relief
lof the farmers, under the new cur
frenzy aet, and would let them have
@ sufficient amount of money to mar
ket the cotton iof tho south. y AS /
understand your movement, It Is an
effort to. hold the cotton by putting
III In warehouses;. It seems to me,
therefore. that the two movements
lare in direct conflict. ~ IHul
How cen you both hold the cotton
land market II at the same time? /
think the proper thing for your as
sociation TO do would be to call upon
Senator Smith, and those who were
backing him, to fulfill their campaign
lpromise5 &c ;ie people OF the statn
land r1ieye this sistuation at once by
raising the price Of cotton and by
imaking proper arrangements to fina-
lnce the crop, or to come out and admit
THAT this argument was used as bua-
lcombe to fool the farmers into voting
for Smit. / said on the stump that this
was the purpose. and it is now shown
to be absolutely true. Senator Smith
has been renominated. the price OF
cotton goes lower. and the farmers re-
ceive no relief. .u ;sg,.
/. notice In an article published in
the newspapers this morningi that
tyou state that the resolutions passed
lat the Jefferson Hotel conference
4 were practically the same as those
passed at the conference in the gov
ernor's office. when Major J3hn q.
4 Richards introduced his resolution. II
you will read BOTH. ypn viii seq that
Iyou are very, much mistaken. sSa sis
/ Major Richatds' resolutions cover
ia gfeat deal that your resolutions
Tread Major kichards' resolutions, and
.itSii me which Set of resolutions ydii
flavor and which, one OF them you do
.nos fascI,T Is president. OF yotir aast,-
lciation. and please make special nots
LAG to whether you favor q stay law,
to be passed BY the general assembly,
which will save the poor farmers OF
this state from having their little
icrops, mules and horses, and In some
instances their lands, that are now
under mortgages, from being forced
upon the markets and sold this foil
by the bankers and merchants while
this financial crisis Is upon us. DO
you favor such a law, oi are You in
.. flavor of allowing these rich people
to force the property of these 9oor
people upon the block, under tnort'
lgage, and turn them and their fami-
lies out of q home?
: You will also please state whether
Iyour association. and yourself favor
! 1.-THE state warehouse system?
j 4 noticeIin your interRioW,N THIS
imorning that ypn state that you rave
Ago candid&fe for goverhor,@ and that
lyou want no fractional politics. Pos.
, Isibiy this Is true. but will You please
Iexplain8 TO me why 1t Is that nearly ey.
Iery one of yourlstate 1aIid county az.
,ispciations officials are what are com.
fmonly called In this state unti-Blease
J men, gand that nearly every one oi
them are corporation Office holders 81
cofnorattons stockholders, and tbol
Their own financial interests are inore
largely connected with corporations
than with the farmers?
Yon will also please state whether
y 1t Is fact that you yourself and near.
lily all your officers are for Mr.. Mad.
ming for goyernor--a man VINO ig the
president OF q bank and stockhoideI
a 1 III other S55spor6t gaiast Er
3 John q. Richards. who is a simon.
!. Ipure farmer and member of your
!. association.
Ton knew. and ali your association
q knows, that your whole organization
lis a partisan political machine, arz
a Twas used all the wey through the re-
: Icert campaign TO help Senator Smith
!, e. q. he @ e!A., .S.s s,eS yc..seis aayn
3 eating Senator smith openly, and not
: Ionly you yourself, but your colleague
}. Parker. the head OF the cotton mil
h merger; tShannohs president OF atht
= STATE be-. han klesa' association our c0u
4 lsin, ID. r. Staekhonse. Of Ed Robert
z sons bank, and nearly every otiial
d mani In your association. hollerini
Il flor Smfth and telling the ferners tha'
: ithe reelection OF Smith was their sal
Q lyation.
~ Do you call that partisan politics'
d II your organization Is not 3 partisan
: political Organization, why was nc
!, 1.-THE present governor OF South Caro-
3 siina invited to some OF your cpifer
/ ences and asked to confer with you
e lwhy were your doors always shut I,
+ him, and Why do your. have to speal
d Ito him through resolutions passed q
e gathering &c which he was not II