The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-07-07
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| Editor The Intelligrncrr
Tillman al last has come squarely
out for Hlrase. | am glad of II: with
he TiIlman following. the Blcasc fol-
lowing, and the Gonzales following
all working in unison and harmony az
Il unit il insurcs I,leasr's elcction to
the senate. Well. we need infusion OF
new blood ANA gray matter in our del
cgati0n. So why not
This also proves me to be Il prog
nOsticator OF the first water. and JUS
tifies the old adage that Il prophet Is
not without honor save in his own
country"
Months ago ! foreshadnwed this
deal. When Governor Blcase and his
close advisory friends. accepted the
homage 0f Hopper John Richards. an
eleventh hour convert and the Joint
personal candidate OF Senator Till
man and Gonzales. that proved II.
Then later John Gary's eloquent sill
ence. and the States" endorsement,
sufficiently cOrr0boraird IT, !5ut old
Ben. as usual. now puts on the cap
not. they are all my boys. obey your
master; vote the ticket
This IL Il nice adjustment OF all the
"isms:" no longer Gun we be re-
prOached with "Bleaseism." II ~ now
Tillman-B Bleasr- -GOnZalesism. 1T
tie difficult to handle orally but none
the lrss effective politically.
This sen:ible combine IL successful
IL going to do good. II will elect
I,leasc and maybe Sam Nichols and
Fred D0minick TO congress. Later 1t
can serve to make John Gary Evans
federal Judge. "Puysy-foot Bill" Thur
inond district attorney and Henry
Tillman or G.. G.. Wyche assistant. AL
80 Sheriff Gideon Long. III Union can
get the marshalship. and appoint f.
II. Aull his deputy. and another form
er Blensite his clerk and elect Swear
ingen to succeed Tillman. Let Smith
ask Tillman's help on the second jul
dicial district In time to make the ap-
pOintments before The primary de-
cides who the next senator will be.
He can't get IT, Tii,mnn is obliged
10 stand pat.
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age aud appointed his "Enskellite"
friends and now Benjumin no longer
loves Woodrow. Since he threatened
10 read ME out OF the party" old
Ben llns progressed. lie recently.
with the aid OF the ever-useful May
convention straddled on Wilson's re-
pudintion. OF the platform and tdroit-
iy lodged the vote on the tolls repeal
bill. now welcome him into the
Bleaseitc fold, and IL the new iniQuit-
ous rules do work and cut out $1,000
or 10000 votes l expect to give him
the glad hand In the Bull Moose"
herd later. 1t ie but short distance
to go now. and the water IL fine.
The senator artfnliy bases his
''come out" on the fear OF a party
split Well his fears are we'll found
ed and he knows the signs. having
waited patiently once for a light In
the west'
don't think his niger photographs
will altogether distract peoples at-
tention from the real object OF his
legerdermain trick; however at least
until lie explains why he voted to
to juAgerhip by southern demo-
cratic administration.
Just watch the jointed snake get
together; no one should be surprised
for when two men have something to
exchange that the other wants, 1t Is
no trouble to trade. So when Nc
Laurin refused to betray his friends
to defeat Bleasc, there was nothing to
do but trade or fall. Ben never falls
altogether.
John G. Richards Ia the keystone of
this political arch: knock the key
stone out and the arch will fnll. Rich
| ards can't be elected, nor a Blense
man either: his reception into the fold
hopelesely divided the host.
That Ia all right. The state" boast
| ed that because Richards will vote for
Rlease that don's make him q Blease-
| ite. or prove that he will carry out
i Biease's policies or reward mis- friends
II elected. The "State" Is emincntly
| correct. But we Bleasites have this
consolation to Offset that. Because
Governor Blease Is temporarily, allied
with Evans, Tillman and Gonzales
does not carry assurance that after
election he will carry out their poll
cies. or reward their friends either.
! Hail to the old chief; Tillman ia
now a Bleaseite; but still the boss
Glory be. nov let the heather rage"
w. P. Beard.
| Abbeville. s. c., July 6. 1914.
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