The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-07-31
.EDGEF|ELD CROWD
AGAINST BLEAsE
Anti BleaSe Doctrine Seems to
Please Audience.
SENATOR SMITH POPULAR
Governor styles Anti-Blcase Con.
ference as AN Effort to Bolt
the Rules.

the Rules.
, Edgefield Special to Charleston
News and Courier. July 29-The one
thousand. people of Edgcfeld who
heard the candidates for United
States Senator here today were al
most entirely anti-Blease. excepting
for a small coterie who cheered the
Governor and attempted to heckle
the other candidates.
The antiBlease doctrine as preach
ed by l. ID. Jennings and w. p. Pol
lock delighted the Edgefield audience
and they showed it by tumultuously
cheering their every statement.
! United States Senator E. d. Smith
was accorded at great reception and
the wearers Of the cotton blossoms
predominated.
b. h. Nicholson county chairman.
presided. The meeting was held. In
the grove on the military institute
grounds.
/ An Augustan. an dothers respon
sible for the calling the elimination
conference OF anti-Bleascites for
Friday TO centre on the man for Gov
ernor featured the speech III Cover
nor Blease.
They passed the set OF rules and
bless God they are trying to bolt
their own rules charged the Cover
nor, saying the call for the confer
renee "reeked with partisanship.'
ILikening the call for the conference ce
/ to the Haskell Convention in lSs0,
the speaker said the same persons
vino were fighting. him were those
who fought Tillman and made Has
lsellism possible. .
p~.I- hope. Anss- n Al ,hsld N sir S,nr. 9
convention of anti-Bleaseites." h.
stated. He quoted from the rules for
bidding a candidate of a clique or
faction running in the primary. and
this he said is what will be whatever
candidates is centered on by the elm
ination conference.
PREDICTS VICTORY
He said his side had" EN- beat by
from $4,000 to 10000 votes" and
predicted his election as Senator and
OF Blease man for governor.
The Governor said he could tell
by tomorrow what each side had en-.
rolled
His attack on Senator Smith fol-
landing Mr. Weston as district attor.
ney, and his statement that Senato'
Tillman should have had the patron
mond, whom Mr. Tillman recommend
ed. was another feature of the Gov
ernor's speech. He denied that he was
losing ground in Anderson county
and read letter from Jos Ashle!
saying he was stronger than ever.
Citing the Coleman incident "a,
Whitmire, the Fowler incident a,
Anderson and the Norwood incident
at Greenville the Governor denounc
ed what he said was the situation
which made il so ladies did not want
to attend some meetings for fear OF
disorder. He devoted some time t.
this subject and charged that IL was
the work of anti-Blease men and thai
no Blease men were guilty Of bring
ing about such conditions. He urgeC
the building of monument on The
state house grounds TO General Mar
Gary and closed by saying he was 1
happy man because OF the honor:
which had come to him. He wa:
presented with flowers and drew ap
plause from the Blease followers.
JENNINGS ON ETIQUETTE.
Il have always been taught tt
bow my head while the corpse wa,
being taken away" said l.. d. Jen
nings of the cheers OF the Bleas'
men who accompanied the governo,
from the grounds. At once takinS
up the reference of the governor Il
Mr.. Thurmond. the speaker said. :"
know Mr.. Thurmond is on the anti
Blease side in this fight. side by sid,
with Mr.. Weston, and the rest OF II.
trying to redeem South Carolina.
while the audience cheered. In ;
reply to a "Hurrah for Coiey." tn,
speaker said. "Oh. that's so veal
IT reminds me OF dying kitten"
The Sumter man excoriated tn,
pardon record of the governor. say
ing, "Blease's record is worse thar
any OF the carpet-bag governors.