Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-24

'I pay absolutely no attention to that.
have heard, and l got 1t pretty
straight, that some people have advised
some other people to go to their club
meetings in April, and II they found
that the Blease men had majority, to
withdraw and form a separate club
and elect separate set Of delegates to
the county convention, and that they
have been further advised, when the
county convention meets, II they find
that the Blease men have control Of
the county convention, to hold separ-
ate county convention, or through the
machinery that they now have in their
hands to seat enough anti-Blease dele
gates to control the convention, and
elect separate delegates to the state
convention, and that the present crowd
who now control the machinery Of the
state Democratic party will seat the
anti -Blease crowd, either by fair or foul
means, and will claim to be the Dem
ocratic party of South Carolina, and
that those controlling the machinery
will recognize the anti-Blease people
as the Democratic convention, and that
they have promises from Washington
that the national Democratic eXecu-
tive committee will recognize them,
whether they be boilers or not, as the
regular Democratic organization Of
South Carolina.
II wish to state, however, that / do
not believe these rumors. In the first
place, hardly believe those in South
Carolina would be so foolish as to
make this attempt, although some Of
them are political fools enough to do
anything, in their desperation, and
am almost sure that the national De-
mocracy could not afford to take any
such position and would not do 80.
However, none Of this talk Is Civ
ing me the least particle Of uneasiness.
have control Of the supervisors of
registration Of the state, and we are
going to register the voters, no matter
what the cost nor how much time 1t
takes. 7 have the appointment Of the
commissioners Of election this fall, and
those commissioners will appoint man.
ayers, and whatever is the will Of the
majority Of the Democratic party, as
expressed in the August primaries, will
be carried out in the November cleo
tions, whether the men nominated are
Bleaseites or anti -Bleaseites, or what
they are-whatever the majority Of
the Democratic party says In August
will be carried out in November. in
spite Of all the powers in hell or on
earth. God Almighty Is supreme, and
only through him can anything defeat
the will Of the white people Of the
Democratic party this year. The peo-
pie Of this state can rest easy along
that line, so long as Cole Blease sits in
the governors chair.
You might say, in conclusion. that
I will be nominated for the United
States senate in the primary, and /
will be elected to the United States
senate at the general election, and a
Blease man will be governor Of South
Carolina. I told them that two years
ago. Some Of them laughed, and It cost
them lots of money to laugh, and II
they have that same amount Of money
to spend again, expect they can find
the same element Of people who will
take 1t. It did them no good then and
will do them no good this time. So, to
quote one Of my favorite sayings. On
with the dance, and let joy be uncon-
fined"