The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-07-31
Anti -Blease poetrine SEEMS to
Please Audience.
SENATOR SMITH, POPULAR.
ference as AN Effort to Bolt
the Rules. =

hAoos CushSiy dusi-DsSSS, oAScptih<'
for small coterie who's cheered the
Governor and attempted to heckle
the other candidates. ~ *.
The antiBlease doctrine az preach
ed by L ID. jennings and w, p. Poll
leck delighted the .Edgefield audience
and they showed it by tumultuously
oheering their every statement.
United States Senator E. D. Smith
was accorded at great reception and
the wearers Of the cotton blossoms
predominated. ~
B. E. Nicholson county chairman.
presided. The meeting was held, In
the grove on the military institute
grounds. t
An Augustan. an dothers respon-
sible for the calling the elimination
fc0hference of anti-Bleascites for
Friday to centre on the man for Gov
erner. featured the speech OF 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 "reekedN with partisanship.'
Likening the call for the conference
70 the Haskell Convention in 1S90,
the speaker said the same persons
who were Hghtiag. him we're those
who fought Tiilman' and made HAS
Eeliism possible. w
ss:x lliaaA. AaanSt autak "A Etaasit.,xaes
convention OF anti-Bleaseites. shs
stated. He quoted from the rules for
bidding a candidate of clique or
faction running In the primary, and
this he said 10 what will be whatever
candidates is centered on by the elm
ination conference.
PREDICTS VICTORY
He said his side had" EN- beat by
from 1900 10 $1,000 votes and
predicted his election as Senator and
OF a Blease man for governor
The Governor said he Sould tell
by tomorrow what each side had en-
rolled
His attack on Senator Smith for
landing Mr. Weston as district attor-
Tillman should have had the patron
age and praise Of ]. William Thur
mond. whom Mr. Tillman recommend
ed, was another feature of the Gov
losing ground in Anderson county
and read letter from ''Jos'' Ashley
saying he was stronger than ever
Citing the Coleman incident at
Whitmire. the Fowler incident at
Anderson and the Norwood incident
at Greenville the Governor denounc-
ed what he said was the situation
which made 1t so ladies did not want
disorder. He devoted some time to
this subject and charged that II was
the work Of anti-Blease men and that
no Blease men were guilty Of bring
the building Of a monument on the
state house grounds to General Mart
Gary and closed by saying he was a
happy man because of the honors
which had come to him. He was
presented with flowers and drew ap-
plause from the Biease followers.
JENNINGS ON ETIQUETTE.
II have always been taught to
bow my head while the corpse was
being taken away" said L. D. Jen-
nings OF the cheers Of the Blease
men who accompanied the governor
from the grounds. At once takine
up the reference of the governor to
Mr.. Thurmond. the speaker said, II
know Mr.. Thurmond is on the anti
Blease side in this fight. side by side
with Mr.. Weston. and the rest of US
trying to redeem South Carolina. I"
while the audience cheered. In a
reply to ''Hurrah for Coley." the
speaker said, "Oh. that's SO weals
It reminds me Of a dying kitten"
The Sumter man excoriated the
pardon record Of the governor. say
ing. "Blease's record 10 worse than
any Of the carpet-bag governors. -