The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-18
GOV. BLEASE'S NAME
LEFT ON ROLL WARD 5
COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
HOLDS INTERESTING MEETING
Thirteen Names Investigated-The
Rolls Contained Very Few
Errors.

The county Democratic executive
committee had an interesting meeting
Saturday. The committee was called
TO order by County Chairman J. l..
Keitt.
The most important matter taken up
was that Of purging the club rolls.
Thirteen persons had been notified by
IIChairman Keitt to appear and show
cause why their names should not
be stricken from the club rolls,
among them Governor Cole. L. Blease
and his brother Mr.. Harry H. Blease.
Governor Blease was not present,
he being in attendance upon the sena-
torial campaign meeting at Kingstree,
which was also neld on Saturday. The
governor was represented before the
committee by his brother, Eugene S.
Blease, Esq.
The first name called before the
committee was that of Mr.. Harry H.
! Blease He had not been notified OF
any reason why he should not be
allowed to vote, Simply notified to ap-
pear and explain why he should be
permitted to vote Mr.. Blease took
the floor and proceeded to give his
reasons for being permitted to vote,
when he was interrupted by Chair
man Keitt, an dtold that the only COM
plant against him was that he had
mot been a resident of the State for
two years. Mr.. Blease demanded to
know no had given this infor-
nation, but the chairman said he
chad just heard it, 1t didn't take
but few minutes for Mr.. Blease to
satisfy the committee tnat he was en-
titled to vote. Mr. J. B. O'Neall Hol-
loway wanted to know Of Mr.. Blease
if he supported Woodrow Wilson. Mr.
Blease stated that he would not ans
wer Mr.. Holloway's question, that he
had already stated that he was a
Democrat, had always been Demo.
crat, and that Mr.. Holloway,s question
was not asked for information, but
simply to try to prejudice the com
mittee against him. Teen Mr.. Blease
tod the committee that be was viii.
son Democrat, that he did not vote in
tne general election because he was
in South Carolina, and could not vote
here then, and could not vote in his
cid home III Virginia, but that he had
given Mr.. Wilson his influence. At
terwards Mr.. Holloway apologized to
Mr.. Blease.
! When Governor Blease's name was
reached, his brother, Mr.. E. S. Blease,
read a paper authorizing Mr.. Blease
to represent the governor. Then Mr.,
Blease read the return Of Governor
Blease, which is as follows:
To the County Executive Committee
of the Democratic Party of Newber-
ry County:
The county chairman has sent me
the following notice:
"Newberry, S. c., August 10, 1914.
| .sr croIo, ;r,inor+on P1o,co %
lumbia, S. C.-Sir: Your are hereby
cited to appear before the county
Democratic committee of Newberry
county, Saturday. August 18th, instant
4 at the court house in Newberry, to
show cause why your name shall not
be stricken from the roll OF club
Ward No. 5, Newberry, S. C.
-(SigneO "Jos. L. Keitt,
County Chairman
In answer to that notice, desire to
state that 1 can not be present at said
meeting, for the reason that | nave
an engagement, and one fixed by the
State Democratic executive commit
tee. a committee higher than yours, tc
be at Kingstree on the 18th of August
to attend the senatorial campaign
meeting. Therefore, l have appoint
/, ed and constituted Eugene S. Blease
as my representative before your com
mittee
am in the position OF being cited
to make answer to something charged
against me of which am not
aware. Your chairman, and no one
I else. so far as l know, states why my
name should be stricken from the
club roll referred to in the notice
hereinabove set forth.
It occurs to me that since my name
appears on that roll and no reason is
assigned why it should not be there