The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-16
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Il know Coley.' he said. ut wa
my misfortune to be in Sou,h caro-.
! lima College with him /; was IN,
mi. .ortunc to be IN The South Caro-.
lima Legislature with him and It ha:
him as my governor"
Mr. FollOck's speech WAS in,err,ipt
ed b.: y shower. WlIon h, resumed
MS speech he declared that tho
liltle shower CT cold water that fell
upon me ard you awhile go wa,
nothing AS compared with the cold
water that has fallen on Cole Blcas
all over South Carolina"
The speaker touched upon tie gov
ernD1' 8 pardon record He declared
h" had pardoncd murdcrcrs. thieves
and even Il safe cracker. He read t
parady on "Old King Cole"
Gov. Please has gotten up before
You today and denounced the new
primal; ruler. The object of these
rue. Is to prevent foreigners and
.'cople OF other sthtcs from killing
your vote"
Mr.. Pollock read lis; of foreign
cr3 iii Charleston his pronunciation
caut.n;, much amusement among the
crowd. He said he did not believe
the pure Caucasians of South Caro-
Ina woald stand for their votes be-
iliG killed by thaec foreigners.
He declared that rcd was the color
o. the anarchist and the socialists. He
pulled out the "mixcd breed union
republican ticket of 1880. and rea
irnm the rcd cnlico ticket On this
ticket, aloEg withy'ncsr0es. he rcn,
the name of J. p Gibson. candi
date for the legislature. This samo
>. +. Gibson is member of Gov.
l'lcase's staff, lie said
Mr. Pollock declared that few
weeks back when tic governor want
cd To appoint another member of
his staff he did not come to An
6erson. tho county ;that gave him -:
largest majority in the state hut
went to Charleston and appointed q
blind tiger dago' ON his staff, and ii
you pass In rcvieW before tho govern
or you Will have to salute This blind
tiger dago and tho candidate on tho
mixed breed uuion-republicnn ticket.
How do you like that?"
Mr.. Pollock said that tho mon Of
South Cnfolina swcre singing the
song Of deccncy and the women .os
the state are chanting it. z
"ll!ea"c is going in on the f1rst,t
shouted IN auditor.
Yes he is going in his hole and ]
am one OF those who arc goings 70
help to close up. the hole" 1s..S
He said he know that his blister.
ing OF Blcasc hurts. But he said when
surgeon operates on you he has to
apply the knife to- cure you. al an.
applying the knife to remove an alb
cess from the body polite in South
Carolina
Ncasc comes before you and tells
you lie has done as he plcases and
You can't help yourselves. II sec
before me today men who wore tho
gray. the men who gave their all for
their state. I do not believe the
governor. your servant, can come be-
foro you, his masters and tell you
that you can't help"yOurselves."
Concluding Mr. Roilpck, made .An
eloquent appeal for the redemptlo:'
OF South Carolina. He received prob
ably the greatest ovation of any can
Smith the Inst Speaker.
Senator E. D. Smith was the las;
speaker. He began by saying that
II was unworthy OF any man to criti-
cize the splendid reception given him
today. He said the greatest bouquc
one could receive was the white
cotton bloom, one which he re-
ceived this morning. Referring to
the charge that he had voted for q
law to pay the family Of a lynched
negro $4,000. he said the law was
written into the constitution and h.
had sworn to uphold the constitution,
ana ne docs not intend to perjure his
soul.
Touching upon tho charge that he
had voted against the Jim Crow car
law, he. said he had voted for an
amendment to the original bill offer.
er 9y w. P. Pollock. and said II the
>fecord did not show this he woult
withdraw from the race.
Senator Smith reviewed the fight
ne had made for tho farmers. He
sald ne mad no apologies to make
Tor his record. But. he said, he ha
no such record as the governor. HI
told or his fight on the Wall Stree,
gamblers. He said II he did not raise
inc price OF cotton. he was there
when tie raising was done.
me speaker declared that the chic.
trouble with the farmers Is that
tney haven't got confidence in them.
selves. They have been letting ittlt
two.by.four lawyers outtalk them.
Ihe farmers haven't asserted them.
serves. We wanted things but didn'
nave nerve enough to go after 1t. we
allowed ourselves and our families to
nc placed in the dice boxes to be
gambled. He said his bill, however
would stop the gaInbling or the gam
biers would go to- Sing Sing and
.thank Cod. the president won't par
den them out" =:
He explained his cotton grading
Dill and told how It will make the
iarmers thousands Of dollars on each
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