Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-23
The STATE CAMPAIGN
How Candidates for Office are Pre-.
Senting Their Pleas.
REVIEW OF MEETINGS OF The Week

been feWer personalities ana less VIII
fication and abuse. Generally speak
ing, there appears to be less feeling
than two years ago; but evidences Of
partisanship are IS clear and pro-
nounced as heretofore, even if they are
less demonstrative.
The newspaper reports generally
speaking, are about as full as could be
expected under the circumstances es-
pecially in view of the large number
of candidates to be dealt with, and al
though none of the papers are pre-
tending the impossible task OF giving
all that is said and done, they are
measuring up to the usual standard
There is very little disposition on the
part Of any Of the reporters to try to
give a full and accurate conception of
the temper of the crowds, indicated
preferences and the like; but care
full reading of all the reports, regular
and special, brings this information
also to those who have fairly COM
prehensive knowledge Of the general
situation.
There is generally more interest in
the senatorial candidates than there is
in the state candidates, and the sena-
torial candidates are being met by
larger crowds. The sentiment as to
the senatorial campaign seems to be
paign of two years ago, as against
Blease and Jones. BleaSe's friends
and adherents are out at every meet
ing, and they do not seem to care
about anything else. If the other can
didates speak first, the Blease people
wait until Blease'S time comes and
then have but little further interest in
the proceedings. When the governor
gets through speaking he leaves the
stand, and most Of his friends go with
him. Senator Smith is making very
much the same speech at every meet
ing, devoting hiTlself mainly to a re-
view Of his record in the senate and
an explanation thereof, particularly
claiming a large share Of credit for all
the advance there has been in the
price of cotton during the past five
years Pollock is hammering mainly
at Smith and BleaSe, denying that
Smith has accomplished anything in
the senate whatever and claiming
that he should be turned out on the
theory of having been tried and found
wanting. Jennings is devoting most
of his attention to Blease. He agrees
with Pollock that Smith has done
nothing worth while, but he devotes
his energies mainly to Governor
Bleases pardon record, and the gener-
al conduct of his office. The anti
Blease element that is not disposed to
support Smith seems to be lining up
behind jennings; but some Of 1t is 60
ing to Pollock. Governor Blease is in
sisting that he is not after the anti
Blease vote; he knows that is going to
the other side. All that he wants, he
says, is his own vote.
In every speech Governor Blease is
denouncing the recent state conVen-
ton as unrepreSentative. He says that
in the first place the county conven-
tions were packed mainly with town
loafers, and that farmers, mill work.
ers and others who earn their livings
by honest labor were left out. Then
he says that the delegates included
mill presidents, bank presidents, hum
CRY anti-politicianS and the like, who
sought to manipulate the rules so as
to keep the poor white men and the
plain people generally from voting;
but he insists that the effort will fail.
Jennings announces this with thel
boost that he was a member OF that
which did just what it
went there to do. There is no desire,
he says, to keep any white man from
voting once; but he does not want
to vote more than once, and
he says it will work out that way.
The State Party.
So far there has been no mud-Sling-
ing or anything Of the kind among the
for the state offices. The
most noticeable development in con-
nection with the state campaigners is /
a general agreement to conduct the
on a high plane; but this
does not prevent factional alignments
which are rapidly becoming more rea-
sonably clear and distinct. Some of
the candidates have taken one side
and some the other, while there are
others who have not allowed them |
selves to be identified with either The
indications in the case Of some are
that they will keep the middle Of the
road all the way through and in 9TH
ers they will finally flop to one side or
the other as circum.. Inces seem tol
justify.
Mr.. Richard l. Manning has an
nounced himself as opposed to the
policies of Governor Blease," and isl
coming to be regarded as distinctively |
the Conservative candidate Mr.. j. G. |
is running along non-fac- |
ional lines, but does not want to be |
as approving the governor.
He is emphasizing compulsory educa- |
ton and law enforcement MesSrs. |
Mendel l.. Smith and Chas. A. Smith, |
MIR. l.. j. Browning and r. A. Cooper
are running along n-factional lines; |
but do not care to be identified with
Governor Blease, Messrs. John G.
w. c. Irby, Jr., ChaS. Car
roll Simms and ]. b. A. Mullaly are
as Reformers or Bleaseites.
John Duncan, as heretofore is a free
lance pure and simple. Mr.. Richards
showns signs Of impaticnce under the
.,sl
that his opponents have no
right 10 apply the phrase to him. Mr..
Thas. Carroll Simms says that he has
always been friend of Blease because
3lease has always stood for the inter
asts Of the people on education and
other things. He says that he endorses
and approves the governors policies,
md if this be coat-tail swinging those
who don't like it can make the most
IF it.
]. A. Hunter for lieutenant govern
Dr, gets partisan cheers by declaring
that he is swinging on no mans coat
.ails, and is his own man, and B.
Frank Kelly, candidate for the same
office gets an equal amount of cheers
Dy declaring that he has always been
1 friend of the governor and endorses
he governors policies. A. j. Bethea
md w. NJ. Hamer are both anti Blease
]. A. Summersett as Blease man is
'unning for comptroller general
against A. w. Jones an anti-Blease
nan.
The Reform and Conservative issue
laS not figured in the race for adju-
ant general between NJ. G. Willis and
w. w. Moore. Willis claims that
Moore has almost destroyed the mill
ia by generally inefficient manage
nent, and complains against Moore
because the latter refused to pay out
certain moneys in accordance with the
Of the military
BOARD. Moore denies inefficiency, but
,laims increased and higher efficiency
because of more businesslike and mill
AIRY methods. He admits his failure
q pay out moneys in accordance with
he recommendations of the military
BOARD: but with his finger on the
statute says he had followed the law
md invited the military board to take
he matter to the supreme court
which the military board had not dar-
ID to do. He says that in all his ac-
ions he has followed the law instead