The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-12
SAYS BLEASE COULD NOT
EXPLAIN A GOOD MANY
THINGS
LARGE CROWD
WAS ORDERLY
Gave Close Attention To All
Speakers, Especially To
Jennings In His Ter
rifle Speech
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Greenwood, July IA crowd as
large, II not larger than that which at.
tended the senatorial campaign meet
inE in Newberry Friday heard tho
candidates ii Grtenxood Saturday.
though the Newbcrry audience was
approXimatcd nj 1000 voters. The
meeting Saturday did not begin until
O'Clock. 40 that the voters from the
mill village might have an opportun-
ity TO attend.
The Greenwood meeting was fea-
turod by the charge Of Mr.. jennings
that Governor BleaTc voted seven
times against Wade Hampton as q
candidate for the United States sem
ate, when the governor wes member
OF the stnte legislature.
Another feature Of the meeting was
the profound impression created by
MIR. Pollock's putting on exhibition
the I'nion-Republlcanm nmixed race
ticket of 1890, which ticket, contained
the namec Of several different elect
ors from different districts. In the
state, and also that Of J.. p. Gibson,
then a candidate for the legislature
"the same man appointed a iagfafrate
land eEpoigted TO the g6yernorss .staIes
1es sssass slegas isaS
nings agot was ohaFaoteS eSrristie ! and at
no other meeting 'iigs this aggres-
sive candidate haHdled in such
| i'ousli-shod manner the governors re-
cord. Today this speaker dwelt on
particular cases and utter the rect:a-
tion OF each would hsk tho dramatic
question, ''do youf wonder that the
governor cant afford to explain his
record" This recurring query grip
ped the thoughtful attention of the.
audience as has no other utterance 6f
the campaign. ri
The governors friends did not leave
the meeting today when the chief ex-
ecutive had finished speaking, and
the post entrants lost no opportunity
ito remove the mask" as they put It.
Senator Smith was the first sreak-
er. he exchanging, places with Mr..
Pollock that the Senator might run
over to Laurens county this afternoon
to visit hail stricken district with
the intention OF seeking Federal aid.
This he did ut the request of dele
| CATION from Laurens county.
| Governor Blease had not been con-
suited about this exchange and when
the chief executive arrived. he said
that he would speak next to Senator
Smith or not at all. to which Mr.
Pollock readily assented. The candt-
dates rotate In the order of speaking
each day. The program today was
Mir. Pollock first. followed by Senator
Smith, who In turn was followed by
the governor
Senator Smith told the Greenwood
audience that he still had crick in
his arm fro "toting" q white oak
split basket filled with eggs packed
In cotton seed, which eggs he sold at
10 cents dozen to buy sugar and
coffee 4
The governor waved a red shirt
and said that the color of the Blease
badges was taken from the color of
the '76" garments. This. was In an.
swer to the presumption that the coll
or was taken from the Republican
ticket OF 1880 and also the flag OF the
socialists.
4 Governor Bleasc, also read /. tele-
gram from Senator Smith sent two
years ago. In which the Senator said
that no would support Ira B. Jones
for governor. "
In denouncing the new primary
rules the governor said that the
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