Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-12-21
~ Unu.1i>lLE run 1910
piease Urges lis Friends to Capture
the CiuU NIeelmgs.
Inc AornvIlle enquirer says:


Inc lornvllIe enquirer says:
FORMER Governor DIease, VINO has
bccu III lUrhvIue Tins week represent
inS me uelnuautS Ill the eisenhower
c;I.e on Alunuay gave out the following
in.vr> ,cm Oh State anu natlonai pOlltlcs
Il rcilil.cu, us 1 STAGED 10 my Irlneds
Ia the ursiuulug lnut was up against
Il >cry uunruIL proposition TINS SUM-
,nrr. MI. MuuuIuS Was a canuluute
lur Il sccomu teruu, anu no governor VI
tne Slate HAS ever been deaieateu 1of
Il second term; wnue 1 mySelI was
,..u.uatr Iur tnlru term, ana no
-u,crliur UI lne slute mas ever Deen
v.vc,eu 10 Il tniru term. 1 further real
..ru III Inc urSluIiinS mat All OI me
u;lIy newspapers were against us, and
an uuU three or four OF the country
meehIeS, ana that they would spare
nUtnng III their enueavorS to defeat
nIc. 1 also further realized that the
great corporations and the money pow
er we're standing behind Mr.. Manning,
ready to furnish HIM amount encessary
To uepauch the voters Of this state
(which they did, as far as the citi-
HelrsnIp ot the state could be debauch-
Ell, ana 1t would be very surprising to
Sulue people II they knew the standing
oi some men who accepted money and
u>eu 1t 10 buy vOtes).
However, this was a fight, not for
Il lnan, but Tor principle, and for the
great HefCrm party or this state, and
went :ulU It wlrh heart ready and
wiling t. Inake 6iy sacrifice that might
lie ,leluumued tor the best interests OF
rnat party. The results show that my
IelGorIs were not in vain. My law part
ner, Mir. Domlnick, goes to Con-
s,resS my brother was elected sheriff Of
my home county, and my wife's bro
uner received The largest vote even
sven 10 any man III Anderson county
Ior the house OF representatives; anu
-. INV es,IsaIIun II VIII De IOunu tnaL
al lIearIy aI the cuuutles NY lrlenus
" ere re-elected to the offices that tney
neId This is notlceaDly true Ill sheri.
us rnal nave. been erected throughout
The state, and the returns show a
,arse gain in the house OF representa-.
.tlves tor the Reform party These
ana other matters, are conclusive eyi-
!. seaca hat.ellr 1,artyl liesta {: dead. anar
saat wine ~ Vfn mot be
governor, that at the same time the
party has been wonderfully streng-
thened as the result Of this campaign.
And it is very noticeable that nearly
all OF Manning's appointees that had
TO 90 before the people were defeated
solicitors Sally and Gimball-sheriff
Watts Of Laurens, Clerk Shealy of
Lexington and others.
but it is now up to the party not
Ia longer rest under the domination
uf a partisan executive committee,
whose members, some Of them, would
Stoop to any depth to prevent us from
gaining n victory, and l want to ap-
peal now to the Reformers through
out the state to organize their counties
and keep in close touch with each
other, and in April, 1918, 60 to their
club meetings, rain or shine, hot or
cold, and capture the machinery OF
the Democratic party. Without it vic
tory is almost impossible, as has been
shown in the last two campaigns in
this state. AS it now stands. near
y all the managers throughout the
entire state are appointed by political
enemies of our side, and no faction or
party can win when all Of the machi-
nery is in the hands of the opposition.
Elizabeth Stricklin Cheraw $. c.
Il am absolutely satisfied that l
received amajority Of the votes for
governor. l am as firmly satisfied
that if it had not been for the lavish
use of money and whiskey by my oppo
npnt>. of which / have the positive
proof, that l would have been nomi-
mated by SO large u majority that 1t
would have been an impossibility for
even the most partisan Of the extreme
of or opponents to have counted me
out.
PERSONALLY, l have no regrets.
made the campaign running against
man for second term, while was
running for q third term and change
of only $500 votes as returned would