The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-09-06
STATEMENT FROM sLEAsE.

STATEMENT FROM sLEAsE.
Columbia, August 31.-Form,
er Governor Cole L. Blease to-
day issued the following state.
ment;
no the Democratic Voters OF
South Carolina.
g desire to express to you
my highest appreciation of the
very complimentary vote which
was cast for me and for the prln
ciples for which I stand in the
primary election last Tuesday,
and Idesire to call your special
attention to the following facts:
ssIn the home county of Mr..
Manning, Sumter, he only led
BY a very small vote. In his
former home county where the
county seat is named in honor OF
his grandfather, you will find a
handsome majority for me and
In the case of the border coun-
ties touching his home county
Florence, Darlington, Lee, ker-
shaw, Richland and Clarendon,
yeu will find that I have defeat
ed him. In my former home
county-Newberry, I have led
as also in the counties adjoining
il, viz: Saluda, Greenwood, Lex
ington, Fairfield. Union, and l
only lacked a few votes OF equall
the vote of Mr.. Cooper in mis-
home county of Laurens. In
my adopted .home-Ricaland,
where I have lived for the past
six years and where I now vote:
the result was as follows: Blease
1924. Manning 1875, Cooper,
1,o1s.
.sNow, fellow citizens, take
these respective votes and com
pare them and see which OF sthe
tYo men stands best and has the
most friends where he was born
and reared and where he is best
known. fit be by that criter-
ion that you judge US, your con-
,-scsence will dictate thatyou vote
for Blease.
ssNow again. take the counties
that have the largest primary
vote. for instance Anderson.
Greenville, Spartanburg, York,
Cherokee and Pickens and look
at the heavy vote received by
me- there aud you will find that
while Mr.. Booper received a
very complimentary vote, l led
in the race and Governor Man
ming was repudiated by receiv'
ing q mere pittance.
s.In very few counties Of the
State did Mr.. Manning receive a
plurality. In the Pee Dee, where
his friends claimed he would
sweep the field, you will find
him in a minority. In Horny,
Marion, Dillon, Marlboro, Ches
terfeld, Darlington, Florence,
Georgetown, his friends are sore
II disappointed and weeping be,
cause of the fact that his admin
istration has proven distasteful
to the white people throughout
the State.
ssIn his statement he says "A
majority of the votes were cast
against Blease.' I think, if you
will notice. you will find that a
much larger majority was cast
against the present governor.
s'He further says, He (Blease,
polls his full strength in the
first primary always. Ipresume
he has forgotten the use of the
English language, when he uses
the word. always and he has
forgotten the truth when he says
full strength. This is only the
second time that ha 7e been in
a second primary for a State
Office and in the second primary
of 1910 my vote was materially
increased over the first and 1
was elected governor. The same
thing will happen in 1916.
"He also says, "A Cooper vote
is an anti -Blease vote IfImay
indge, I think it could be more
truthfully said that a Cooper
voto is an anti-Manning vote,
for he. not 1, is the governor
who is being repudiated by the
Cooper people.
SHE further says, II is the
same situation as two years ago
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