The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-07-07

pOnded With rim ABOUT Lne maIIef W
make everything public. He will go
into the office untrammelled and with
out any promises to any man, interest
or set of men, he said, should he be
elected governor.
'"The circular referred to by Mr..
Cooper drew this statement from
Governor Manning, which he said
when beginning his speech:
81 have been Informed that a cir
cular has been printed and circulated
in some of the counties presumably
in the interest of my candidacy.
understand that this circular links up
two of my opponents as in combina-
ton to defeat me for reelection. This
circular is without authority from me
or from my Office. l did not know
that it had been printed, nor have I
authorized same. l shall make this
fight in fair and square manner
with all my dealings open and above
board. l shall not stoop to person
alities or underhand attacks, nor will
l allow such to be done with my au.
| thority or knowledge.
''My official record is before you,
and on that record l stand l am
candidate on my own merits and not
on the demerits of my opponents"
"R. A. Cooper said he was standing
on his own merits. He outlined the
things he thought should be accom-
plished. He stood for an impartial
enforcement of law, for the admins
tration of justice, for the warehouse
system as business institution, and
for can educational system without
any factions"
In further giving the address Of
J Governor Manning, the State says:
<eThe chief executive referred to his
first act in restoring the National
Guard after it had been disbanded as
whole by former governor. He
referred feelingly to his and his wife's
own gift of three of their sons to the
South Carolina contingent of troops.
"The governor referred to his cam
paign for law enforcement, particu-
larly in Charleston, where liquor is
no longer openly sold and favorable
sentoment for law enforcement has
been created. He spoke of reductions
in interest on money borrowed by the
State, of the cancellation of the Fed
eral debt on account of loss in prop
erty and equipment by the National
Guard before he same into Office, the
laws in the interest of textile workers
passed during his administration and
educational and other progressive
legislation Gov Manning also re-
viewed the asylum situation
Blease at Lexington.
Over at Lexington former Governor
Blease characterized the administra
ton of Gov Manning as the most law
less since Reconstruction, referring
to seven riots. fourteen white men as
saulted by negroes, and eighteen
white women criminally assaulted by
negroes.
There were issues in the campaign,
he said, which were larger than men,
and the people should decide what
candidate represented the principles
for which they stood. He stood for
six per cent. legal interest, the de-
velopment of the State Warehouse
system, rural credits with longtime
loans conducive to home owning. He
said the people were paying too much
taxes, and that too many entirely use
less Offices had been created to give
people jobs. He said that now they
were spending 100000 to make i'm
provements at the Asylum, and yet he
had been condemned for demanding
! improved conditions there. He re-
ferred to the $4,000 appropriated oy
the last legislature, which would have
to be paid by the next, as a cam
paign fund for the present governor
to employ constables to 60 nothing
but go around in the campaign and
| work for him.
Governor Manning said that so far
he had spent only 100000 of the $780,
900, and $4,000 of this was spent be-
fore the appropriation, but that he
would use OF all if he felt that condi-
tions demanded it. He said there had