The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-07-05

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pie voted for him as hard as he was
running for them that he r would be
elected. He referred to the fact that
he was not being mentioned suffi-
GENTLY" in the matter of reports Of
the meetings and told his story Of
the guinea. rooster and the guinea
hem; the one crying, "DesChamps,
DesC Champs, DesChamps, and the
other, "That's right that's right,
that's right" He stated that they
were answered :. by the. .Muscovey
duck, which was heard to say, as it
listened to the guinea, "For what,
for what for what?" Which in turn
was answered by the Plymouth rock,
q genuine American fowl, as follows
sFor gov-n-o-o-o-r." He claimed
that on his fathers sde he was
French English and that on his moth
er's side he was Scotch-Irish, that he
was also German-Jew, and American
through and through. He stated
that he was raised on sweet milk, gun
powder and red pepper, and that he
was fighting conditions that be, and
for things that be not. He was a
friend of the trusts and monopolies,
he said, and everything else that was
for the benefit Of mankind
and the glory of God. He stated
that the very men who ware cursing
the trusts and monopolies belonged
to the political trust, the worst Of
all trusts and combines. He stated
that all other trusts were white
winged angels compared to this
trust. He denounced factionalism
In the State, saying that If it were
not for factionalism he would be the
next Governor. He referred to the
matter of "isms," ridiculing. any man
who allowed himself to be called an
"ite," saying that out Of these things
grow hell, damnation, rottenness and
ruin. He stated that the trouble in
Mexico today was result Of fac
tionalism and referred to factional-
ism in India, the matter Of caste, etc.
He advocated a true South Caro-
lima Democracy, made up OF men
whose hearts were brave and true,
advocating the laying down Of the
worst and the taking up of the best.
AS he concluded his speech Ex-
Governor Blease came upon the
stand escorted by from fifty to one
hundred men wearing the red badges
of the ase-McLaurin Club Of the
Abbeville Cotton Mill and a few
others who cheered him vociferously
when he commenced and when he
as well as throughout his
speech. -,
John T. Duncan was the next
speaker. He said that if he was sure
of all the votes which DesChamps did
not get he would not say any more.
He said that the "Bleaseites" took
Cooper for a "Bleaseite" and the
Conservatives took him for a Con-
He referred to the mat
ter of Cooper Literature being sent
out by the Columbia State, intimat-
ing that he thought Cooper was at
first the choice of that paper. He
ridiculed Manning's claim as to the
work done for the afflicted. He stat
ed that Manning was making his
campaign on his misfortunes, referr-
ing to the fact that he employed a
of the asylum from
State and that he did not
know that he could not do this, and
that he had attempted to raise his
salary without knowing that it was
necessary to have the consent of the
legislature to do so, whereby he had
been forced to pay a considerable
amount of the salary himself which
he stated Manning was then Dragging
about. He stated that it was wrong
to keep a man like this in office as.
there was danger of bankrupting
him. .
He referred to the Fifty Thousand
Dollars appropriation of the legisla-
ture for law enforcement, which
Blease says is a. campaign fund. He
said that Blease ought to know about
this. He stated that if the ballot had
been taken on the day the campaign
opened the race would have been be-
tween Manning and Blease and that
Blease could not have added to his
vote and that Manning would have
been Governor and that this was the
programme which the System" had
prepared. He referred to the Elimi-
nators' Conference in Columbia two
years ago. He said that the Conser-
vatives did not seem to understand
the situation any more than the
"Bleaseites" and that if Blease would
let the matter alone he would soon
have the latter in the middle Of the
road. He referred to the fact that
Blease said two years ago that If we
had war in Mexico he would lead the
South Carolina troops into that
country but that he was present to-
day running for governor and did
not seem ready to volunteer. Hs
also referred to the sympathy Of the