The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-11-06

"a L 4 { facts. GS Pigs IS pigs, aio
20 il, 5 is tc,nGinE 10 Gelounce the
where Columbia STATE is going to be
found as the lea3i~g mouthp:ece Of
anti-refovn party CO South Carolina,
with Til'mon the leader Of that party
Personal association or ether COM
siderations, may lead them to desire
to support Mr.. Dial or some other
candidate. but they are not going to
be in position to do Sc. The lineup
is going to force them sQcacely be-
hind Tillman.
The Reform party is going to put
forward former Governor Blease as
their candidate for the senate. He
SAYS, as he has said in the past. that
he is not a candidate for any Office,
but the party members who have
heen rere from every section CT the
state during this week have agreed
unon him. thy are go;ng to nrt I'm
in the dell-Mr Blease will make the
race, because he has s2ld that
he will serve in any setition IN
which his party places him.
All of which means that the next
senatorial race is going to narrow
down to an issue between Blease and
Tillman, Tillmen's health permits
and Tillman is going to + de- at2a ty
Blease. 1t will be the warmest cam
palgn ever staged in South Carolina.
In the inauguration of the Reform
movement Tillman had no more
stanch supporter than Blease. and no
man did more to help the movement
to a success than Blease. As a mat
ter of fact, at the Helena meeting IN
Newberry county, in the 'n9netles
campaign" Blease saved T1llman's
l;fe when he carried him to the nome
of Blease's father-in-law not tar
distant from the stand where troa-
hle had broken out. Mr.. Blease re-
mained a supporter of Senator I'LL
nm until 1912. At the inaugura i'n
q. that mcmoreb.e ca, ign he N:jte
cc-ator -::,,r-eoa { Letter telling him
that the newspapers had been mis-
stating facts, and that, so far as ne
knew there was no difference between
them Senator Tillman was also a
candidate for reelection that year.
He wrote Blease that if he could
support him, that Blease Would De
the first man he would notify. Prior
to that time, before the opening or
the campaign, the two had met at a
public gathering at Four-Mile Swamp
in Orangeburg county, where Cover
nor B1.1se had stated that he Woalo
defend Senator TillInan against all
comers and that the senator coulo 20
home and rest in coDtentment Wlth
racard to any attacks that might be
made against him. The campaign
came On and the senator was mslea
bv some of his so-called friends into
writing numerous contradictory let
ters throughout the state, and then
shortly before the primary, came MS
eleyenth-hour stab, which finally ana
eternally severed tie relations between
him and Mr.. Blease. Blease was elect
ed over. the protest of T1llman'
which meant that Blease had placed
himself in tre position of leader of the
in anything in South Carolina re
party of South Carolina, and that Il
Tillman still wanted to be factor
in anything in South Carolina he
would have to play with those whom
he had fought and who had fough1
him in the early days when he built
up the party which he deserted IN
1912 So that the senatorial race OF
1918 will be fought out between
Blease, once lieutant and now the
leader cf the Reform faction Of South
Carolina, and Tillman, once the leader
the candidate of the opposing fac
ton. which has him on its hands not
of its own choosing, hut because, III
of the Reform faction but now
its hands not of its own chooslngfl not
it is afraid to discard Tillman ao-
solutely.
So much for the sentoriai race.
The governors race IS somewhat
harder to forecast, and fair week de-
velopments have not helped very
much. The anti-Reform party tried
to get together here during fair week