The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-07-03

polltlcal parleS III the state
Your statcmen. however that you
would have nothing whatever to do
with 1t, satisfied me that would put
myself in u ridiculous attitude If |
took the matter up at hcaduarters
In New York without the assistance of
men OF your reputation, service and
character.
My Dear Mae, | have heard your
enemies charge you with Il great many
things, but | have never yet heard
you accused Of being an idiot, and you
would certainly have placed Yourself
IN that class to contemplate leaving a
high state office i'm the Democratic
administration OF your state. with
bright prospects for governor or for
the senate in the future, by vacating
the office you held, leaving the party
you belonged to and in which YOU
had rendered distinguished service
to lead or lend your assistance to ii
fOrlorn hope OF that kind. Those who
are trying to beat you for the nomi-
nation for governor must be very
hard pressed for an issue upon which
to bring about your defeat
Very sincerely yours
John G. Cap"rS''
Auli got into such shane as to
make further ,ravcl impossible. and
brought him homo and made the
New York trip later
Anyway, had accidentally secured
what wanted Il disintcrcstcd Wit
ness TO tho fact that the campaign
manager and chief lieutenant ot
BlcaSc had appealed to prominent
worker in the Republican party in
an effort to get funds to. finance a
bolt. And ! knew that with this proof
| could face the people of South
Carolina and expose this arch traitor
and drive him forever from the coun-
ellis OF clean and decent Demo
cracy.
Blcase has ability lie could have
| been great leader and could have
done great good But he chose to
prostitute his ability to gain an
hours applause and crafty an insati-
able ambition for power Once he was
Il king. Now there are none so low
as TO do him reverence.
1t may interest the people of South
Carolina to know what Blc0sc did to
Beard. In the fall OF 1916 Beard had
finally put ont an independent ticket
70. the general election, prompted
There appeared no chance OF the sue
ccss OF this TICKET, nuwcvcr. ana
l}lcaSc drew away from II Concern
:nT this matter | have letter from
Beard, under date OF March l5 l9lS.
in which he saws that BlcNSc D7lt ont
and even named the "Bui Moose"
ticket OF l9l2, and concludes: "Rlcasc
encouraged me to put ont that tickcl
at the following l9lG general cicc-
non--which YOU again advised mo
against. Then he got cold feet and
left me IN the lurch Now he has
deserted me-.
No man in South Carolina has
served Blcasc as Beard has Beard
was his bodygUard in 1910, protected
him ON thc stump, ana was always at
his beck and call.
Blcasc claims to stand hy his
friends. Beard is in tho runitrntiary
today as the result OF foloW.n2 who're
! ilcasc led, and yet, as J can prove
by Boards letters, Rloase has re-
FUSED TO help him in any way. aud
has not so much as gwen Il dollar tc
ncard'a family for BEARD is no
/ longer uscMl TO him.
This spring, when learned that
'HElH WI" Il co!itHfiCV chOIt all over
! south Carolina 10 get me into tho
race for Cover lor as a Bcasc can
didatc, declined knew that
could not, under any circumstances,
allow my name TO be used i'll con
ncction with this man, who was a
traitor to his party and an out
spoken enemy OF the government in
Washington.
The public viii recall my CORES
pondcncc with certain Rlcasc mem
bcrs Of the Anderson county dclcpD-
,i,n IN ,,h;,b rorr,,i . az, -,