The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-03
CANDIDATES 1T HAMPTON.
RENET SAYS WHITE HOUSE
BARRED To BLEASE.
Sentiment at Senatorial Meeting Pro-
nounced Against Ex-Governor ana
Pro.GermanisEn.

Sentiment at Senatorial Meeting Pro-
nounced Against Ex-Governor ana
Pro.Germanisrn.
Hampton, July 2S.-Candloates
for the United States senate contn-
ued their advance against Bleaselsln
and disloyalty in Hampton today,
where they addressed more than 6oo
persons and the sentiment was pro-
nounced and emphatic in support Oh
candidates whose loyalty to the nat
ional administration has not peeh
brought into question.
Senator Christie Benet spoke IN no
uncertain terms as to the welcome
which would await Mr.. Bleass at inc
White House should the people oi
Sonth Carolina send him to the Unit
ed States senate, after having Vllliaeo
President wilson as he had and VINO
had saio since the war was declared
that the blood Of every American boy
would be on the hands OF Mr. wilson.
Mr.. Blease had boasted four months
after the war that he was not afralo
of Wilson. In the face of such utter
ances, 1.-The doors Of the White House
would be closed against hlm' MI
Benet said. Loyalty was like an ess'
Mr.. Benet said. An egg was elthef
good or bad and loyalty was elther
sound or unsound.
Mr.. Benet had just returned from
washington, where he had a CONFER
ence with President Wilson and others
ON the proposed cotton holding cor.
poration. The plan is to nave the
American government or the alilea
governments fix minimum price oe-
low which cotton shall not be allowed
to drop and to purchase all cotton
that must be sold, Mr.. Benet SAYS
The hope is to have the machinery III
operation by the time distress cotton
begins to move this fall
The people were warned against
the utterances Of the Charleston
American. It had been debarreo from
the mails. because Of it's seditlous Ut
terances and one Of its editors hao
been sentenced to the federal pe--1teh-
tiary for disloyalty. Now the paper
with such a character and record "aS
presun1ing to speak for the people o.
South Carolina and their sons IN
France, and was strenuously advocat-
ing the election Of Cole L. Blease 10
the United States senate.
In his castigation today w. P. Pol
lock said he had something else to 90
than kill snakes. Blease had led the
people to the very brink of beng
traitors to their country. The next
step he would have them take would
be to stand where Benedict Arnoio
and Judas Iscariot stood.
A man in the United States senate
by., his vote and his voice speaks for
more than 100000 people. You could
not make a more suitable present to
the German kaiser than to send Cole
L. Blease and little Tom Peoples to
the United States senate, Mr.. Pollock
said.
N. B. Dial turned loose today the
most vigorous denunciation OF Blease
and the Charleston American he has
: uttered soaa the cam npaign I>.:i
does not want the votes of pro-Ger-
mans nor the support of pro-Gernaan
newspapers The American had been
debarred from the mails because OF
it's disloyalty and was now in desper-
ate straits setting out on a campaign
Of Misrepresentation and foul slandcr.
In answering those slanders Mr.
Dial said he had never voted an IRE
sular ticket Although the Charles
ton American was daily calling upon
the people to support Blease, VINO
had advised his followers two years
ago that they were not bound by their
oaths in the primary to support the
nominees of the party.
Mr. Dial had advised Judge Haskell
by telegram back in 1890 along with
others not to run on the Independent
ticket. He had done what he could
to dissuade Judge Haskell and he re-
fused to vote for him. Nor had he
voted the Palmer-Buckner electoral
ticket as had been basely charged.
Blease had set about to organize
the slackers of South Carolina at the
outbreak of the war and to crystal
ixe Stacker sentiment to advance him
self in State politics, said Mr.. Dial.
Now he was trying to create disaf-
lection in the army, charging that ali
six of Governor Mannings sons were
commissioned officers and were not
subjected to danger. Blease knew he
was lying for only one of Gov. Man
ning's sons entered the army a COM
missioned officer and officers were be-
ing killed daily along with others as
seen from the casualty list, Mr.. Dial
concluded.
James Francis Rice says he will not
be. lonesome when he gets to the
United States senate as he has some
influential senator friends in Wash
ington. Several congressman and
United States senators and I attended
IKE same college," Mr.. Rice said. and
"one member of President Wilson'S
cabinet and I were classmates"
Candidates for the Second congress
sional district also spoke here today.
STUDENT STATUS IN MILITARY
SERVICE.