The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-08-27
GOVERNOR BLEASE SPEAKS
70 HIS HOME PEOPLE.
Large Crowd Attend Blease Meeting
Monday Niglt-Ihey Wait Patti
enily Until Ten O'clock to
Hear Him.-Makes Good
Conservative Speech.

Hear Him.-Makes Good
Conservative Speech.
The political rally of the friends OF
former Governor Cole. L. Blease, can
diGate for the United States senate to
sIcceed the late Senator Benjamin p.
Tillman, held in Newberry on last
Monday night, was a success in every
way. TIE peop'e gathered in large
numbers, and doubtless every demo-
cratic club in the county was repre-
sented. 1t was difficult to estimate
the number of persons present, and
the crowd was variously estimated
from at least twelve hundred to two
thousand. Quite number CT ladies
, were in he audience.
! It had been announced that Mr..
Blease would begin speaking at SOC
o'clock. and long before that time the
court rom, where the meeting had
been scheduled to be held, was packed
and jammed with people The candi-
date was due to speak at Clinton at
7:30 and arrangements had been made
to convey him from that town to
Newberry, after the speech in Clinton
had been made The automobile the
party was to arrive in suffered a tire
puncture on the road and Mr.. Blease
was delayed in reaching 'Newberry un-
til almost 10 o'clock, but the crowd
remained and stayed in good humor.
COR, as many remarked, "Colie said ne
would be here, and we know he'll
come just as soon as he can"
Finally, when Mr.. Blease did arrive,
it was seen that there were hundreds
of people outside Of the building who
could not possibly gain admittance
and these began to insist that the
meeting should be held outdoors. The
candidate said he came to speak to
the people and he wanted all of them
to hear him and readily consented to
the open air meeting, although =
slight rain was falling and he had un-
dergone several days CT sever cam
paigning. :.
Mr.. Blease spoke from the steps, oD
the southern side of the court house
His appearance was greeted with great
applause. He was presented by Col.
E. H. Aull, who stated in introducing
him, "The gentleman who is to ad-
dress you is perhaps better known to
you than I am, so he really needs no
introduction at my hands. When but
a lad, living in this town, his father
expressed to him the desire that he
might some day be Governor Of South
Carolina. The wish of the father was
realized, although that splendid old
gentleman passed away before the
dream he had for his boy came true.
This young mamie is older now than
he once was, but he is still young
has served the people Of this city and
county in many ways. He has served
the State in high places. He is now
a candidate for the United States SEN
ate, and his friends believe that he
will be elected, and that he will add
new lustre and honor to his name as
the representative of this great old
State at Washington"
AS Mr.. Blease came forward to be-
gin his speech, greeted by the cheers
from many throats, two young ladies,
Misses Estelle Chappell and Flossie
Sanders, stepped towards him, carry
ing in their arms beautiful bouquets
of flowers.
Miss Sanders first addressed him.
ard she was in turn, followed by Miss
Chappell, and each of them in pre-
senting their flowers, made nice
little speech, the spirit of which was
that they knew him, that their people
had known him and loved him, that
they had always trusted him and
trusted him now, that they wanted to
tell him, here in his old home, where
the greater part ct his life had been
spent, that the insinuation against his
loyalty to his country would meet mo
response, for his loyalty to his town.
his county, his state, his nation, and
his friends and the rights of the peo-
pie had been proved over and owe:
again. The remarks of these young
ladies were applauded loudly by the
concourse of people.
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