The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-07-26
THE DARE" is ACCEPTED
Given Here Merely for the In
formation of Voters Who
Ought to Know What Blease
Said About the War.

Declared Mr. Blease: Zone
can take part of any mans
speech and incriminate the
speaker. From extracts of my
speech which they publish
they make it appear that / am
disloyal. They don't dare
publish my speech on the war
or any other question in it's
entirety"
The following report Of the speech
| OF former Gov. &. l.. Blease at Po-
maria. July 81, 1917, was printed in
the Charleston American. One SEN
tence relating to Governor Manning
has been omitted:
Former Governor Blease, at the
conclusion of his address. took a
hand primary which reminded one
Of the days OF the 9O's.
"All OF you who, IL you had been
members OF congress, would have
voted for this war. hold up your
right hand" he asked. Not a hand
was raised.
"All of you who would have voted
against this war and who would now
vote for peace hold up your hands. {"
he asked. Every hand went up.
The meeting today was presided
over by the Rev. S. p. Koon. An old
time barbecue dinner was served
People from every section of New
berry county and from many parts of
the State were present. II was y
Statewide gathering of nationwide
! import There is no doubt that il
was the opening Of the political cam
paign of 1918 so far as South Caro-
lima is concerned
Mr. Blease began his address bv
thanking the community and the
people of the community for their
invitation to him to address them on
this occasion, assuring them that he
was always delighted to be back
among the people of his native coun-
ty-his own people. "In fact" he
said, Il feel that / can never trulv
say that I am on my native heath
with my own around me. save when
/ am in old Newberry I have re-
presented you as member OF the
house OF representatives; as your
state senator: as mayor OF the city
or Newberry; in other positions of
honor which you have conferred up.
on me. and as your governor-and
/ know that you know without nv
saying so, that l have never had any
boss except the people. did what
believed to be my duty. / did il
regardless OF any political future for
me, and only for what / conceived to
be for the best interests OF the peo-
pie whom had been chosen to serve.
You must have believed it. for I
never asked you for any office or for
any position that you did not give
me. nor for any honor within your
power that you did not bestow upon
me.
I'VE are here, on this occasion. al
the invitation OF the Christians OF
this communicative members OF
three congregations OF denomina-
tion Of Christians who love their God
and who love their State; people who
stand for what is right: who tea ch
their children that duty is the sub.
limest word in the English language
and that they do their duty under all
conditions and circumstances, re.
gardless OF what any man or set OF
men! may say or think Il Is to that
class of people that 1 have been re-
quested to speak.
"It has been published of late I'm
the anti-reform press that I and the
party to which belong are outcasts
in the political world Just now. but
I want to say to you so far as am
personally concerned that I wohId
rather be ansoutcast in the eyes OF
Woodrow Wilson and a follower OIL
] Jesus Ckeist, than to ne a follower
of Woodrow Wilson and an "outcast
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