The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-07-19
Dial Thus Denounces BIease tn,
His Face at Meeting at &
Florence.
PEOPLES KEEPS SILENCE
Candidate for Senate Short
Term Will Not Announce,
Choice of Candidate for the
Regular Term.

| 'N' N'Sh'S, July lo-1Res MY. DlfSl.
of the senatorial campaign 1tSSered
impetus here Tuesday andy Cole l..
Blease was completely annihilated
in the whitening blast. Nat b. Dial;
or Laurens. opposing candidate, told
the ex-governor to his teeth that he,
was "disloyal from the crown of His
) head to the sole Of his feet. =
with the charge from, Dial stiIl
ringing in the ears of the AUDIENCE.
blease left the hall, refusing to :.
speak and giving the excuse that the.
crowd was small and the meeting
mad not been sufficiently advertisedy
because of confusion Of dates fn,
the published itinerary. although~.
the court house was filed far beyond
seating capacity and a crowd stood.
ABOUT the entrance Mr.. Blease firsfsgv
sent word TO State Senator ]. w. Nc
Gown, county chairman, that ha
would not speak, it then began to be- 81
hinted about that w. p. Pollock and,
Senator Benet had driven Blease off
the stump on the opening day of the.
snort term campaign. to which,
blease's non-appearance would lend
color particularly when Blease wa
on the ground and in consequences
blease was prevailed on to make the
explanation as to his failure to
speak. In answer to Mr.. Dial's
charge Of disloyalty which Dial said
Blease confirmed by his silence ="
when he the day before at Nannino
rpfnCaI IN
statements in question as published
n n" Charleston American. Mr..
Blease said he had already spoken
, at other meetings IN answer tn Po-
maria, Filbert, Pickens and Chapfn.
speeShes and had nothing further tc-
say. He expected to have meeting
OF, fts, own in Florence as he had
been holding in other places. ~
Peoples Remains Silent ~
second and equally diverting
poruon'of the day was Senator Chris :
tie Benet's and w. p. Pollock's mer-
! cless lashing of The mas H. Peoples
'easei'A BY his re-
pswer unequivocally Pol -
io' .arect qeustion as to whethe =
or not he would support Bleas<
the present campaign, Mr.. Pee
so far as the Florence aud =
} concerned definitely aligned hims,.- =
with Cole l.. Blease, and in -stingfns,
, rebuke there were angry calls to
Throw him out" mingled with a.
chorus OF cries of Stacker, and
proc German"
Senator Benet, who was the first.
OF the short term candidates to fol-
low Messrs. Dial and Rice, said there.
was to be no pussy footing" among
his opponents. They've got to come,
to the quilting" he said, and to sus-
tain his argument he had two ques--
hons to put. The first was If either
had been in congress at the time the,
issue was to be determined as tu
American participation in the war
would he have voted with Wilson tor :
the war, the second was did they u
think the blood American boys would
spill in France will be on the hands
of Woodrow Wilson.
Mr.. Peoples said he would have
voted for the war as Benet and Pol :
lock would and that the blood of
American boys would not be on Will
sons hands and the war was a righ- -
teous war for holy justks,
When Mr.. sPoll8ck, was introduced
he thanked Gsfthat one sBleasaitsS
had professedp religion. but every one
who professed religion did not have
it and he thought it best to lead Mr..
Peoples to the altar He then asked
Senator Benet to stand up. The,
query put was whether he would
vote for Blease in this campaign. Mr.
Benet said Blease was unworthy OF
= the vote of any man and the senator
expected to denounce him from every
stump I'm South Carolina
; Refuses to Answer.
Mr.. Peoples sought to eye the
question by saying he way/ /hot rur~-
/ 4Continued on Pc ID