The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-03-26
WILL BLEASE RUN
AGAIN THIS YEAR?
Saws He is Not Candidate, But Will
Make Race for Governor or Y. ).
Senator if Friends Think he
Should
IndeX-Journal.

The following article appeared in
the Anderson Tribune on Friday:
A few days ago, The Tribune
printed local squib to the effect
that Will LaBoon and some of the
"Coley-ill-I-die'' friends of the for
mer governor were grooming him to
make the race for governor. Mr.. La
Boon mailed the clipping to Mr..
Blease, together with letter urging
him to throw his hat in the ring. Yes
Eerday Mr.. LaBoon received the fol-
owing reply from Mr.. Blease to his
Better and as Mr.. Blease's statements
] usually contains more or less pep, the
letter is published for what 1t is
: worth:
! Columbia, S. c.
W. M. LaBoon,
Anderson, S. c.,
My dear friend:
Your letter of March Is, in which
YOU enclose me clipping from a
newspaper received, and from that
Enclosure l cannot tell what paper
However, l wish to state that IN
the following statement it is absolute
ly and unqualifedly correct:
\ SIT is understood that the former
governor is living quietly in Colum-
kbia. practicing law"
And am glad to say that the
status seems to agree very thorough
ly with me, both physically and tlnan-
,cially, as l weight 1877 pounds, never
felt better in my life, and am In per-
feet physical condition. was re-
Gently gone over by an eye and nose
specialist, by stomach specialist
had an X-ray made of my teeth, and
other examinations and was pro-
0hounced to be in perfect physical con-
dition by each of the doctors; and
made my income tax return this week.
and had to pay the government, to
nv sorrow and regret, s41.ol IN
( come taxes. So, this is one news
aaper statement that ! have to an
nounce to the public is correct.
Now, as to your proposition. You
saw Anderson county wants you for
governor. Won't you get into the
race this SUMMER" have received
many letters from all over this state,
and I have had many people to call
upon me personally. Some of these
letters are from men who have never
heretofore supported me for any po-
lit;cal Office, and men have come into
nv Office who have never supported
me for any office, asking me to re-
enter the political arena. Some
want me to run for the United States
Senate, because they state that per-
sonal liberty and states. rights have
been squandered and that southern
senators have surrendered all to the
North for which the Confederate SOL
der fought. Others say, eve want
YOU at home; we want you to re-
store personal liberty to US, and stop
this search and seizure of mems
homes and property without war
rant of law. We want you to
stop the incarceration of our
boys into reforn,atories and our
girls into institutions where they
are worse off. than if they were
living in the penitentiary or open to
the public contrivances of the day. 1t
is in the governors office that we
need you"
feel fattered OF coarse-more
than fiatered-that I should receive
these letters and personal requests
to 90 back into the public service.
But. to be honest with you, made
nv life's fight for two things; one to
be governor of South Carolina, and
the other to be considered by those
who are qualified to judge, as one OF
the ablest, or at least, one OF the
ablest criminal lawyers that South
Carolina has produced. The first l
have accomplished, and it is written
so indelibly upon the pages OF his
tory of this state that no historian
can obliterate it. AS to the second, l
am proud to say that those with
whom l now associate and before
whom l have practiced, are so kind
as to say that / am within the limits
of fairly good practitioner.
Therefore. having accomplished my
two life's purposes, and being today
so situated financially. by the help OF
Gods gift from your counfy-a
pretty little red-headed girl who has
now bloomed into womanhood, and to