The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-06-30
COLE L. BLEASE
ON POLITICS

South Carolina for the loaves ana
lshes. IN letter to Hon. j. w. Toll
pert ne expresses his amazeman+ Of
mr. McLaurin's boldness in making
the republican party believe that he
can lead any one in the palmetto
state.
| The following is copy of FIX.
Governor Blease's letter to Nr Tol
pert. AS it is not without news
Value we beg to publish it in full:
columbia, S. c.. May 21st, 1921.
non. .. ". Tolbert. St. Jam IS Hotel.
Washington, D. c.
Dear Sir: Yours Of May 10th.
asking for certain information re-
ceHed, will answer you frankly
AS to c. c. Campbell, of Columbia.
S. G., the common remark | hear
around here, and have heard parties
MAKE from other parts of the state
is: Some people in South Carolina
may want to go into a new party
oo' 'heH are not going in as follow
ers OF Campbell, who is a Yankee:
| lor you remember that it was the
Northern renegades and scalawars
VINO took the niger and used him
that gave us all of our troubles from
500 to 1876" Therefore, you will
see that his leadership will not go far
in South Carolina.
AS to j. L. McLaurin, ] presume #
Is unn acessary for me to make any
remarks. His record in the senate
Of the United States, the .Archbold
letters his attempted deal of 1912,
ms complete breakdown as a candi
date. for governor in this state re-
Gently. and his general political re-
cord. are as well known to the people
III Washington as they are to the
people Of South Carolina. 1t would
be absolutely impossible for him to
build up any following in this state
OF any considerable proportions.
If the patronage in this state
should be given to Campbell or Nc
Laurin, or Campbell and McLaurin,
they could not build up a corporal's
guard that would go outside of the
democratic primaries, where they
would be deprived Of voting for their
county officers as well as their Unit
ed States senator's and congressman
| and their state officers, to follow
those people into the republican
party. Consequently as far as I
III
credence is given to the Campbell
McLaurin talk; in fact. it is looked
upon as joke by those who have
nv influence and who know that
these men cannot break into the de-
mocratic ranks.
certainly can state that you have
been lifelong republican; that you
have gone through strenuous times
and that your life has often been at
stake, and that through it all you
have been tried and true; and if,
after all these years of service and
devotion to your party, the republi-
cans would now kick you out, can
hardly think that they would have
much of an opportunity to get any;
one here to follow them, because the
people here would realize that no
matter how devoted the service they
might render, their labors would not
be appreciated. can hardly see
how, after thorough investigation,
it could be possible for you to be
turned down as the leader of the re-
publican party in this state, and as
for the forming of new party with /
Campbell or McLaurin, or both, such
talk is myth, farce and plain
damned foolishness.
You are at liberty to read this let
ter to whom you please, or publish it
if you wish, as ] presume everybody
knows that ! speak what / think re-
gardless Of consequences. have
written you freely as you requested
me to do am a democrat; not a
Wilson so-ca11ed democrat, but JEFF
fersonan democrat, who rejoced at
Harding's election and the downfall
of Idealism, which gave US nothing
but fresh-made graves, widows, or
phans and billions of dollars taxes,
under the guise of liberty. We have
less liberty now than we have ever
/ had and fewer privileges as result !
of Wilson and his henchmen.
If you see my friend, Jim Davis,
secretary of labor, give him my love,
and tell him that if Cole Blease can
do anything for him, to "holer" and