Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-01
t, it would just as lief have Bleaso as

1t, 1t would just as llef nave biedse us
anybody.
'Mr. Laney is a strong man; but
he is not as strong as the machine,
and the machine is not going to sup
port him because he will not suit its
purposes so well.'
1t is true that Bleasc had q plurality
Of $4,000 in the Manning Cooper race
of 1916, and was defeated in the second
primary by n majority that was mark
cd up as 5000, but how?
Did not Cooper enter the race in OPP
position to the machine, appealing to
the support of Mr.. Average Citizen?
Sure. He had even been held up as
"Bleascite." Then when he got left
did not the States machine buy him
out with u promise that if he would
throw his influence to Manning III the
second race, they would give him the
govcrnorship at the close of Manning's
second term? All the politicians un-
derstoOd that to be the fact. But even
with that they had to steal the cleo
ton from Blcasc by fraud. There was
no Australian ballot law then. And
when BleaSe's friends presented tangi-
bic evidence of fraud to the state eX-
ecutive committee, the executive COM
mittec refused to listen to the evil
dence. That is the absolute truth.
AS to this third term business. Won
der if the State would object to Il
third term for D. c. Hayward at this
juncture, or r. !. Manning, or Robert
a. Cooper, or any other man except
Cole i. Blease.
John b. Richardson, the 18th gov
ernor of South Carolina, served from
1902 to 1904. John Peter Richardson,
his nephew, served from 1910 to 1912,
as the 32nd governor of the state, and
John Peter Richardson, the seth gov
ernor and son of the S2nd governor,
served from 1886 to 1890. w. E. Con
zales was his private secretary, and
if he ever showed any other fitness for
the office than the claim that came
through inheritanee, nobody knows
about it.
Richard I. Manning, 23rd governor,
who served from 1924 TO 1926, handed
the office down to his son, John l..
Manning, 1S52-54, 3Sth governor, and
Richard I. Manning Of present day
fame, the 65th governor, is a grand
son of the 23rd governor.
T.. w. Pickens, the 42nd governor,
was a son of Andrew Pickcns, the 10th
governor.
Wade Hampton was elected to a Sec
ond term as governor, and resigned in
the middle Of the term TO go to the
United States senate, where he had n
right to go.
Hugh S. Thompson resigned the
governorship to take better paying
job as assistant secretary of the treas
ury.
And listen to the Columbia State
invoking Ben Tillman, who first wrung
from the political autocracy to which
the Columbia Statel belongs, the right
of the people to choose their own gov
crnors, and it was on account of this
action that the Columbia State was
established. The State continued to
fight Tiilman to the very day Of lis
death. After serving two terms as
governor, Tillman was elected to the
United States senate.
Manning served two terms as gov
crnor and quit because he could not
help himself. He could not get to the
senate, nor could he have been elected
TO anything else. e."
Cooper was elected to two terms as
governor, and got out before the end
of his second term for u better paying
job at $4,000 per year, given to him
through the influence of Nat B. Dial,
because the said Nat Ii. Dial feared
that he might be wanting a seat in
the senate.
Governor Blcase, elected to a second
term as governor, resigned a few days
before his time was out in order to
give Chas. II. Smith the honor of hold
ing the office, and retired to private
life.
But Blcasc must net be governor
again. No. never, for to elect Blease
TO n third term would free the people
to tine pursuit of tn, If own sweet will,
and end the dictatorship of the Con
2aleS combination.