Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-08-04
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people; but the two, administrations
that have followed me. did not keep
faith with you. Some of the news
papers have tried very laboriously to
get me to deviate, from my determine
ton to make a. campaign free from
mudsllnging; tbut their, efforts have
been of no avail. Some others have
tried to draw, me from my path. | am
reminded of the days when l used to
go fox hunting and how as the fox
dogs passed little flee would run out
and bark at them; but the fox dogs
We're centered &on the. chase and PAID
no attention to them.
"And 1 don't propose to notice the
barking of the fees" said Mr., Blease;
"but propose tocpoint out some OF the
troubles of the state and will try to
point out a remedy. Speaking of
newspapers! however, want to say
that you have /, in your county one
newspaper that is fair and square and
can. be depended upon TO be fair to all
and refuses to print lies on a, man be-
cause he may not happen to be of the
same way of thinking as the news
paper" Fa,F>5
Mr.. Blease took fling at. some of
those office holders wv no were seing
over the state fighting~him rIf 'you
hear of one of these office holders
fighting me, he, said yoa VIII find that
he is some fellow, who has hold OF a
political tit and Blease is,chekingshim
off. He launched into a YitrelicSat-
tack on the state tax commission. which
he said, ais making you cut a set Of
liars. and which, repre- sents the ,bor-
porate. interests Of South Carolina, The
tax commission cost YOU, nearly, $Se,000
last tlyear and here Just recently when
one Of the state political pets lost
good job in the. Federal revenuesde
partment, the state tax commission,
created new ,clerEshipii for him at a
salary: of $4,000 The cow only had
four tits and they had to stick, on
fifth. for, this man, - .o.,ss r.
Commission which7cost $4,000 last year
and which did nothing except make
estimates of the, expense Of conduct
ing various departments of govern
ment. "If your state officers haven't
got brains enough to make estimates"
he said, "then you should elect officers
who can" |@
The speaker also paid his respects
to what he called "the Smelling Com
mission" commission of Boston
Yankees, he said, which looked into
each branch of government to see how
things were rum They couldn't get
men, In South Caroline, for this work
but had to go out of the state for them
and pay more than 100000 for their
services"
He characterized the State Board of
Charities and Corrections as unneces-
sary and expensive. The printing bill
of the state, he said, is now. 200 per
cent more than itf f..was i'm. lal6, and
there can be no denial Of the fact He
said that when governor he had tried
to have the late Senator Tillman who
was then chairman of The senate COM
mittee on Indian Affairs take over the
Catawba Indians. If his suggestion in
the matter had been acted upon, the
state would have saved 100000.
Harking back to, the state tax COM
mission he said that some tof the men,
bers and clerks, spend most of their
time in the Columbia club drinking
that which is forbidden" and sending
word to the farmers, Pillow on; PlQw
on" IN"
How will we ever get rid Of 'em?"
inquired a man in the crowd.
Go to the ballot box on election day
and vote like you holler," retorted Mr..
Blease.
"They told you," continued Mr..
Blease, ito get rid, Of ,Blease snd3wsll
have law and order You've ibeen
having it. You sure have. Let the
leaders preach, what they practice cand
others will follow their, lead. ,
I'm not boasting.'" he, said; in con-
clusion; "but know from the signs of
the times especially in the counties we
have visited that Mcleod is "a PAGER
and Laney is trotter and that they
are just practising, as it were. And
after next January You are again SO
ing to have a real. governor in Seath
Carolina.
Few Boos for Duncan.
There were few boos and jeers as
greeting for John T.Jouncan, the
third of the. gubernatOtial candidates
to address the voters. The noise sub
sided in a moment, however, after Mr..
Duncan said: You have heard your
favCritE-now let's talk business a
while"
He said that Lancy, Blcasc and Nc
LcOd arc pledged to your political boss,
Edwin Wales Robertson to deliver the
water power of the state to him." and
that James b. Duke has already
possessed himself of five of your best
water powers.
The newspapers would have you
Gel, co