Later Years
Afterward, Blease spent a decade outside the mainstream of politics. Manning's administration (1915–1919) brought many Progressive Era reforms to the state. As the political climate turned more reactionary after 1919, when the state and nation suffered with postwar ecnomic adjustments, Blease's popularity rebounded. Blease lacked a constructive program, but his agitations had permanently quickened the political consciousness of the cotton-mill operatives and other poor whites.
In virtually all of his campaigns, Blease used a catchy, nonsensical, non-specific campaign jingle that became well known to virtually every voter in South Carolina in the era. For instance, he used: "Roll up your sleeves, say what you please...the man for the job is Coley Blease!"
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