Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-26

dips his syringe into the gutter of filth
and slime emanating for the last
three years from The News and Cou-
rier, The State, the Spartanburg Her.
aid, and the Greenville News, with
which the people have been so dis
gusted and spatters me, along with
others, with its contents. He, how.
ever, winds up with reiteration of
the cry: "Investigate Investigate
Investigated" I have not Stunned nor
dreaded an investigation, and do not
shun it now; but venture the pre-
diction that my enemies will be sorry
if one be held, and will declare that it
is not honestly made. They do not
want the time to come when they can
not dig up the question of rebates and
cast insinuations against my honesty.
When these state ISLANDERS about re-
bates under my administration were
put in circulation by the newspapers
and then taken up by General Butler,
in the canvass three years ago, I met
them promptly and vigorously at
Union and elsewhere, and last winter
l Joined with Governor Evans in ask
ing that the legislature should appoint
committee to look into the dispensa-
ry's management and set the charges
of corruption at rest forever. The
books of the dispensary and every
thing connected with its financial af-
fairs have been investigated and re-
ported on time and again by legisla-
tive committee, one of whose mem
bers was an anti, incapable of seduc-
ton or of being induced to cloak
wrong. The committee has never yet
made report rejecting on the integ-
rity or honesty of its management,
Now, the cry is "Investigate!" !" and
while CAN'T and no one else has or can
give any satisfactory reason why my
administration of the dispensary
should be investigated, 1 desire to ask
the governor to select committee OF
citizens to enter upon an investigation
Immediately, and I am willing to an.
swer any inquiries made, and l doubt
not that every other man connected
with the dispensary in any official way
would be willing to do likewise. The
expense cannot be great, and could be
paid out of the contingent fund, and
the matter is of sufficient Importance,
think, to warrant the outlay.
The friends of the dispensary cannot
allow it to be undermined and smoth.
cred in filth by the guttersnipes who
are running the editorial pages of our
daily papers, and if any corruption
can be shown, other than what has
already been shown to exist, punish.
ment swift and sure should follow. ]
stand ready to explain and justify
every act of mine in connection with
the law, and I doubt not that Cover.
nor Evans can do likewise. Let the
matter be set at rest and the smolder.
ing embers of envy and hate be put
out once for all.
Now, in regard to the Agricultural
Hall matter. Ipresume to offer advice
because I am solely responsible for the
states attitude in the case, and felt, at
the time I took action and feel still
that it was the only proper course to
pursue. I have seen the full text OF
the decision of the supreme court, and
speak in full knowledge of its import.
The situation is this: Mr.. Tindal
cannot deliver the property if he
wanted to. I cannot believe that
Simonton or any other judicial tyrant
will undertake to take che building
by force from the present state officers.
| If they do, then the act of dispossess-
| ing the state will, in the minds of fair
minded persons, show the falsity OF
the decree that it is not suit against
the state. The whole fight hinges on
the possession of the building, and so
long as the state can hold that, it must
retain the advantage. Once Wesley
and his attorney get possession, with
or without the consent of the state,
the situation will become very grave.
If the state surrenders the property,
then it must either sue on the mort.
gage for the payment of the purchase
money, or, by failing to do so, confess
that it has received full payment and
thereby validate by its own act the
Blue Ridge bond script. If it sues,
then the question of the validity OF
the tender of that script must be de-
termined by the United States supreme
court and the legality of the Blue
Ridge bonds be settled by that tribu-
nal.
Judge Harlan goes into this phase
of the question very fully. Attorney
Lyles in his testimony before the court
and in his statement now in the news.
papers clearly sets forth the conspira-
| cy by which the Blue Ridge bond script
i is to be brought before the court for
judicial determination. The judge
declares that Wesley has right to do
this. Then, with lot of legal jargon
which only confuses the question, be-
cause it is no sense an analogous case
to that of General Lees suit for Ar
lington, he declares that it is not suit
against the state, although the whole
question at issue is one affecting the
legality of the repudiated bonds, and
not the title to the Agricultural Hall
at all. His purpose is to have the
state herself declare the bonds valid
by not suing on the mortgage or force
her into court on a suit which will al
most inevitably determine their valid
| itv. He would thus accomplish by in
direction what cannot be done directly,
for Wesley has already had one suit
on these bonds thrown out on the
ground that it was suit against the