The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-08
w 4ss%sn .HE SAID
GOVsrnor B!ease Defens. g1ssions
Before a Large Crowd.
TELLS ABOUT FIELDER

TELLS ABOUT FIELDER
The Governor Describes bis official
Career and Tells Why He Did Ger
tain Things.-He Discusses Many
Other Things, on All Of Which He
speaks Out Plainly.
The Spartanburg Herald says Gov.
Cole l. Blease addressed two inn
mense and enthusiastic audiences or
cotton mill workers on Tuesday at
Cowpens and Drayton Mills in Spar
tanburg County. The following is
report Of the speeches as we find
them in the Spartanburg Herald:
Gov. Blease began his address In
a formal manner aud then said that
he would talk about anything his
audience wanted and suggested that
somebody give him a text. Someone
shouted prohibition"
"If you can show me hhere there
is any prohibition in South Carolina
said Gov. Blease, "I'll talk about it."
He referred to prohibition again
later in his address He said he
had received requests from the au-
thorfties of various counties to send
State constables into these counties
to enforce the liquor laws. But, said
Blease, he told them that since they
had voted to be dry they could en-
force the liquor laws as best they
could.
The governor then switched from
one topic to another rather abruptly.
He told a story of little boy whom
he had taken into the govssnpr's Of
fee in the State house and had tolu
him that it was his office, as wei
as that of Cole Blease, and followed
up the story by saying that the state
House and the governors office were
the property of all the citizens.
.sBut- by citizens" he said II mean
white men-not apes and balloons. "
He then launched into a TRADE
against negroes. The Caucausion race
must dominate, he said, and II an
inferior race got in the way 1t must
be got out Of the way in the most 's
convenient manner.
"And little gunpowder and Few
buckshot," he said, "are often the
most effective remedy. "
Later he said that on previous oc-
yaasion he had made statement
which had been taken to mean that
he favored lynching. He said he sa"
no reason why he should not be per
fectly frank about it-that he did
approve of lynching. And the reason,
he said, why there had been no lyncn-
sngs in South Carolina during the SIX
months in which he had been govern
or was because the negroes knew that
he would not call out the military 10
protect them from lynching II they
insulted white women.
Negroes, he said, are so fond OF
notoriety that often they are willing
to make sacrifice and take a chance
Of losing their lives in order to get
their names enblazoned In the news
papers. But they knew he said, that
while he was governor there was no
possible canoe of their being saved
from an infuriated mob. Gov. Blease
said that If any women of his fanny
was insulted by negro all he would
ask was that the negro be caught;
he would do the rest himself.
Gov. Blease took up various OF his
official acts which have been critics.
ed and defended them. The purpose
Of revoking the commissions OF the
notary public was to get rid OF negro
notaries. He now makes 1t rule,
he said, not to issue commissions 10
notaries without the recommendation
of a. member of the legislative dele
cation of the county in which they
live.
Regarding his veto of appropria-
tion bills, he said that by so doing ne
saved the State $4,000 He declared
the government of South Carolina
was the most extravagant OF any
State of the Union. He denounced
the extravaganza of the State edu-
cational institutions especially. GOV.
Blease declared that there were men
travelling in Ehrope and enjoying
themselves and at the same time
drawing salaries from the State as
members of the faculty of some OF
the State educationaP institutions.
He said the excuse for permitting
them to travel in Europe was that
they we're being trained to teach.
But why the devil" he asked
"were they employed to teach II they
didn't know how already?"
He said he had respect for the ed
ucational institutions conducted by
the State, and yet they had given no
men to public office, whereas other
colleges in South Carolina, notably
Wofford College, had produced illus
trious men. He mentioned that Wor-
ford had produced Senator E D.
Smith, with whom he had ridden to
Spartanburg from Florence.
"And Henry Synder," he said, re-