The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-02-22


and do the best they could. Mr. Todd
hoped all members would remain and
vote aad take their share OF the re-
sponsibility. Mr.. Mears wanted to
know If absent members could be sent
for. Mr.. Smith said they could be.
But the voting kept up, each time
showing a bare majority.
ON the ballot just before the recess
the absentees as recorded by Assistant
Clerk Hamel were: Aver, Baskin,
Bethea. Il. III. Brown. Charles, Conaor,
Dobson. Dubose. L. c. Ed
wards. Gary. Gasque. Gilbert.
Hamilton, Harrison, Hill, Hiott,
Hopkins. Hunter, James, Jones, Kel-
lehan. Kirven, McCravey, McKeown,
McQueeA. Mansfield. Manuel, Maui
din, Miller. Minis. Mitchum,
Moore, Nunnery, IL. A. Odom,
w. r. Odom. Osborne, Paulling,
Pegues, PEBBLES. Polk, Richardson,
Salley, Sawyer, Saye, Scott Scar
son, Shuler, G. ID. Smith, ID. l.. Smith,
Stanley, Watson. Wyche. 1t is to be
said that the veto was entirely unex-
pected. Friends of Governor Blease
had stated openly that there would be
no trouble with the appropriation bill.
But before more is said, it will be we'll
to read the special message of Cover
aor Blease, in which he sets forth his
position, as follows:
Governors Message.
State of South Carolina, Executive
Department, Message No. "a.
ITO the Honorable the Members of
the General Assembly. of the State Of
South Observation-Disclosures 1t Is
with great deal Of reluctance that 1
return to you without my signature
the general appropriation bill for the
year 1911. 1 do not veto the entire
Act, but. I'm obedience to pledges made
to the people of South Carolina In my
campaign for the office Of Governor,
and doing what / believe to be right
and for the best interests of all the
people. feel to redeem those pledges
and to do my full duty, that 1 must
exercise the right given to me under
Sectioa 2S, Article 4. of the Constitu-
tion of the State Of South Carolina,
1895 which reads In part as follows:
.s'Biiis-spproprie-sns money out or
the treasury shall specify the objects
ana purposes for which the same are
made, and appropriate to them re-
spectively their several amounts in
distinct items and sections. II the
Governor shall not approve any one
or more OF the items or sections con-
tanned In any bill, but shall approve Of
the residue thereof, 1t shall become a
law as to the residue in like manner
as IL he had signed 1t. The Governor
shall then return the bill, with his OBJ
tectioas to the items or sections Of
the same not approved by him, to the
House, in which the bill originated,
which House shall enter the objection
at large upon its Journal and proceed
to reconsider so much Of said bill as
Is not approved by the Governor, etc."
Il do not disapprove all Of the items
OF said bill. but mentioa specifically
herein which 1 do disapprove. All
not herein specifically mentioned are
approved. South Carolina pays up
ward of 100000 each year interest,
for borrowing money to pay appropri-
ations, you should make the levy suf-
hcient to meet them. Furthermore,
South Carolina has u borrow from
New York each year one-thir6 of the
money that is appropriated to run her
Government. Now, gentlemen, be-
hold our condition; in debt heavily
already, borrowing and paying large,
interest, still making appropriations
to do what we are not compelled 10
do aad borrowing money and paying
interest to meet the deficiency. This
would be disastrous Immediately to
private industries and must be sooner
or later to our grand old Palmetoo
State.
suppose, gentlemen, that we were
to- strike a panic like we had in 1907,
and could not borrow this money,
what a pitiful conditioa our proud
mother would be in. unable to meet
her obligations and unable to borrow
sufficient to meet them. Humiliation
would follow and disaster would &c
the result. You may say that the
panic is not coming. oae OF US thought
So In 1907. The Gambling and specu-
lation which is nov going on I'm this
country, with few men controlliag
the entire money interests, may throw