The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-08

or mon who are of the Same kidney.
instead Of being alarmed by threats
OF impeachment; for 1t must be UNI
derstood that Governor Blease "ain't
! er scared o. nothin." he made bold to
| tell the people at Drayton that II no
should be impeached he would go to
the United States Senate as the sue
cessor of Senator B. II. Tillman. Rut
tho Governors utterances were tho
things that added zest to the Fourth
In Spartanburg, and few excerpts
viii show what they were like.
Asked to say something about Pro-
hibition. the Governor replied: IT YOU
can show me where there is any pro-
hibition in South Carolina (South Car
DINA is Prohibition State by Jaw,
which the Governor is under oath to
oXeoute) I'll talk about it." Referring
to many requests he had received
from the authorities of different coun-
ties 10 send State constables into these
counties to enforce the liquor laws,
the Governor said that he told them
that since they had voted to BIO dry
they could enforce the liquor laws as
best they could"
Telling a story about how a little
boy had been taken by him into the
Governors office in the State House
and had been told that the office and
the building We're the property of all
the citizens of the State. the Governor
said: But by citizens. mean white
men-not apes and baboons;" the same
being the elegant language in which
lie spoke of the colored people of the
state. This explanation OF his mean
ing of the story he had told the little
boy. who may grow up some day to be
Governor OF the State, led the Gov
ernor in his speech at Drayton to
stirring denunoiation OF the negroes
After declaring that the Caucasian
race must dominate, and that If an
inferior race got in its way "a little
gunpowder and a few buckshot are
often the most effective remedy" the
Governor dropped into "A discussion
OF the crime OF lynching. Declaring
himself to be in favor of lynching. ne
explained that the reason there had
been no lynching in South Carolina
since he became Governor was be
cause the negroes knew that he would
not call out the military To protect
them from lynchins if they insulted
white women" If any woman of his
family was insulted by negro all
he would ask was that the negro be
caught; he would do the rest"
Naturally. the next subject upon
which the Governor touched was the
question of education, 10 which great
deal of serious attention has been given
in the State in recent years. Some of
the teachers are now travelling in
Europe and enjoying themselves, and
at the same time drawing salaries
from the State as members of the fac
ulty Of some OF the State educational
institutions. The excuse for permit
ting them TO travel in Europe was
that they were being trained 10 teach"
This was more than the Governor
could stand. and in a burst of wither-
ing Indignation he exclaimed: But
why the devil were they employed to
teach If they didn't know how al
ready?"
Speaking of the South Carolina Uni
versity. one of the Oldest and best OF
all the higher institutions in the South.
the Governor declared that IT had
given no men TO public Office. whereas
Wofford College had produced Sena-
tor F.. D. Smith" And Henry snyder
(the President of Wofford College, has
more sense and education than DR.
Mitchell has brains enough TO learn"
DIR. Mitchell is known to everybody
in Richmond as one of the most capa-
BILE teachers in the South. and has di-
rccted the affairs of the South Caro-
lima University with rare Judgment
and most excellent success DR. Snyder
is also very able man. and it would
be cruel to charge against him the
endorsement of Governor Blease.
Getting down to the question Of his
exercise Of the pardoning power, Gov
ernor Blease announced the PROPOSE
ton that men ought not TO be pun
ished too severely for crimes com
i'1t'e" III the neat OF passion. wv men
man got into a quarrel and drew
pistol and killed his antagonist he
ought not to be judged too severely.
There are good men in the penitenti-
airy. men of as good families a yours
or mine; and there are lot OF people
in the penitentiary who ought to be
ont, and a lot who are out who ought
to be In
We have room for only one more
sample of the sort of meat on which
this man would feed the people of his
State. He believes in standing by his
friends and OF never forgiving his
enemies, and then followed this bit of
blasphemy which ought to make the
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