The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-10-12
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Gov. Blease Doubts The Truthfuluess oe
Senator JiIlmab's
LETTER TO BOSE CREWS

senator I1llman Was in Combi.
nation With Richards to Bring
Out Chief Justice Jones for Cover
nor in the Next Election.
The Spartanhurg Herald says sur
rounded by a constantly argumented
throng Of admirers at the Argyle
hotel Friday night, Governor Cole L.
Blease freely expressed his views on
different subjects to a reporter for
the Herald and disclosed something
Of his plans.
He made it plain that notwithstaqd-
ing Senator B. R. Tillmans denial,
he believed there was truth in the
story published by w. T. Crews, edi-
tor of the Greenwood News-Scimitar,
to the effect that Senator Tillman
and Maj. John G. Richards, Jr., had
plotted to bring out Chef Justice
Ira B. Jones, OF the supreme court,
as candidate to defeat him for gov
ernor.
He said he believed the program
had been to elect Maj. Richards lieu
tenant governor. Then, if Senator
Tillman was compelled for any rea-
son to give up his seat in the Senate,
Justice Jones would take his place
and Maj. Richards would step into
step in-?.c- 80. u. -. etaoi shrdluu
the governors chair.
Expects to iseat Jones. :
II am going to b1 reelected" said
Governor Blease, when asked if he
would say anything concerning poll
tices. Il will beat Jones by bigger
majority than the one by which de-
feated Featherstone, and if Tillman's
man Richards is a candidate l will
beat them both"
Another interesting statement of
the governor was that he intended to
remedy conditions at the hosiery mill
of the State penitentiary through leg,
islation to be enacted by the general
assembly at its approaching session.
Bristling up at the suggestion that
the legislature might not be amend
able to his wishes, he said:
"They better had. That's all I
have to- say .--.--s--- ----7---. a:--' =
Continuing, Governor Blease said
that little grand jury" in Richland:
county, which found the hosiery mill
to be sanitary, had set itself against
some Of the best physicians in the
State. He mentioned physicians who
he said, declared the hosiery mill was
a disease breeder, and said he was
marshalling his facts for submission
to the legislature.
1t was foolish the governor said,
for laymen to set themselves against
experts. For instance, he said, the
floors and walls and ceiling of the Ar
gyle hotel seemed to be clean and
sanitary. But suppose, he suggested
that expert physicians should say
that the walls and ceiling were in
tested with disease germs; would a
reasonable layman attempt to contra
dict them? This, he sad, was the
case with the hosiery mill.
Speaking Of legislation VIII ich he
would commend to the general assem-
bly,, Governor Blease said he would
try to obtain the passage of a law
establishing two cents mile as fiat
rate for passenger transportation on
the steam railroads of the State.
This, he said, would obviate the mile
age nuisance and made it possible
for poor people to travel short dis
tances as cheaply as wealthy people.
Under the law he proposes, he said,
a passenger who was travelling ten
miles could buy ticket for 20 cents,
or give the conductor 20 cents or give
the conductor ten miles Of mileage,
Gs was most convenient. If the rail-
people did not trust their conductors,
re asserted, they ought to discharge
them and get men whom they could
trust; and if he were a conductor
and his employers did not trust him
he would quit his position.
The governor said he would also
recommend to- the legislature all the
measures he recommended before
which we're not naSSed