Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-06
Bad Boy From South Carolina
Convinced Women Will
Bless Him Long After Col
leagues Have Retired to
0bsCurity.
SHOCKED CONFERENCE
DECLARES FOR LAW
Resolutions Declare Power of
State Should Be Used to
Protect Prisoners from Mob
Vengeance.
[By Leased Wire TO Evening Herald


[By Leased Wire TO Evening Hcraldl
Richmond. Va, Dec. "a sweep
ing resvIutlOn repudiatlng the re-
marks Of Governor Blouse ul South
Carolina In support of lynch law was
adopted by the governors conference
today 10y "A vote Of II to I. Governor
Blcasc, defending himself, snapped
hts fingers In the faces OF the Othcr
governors aud declared that he cared
not one whit what the Inference
did or left undUne.
-Four times this morning has my
life been threatened tor my utter
HnUes," declared Governor BlcHse. Il
was quoted yesterday as suylnB To
hell with the constitution. say
now To all the governors Of all the
states and to all the people of the
United States what said then"
The conference hall was thrown
into AN uprOur.
Governors OF Alabama, Wyoming,
Missouri, New York, Maryland and
Wisconsin denounced the South Caro-
liniun In strong terms Tor his utter
Bnoes. Governors Of North Carolina,
Arkansas Connecticut and Idaho
voted against the resolution.
The resolution adopted VAS pre-
sented hy Governor Mann Of Virginia
US AN amendment to the one Offerod
by Governor O'Neal of Alabama II
reads as follows:
Resolved: That II IL the sentiment
Of the GOvernors' conference In ses-
sion at RtchinUnd. Va, today, that the
whole power OF the several states
should be used whenever necessary TO
protect persons accused OF crimes on
womanhoOd. against the violence of
mubs, and to provide that speedy, or
derly and impartial laws for the pro-
lection of llfe and property be duly
enforced aud respected BY all the
people"
II hold In my hand" said Governor
Blcasc, when he rose tu defend him
self the fourth letter threatening my
lilC that | have received today. |
was handed that just now by some
ore ! did not know and II WAS ad-
dressed me In care Of the governor OF
Virginia.
II know nothing at the letter" re-
tUrted Governor Mann OF Virginia. II
never heard Of II before; I did not
receive II; | know nothing OF Its con
tents"
1T doesn't matter" continued Gov
eTnor BleasC. II speak nObody's
opinion hut my own. The newspaper
headlines have misreprGsented me.
when spoke yesterday about the
marriage OF Jack Johnson Ia Chicago
! did not say he would bc lynChCd In
South Carolina; | did say that the
laws of my state forbade the mar
rldgc. and did suy that l did not
know, II the marriage had been per-
formed In South Carolina, whether
the laW protecting him would have
been possible OF enforcement or not,
"Now, what l want to say to you ls
this! don't care one whit whether
YOU adopt this resolution or not, YOU
may eXpcl me for ali I care. ON the
2lSt day Of neM January I viii be-
gin my second term as governor. On
the fourth Of March, 1915, II God
spares me, | will be sworn In as "a
member ot the United States senate.
snap my fingers at your resolutions,
for all the resolutions and all the mo-
tiOns you may act on viii not avail
TO keep me out.
Long after many of you gentlemen
here today are resting in the shades
Of private life I will be Tesping the
rewards OF public service. Long after
you good governors are no longer
governors, the white women OF South
Carolina will pray for me with their
arms around their girls and will arise
from their knees TO kiss their hua-
hands and beg them to go to the bal
lot box gnd vote for BleRHe TO pro-
tect them from their daily terror"
A faint round of applause ripplcd
over the conference hall. succeeded
by storm Of misses.
A dozen governors, thinking the
South CaTOllnlan had concluded
ClamOTed for recognition. but he held
the floor and smiled at the turmoil
What care | for your hisses?' h6
shouted. shaking his cienohed hst al
the chairman ana turning to face hii
colleagues,
HISS II you must. Only snakes
and geese hlss.
Again his voice was drowned In the
storm.
When the vigorous rapping of the
chairman had brought order he con
tinued:
you are making yourselves ridicu
lOuA In the eyes Of the nation. WHY
do you have 10 declare against mol
law? They ought to know you bacl
In your homes. They ought to NEE
you each one ~ this railroad station
with brass band and say Governor
we're clad you didn't endorse the ut
terances Of that South CarOliniAn.'
when I said w0ule never Ordei
out the militia 60 protect the blacl
brute who lRid his deHecratinG hand
upon = white woman, i spoke Ihl
truth. I eay u now again. That 4
my position. gentlemen, and n yOI
don't agreo With me, In the words o
the great VipeluiaE, 90 70 IT,"
The f0efs nDvernOrs who vote
against the resolution declared Om
phntically that they opposed mOh VIC
leAce. they voted In the negative
they said. because they thought the