Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-06-21
was thoroughly sifted, as have plead
ed with your legislature to do.
Some Needed Remedies.

tions and rewards Is entirely wrong
Whenever a fugitive from justice II
returned to this state, II his service!
go to the county chaingang of coun'
ty, that county should pay the ex'
pense, and not the state at large. i
he goes to the penitentiary, the state
receives the benefit Of his work anc
should pay all Of the expense.
If the heads of your institutions Of
learning will get together and make
some rule by which they could make
all of their purchases Of supplies by
advertising for competitive bids, the
articles could be purchased much
cheaper and many thousands of dol
lars saved to the state.
Northerners are buying large guam
titles Of our land and establishing
hunting and fishing preserves andpro-
hibiting the use Of them by our citi-
zens, in violation Of the statute laws
Of our state, and are depriving our citi-
zens Of theil God-given right to hunt
and fish which should not be allowed
The negro lodges are doing much
harm in our country. have begged
your legislature to pass an act pro-
hibiting them. Some say this can not
be done, but 1t can be and very easily
by simply stating that whenever any
peace officer desires to enter one OF
these lodges either Of the white OF
colored people, that he should be al
lowed to do so. The white fraternal
orders would not be interfered with
because all Of the peace officers are
white men, and the negro lodges could
be properly regulated.
White people teaching negro schools
in our state are doing much harm,
and are putting into the heads OF the
young negroes the idea Of social
equality, and creating an ambition
among them which can only be
squelched at the end Of rope or In
the electric chair. 1 asked your legis-
lature to pass an act prohibiting this,
but they paid no attention to it. and
the evil continues to exist.
You should have fiat rate Of two
cents per mile on all railroads for
passenger travel. This was advocated
by me in my message to your legis-
lature in 1911 and 1912. but nothing
was done towards remedying the sit
uation. The railroads are getting
richer and richer every day, and 1t
would be no hardship upon them to
ride people for two cents per mile.
They are already riding the rich man,
who is able to purchase a thousand
mile book, for two cents per mile, so
why should they not also ride the poor
man, who has to take an occasional
trip, at the same rate?
favor biennial sessions Of the gen.
eral assembly, and think the last ses-
sion is the highest proof Of it's need.
1 am in favor of literally support
ing the old Confederate veterans.
The free school system Of the state
should be built up so as to allow every
white child in South Carolina to re-
ceive a good common school educa-
ton. I am absolutely opposed to COM
pulsory education, and the white peo-
ple's taxes being used to educate ne
groes
Spoke to Legislature.
All of these matters were called to
the attention Of your general assem-
bly,, and as the opportunity presents
itself at the various campaign meet
ings will be taken up and discussed
I can scarcely do more than mention
them here, because there are entirely
too many. However, there will be
published and placed in the hands Of
as many Of the people as possible my
veto messages; message upon the
cotton mill merger; message upon the
hosiery mill, within the walls Of the
message relative to your
higher institutions Of learning, and
other papers which were presented, at
various times, to your general assem-
bly,. We can not hope to place these
In the hands Of every citizen, but
shall endeavor to place them In the
hands Of enough men in each COM
that they may be in a posi-
ton to fully inform those who are
willing to know and want the truth.
My book of pardons has already been
all over the state, and
speaks for itself. 1t would be abso-
utely impossible for me, in one
speech, to take up all Of these various
subjects and discuss them; and, as
you know, the newspapers will not
publish my speeches, nor will they
give me fair report; hence, my only
is to discuss such Of these
matters as I can, from time to time,
and to have the others put In such
form that those who wish to see them
may have the oportunity to do so;
and hoping that when my friends re-
ceive them, after reading themselves,
they will pass them around that 9TH
ars may have the opportunity.
Is a Poor Man.
Now, my fellow citizens, / am poor
man; am not able to purchase the
office, and If / was, would
not do so; for, If / can not be elected
governor without having paid at
torney to represent me as campaign
and without hiring men to
run around over this state to work In
my behalf, and to use money for the
purpose of debauching the votes Of my
state, l do not want 1t and would not
have 1t. did not do this to be elected
and shall not do it to be reelected. /
am desirous of seeing what position
certain ministers Of the gospel, and
certain other citizens of our state, who
denounce these things, will take when
they find that it Is being done. Will
they help to keep it secret, and say
to beat Blease," or will they
prove to be the high moralists that
they claim for themselves, and refuse
to be parties to the purchasing OF
votes, the paying of hirelings and the
use of whisky and improper methods
to control our primary?
| have no large corporations behind
me. to contribute to any campaign
fund for me and no CORPORATION Of