The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-03-06
green IS Shown Up
TAKEN CARE OF At The EXXI EXPENSE ElISSEE
OF The TAXPAYER
BY BY GOVERNOR BLEASE

iBY GOVERNOR BLEASE
The House Of Representatives IN
duiged in Some Very Plain Talk
About Green Being Paid One Thou
sand Dollars of the Peoples Money
! by Biease for One Report.
The payment Of one thousand dol
lars Of the peoples money to L. n.
Green, appointed special factory IN
spector by Gov. Blease, was branded
as a farce Saturday morning in the
House. When the two sections OF
the appropriation bill, especially de-
signed to prevent a recurrence OF the
Factory Inspector" incident, were
taken up in the House for passage
over the veto OF Gov. Blease they
Drecipitated a warm debate.
Gov. Blease used one thousand dol
lars Of his contingent fund for pay
| ing Green for FIVE months service as
special factory inspector last year, af-
ter he had vetoed the appropriation
for the two regular inspectors. Sec
tions 43 and "A are accordingly ad-
ded to the appropriation bill this
year with a view to preventing the
recurrence Of the incident. Both Sec
tons were, Of course, vetoed by Gov.
Blease.
After the purport Of the sections
was explained by Ar. Browning and
31r. Stevenson, and an expose had
been made Of the farce Of paying
Col. Leon 81 Green, especial factory
inspector" $1,000 of the States
money. when he got the statistics In
his report to the general assembly
from the records in the Office OF the
commissioner Of agriculture, COM
merce ond industries, the House
passed Section 4s over the governors
veto by a vote Of 80 to "A, and then
PASSED Section "A by q vote Of sc to
4.
Ir. Rembcrt defended the action
OF GOV. Blease in expending $1,000
of his contingent fund for paying l..
Y. Green. air. Browning and Mr..
Stevenson branded the appointment
|: Of the special factory inspector as a
farce and waste OF the State S
money.
When the veto of Sections 43 and
"A were taken up, Mr.. Browning said
that in 1911 Gov. Blease had vetoed
the appropriation of $4,000 for TWO
factory inspectors as useless, and his
veto had been sustained by the
House. Then, in the face of his &C
ton, ne had appointed "one Leon
Green" as factory inspector and paid
him $1,000 out OF the contingent
fund Of his office.
II want to show you how Gov.
Blease's factory inspector spent his
time," said Mr. Browning. He then
read a letter from Col. Green to
Commissioner Watson requesting STA
iistics on the cotton mill industry in
Lexington county.
Mr.. Browning then read letter
, from Commissioner Watson transmit
ting the statistics on the Lexington
county cottcu mills to Green. He
also read letter from Gov. Blease' 5
factory inspector to the commissioner
Of agriculture, commerce and indus
, tries, requesting mill statistics in
Richland, NewberTy, Union, Orange
burg and other counties, and the re-
ply Of Commissioner Watson trans
mitting to Green the information ask
ed.
Only once did the Governors fac
tory inspector have any trouble In
getting secondhand information
from the Commissioners Office, it ap-
;: Deared from the correspondence reao
by Mr.. Browning. This was when
Col. Green asked for child labor sta
tistics in certain mills, which the law
does not allow Commissioner Wat
son to make public.
Mr.. Browning said that the statis-
tics contained in Green's report were
| mi nr1n nI-
Watson's report. This report from
L. N. Green, appointed special fac
tory inspector By Gov. Blease, cost
the State Of South Carolina the sum
of $1,000" concluded Mr.. Browning.
Mr.. Rembert defended Gov. Rlease
He said, though, that he knew none
Of the details OF the affair nor did he
know how Green had gotten his sta
tistics. But, be this as it may" said
| Mr.. Rembert, "even if the Governor
| cid throw away $1,000 for Green, u
i is fact that His Excellercy turned
back the larger part OF his contingent
fund into the State treasury"
| Mr.. Stevenson said that at the last
session Of the General Assembly Gov.
Blease had vetoed the appropriation
for two factory inspectors on the
grounds that they were useless. But
! His Excellency went ahead and Great
ed factory inspector just the same
whom he paid out Of his contingent
fund" added Mr. Stevenson.
He paid one Of his political press
agents 81 900 to- reports which this
Individual got from the Commissioner
OF Agriculture. Commerce and Indus
tries" declared Lr. Stevenson.
''Now, these two sections of the
! ar37opriation bill, which the Govern
or has vetoed, prohibit His Excel