The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-02-28
CRITICISED WORK OF GREEN.
PAYMENT OF 81 900 OUT OF CON-
TiNGENT FUND Is TALKED ON.
Members Hold That Money Spent Was
Not Earned-Passcd Over Veto.

Columbia, Feb. 24.-The payment
of $1,000 of the States money to Col.
l.. NJ. Green, appointed special factory
inspector by Gov. Blease, was brand
ed as a farce yesterday morning in
the house.
When the two sections Of the ap-
preparation bill, especially designed
to prevent recurrence of the Fac
tory Inspector" incident, were taken
up in the house yesterday morning
for passage over TO the veto Of Gov.
Blease they precipitated a warm de-
bate.
The governor used $1,000 of his
contingent fund for paying Col. Green
for five months service as special fac
tory inspector last year, after he had
vetoed the appropriation for the two
regular inspectors. Sections 43 and
A were accord 'ngly added to the ap-
preparation bill this year with a view
to preventing the recurrence of the
incident. Both sections were, of
course, vetoed by Gov. Blease.
Section 43 reads: That no executive
officer shall use any Of the contingent
or special funds appropriated to the
department Of which he is the head
for paying for services in discharging
whose compensation was not provided
for by this appropriation act"
Section A reads: THAT the aprpo-
priations made herein for the officers
and employees shall be paid as sala-
ries to the persons holding the posi-
tions designated"
After the purport Of the sections
was explained by Mr.. Browning and
Mr.. Stevenson, and an expose had
been made of the farce of paying
Col. Leon M. Green, special 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 and Industries, the house pass
ed section 43 over the governors We
to by vote Of 80 to IA, and then
passed section Al by a vote of sc to
4.
OF the two voted sections the gCv-
ernor's veto message says:
II disapprove Of sections 43 and
A Of your act, because 1 do not
believe that any section or proviso
should appear in any act after that
which designates when the said act
shall take effect upon its approval"
Mr.. Rembert defended the action
of Gov. Blease in expending $1,000
of his contingent fund for paying Col.
l.. M. Green. Mr. Browning and Mr..
Stevenson branded the appointment
Of the special factory inspector as
farce and waste Of the States
money.
"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 action, he
had appointed "ono Leon Green" as
factory inspector and paid him $1,000
out of tho contingent fund of his Of
flee.
II want to show you how Gov.
Rlcasc's factory inspector spent his
time" said Mr.. Browning. He then
read letter from Col Green to
Commissioner Watson requesting sta
tistics on the cotton mill industry in
Lexington county.
At this juncture. the speaker in
formed Mr.. Browning that his time
had expired under the rule limiting
speeches to one minute.
Mr.. Wander Horst moved to re-
consider the vote on which the house
adopted the one minute rule, as Mr..
Browning, the chairman of the ways
and means committee, certainly ought
TO he allowed time to explain.
Mr.. Sawyer said that even If Mr..
Browning were allowd time to ex-
plain not a single vote would be
changed
Mr. Stevenson declared that now
mat the governors veto of the ap.
preparation for chief game warden
mad been sustained, there was moth
ing to prevent him from appoint
ing Col. L. NJ. Green q special game
warden and paying him out of the
contingent fund of the executive Of