Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-09
bearer Of the Democrats of the state.

bearer Of the Democrats Of the state.
The speaker was discussing the gov
| ernor's revocation of all commission.
Of notaries public when a voice in tn,
floor interjected the remark: well, h,
got rid Of niggers."
YES" said Judge Jones, there Is
a niger in the woodpile in nearly ev-
erything that Gov. Blease does. Why
could he not have dismissed the ne.
groes and let the white notaries
alone?"
Judge Jones ridiculed the constant
references by the governor to news
paper lies"
"Oh," he said. now these crooks
and criminals do hate newspapers
What honest man fears the press?"
Judge Jones concluded by saying he
wanted the support of the people OF
Charleston. He believed he would have
their help, their good will and their
friendship. He held out his hand to
every man who loved his state, wheth-
er he were high or low, and who was
willing to join him In his fight for good
government. He stood, he said, for
county local option on the liquor ques-
tion with due enforcement of the law.
Help me-" he said, ito a decent ad-
ministration Of the law which I will
have sworn to enforce, and you will get
from me the highest measure of local
self government"
Paid for Favor.
Gov. Blease started out by making a
statement regarding the graft charges
against his chief constable In Charles
ton, Ben H. Stothart. The governor
said he had sought the votes OF
Charlestonians for a state Office in the
campaign of 1900, 1902, 1906, 1908 and
1910, and In all these he owed much OF
what support he got in Charleston to
the influence and labors Of one man
Stothart. So in 1910 when ne was elect
ed governor he bestowed on Stothart
the best position 1t was In his power to
give him. He had stood by Stothart
because Stothart had stood by him. He
was standing by him yet and proposed
to continue in that course. Those who
did not like 1t couldn't help 1t. He was
governor of South Carolina and intend
ed to be governor the rest Of this year,
and the next two years. Gov. Blease
said that as a legislator he had oppos-
ed an effort in which Judge Jones join
ed to put Charleston into "a black
belt" He had made a speech for the
Citadel at the age Of %, when 1t was
feared Ben Tillman would ruin the
dude factory" This speech, he said,
saved the institution at its most peril
Gus moment, according to members of
board Of visitors. He had also allowed
an appropriation to enlarge the Citadel
though he had vetoed appropriations
for other state colleges. He credited
Representative F. M. Bryan and A. w.
Todd of Charleston with doing good
work for the Citadel in this matter.
Judge Jones, the governor declared,
had forgotten to tell Of some votes by
him-which were important to Charles
ton.
He said he believed In local self gov
ernment, yet he had voted to impose on
Charleston the metropolitan police sys-
tenn; he had opposed an amendment
offered by Mr.. Patton Of Richland
when they wanted to search private
homes, strike out the injunction fea-
ture and guarantee trial by jury in the
criminal courts"
"Since he had been on the supreme
court" said the governor, injunction
after injunction had been put on you
Is that local self government? But
have given Charleston liberty OF
thought and freedom of action. Since
have been governor how many wo-
mems trunks have been broken open?
What about high license?" some
body shouted.
Favors High License.
That's what you ought to have
said Gov. Blease. He explained that he
had told the legislature in a message
that the dispensary law ought not to
be forced on Charleston for conditions
here were peculiar. Judge Jones. he
said, had been reading telegram from
Judge Memminger which he had hoped
would be read at this meeting. 1t said
Judge Memminger was sick at the time
Of the Horny court incident. II hope,
said the governor, that Judge Mem
minger read that telegram before he
signed it. He signed one paper that he
did not read and it kept him off the
supreme court bench"
The governor said that at the time
of the Horny court incident Judge
Memminger in person talked with him
over the telephone and said he had nc
court to hold that week or the next
but said not a word about being sick
It was, however, mighty easy for him
to get a sick certificate and fall back
on the pet excuse Of the trickster law
yer.
Judge JONES'" exclaimed the gov
ernor, says he never represented a
railroad. What then was he doing with
free pass when he was speaker Of the
house?"
The familiar charge by Gov. Blease
was made that Judge Jones by his
votes on the Jim Crow car bills had
shown himself to be in favor of social
equality between whites and blacks.
What about the races?" inquired a
voice.
why I used to ride in horse races
when I was boy and If hadn't been
governor I would have come down here
and helped you run some. did come
down and look at your race track and
found it the best managed track
ever saw"
But how about the races next year,
why do like you did last year. Be
men enough to do as you please"
Tho Grace Matter.
Gov. Blease took up the Grace mat
ter. When elected governor, he said
he came to Charleston and offered a
position on his staff to his friend, L. c.
A Roessler of this city Mr.. RoeSSler