Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1912-08-22

journal etc. - II understand
who prits your House Journals, and
I am not at all surprised that errors
continue to occur, while I understand
the Senate Journal is printed by an
other party and such errors do not
appear therein" The reference was
due to the fact that the State COM
pany was printing the House Journal
but the incorrect spelling had been
done by a typewriter in the house.
These are only fair samples. He
started out with majority favorable
to him in the house, but by hectoring
and scolding them and finally by
sending a message which was not
only unfit to print, but which was
a insult to the House, he alienated
the members until twenty members
was the full measure of his following
in the House and about five in the
Senate.
Refused to Make Appointments.
He again refused to make the ap-
pointments recommended by the Sem
ate, and in defiance of the Supreme
Court and all law and precedent
overrode the recommendations Of
the Senate and appointed those called
his friends. Now, can man be
right when he starts out with the
power of the governors office and the
dignity going with it, and with the
majority of the legislature favorable
to him, and winds up after year OF
domineering, scolding and hectoring
with S5 per cent. of both Houses
against him and every member of the
State administration opposed to him?
Is he right and everybody else wrong?
Does perfection abide in him and fool
ishness and knavery with the balance
of the government?
Again, he lost the confidence Of the
house when he talked so loudly of
economy, actually telling them in ad-
vance that they would need two-thirds
vote for large appropriations and af-
forwards tried to help through the
State house job of million dollars,
giving his friend Todd of Charleston
in his sworn statement before the
committee (page LOAF, House Jour-
nal, 1929; 81 said, that If the legis-
lature of South Carolina adopted
Todd's plans Iapd .passa>o> .hjl1nfa
e1np1ste II h0sss !!
tn those plans we would have the
finest State capitol Of any State in
the union, and it would give me pleas
ure to sign the bill. I say that to-
day, sir; and if the legislature will
20 up stairs and pass it will take on
my hat to them as having done, in
nv opinion, the best thing that they
have done for South Carolina since
they have been members Of the leg
islature." And this was the bill to
spend S1,OOO,OO0 on the State house,
100000 to go to his friend Todd OF
Charleston as architects fees. This
shook the confidence of the legislature
in his sincerity in his professions of
economy.
Again. when the Legislature was
ready to adjourn he sent word by his
friend Applet that he had sent all bllls
to the secretary of states office to be-
come law except one or two, which he
would dispose of in certain manner
The legislature was about to adjourn
when a member called attention to the
fact that if it did so not one OF the
hills would be a law until the second
1av of the term next January. That
The county supply bills would be no
good. and many other important
measures would be hung up until next
year. Did he know this and set a
ran for the general assembly? They
thought so and were forced to stay in
session three more days to insure all
Ellis becoming law. 1t developed that
he bill aboishing the dispensary COM
mission and separating it from $2S,-
200 which it was spending. doing
u.nr NOT even sent to the sec