Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-06
TO HELL WITH
 THE CONSTITUTION Gov. Blease Again Electri- fies Governors Confer
 ence at Richmond.
DIVORCES DISCUSSED
Governor of Nevada Defends the Di- yOrce Laws of His State and Says
 They Will Be Adopted.

R chmond Va, Dec. 5.--The un- qualified declaration by Governor Blease, of S&uth Carolina, that Jack Johnson would long go have been lynchel without executive interter- ence n his state; t.e statemenc of Miss Kate Bernard, of Oklahoma, that five thousand children die annually
 Il the United States from ehe effects of the glass factories alone and Governor OGdies' discussion of he divlrcta problem, in which he said that nIanriage is a question of eugen ics, not of sentiment or rel zion, were some of the sparks which electrified the f!ftl annual Governors confer ence Iere today.
 Governor Blease's CTam-tlc apprOv- al of lynch law came during pie dis cuss'on which followed tae reading fl Governor Oddie3' CNev2;lO paper. As rbe South Carol ma executive hsd previously shocked the conference. when on Tuesday he defended Judge Lynch,' the big crowd was ready and eager to go through the same eXper- ience' again. They were not disap- po,nteG.
 eff there is my disgrace to Ameri- can cilization ana 10 Amer can wo- ann3od," commenced Governor Blease, ''it is the sa'e of our women for foreign titles. Next in order of .sgracefulness is l'ae nprecedented number of divorces which have re- gently been granted in the Uni,ed States. There is gnd can be no di- vorce ill my state (applawse.) South Carolina ~aeknow wledges the inviolable sanctity of the marriage ties tsmd, had that negl'c who boasts of his supremacy with his fists, made the advances to the wh te' girl in South Caroiiml that he did in Illinois ne would have met ulat immediate and summary punishment which brutes of his color and stamp deserve. There Woul1 have been no interference from higher autholit es either"
 Here Governor Carey, of Wyoming. interrupted to ask:
 Did you not in taking the office swea' to uphold and protect the con- stitutlon of South Carolina?'
 Raging with anger the South Caro- Ina Governor shouted: "I will tell you as l told the people of my state before 1 YVES reelected, that if the constitution comes between me and mp .luty as a protector of white wo- men--then to hell with the constitu- lion."
 At the mention of the internal re- gions half the women present arose ',.ff thn hr11 fxy;r 1o~c ii appro1 al of the South Carolinian's language. They returned when a few ncments larer he concluded his remarks.
 Governor Kitchen, of North Caro- lima, then interjected a few words which differ materially from the other speech of the Governor of North Carolina to the Governor of South Cawed ma, and Governor oTenner, of Pennsylvania, had to put vocal oil on the troubled waters to restore peace
 Governor Oddies, Tn his paper which started the trouble, held that the problems of marriage and divorce are purely sociological and that the laws of church or state, which com pels a pure. woman to live with a beastial or diseased husband, is in famous in the extreme. He also up held the present divorce laws of Ne vada as being the best in the coun ny and predicted that all other states would soon have the same regula- tions.
 Governor Oddies was followed by Miss Barnard and Governor Hsdley, of Missouri, and Eberhardt, of Min nesnta, who read papers.
 Tonight the Governors, their w yes and guests attended a reception at the nome of Governor Mann. Tcmor- row they will discuss rural credit and conclude the convention.