The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-17
PASS OVER VETO
State Senate Has's The Ssaie DisDsHsa:y
Further Investigated
REQUEST OF GOVERNOR

Be Passed, Blease Changed Hi
| Mind WheE It Vas Passed by tn,
Legislature, and Instead Of s1gn
ing Vetoed the Bill.
The act providing for the investi
cation Of the govern or, the attorney
general and the WiIding-up commits
sion Of the old State dispensary, tha
the governor vetoed, was passed ovel
his veto in the senate Wednesday BY
a vote of So to 3, and was sent to the
house for further consideration
There was much acrimonious anc
caustic debate Oh what one senator
termed ga slap in the face of every
member on the floor of the senate
H. B. Carlisle, senator from Spar.
ianburg county, opened the debate
on the bill. He sad that the bill.
was introduced at the instance Of the
governor to take the stain off the
character Of those whom he accused
After its passage, the governor saw
fit to veto it. He said that ". H
fStewart, senator from York county
had informed him tnat certain sec.
ton OF the bill was obnoxious to the
governor and if tnls was eradicated
he would sign it. This was elini.
mated, but notwithstanding this as
surance the bill was vetoed.
Robert Lide, senator from Orange
burg, doubted that there was pres.
ent necessity for an Investigation
The dispensary has long held the po-
litical limelight in this State, and he
for one would like to see j: eliml-
mated.
Niels Christensen, senator from
Beaufort, said that the members OF
the winding-up commission stood IN
der the stigma Of an accusation, and
he thought that they should be given
a chance to pass from under it. The
senate would not be just to itself if
it did not give these men chance TO
be investigated. He said that these
men were conscientious in that they
did their duty as they saw it.
W. J. Montgomery, senator from
Marion, said that the charges pre-
terred by the governor stand, and
that they should either be proved o..
disproved. Until then the winding
up commission will stand with a stain
on their characters.
W. L. Mauldin. senator from
Grenville, did not want to enter the
germ-laden atmosphere" Of the dis
pensary, but the charges are such
that no honest man would want to
stand under them. It would be cow
ardly for the senate to refuse them a
hearing.
LeGrand G. Walker, senator from
Georgetown, said that the members
Of tre senate are the representatives
of the people Of the State, and that
the appointees on the Investigating
committee are the servants OF the
senate. Shall they let the impression
stand that they and the president OF
the senate know not what they do?
Shall it be said that the senate dared
to appoint "whitewash body?" The
senate must give these men chance
to clear themselves.
Macbeth Young, senator frrm Un-
ion, said that the men who are ac-
cused by the chief executive of the
State are honorable men, men who
can rot rest under the charges as
are preferred. They should be given
a chance to clear themselves. The
governor demanded that the bill be
passed, and when it was he vetoed
it.
The message sent by the governor
is slap in the face Of every senator
On the floor OF the senate, Mr.. Young
declared In the parlance Of the
street the governor Of the State has
as good as said that the president OF
the senate and the lieutenant gov
ernor Of the State had given him a
"cold deck" and had Stacked the
cards against him. His appointees
are honorable men, yet he claimed
that they would be biased. 1t is
incumbent on the senate to give him
a fair trial. Sores must be opened
to let out the fetid matter.
F. II. Weston. senator from Rich
land, reading the message OF C. L.
Blease. governor Of South Carolina,
said that the senate could rot sus-
tain it's self-respect it it sustained the
governor IN this measure. He de-
sired, as a member Of the senate, to
support the governor in every way
possible if he could conscientiousIy
do So But in this case it is impos-
sible. The charges made are grave
and must be either proved or re-
jected.
Louis Appel, senator from Clar.
endon. said that he had written sew
eral editorials outlining his position
against Blease, and that he then said
that if Blease could, in any way, show
his reasons for vetoing this bill, anG
if they We're well-grounded he would
support him.
After the debate. on motion Of
Senator Carlisle, the bill was put tc
a vote to be passed over the COVER
nor's veto, the result being as fol
lows:
Teas-J. D. Alderman, Louis An.
relt, Geo. =. Bates, y. 3. Black. Il 2
Carlisle. \. Christensen. J. II. C!if
ton, T. G.. Croft, D. N. Crossoa, z. c
Epps, J. II. Forrest. E. r. Girn, J