The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-14

Reading the recent letter of Il. l..
Tillman, senior United States sena-
tor from South Carolina, to j. L.
Sims editor of the Orangeburg Times
and Democrat, regarding the Blease-
Jones race. in which the senator ridi-
culed the social equality charge
against Judge Jones and said that the
latter could make good governor
because he was 'eminently qalified."
Judge Jones repeated the offer he
made yesterday at Gaffney to present
500 To the man who should bring
him a bona fide letter or certificate
from Il. r. Tillman" referring IN sim
liar terms to Gov. Blease.
Judge Jones said further that if he
showed himself by his votes on the
separate coach bill to be such very
bad man it was passing strange that
Gov. Blease should have voted for
him afterward for speaker of the
house. should have seconded his NOM
ination for associate justice and
should have voted for him for United
States senator.
One portion of tke governors rec
ord which had not heretofore been
criticised In detail was vigorously at
tackled today by Judge Jones. This
was the governors policy in respect to
acts enacted by the general assembly
at its last session. Judge Jones said
the constitution. article 4, section 23,
required the governor to sign bill il
he approved of 1t and provided that
within three days, failing of his sigma
ture. the measure should become law
anyway unless adjournment Of the
legislature should prevent. The gov
ernor. according to Judge Jones,
should examine carefully every law
passed and sent to him for inspection,
but Gov. Blease. during the recent
session. allowed 172 measures to be-
come laws without either approving
or disapproving them. "Yet this" he
exclaimed. "is your great governor
who discharges SO we'll his sworn du-
ties"
AT the last session Of the general
assembly there were passed, said
Judge Jones. 200 general laws. not
including local and temporary laws.
Out of these 200 measures Gov.
Blease passed upon only IS, APPROX
ing y and vetOing six. Thus the
number of measures enacted at this
session. which became law without
any expression of approval or disap-
proval from the governor was 172
Some Of these were mentioned briefly
by Judge Jones as follows:
No. 500 was an act to REQUIRE car
riers doing business in South Caro-
lima to provide a compartment in one
end OF the coach for the use of wo-
men and especially designed for wo-
men who had children in their charge
to give them place where they could
during their journey retire and give
attention to their children and to af-
ford to female passengers additional
comforts during their journey, the
accommodation now being insuffi-
cient. This act the governor did not
pass on at all but allowed it to be-
come law without his approval or
disapproval.
No. 344 was an act to prohibit cock
fighting. great evil and justly con-
demned. He failed to pass on this act
at all.
No. 354 was an act to prevent delay
in transportation of freight by rail
roads. This act was intended to give
better service to the shipping public
by doing away with certain defects In
the present statute. There was no
action taken on this measure by the
governor.
No. 391 was an act to provide for
certain beneficiary scholarships AZ
Clemson college. This act was in
tended to give scholarships at Glenn
son college to farmer boys only that
Is, To give some of the farmers
chance to get an education at Glenn
son, and provided how they should be
selected to wit, they We're to be
chosen by the county executive COM
mittee or some organized farmers as
ISOLATION and the test was good work
done on the farm by three young men
So strong in his expressions Of good
VIII To the poor people and the farm
er boys. refused to approve this act.
NO. 400 was intended to provide
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