Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-16

| to get you out OF tnere tndn IL WdS W
; get In yourself.
TT has been very cold here-the
longest spell of cold weather that we
have ever had here. I see the south
has also experienced cold weather so
suppose you got some OF 1t.
Jake has not been feeling well for
few days-has had to have the doctor
three times. Today he Is In bed. Doc
tor says trouble with his heart and a
bad cold.
"Ciara Mac is on her way back from
the south: stopped off at st. Louis to
visit. Will be home in a week or so.
She had a fine trip.
"Grandpa is not so we'll again, and I
am afraid mama will have to go to
look after him, but hope she won't
during this cool weather.
Take good care Of yourself. Maybe
the governor will be letting you out
one Of these days, when you are least
expecting it. ,
i Must close now. Nettle.
| Interurban Deal.
The following is an excerpt read on
the stand by Fielder from the five
hours dictagraph record alleged to
have been taken in the Finch Hotel,
Spartanburg, during a conversation be-
| tween "Mr. Porter" and Nichols:
"The only thing I have done since
Blease has been governor that caused
a lot of comment was In this bill that
was I'D for franchises to the interur-
ban railroad from Spartanburg, Green
wood to Charlotte. was representing
the Southern Power company; which
was the same thing. I drew up the
bill giving these powers and there was
quite a lot of lobbying to get 1t
through. It was only carried by about
three votes, just barely enough.
"Of course, Blease signed 1t, but l
had a hell Of time getting him to do
1t. I got up to Spartanburg and the
| first thing l knew they told me that
II was rumored about that Blease had
said that he was going to veto 1t. We
| had an awful time getting 1t passed;
| lust passed by about three votes, and
| If Blease vetoed it, 1t would take
two-thirds vote to carry 1t over his
head. We only carried 1t by three
votes.
| "I went over there, said Blease has
not vetoed that bill, he merely said ne
thought he would veto 1t. He hasn't
acted. I will call him up over long
distance phone. I called him up over
the phone and said to him:
| Governor, what about that interur-
ban bill? We had an awful lot OF
trouble getting that through the
house."
He says: I am going to veto the
damn thing I says: oh, don't fly off
your nut I said: Wait minute l
says: I want to talk that bill over
with you before you finally act on 1t
one way or the other. I want you to
hold the matter in allegiance until you
hear from me. OF course, don't want
you to do anything you oughtn't to do,
but want you to give me a hearing on
the matter
He says I don't mind hearing you,
but don't want to do q thing for that
crowd that is trying to get 1t through
He was sore on that crowd, you know;
so I says: will come up on the first
train. Don't veto 1t until L can get
there He says: I will hear you on
it. but l tell you frankly, Sam, I think
will veto it. I says: All right, it's
up to you. You are governor, but /
am going to explain our side OF the
proposition
$50 I went to Columbia. Everything
was up in the air. He had told me ne
would not do anything with 1t until
he heard from me- So i went and saw
the governor. Abney was ieaoins
counsel for the Southern railroad. He
was Blease's cousin and lived In the
governors mansion. / says: Blease,
here Is the situation. Don't veto 1t.
| You are either doing this thing for one
of two things; you are either trying to
take a shot at Smythe, or somebody
has approached you representing the
Southern railroad. Now. those are the
| two things we have got confronting the
road, and after had talked with him
half an hour he saw which proposition
was the stronger. SO we went into
executive session, you might call It..
| Il stayed there four days with him,
and Cole told me every morning, I Will
let you know in the morning whether
| will sign it. Then he said, I won't
sign it, 1 had an awful time about 1t.
Finally we got through and 1 said:
| Cole, are you going to sign that?' He
said: No, l am not going to sign it,
| and l says: When are you going to
sign it or veto it?' He says: can't
| sign it. / says, want to tell you,
| Cole, people who fought you are CIV
ing me hell for supporting you. If you
don't sign this bill, I'll be damned If 1
don't raise hell
What does it mean to you, Sar. II
sign it?"
THAT doesn't matter a damn. That
don't make a damn bit Of difference. If
i
| and you refused to sign 1t, that would
| be a different matter"
| But you didn't put 1t up to me that
way. You put it up as matter of
right and wrong"
| II says, what does 1t mean to me
personality l says, to me personally 1t
means about $4,000 a year. That's
about what it means to me- says, but
that has nothing to do with it. l just
want to tell you that you are refusing
to sign it for one Of two reasons
which one don't know. You are eth
er refusing to sign it because you don't
like Lewis Parker, Smythe or Smith,
| and you are trying to fay them over
the head, and in so doing you are f1ay-
ing the best friends you have ever had.
| You have lost sight of the fact that
YOU can't beat their brains out with
| out beating our brains out. You are
| either doing it for that or you are be-
ing paid by the Southern railroad for
not signing it. That is the situation.
~ got my hat and walked out of the
office. walked through his private
office into the general office. He says,
Come back here minute. Come IN
and bring this G. damned railroad
bill. l am going to sign 1t to get rld
of the damn thing"
Detectives Story.
| In the course Of Reeds testimony
the following was given as statement
made by Henry n. Porter" on June
20, 1912. in the city of Washington, ID.
IC. This statement purports to cover
a conversation between Samuel j.
Nichols and Henry n. Porter, in Room
AL, at the New Willard Hotel, be-
tween the hours of 1880 P. M. and
135 p. M. 1t is stated that the con-
versation taking place between the
hours above mentioned was recorded
by stenographic notes by George W..
Rcik. he recording this conversation
by the use of dictagraph in the ad-
joining room, No 440. Following Is the
statement:
!. "At this time I was in Room All
when a rap came to the door. | step
ped to the door and looking out saw
Samuel ]. Nichols. of Spartanburg, >.
c., and a stranger knocking at the
door of Room 440 | called to Mr..
Nichols and asked him and his friend
to come in. They entered my room.
No AL. In the adjoining room was a
stenographer named George w. Reik,
operating q dictagraph. The transmit
ter of this dictagraph was in Room
A11 and tho wires ran TO Room 44O.