The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-01-14
Governor BLease's Annual Message
To The South Carolina Legislature

, with fairness and with justice ard 10
! do that only which is the w!ll OF ny
Heavenly Father, and 1 pray to him
daily to guide and direct me-, that
may do that which is for the commoh
good of the people of my State. and
accomplish the purposes .or which He
! has given me my life! For What
have done in the past, wEeneve:' il may
have been, or wherever it may have
been, 1 have no apologies to offer 20
any nan or set of men, and no excuses
to make
beg leave to reiterate my inaugural
address of 1911, my annual message
Of 1912, and each and every message
| which l have sent to the general as
ssembly since l have been governor,
and to ask you to read each one of
them, and give them your careful con-
sideration, laying aside any personal
or political feeling that you may have
towards me; and in course Of thismf
towards me; and in the course of this
message, in making certain recommen-
dations for your consideration, shall
refer you to my message to the last
general assembly, in order that if you
desure the information, you may Sc,
cure it, and, further, in order to save
making this message too long and
tedious.
4 Word to the New Members.
There has been. in the past, in vogue
in the house of representatives, a rule,
or system, by which new members
have been caught and sometimes de-
ceived, viz: Committeeman, when
they go into their room for organiza-
ton, are presented by some member
with resolution to the effect "that
this committee discuss all measures
before us among ourselves, that we
take vote in the committee room,
that the minority shall be bound by the
action Of the majority, that the report
shall be unanimous, and that the min
ority shall support, upon the floor of
the house, whatever the bill or appro-
priation may be, SO as to present in
the house an undivided committee" :"
Now, new members, I warn you thar
you may not be caught by this little
subterfuge in your committee room.
Your constituents at home do not
know of the discussions and the action
in your committee room; these arr rot
published and are not presented to the
people. But your vote in the house
is recorded in the public Journals and
when you go home AMI Your people
say, 81 see you voted for such and
such large appropriation, ycu say,
ooh, yes, but I voted aeai@st it III
the committee" your people cannot
understand this, and ycur opponents
turn it to your disadvantage, tnd they
should; for it is not whtt YOU do il
the committee, but it is what VI Go
on the floor of the house and your
votes in public session. thai eaTry the
appropriations and maize the laws.
The majority of your colaal'ttc, may
be six; if it be a commiLtea OF eleven,
the other five have their 'Iands tied by
those six; when you go into the house
an appropriation may carr by oa;y
three or four votes, and if those five
minority members had stood on the
floor of the house as they stood in the
committee, that appropriation could
not carry, or the bill could not pass,
and the people of South Carolina
would be saved the increase in their
taxes
/, Now, new members, you have ben
warned; it is a matter for you to act
upon, and the final arbiter will be
your constituents, who are looking to
you to represent th3n md their in
terests.
South Carolina Prosperous.
Our State has prospered wonder
fully in the past twelve months. -Four
millions of dollars haze ccnle i. as in
vestments in cotton nils altne, as
will be shown by th> reports. Thu re-
port of the secretary of state will show
a large increase in the investment of
capital in many other enterprises of
various kinds; and the receipts 81 his
office from charter fees will give s0!ne