The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-06-27
IMPEACH GOVERNOR
SAYS MAYOR GIBBES
Report to City Relative to the Dis
pensary Conditions in Rfchland
County.

figures are entered showing the work
of Governor Ansel's constables, Gov
ernor Blease's constables and the
police of the city.
Two recommendations are contain
ed in the report, one that legal steps
be taken to restrain the paying of
such ccnstables as the governor de-
clares were appointed by reason of
the conviction of his negro chauffeur
and another recommendation in the
same paragraph that the governor
he impeached before the Legislature
for malfeasance in office.
The report was debated at length.
Councilman Earle introduced 6 reso-
luton to the effect that the report
be received as information. Support
ing this resolution were Councilmen
Earle and Blalock, while Councilmen
keenan,, Stieglitz and Mayor Gibbes
voted against it.
Council unanimously adopted Coun-
Gilman Stieglitz' resolution covering
that part of the report which recon-
mended that the delegation, trustees
and council demand access to the
books of the county dispensary board
and if necessary have monthly audit.
Mayor Gibbes introduced the fol-
lowing resolution, which was unani-
mously carried:
"That the matter of taking care of
the citys interests in connection with
the order of the governor to the dis
pensary board to pay the profits ac-
cruing to the city of Columbia under
the law from the dispensary business
(said order being addressed to the
Richland dispensary board be re-
ferred to the legal department with
instructions to take such measures as
may be proper in the premises.
The report to council was as fol-
lows:
Gentlemen: AS committee of one
authorized to investigate the matter,
give you below a digest of dispen-
to sary conditions in Richland county,
to the doings of constabulary and po-
lice for the past three years and five
months.
The original reports and documents,
complied by Mr.. T. T. Talley and
Chief Clerk Hughey, and checked by
the chief of police are on file.
By Governor Anseps constables,
one year-191O:
Salaries and expenses of consta-
bles, $2,3S4. so; three convictions,
fines, $500; convictions by police, 64;
fines, $1,000.
By Governor Blease's constables,
1911, 1912 and five months of 1913.
Salaries ad expenses of consta-
bles, S16,19025; nine convictions
fines, $1,4OO; or an average Of three
convictions and fines of $559.3O at an
average cost of s6,699.36 for consta-
bles per annum.
BY police for same period; 256 con-
victions; fines, $6,OO5; or an average
of s3,31236 per annum.
The contraband good seized and
delivered by the police for the above
periods were valued at $2,9O2.91, as
shown by our receipts. Similar, de-
liveries by constables will be found
far less.
The constables controlled the whole
county and city and the police only
the city proper.
Where are city, county or schools
receiving value for these tremend-
ously increased constabulary ex-
penses, part of which the governor
declares are placed upon US by rea-
son of the conviction of his negro
in defense of whom he did
not even appear before court as a
witness?
/ recommend that we apply for an
Injunction against the payment of
salaries to such constables as the ex-
ecutive declares he appointed for that
reason, and that we impeach him be-
fore the legislature for malfeasance
in Office.
I will make oath that the present
governor asserted to me week or
ten days before his first inauguration
that he intended todisch