The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-09-26

signed, but when he does, position
will be rendered Johnson by the gov
ernor."
Last night Governor Blease was
communicated with by long distance
telephone and the position of Mr.
Floyd was explained to him.
Said Mr.. Floyd is Mistaken.
The governor stated that Mr. Floyd
was mistaken when he thought Col.
Aull retained his position on the hos
pital board. "As soon as Col. Aull
became county superintendent Of ed
ucation,' said the chief executive, che
handed in his resignation and it is on
file in my Office. Afterwards he was
its secretary and was not member.
If you ring up Col Aull, at Newberry,
he will bear me out in my statement.
Continuing, Governor Blease stated
that as soon as Mr.. Floyd takes the
oath of office his membership auto
matically expires; that there are su-
preme court decisions bearing on the
question.
''I think Mr.. Floyd will change his
mind when he has thought over the
matter" concluded the governor.
Appointed by Governor.
The hospital commission is in
charge of the building of the new
State hospital for the insane at State
park, six miles north OF Columbia,
and its members are appointed by the
governor
Following is the letter of Governor
BIease to Mr.. Cormack, Of the Spar
tanburg Herald:
The Governors Position.
September oath, 1913.
Mr.. W. J. Cormack, in care Of The
spartanburg Herald, Spartanburg,
S. S.
Dear ack:-Following con-
versation with you over the telephone
last night:
l herewith enclose you exact copy
of letter of December 30th, 1911, re-
ceived at this Office on the printed pa
per headed: "The Herald and News.
E. H. Aull Co. Job Printing, and my
reply thereto, of January 1st, 1912.
The original letter of Col. Aull is on
file in this Office, and l will be pleas
ed for anyone who may desire to do
so, to inspect it. Also, copy of my let
ter to MIN.
/ will be glad if you would publish
both of these letters in full, in your
next issue, in order to show that Col.
Aull did not violate, nor desire TO
violate, the constitution; and, as one
of my appointees, had he wished to do
so. | most assuredly would not have
allowed him, but would have asked
him 10 have done as he did. However,
Col. AuIl, in his newspaper, for the
last several years, from time to time,
has been fighting this very question:
of people holding two offices in Vio-
lation of tAe constitution,-and he GER
tainly could not, after having taken
the position he did in his editorials,
consistently retain his position on
the State Hospital commission after
having accepted the position as coun-
tv superintendent of education for
Newberry county:
Very respectively,
(Signed) Cole. L. Blease,
Governor.
P. S. The resignation of Mr.. E. H.
>AulI, and the acceptance by Governor
&ease, copies of which Governor
Blease encloses you, were published
in The Herald and News, Newberry, S.
c., in its issue of September 3, 1912,
as the files of that paper show, IN
refutation of the charge that Mr.. Aull,
then county superintendent and a
candidate for reelection, was holding
TWO offices in violation Of tie con-
sttution
Respectfully,
(Signed Jno. X. AuIl
The Letter OF Resignation.
NewberryS S. c., Dec. 30s 1911.
Governor Cole. L. Blease, Columbia,