Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-24
GOVERNORS INAUGURAL.

NO. z.
GOVERNORS INAUGURAL.
Warm Address to Great Crowd of
People.
1t was the hope Of The Enquirer to
print in full today. Governor Bleases
inaugural address delivered last Tues
day; but having failed in faithful
effort to get a copy of 1t in time for
this issue, the best we can do is to re-
produce the following account of the
inaugural exercises from the Columbia
Record:
The message will be printed in full
In our next issue.
, Besides the governor and lieutenant
governor, the following state officers
were sworn in today: s5
Secretary of state-R. M. McCown
who succeeds himself.
| Comptroller general-A. w. Jones,
who succeeSs himself.
t.SoeuSi % l, Sdfler, Wno suc-
ceeds r. II. Jennings.
Superintendent Of education-J. z.
Swearingen, who succeeds himself
Attorney general-T. n, Peepies,
who succeeds ]. Fraser Lyon. ~
Adjutant and Inspector general-W.
w. Moore, who succeeds himself.
Commissioner Of agriculture-E ].
Watson, who succeeds himself. This
officer last year was made elective by
the people. Before II was appcintive.
Mr.. Watson, as provided In the act
creating the office. took oath on the
first Of the year.
Railroad commissioner-J @. Rich
ards. who succeeds himself. Gae
Crowded galleries looked down Tues
day morning on the ceremonies incl
dent to the inauguration Of Governor
Blease and Lieutenant Governor Smith
In the presence of the Joint ssiiembly
of the two houses In the hall OF the
house Of representatives Seuatof p,
senate, presiding over the joint asten-
bly,.
The Joint assembly stood while the
inaugural party made its way to the
speakers stand. Governor Blease
headed the procession walking by the
side Of Senator Appelt, and Following
Just behind, came Lieutenant Governor
Smith walking by the side Of Mr..
George R. Rembert, then the chief JUS
tice and the other state officials. Rev.
N. A. Hemrick, Of Newberry, offered
prayer, following which Magistrate
Caskey of Lancaster administered the
oath Of ohlce to Governor Blease.
In his inaugural address the govern
or said that God had never given any,
man more truer friends than he had
and spoke Of his well known motto,
"Of what shall man be proud II he Is
was making his remarks concerning
his friends the governor held In his
hands the Bible which had belonged to
his father and on which he took the
oath Of office. q
Charge w. Mitchell. :.
The governor said that hin informa-
tion was, that there was 6 fight be-
tween two Of the state colleges, VIM
ed that II had been told to him that
the Peabody body, Of which former
Governor M. F. Ansei Is L member,
had about decided to give Winthrop
college $4,000, when Dr., EitcheH OF
the university, went NORTH III an en-
deavor to get an appropriation from
this fund and said that II the univer-
sity were given 50 much he would be
willing for the balance of the fund to
be used in the education Of negroes.
The governor scored the university
president for this alleged agreement
and called on the general assembly to
investigate the matter. The governor
said this information had been given
him by President d. B. Johnson, OF
Winthrop college and he suggegted
that President johnson be called as q
witness and he said as to President
MitchelPs statement, he understood
that Governor Ansel held signed let
ter from DR.. Mitchell containing this
statement. He said that if this be true.
DR.. Mitchell has no place In the edu-
cational department Of South Carolina.
The governor said that August Kohn.
university trustee, and Superinten-
dent of Education Swearingen could
give information as to this. 80
The governor warned against maxi
ing appropriations for state colleges
In bulk or else 1t would take q two
thirds vote to pass 1t over his veto. He
warned against extravagant appropri-
ations, and urged the members to be-
ware of lobbyists.
Crooked Elections.
IF you want the man lower down
to obey the law, let the man higher up
sustain It." said the governor In re-
ferring to the cry for law enforce
ment. In speaking Of the primary he
referred to the cry Of fraud last sum-
mer and the investigation by the state
committee when none were reported
and said, "The other side had all the
election machinery and they cried
fraud and didn't find any," and said
that IL the legislature desired to make
an investigation he would give them the
names of witnesses and furnish them
with evidence concerning certain vot-
ing precincts in Spartanburg, Green
vile. Orangeburg and Charleston. he
urged the passage Of law opening the
books Of registration In every county
In the state next July and August, 30
as to give every man an opportunity TO
register and then let the legislature
come back next session and they would
then be In better position to pass
upon the matter Of primary reguia'
ton. -,
He scored "aristocrats" and sale
they would applaud the curse words
and vulgar songs Of little Yankee
show girls" but when the governor
OF South Caroline uScu thO w.
"helP' they said "Ain't 1t awful" he
reiterated his well known remarks
about never ordering out military
company to protect a negro who lays
his hands on a white woman. He
scored the press. especially denounc-.
ing the three leading daily papers OF
the state.
The governor advocated the adop-
ton of some regulation concerning
football and read from clippings OF
papers of where certain players were
Injured, quoted headline about,
"Heyward has broken nose.
He referred to the prosperity OF the
state and as to the race track situa-
ton, quoted the law to show that II
was not special act against the
Charleston track, but covered also
betting on elections, turkey raffes
and games Of chance. suppose you
indict all men who bet on the primary
election last summer, would have TO
get some more pardon blanks print
ed" he said, and then gave his posi-
ton on the race track law, betting on
cards, and other forms Of violation.
He said that his attitude was to let
some people swear out warrants and
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