The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-01-24

that report TO the Atlanta Journal. The
Atlanta Journal published it as it was;
the News and Courier garbed it so
as TO mislead the people of South Ca
rolina into believing that AN Trying
! to prevent the military companies
from going TO Washington, Gentle
men, have never been anywhere |
Nas not Invited if | know it; | have
never been anywhere that | was not
wanted that l know of, and if l had
) been, as soon as l found it out would
have left, and l do not propose to go to
Washington and let Cuban mixed
! breed assign me to humiliating posi-
ton, possibly so that when they march
: up street people would be saying there
! is the governor of South Caro!Ia. pos
sibly marching behind negroes. No;
won't do it. That shows you what
newspapers do, and how fair they are.
AS to PardOning People.
Now, gentlemen, have b;en severe
ly critized for pardoning people. l
just want to show you that l am not
done yet.
Listen here:
State of South Carolina-Office Of
Superintendent of Penitentiary. Co.
lumbia, S. c., Jan. IS, 1913.
'To His Excellency, Cole. L. Blease,
governor: We the undersigned mem
bers of the South Clron.a GENIAL
assembly, do earnestI; psay t-lat yo.'
parole Fannie Cooper, ~: go0u
behavior, from Darlington .oun.. Al
so We earnestly recon-. e. la. -.
have Sudie Jones transferred from the
pententiary to the asylum for the in
sane. All of which is respectfully
submitted. (signed). C. D. Fortner, N.
C. Creech, E. NJ. Fripp, H. F. Harrel-
son, J. P. DeLaughter, w. S. Rogers,
/ Ir., A. NJ. Hiott.
Now, that shows you, gentlemen,
that, with all the pardoning l have
done, your legislature can come down
here and in a fiftean-minutes' walk
find where other people ought to be
out of the penitentiary. How do you
expect me to stop it?
As to Bonding Companies.
Now, gentlemen, l suppose you nave
noted that l had no prepared speech
have simply said, in rambling way,
some things that l thought should be
called to the attention of you gentle
men today. There is one other matter,
and that is the matter of bonds, and
I shall have finished. You gentlemen
ought to pass a law prohibiting any
bonding company from carrying more
than a certain amount of the bonds
Of the county or State officials of your
State. There is bonding company in
your State, which, l understand, has
500 900 capital, which is possibly
worth $4,000. That company Is on
the bonds today OF very large num-
Der of the. county and State officers
of South Carolina. Now, gentlemen
! | say that is not right. The American
Bonding Company sent me a bond tor
the State Treasurer of 100000. l sign
ed it after investigation with Attor-
new General DeBruhl. The American
Bonding Company sent me some other
bonds. I signed them. Then the A
merican Bonding Company sent me
some other bonds, and | turned them
down. Why? Because believed the
State trtasul ar's bond of $4,000, with
these other bonds which had alreauy
approved, gave that bonding company
all the responsibility South Carolina
should have it carry. In the Gulf ano
Atlantic States Company they sent me
bond after bond l approved some OF
them, but l do cot believe company
with only 100000 capital has any
business being on the bond OF every
county treasurer in South Carolina
Now, I turned a good many of them
down. Some people said it was poll
tics. l turned down the bond OF Soil
otter Gunter, whom appointed TO tine
Office of solicitor. and whom the people
unanimously reelected. l turned
down the bond of Solicitor Albert T.
Hill. and l do not think anybody
not even Otts-wou1d say that Albert
IL. Hill was not Blease man. That
shows you it was not a matter OF poll
tics. but matter of business, and
you ought to look into it. Your coun-
ty treasurers will come up to take
charge of their Offices on the flrst OF