Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-03-04
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Governor Blease Reviews the Situa
tion and Expresses Himself as Sat
isfIed,

Governor Blease Reviews the Situa-
tion and Expresses Himself as Sat-
isfied.
Columbia, March 3.-When asked
for a statement as to what he thought
of the session Of the legislature just
ended, Governor Blease replied:
Il am very much delighted, person.
ally, with the work of the legislature
Just closing. While admit that some
have liked to see them go, yet, taking
the session as a whole, l have no COM
plant The most serious regret have
is the loss of the fight for the one-mill
common school tax. The bill passed Is
a useless one, and will be of little as
sistance. OF course I regret very much
that taxes were not reduced, but pre-
sumo the legislators voted as they
thought their constituents wanted
them to vote, and each man Is respon-
sible for his own individual acts.
promised on the stump to make fight
for the reduction Of taxes. I did my
part. No man from the highest official
to the most humble citizen Of the state
can point to me and say that / failed
to carry out single platform promise
! made, I presume the senators anu
representatives are prepared TO take
care of themselves at home on their
various positions, and I have no COM
ment to make.
was a great victory for me. That ana
the adoption of my recommendation
making the Charleston Medical college
a state institution puts distinctive
mark upon my administration, and
gives II a place In the history OF the
state superior to that Of any other
administration in matters Of human
ity-relieving those who would suner
by the hosiery mill and placing the
medical college in a position 70 turn turn
to help the sick and afflicted in the fu-
ture.
True to my promise, vetoed COM
pulsory education, and had the pleas
ure of gently chastising Stevenson,
Carlisle, Hall and Haynesworth, In
matters which were dear to their
hearts, and, by misnomer, called local
legislation, but which were measures
that felt involved principles which
would be hurtful to the entire state:
aside from the items vetoed In the
appropriation bill, vetoed seventeen
measures during the session. only
four of these were passed over my
veto, and one Of these was the State
Agricultural society measure, which
requested should be passed over my
veto.
politically with the people than ! was
at the beginning Of the general as
sembly. I base this upon letters re-
ceived from all over the state, and
from personal expressions made TO
me-"
what about the Rembert episode?"
the governor was asked.
WELL" he replied, Il saw George
this morning at the barber shop, ano
after shaving, we walked down street
together, and can assure you ina.
there is absolutely no break-merely
one of those little things that will
happen, he either misunderstanding
ihe provisions of the bill which finally
passed, or misunderstanding me In my
position. I am satisfied that he did
not mean to misrepresent me, and OF
course everybody knows that woulo
not misrepresent or inture him. ste
venson, his old-line political opponent
as we'll as mine, made a pretty snre"d
move to bring about breach between
Rembert and myself and our friends,
but Rembert was shrewd enough 10
checkmate Stevenson and not allow
him to gain what he desired In TINS
respect. II Stevenson's resolution mao
been passed, some Of my friends might
possibly have turned against Rembert,
thinking that Rembert and his friends
had attempted to reflect on me; and II
II had not passed, Rembert and MS
friends might have felt very much
hurt that some Of my friends did not
vote their confidence in him. 1t was
pretty smooth little move on the part
of the Seaboard, but Engineer Rem
bert sidetracked the engine before she
got well under steam, and the track
was not even shaken"