The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-02-05
BLEASE COMES BACK
WITH SPECIAL MESSAGE
Declares That Senator Christen.
sens Father Did Command
Negroes.

Columbia, Feb. 4.-GOv. Blease has
sent u special message to the State
senate in which ne says:
noticed from one OF the newspa-
pers the statement, "The Governor in
this message reflected upon the fa-
ther of Senator Christensen" This
statement was In reference to mes
sage No. Ia, TO YOUR body. / noticed
also that the paper stated that you
had held an executive session over
said message. and I heard 1t per-
sistently rumored around that COM
mittee- had been appointed by you to
investigate something in that mes
sage.
n1:'ced in q paper this morning,
special telegram from Beaufort, S.
c., as follows:
"PIsOTEST IS RAISED.
beaufort Board OF Trade Resents
Certain Insinuations
Special to the State.
Beaufort, Feb. 2.-At n called
meeting or the Board of Trade, held
this afternoon, protest was voiced
by that body against iusinuations
made by ia. Governor of South Caro-
lima against the late Capt. n. Chris
tensen, father OF Neils Christensen,
senator from Beaufort county. II was
explained that the meeting was not
held TO express confidence in Senator
christensen, as he was amply able to
hgat mis- cwD battles. The implica-
tions against his father were charac.
terized as pnderhanded ana as mis-
leading TO these who were not &C.
quainted with him. The resolutions
stamp as false and absurd the insin-
untions referred to. The expression
OF esteem for Capt. Christensen made
by the Confederate Veterans of Beau.
fort In 1906 waa endorsed
Itcan put no other construction up-
on these Tumors and this newspaper
dispatch than that the following sen
tenee of Message No. IA Is referred
to, and that the construction has
been put upon it that referred IL
the father of the senator from Beau
fort.
II went on the board and found
there us good men as South Carolina
has eyer produced; and since who hat;
been fl6 captain, or son of the cap.
tatuUof .G'Hesio .comnany in the Tn.
ion army. who led charges with ne
gro troops against the white soidiers
SINCE. lf my itfoi121fitS IL cor.
ref5s &oHel5of ySu and the newspa.
pers and tile Board of Trade of Beau.
fort have construed, tb:K TO. be q
retfssenfe 10 the fathsrk of Senator
Gshr tensens n. beg leave to ianote tt
yott the folio TEX gram: * Il;
ashin ton, !, d. Gu Jan. 81, 1911
Cow Cole. L. Rleasso. & ii..s
iitfSSifpptumbiai s.. s C.d
.s6fRecoras Show onerS Is Ghristen.
senttServed about one ear "a en-
listed lraSBn, NewI, Yotk org on
white troops and asf gsaf ain III ( snr{,.
pany finite 44tha Tlss flt hoiofee
troops about fifteen lnatiis
ipT,,pb GEORGE aiSDS1EWS,
EiutSS tThepAdjt. Ukfi tisal fJ s.
llRtadditioh Co this, 81 Nave Sci IL
formed that the 44th re lime II lnenl
toned in this Telegram hook "a IN
the Battle OF Honey Afll, in Ri
State. and I have haAs4lL fratls isiffaI.
ent sources the. runot lklt flle ftahhr
OF the present senatot tom Beaaf fort
county commanded at Money Hin -
negro company. Certait Iy the taie2
gram of the Adjutant Gsnefas .Sf he
United States shows tfat ne W WA
The captain of a nc company IA
the Union army
u shall say no more u present. bni
If Your coinnlittee bAsira fi,rfheT
information, IL they II hi rs ii mon ms
might have some.i ilnk thai; sysonid
be Of partieHiar tDstrt t is tllsin
as AZ, he's been intim e that hsye
2 klack Of finding ost staines. B
So6R the c0nstrdetiAn 3 Ia t,e
placed upon this sent iee II sIes.
sage No Il. that tho d II IA 81 4 rsl lIle
OF Beaufort and s9IHH y eSfs - 8 { Ps
place upon tt, 1t seen thar fiis 49,
lords of the; War 4 Is
Washington SssI osfs sHiie 4. .F.f. sss,,;s
therefore 1t no ion m iinl s. Iis.s.
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