The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-03-11


ed there was no use to Try to retain
This, as the allowance for the white
TAI. had called. .iic vo. stood "a to
Is in sustaining the veto.
Next came the veto ON $1,000 for
the South Carolina Poultry Associa.
ti"n. Mr.. Welch made a valiant fight
Tor the chickens. but when the state
FaIr lost its State support the under
standing was quite general that all
these outsiders should stand together
au0 there was no factional lines in
the voting. The Poultry Association
failed to set It's money over The veto
by vote of G3 90 -, the majority
voting TO sustain the veto. TO be con-
sistent.
The governor vetoed The item o.
$521.70 for the pay Of the stenogra-
piers, clerks. sergeant-at-arms ana
witnesses in the asylum investigation.
The veto was on the ground that the
investigation had done no good and
failed in its work. Mr.. Stevenson,
Mr.. Hunter, Mr.. Lilies. and Mr.. Wander
Horst defended tr expenditure. The
largest item Of this exepnse was for
stenOgraphers. No fees, of course,
were paid members for their work.
There were only ten who voted to
sustain this veto. they being: Messrs.
j. w. Ashley. Former. Holley. Mix
son, M. c. Harrelson, Murray. Nelson,
Robertson, w. w. Scott and Sum-
mers. The vote stood 81 to 10.
Mr.. Long. Of Aiken, made a vigor-
Gus fight to retain the $400 for q
monument to Mckay Merriweather.
who lost his life in the Hamburg riots.
Mr. c. Wyche opposed building O!
monuments out of public funds and
cited Calvin Crozier, whose monument
was built BY private subscription. This
same should be done for the Merri-
weather monument, he urged. Mr..
DeLaughter, the originator of the
Merriweather monument idea, made a
most eloquent appeal for the iund
II was brief but was unquestionably
one Of the most remarkable appeals
made in years. SO pathetically did he
picture the loss Of this young life In
the cause Of white supremacy. The
speech won by vote Of IS to 1 and
Mr.. DeLaughter thanked the members
for the vote.
The next item was the joker. Ii
WAS funny and at the same time Sc
rious. Here Is what the governor had
to say in his veto:
II disapprove Of Section Al, that
IN anticipation Of the taxes hereinbe-
fore levied, the governor and the
state Treasurer and the Comptroller
Genera he. ana they are hereby en-
powered TO borrow on credit of the
state so much money from time to
time as may he needed to meet
promptly 1T maturity and SO forth
provided the sum borrowed shall not
exceed the sum OF 100000.
You Scntlcmcn know the feeling
which exists hetwccn the governor
and the state Treasurer and tho
Comptroller General. You are aware
OF the trouble that WIS experienced
IN 1913 in reference To this matter
and again ask you not to place me
n the same position, and l appeal
10 my friends to sustain me in the
veto"
Now. those who have kept check
on the situation thought it just as
well TO let the governor have his way
and his appeal to his friends to sus-
tain his veto was unavailng, for they
generally saw trouble when The OPP
position thought it we'll 70 let the
governor do the states financing this
summer, having vetoed the usual item
by which funds are raised TO pay the
'NNNN y operating cNpcllScS uNtlt tdNG'
are paid. The veto was sustained as
asked for by vote of 40 to 3S-the
40 being to override the veto so as to
provide for the borrowing. The usual
machinery for borrowing money is
cut out of the bill on the veto; there
may be other machinery. This fin
ished the house work on the apprO-
priation act.
The cutting out Of Section II rela-
tive to borrowing money may or may
not be protected by tho statute per-
mitting the State to borrow 100000.
The Code which is an old law, does
not provide for pledging taxes as does
the vetoed section. 1t places the
borrowing in the hands Of the same
officials to whom the governor objects.
That the State must borrow this sum-
mer. or not meet Its current expenses.
pensions and support Of public insti-
tutions. Is certain. How this Ia to be
Il l.