The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-06

! this to message. Gentlemen OF the
! House OF Representatives = have
stood on the outskirts OF your House
and heard my name called in aaTcasm,
ridicIle and abnse. have said moth
ing but once or twice TO attempt in
my feeble way to dictate to some of
NY friends some feeble reply"
Mr.. Stevenson: IF the Governor will
permit until today, have never refer
! rcd 10 him"
Mr.. c. G: Wyc!le: Il think the Gov
crnor ought TO be allow 10 present
his message"
Speaker Smith: "The chair will not
| recognize any member. The Consti-
tuition provides that the only ground
which the Governor himself realizes,
he can be present I'm the House is as
follows: (Reads from Constitution
! Tic chair realizes his Excellency, the
| Governor, is hero for that purpose, and
for that purpose he has right TO
: communicate his message"
"Insults" and GAp0log."s"
Governor Bleage- continuinf' Mr.
Speaker. that member from Chester
| field has stated that he has not during
| this session endeavored to reflect upon
the governor. You, gentlemen, know
whether that statement is true or not;
lie makes 1t as an honorable man and
| must accept IL. II a man insults
you and comes and apologies for the
insult you must accept it or you will
prove yourself not to be a gentleman.
If Il man has done you an injustice
and apologies, he has done all he
can do. 1t is your duty to accept his
apology. When l picked this paper
up tonight and read 1t, and saw the
injustice that had, been done men in
It, would not sit still. and made up
my mind to come on this desk and say
what | had TO say regardless OF the
circumstances or results. The men,
ber from Chesterfield has stated that
paper possibly has not done him jus
tice, and that he has been quoting
from testimony. ",lA
Now gentlen&aRyI do not seek this
matter. The senior Senator from
South Carolina saw to At to reflect on
my friends by attempting to say We
had attempted to sell certain property,
which my friends kept from being sold
Billy lrbv and Howard Moore, both my
good and true friends, stood on this
floor and fought TO sustain my veto,
and IL was sustained by a very small
margin. Those wha are onpesad to
me. men like Mr.. Kibler and MIR. Bel
ser, the authors OF that bill, fought 10
force it over my friends. Now, as to !
that committee, why didn't they find
that Blease. instead of trying to sell
that property was irving To- keep 1t
from being solda' a So: I
They said SBlef had attesnpted to
oust DR.. Babcocl sDhis ttts Asyium, /!
when the Record sat DIR. !
Babcock resigA inc. I. II / told
him to hold ON as try
ing to uust DR.; 81 iB tIisiS 4 sSatifl y
ders herself, Ind & ssf s. n could
reappiy. When tie b;sl "a I'll regents,
out ahdaI said TO the board or re- =
gents, Gentlemen,s do1'tgyUH Rat .E9rs
Saunders out, and the board or fe-,,
gents at my request retained Dr. Saun-
,ders. DR.. Babcock would havs been
out on his own resignation and DIR
Saunders would have been out If 1t had
pSI been for Governor Bfeaee.
Nov, 1t could have been easily said
that Governor Blaago and his sateI-
litHs, as Tillman calls ithempwerp rot
trying to sell that property. They
could have been turned out the hrGt
day of July, but Governor Blease Is
the man who stoppad into the breach
and said keep DR.. Saunders In this in
stitution. That is tho Testimony. None
OF these gentlemen on that committee
will deny it.
"Now, here on the floor of tho,
House in discussing resolution intro
duccd by my friends and discussing a
substitute offered by a. member who
was not my friend but In discussing
that RESOLUTION they took me up and
made hie I. personal ISSUE In this mat
N - - Ina rHxyiNa o. y Ill
people of South Carolina. that the
Governor OF this Stata Had attempted
to oust Dr.. Babcoek and to,sInirch this
woman. rs
|. Now, gentlemen, L did not propose
to. rest under II. When I picked this
paper up could not stand IT, You
will remember that was panied as
"a. buzZard flying across the State; on
each OF my wings was marked graft,
perjury and corruption. 4 j was paif.ssad
In the paper standing with one arm
around q blind tiger and another arm
around q murderer. I.tnok 1t because
i was making a fight for my friends,
and ] knew IL went down my friends
would go down. My friends can take
care of, themselves tonight and don't
propose to- take it any longer.
have taken enough. and this Is
the stopping point. If tlta House can't |
protsot me, Twill protect myself ri
You can excuse a little aswspaper rec
porter from slapping member OF
your House when the. Constitution OF !
POUR State makes It halnous offense,
eertainiyiyou can excuss mo for stand |
Ing ct the bottom OF the steps and |
ibeatin - ~ won't say it, / have |
too much respect for yun. but j winI
heat IL out Of Won I 9ff6fsf fnrnnor. fo
take it any longer. Is Z. IS (.
Calls Committee t,oHar;ls
That committee should have doasI
fair They cringed as cowaEds Theyi
should have said that we find that, ,
lanNhcllnIs Rlnasn md liz. .a..ih.,a.. aial II