Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-13


gated being reserved to the states, re-
spectively, or to the people. The pow
ers of each are sovereign, and neither
derives it's powers from the other Ir
their respective spheres neither Is sub.
ordinate to the other, but coordinate
and being coordinate, each has the
right of protecting it's own powers from
the encroachments Of the other, the
two combined forming one entire and
perfect government. The line OF de-
marcation between the delegated pow
ers to the Federal government and the
powers reserved to the states Is plain
inasmuch as all the powers delegated
to the general government are express.
ly laid down, and those not delegated
are reserved to the states unless speci.
ally prohibited.
"The greater part Of the pow ers del.
egated to the general government re.
late directly or indirectly to two grea,
divisions of authority; the one pertain
ing to the foreign relations Of the coun.
try: the other of an internal character
and pertaining to the exterior relations
Of the states, the purposes for which
the Constitution was former being pow
er, security, and respectability without
and peace, tranquility, and harmony
within"
Enforcement Of Law.
/ regret to say to you that conditions
relating to the enforcement or the
whisky laws are not at all favorable
This however, can not be truthfully laic
at nv door. When l first came into the
governors Office 7 appointed strong
constabulary force and began, under
that section Of the statute which gave
me the power. to appoint good men II
every county throughout the entire
state to enforce all the criminal laws
but most particularly the law In ref
erence to the whisky traffic. But there
was much bitterness against me a.
that time, and, to my surprise. 1t was
manifest in county officers and In at
torneys for county boards, and, as 9
result, in several counties where ap'
pointed these constables or men tc
enforce these laws, when they present
ed their claims for salaries, the county
boards, under the advice OF their at
torneys in some instances, ana In otnel
instances of their own free will and ac.
cord, positively and fatty refused tc
pay the salaries Of these -,onstabies. "A
test case was made from the county
of Edgefield in the supreme court, anc
the supreme court sustained the actor
of the county boards in refusing to pay
these men, and the strong arm OF the
law was stayed, and / was thus posi-
lively prevented from having undel
my absolute control and direction 9
force for the enforcement OF the law
The sheriffs were elected by the people
and had no control whatever ovel
them in this regard, save a little sectioI
of the law which reads as follows:
ANY constable, deputy constable
sheriff or magistrate who shall neglec'
or refuse to perform the duties requir'
ed by this chapter shall eb subject u
suspension by the governor"
This, as Is known by all men, was o.
no assistance to me. These shertn:
were answerable to the people and Il
them alone, and they could snap theil
fingers in my face.
When II came to the magistrates
who appoint the constables in the var
ious townships, these magistrates II
all instances could only be named b,
me, and with the advice and consent
of the senate. The senate refused u
confirm some Of my appointees. The re-
suit was another case In the supreme
court. The supreme court again sus
tanned the contention OF my enemie!
and said that I could not appoint any
magistrates except under certain con
ditions. The result was that the mag
istrates could also snap their fingers II
the face Of the governor and say Y
their constables, You obey me, an(
NOT the governor" My hands wer,
again tied, as will be readily seen IL yot
will refer to the decision in the magts'
trates' cases from the counties OF Spar
tanburg, Anderson and Greenwood.
Therefore, 1t Is very unfair and un
just to charge to me the violations o.
the So called dispensary, or, more prop
erly called, whisky laws OF our state
Some people hold up their hands II
horror and say, Blind tigers are tax
ing the state; Blease Is not enforcins
the law in reference to prohibition o.
dispensary." All those who are hones
and truthful know and will admit tina
the facts herein set forth are absolute
ly true and that my hands have Deer
tied by the refusal Of county boards Il
obey the law and to pay the salaries o.
the men whom l appointed to enforc'
this law, and by the decision OF th'
supreme court in saying that i couit
not remove magistrates without th'
consent Of the senate or appoint then
without he advice anpd consent OF TIT
senate. and as q result ] have beel
shorn of my power to do that which
would have done If 1t had not been To-
these antagonistic views of certain sen
ators, certain county boards, and OF tn'
supreme court.
My record as mayor Of my home
town, Newberry, as will be testified u
by even my bitterest enemies there
will show that gave that town TN
cleanest administration which she hat
had in years, and there was less piln'
tiger LIQUOR sold in Newberry the yea
T q hQn SOLD III
the town anv other year since the dis
pensary law was passed, and the SAM
would have been said Of South Caron
ma in connection with my administra
ton as governor II had been aliowe1
to APPOINT men to enforce this law, ane
IL the supreme court had sustained M
in my contention that I had the righ
to appoint them. AS II was, have beer
HELPLESS, to large extent. / could sem
no men into the counties for the pur
pose of enforcing those laws All tina
/ could do was to send detective ant
get such information as could, a.
report that information to the sherif
of the county, and that sherin couie
either take that information end use
in the enforcement Of the law or N
could ignore it. Magistrates and theil
constables, whose duty 1t also was
enforce the law, could positively disre'
gard me, as I have shown, because II
should suspend one the senate wouiC
set aside the suspension and put hin
back in office, and the supreme cou
said could not remove him, nor coule
I appoint whom I wanted magistrate
my friend, who would help me
the law-but must appoint my enemy
says the supreme court, by and VIII
the advice and consent Of the senate
which enemy would not help me to en-
force the law, but would allow 1t to g.
unenforced in order to try to in1ure m
and my administration. In other words
many Of those whose duty 1t was TO az
so, instead of helping me enforce the
law when I was doing what l could
give them a clean administration, have
encouraged violations Of the law ant
helped those who did violate 1t, In OF
der that they might say just what the
are now endeavoring to say, that tn
blind tigers were freely run Throughout
the state under Blease's admfnistra
ton.
Then, when you come to the
and cities, the mayor Of the city anc
the council, with their police force an6
their plain-clothes men, are responsible
for the enforcement Of the law in thes'
town sand cities. But my opponents
have attempted to charge up to me thai
there ir more whisky sold in the towns
and cities in blind tigers than has beer
sold heretofore. I do not know that l.
is true. / do not believe 1t. I believe
that a clear Investigation will Shop