Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-23

can prevent IT. AS TO the 1urtner
statement, ''and the building Of the
new institution out State Park, 1
appointed Col. Elbert II. Aull, Hon.
o. l. Johnson and Hon. James M.
Payne, and reappointed Drs. Babcock
and Robert Wilson on that commits
sion / know that these men are abb
solutely opposed to the sale of this
property. and are today begging and
pleading with you, the general assem-
bly, Of South Carolina, to provide the
money to finish this work, and ! have
alreaay transmitted to you gentlemen
an invitation from them, urging you
to visit State Park, in order that you
may see Tor yourselves the needs in
connection with this development.
The letter then goes on to state:
IAN effort Will be made to smirch
DR.. Babcock and his lady assistant,
DR.. Saunders, as these men must have
some excuse, you know, and are not
at all scrupulous."
1 herewith quote in full resolutions
adopted by the board Of regents on
the 18th day Of January-this very
month-1914:
Whereas, Mr.. o. L. Saunders has
presented a petition asking for a re-
opening of the Investigation OF charges
against DR.. Saunders for interfering
staff of this institution; and,
Whereas, this matter has been
thoroughly investigated at a previous
meeting, as resolution this day adopt
ed shows; and,
Whereas, there were no charges
from any source before this board, or
under investigation by this board, as
to the moral character Of the said
Dr. Saunders, or as to her ability to
perform the duties Of the office which
she is holding;
BE it resolved, That this board
is Of the opinion that 1t is for the
best interests Of said institution, and
for the best interests Of this lady, that
this entire matter be closed, and that
the same be dismissed.
Resolved, further, That this board
puts itself upon record as stating that
no charge whatever from any source
has been made to them, by them or
through them, as to the moral char
acter or personal standing of DR..
Saunders.
Resolved, further, That the petit
tition Of Mr.. Saunders is respectfully
declined, and that SO far as this board
8 concerned, the entire matter stands
at an end"
tlemen are mot at all scrupulous," /
presume that Drs. Babcock and Will
son, and Messrs Payne, Aull and
Johnson, and the board Of regents
Dr. julius H. Taylor, Hon. James A.
Summersett, Hon. John D. Bivens,
DR.. w. l. Settlemeyer and DR.. T. r.
Carothers-are willing for their per-
sonal and public careers to have the
light thrown upon them.
The letter says: II am writing this
letter to you to beg that you will bend
all your energies and lend all your
influence to help DR.. Babcock in this
crisis
What this crisis is, Of which he
speaks, I know not.
Now, gentlemen, here Is this letter
containing these serious charges that
these men are attempting to manipu-
late the sale Of this property, and
as to their being unscrupulous, writ
ten and sealed under the seal Of an
envelope Of the United States senate,
by a United States senator, marked
in writing, personal" and when the
letter is opened 1t is found to be
marked personal again. I csll the
letter to your attention, and d, state
the facts to you here, merely for the
purpose Of showing you that I have
done my part to keep this property
from being sold, and that the gentle
men whom this man has seen fit to
term as my "underlings and satel-
lites" are not doing what they are
charged in this letter with doing. /
realize that there is no action which
you can take in the matter, so far as
he writer Of the letter is concerned,
and that the only thing which this
message to you can possibly accom-
plish is publicly to expose this per
sonaP' attack upon these gentlemen's
tfrhi
have been used against them without
their ever knowing Of it, had not
this muchly-marked personal" come
into my possession-in order that
they may have the right to come be-
fore you and demand a full and free
investigation, in order that they may
show to the world that this personal
attack is uncalled for and unwarrant-
ed.
If further proof be needed to show
the erroneousness Of this United
States senator's letter, / cite you to-
the fact that 1 attended meeting Of
the sinking fund commission last
year, at the request of Drs. Babcock
and Robert Wilson and Col. Elbert Fl.
Aull, and that asked Attorney Cen
eral Peoples to go with me. which he
did. At that meeting these gentle
men asked for a loan Of $22,500 to
carry on certain work at State Park,
saying that the work would have to
stop unless the money could be Sc
cured. 1t was my friend, Attorney
General Peoples, who rendered the
opinion that the sinking fund COM
mission could make the loan, and 1t
was I who made the motion that the
sinking fund commission lend the
money, and the minutes Of the COM
mission will show the following reso-
luton offered by me at the meeting
on August Is, which was adopted:
Resolved, That S22,500 be loaned
to the state hospital commission from
the cumulative sinking fund for the
payment and redemption Of South
Carolina brown 4 1-2 per cent bonds,
and that the said loan be made by
issuing cumulative sinking fund war
rant to DR.. ]. w. Babcock, chairman,
and E. H. Aull, secretary Of the state
hospital commission, to be used for
the purposes set forth in the foregoing
estimate signed by the said E. II. Aull,
secretary of the state hospital COM
mission, and for no other"
This certainly proves that / was in
favor Of going on with the work at
State Park, and that my friends were
in favor of going on with the work
at tSate Park. You gentlemen failed
make dppTOpTldllOH W oh
the work, and certainly none will ac-
cuse the majority Of the senate or
the majority Of the house Of bein}
"underlings' or satellites" Of Gov
Blease. On the contrary, it Is the
great boast Of the newspapers and
others that the majorities in both
houses are bitterly opposed to Gov.
Blease.
And. further, If you will look to-
day on the calendar Of the house you
will see bill there, among the first
bills on the calendar-probably the
very first-urging the sale Of the asy-
lum property, this bill being fathered
by Messrs. Kibler, Belser and Robin
son. Surely none will accuse them, or
either Of them, Of being "underlings"
or satellites" of Blease, for they
boast Of the fact that they were elect
ed as -Bleasites and that they are
political enemies Of the governor, and
even when they meet him personally
their nimosity is so great they hardly
speak So, once again, you find that
it is not my friends who are attempt
ing to sell this property.
In fact, gentlemen, it does seem to
me that some people, before they
make such charges certainly ought to
have common sense enough to look
up the record. Verbal conversations