Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-06
FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1914.

much respect for you, but will beat 1t
out of you. l don't propose 20 take
1t any longer.
Calls Committee cowards
"That committee should have done
fair. They cringed as cowards. iney
should have said we find that Govern
or Blease and his friends did not Try
to force the sale of this property. II
should have found that Governor
Blease did not oust DR.. Babcock. out
tried to hold him in office.
'.,rhey painted DR.. saunders IN
bright colors for which l have nothing
to say; but they went out or their way
to hit the only man they did, little
FIlllmer, the man who has charge OF
the negro ward. Why? Because BAD
cock said that some one said tnat
Mrs. Fullmer who is a sister-in-law
OF this DR.. Fullmer, said something.
Says Newspapers Lie.
Now. Mr.. Speaker" went on the
governor, Il have no opportunity to
reply on the floor Of this house: The
newspapers of this state would not
publish anything, except lies. The
governor has receipts Of payments TOT
replies published in newspapers NOW,
Mr.. Speaker last night / sent to TINS
house quotations from letters re-
ceiyed from mothers and fathers IN
this state and outside OF this state
commencing my course on the meui,
cal inspection bill. The News anu
Courier did mention it, but the Colum-
bia State did not say even sent such
message. -, this
aoor n he wants to attack me come
ont ON the street, and let's dismiss the
fact that he is a member OF the legls-
,ot,ro and me be considered Coae
DIaase If he whips me / will TAKE ~,
ord II whip him he has got TO saNe
a. and that is all there is about II" 4,
~ T., this hurriedly written repoTI ~ 20
;,onossihle of course, to give al thas
WAS said and the exact seauence &c
sst;ouIerlv to give the full extrdcts
fron, the testimony that Mr.. SteVeso en-
snn read in reply to the charges OF sne
Governor. After all 1t appea1e9 .ath
the governor was rather sausneu Ha
the statement Of Mr.. SteVensoh ho,,t
Aid not 90 into any discussion apo
what Mr.. Barnweil nao s0iU
defending the report. 49,, rostrum
WIEN fne governor left the rostruIi
his admiring friends rushed up lo M.
and showered congratulatlons. aS
TraIkad ON towards the main door anu
NJ Stevenson walked down the man
isle towards the door. They oio noe
ssat together, nor did they eXchans,e
words, The governor peeled ms i, tTocH
coat before anyone couid say he
Robinson" and was insisting lnas az
would fight anyone who wantea ro ~
fight it out like anyone else. Su. nc, nc
yes No fight. With one frlenu on ohe
No and another on the other ana
oi,,stsr before and behind, ne was
nrassad ont into the lobby, ana lheii
made to go into his once.
No Apology, Says Stevenson
A. coon as ouiet was restored Mr.:
Stevenson arose, and on matter Oh
nersonal privilege said that he wanted
some things plainly understood. IN
the f,rst place, he said, the governor
had read the wrong extract from the
naner and even II the paper nau
credited to Mr.. Barnwen what the
Governor had read as coming from
him. he did not want to DO any ohe
an Injustice, and had never oone So
and. further, he wanted II piainiy III
Sized to the governor, as the governor
had seemed to imply, for he had notn-
ing for which to apologize. IL any
thing was said by him that hurt the
governors feelings, he said' II was
from the record and the sworn state
ments before the committee. II any
ono wanted to fight he guessed ne
could do his share, as he had done
some fighting in his day, but ne hao
not taken the trouble to take on nus
coat when he wanted to hght he
said he would go home the usual way
and he did not guess any one was go
ing to hurt him, and after all II lookeo
TO him as if a mountain was pelhs
made out of a mole hill.
Meanwhile order was being restored
and some Of the friends OF the govern
or returned to the hall.
All Serene Again.
Mr.. Moseley moved that the govern
or be thanked for his message and Tor
his presence. Mr.. Wander Horst
thought the better plan would be sim
ply to receive the message" as ln1or-
nation. The motion OF Mr.. Vander
Horst was adopted.
lust as soon as this was done the
speaker called up reports from Tree
conference committees and the storm
was over so far as the ofhclal pro-
ceedings were concerned.
While the governor was standlnS at
the main entrance surrounded by
number Of his friends and appealing
for the fight, with coat and hat on, the
speaker suggested the house take
recess for ten minutes. But that much
time was not necessary, for things got
about as normal as they could have
gotten in far less time. Later on the
house took up routine matters, but
there continued suppressed wonder
what is going to-happen next teel-