Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-20

letter 1 think she is a good woman
and 1 have stated that this morning
and state it now, but 1 think she has
allowed her ambition to lead her to
trespassing not only on the medical
staff. but on the superintendent and
the board Of regents and everybody.
DR.. Saunders: l have only one re-
quest, and that is that l know the
source from which this slander came
Governor Blease: What SANDER?
DIR. Saunders: Who did you hear In
Newberry say this evil Of me?
Governor Blease: / do not feel
called upon to say when you admit
that you were frequently seen with
him.
DIR. Saunders: Is there anything
criminal in that?
Governor Blease: Nobody said there
was. My second letter to DR.. Bah
cock was speaking of some conditions
which DIR. Babcock ought to know.
If he doesn't, I will inform him or
them. So far as you are concerned,
II DIR. Cooper had never been allowed
to hang around here after he was de-
feated, there never would have been
any trouble. He had no business TO
have been kept here, and everybody
knows it. When Cooper was beat ne
ought to have been kept out OF the
institution, and If the institution had
been run like it ought to have been
run, he would have been Kept out;
Has DR.. Pope been hanging around
here after he was beat?
DR. Saunders: I haven't seen much
Of him.
Governor Blease: Has any other
person who was defeated in July been
hanging around here? Why should
DIR. Cooper be singled out to be hang"
ing around here? Because ne was
against me, and you are against me,
and it was 10 flaunt me, and 1t was 10
flaunt a red flag in the face OF my ao-
ministration.
DIR. Saunders: Excuse me; I have
yec to do anything against the superin-
lendent, the board of regents or the
governor
Governor Blease: I do not think
the board of regents would give you
a chance to do anything else. L thlnk
this whole thing was done to hurt me
poIitically-that Ir. Cooper was Kept
here for that purpose, and that peo-
pie consented to 1t who pretenaeo 10
be my friends who were not. II TOOK
me a long time to see it, but TINS ar
ray of counsel and stenograpners
here this morning absolutely Verlnes
my judgement, and l am wiling u
lake the political consequences.
Chairman Carothers: DR.. Saun-
ders, is there anything else you wish
to say?
DIR. Saunders: 1 still ask that be
allowed to have the privilege Of know
ing from whence came the SANDER. 1
rhlnk that is little enough to ask.
Goyernor Blease: Will you tell me
where any slander is!
DR.. Saunders: I want to know what
is said against me that caused you 10
write these letters.
governor Blease: That letter meant
nothing more than 1t said-lt Simply
asks why DR.. Cooper continually stay
ed here. why he ate three meals a DAY
here. and why you and he were o1ten
seen together. Now, there Is no SIAN
4er in that letter. There isn't WORD
in 1t that letter that reflects upon you
or anybody else, except the fact tnal
DR.. cooper was allowed to stay IN TINS
institution after he had been deIeateo
tor reelection, and that Dr. BLACK
burn was deprived Of his work. now
Mr.. Chairman, will ask you TO prlng
DR.. Blackburn in here. l want 10 aaa
this, and 1 want TO put 1t on the pun
lie minutes, that nothing In those let
ters we're considered as reflection up
on DR. Saunders's morality or her
womanhood; that it was intended only
against DR.. Cooper being allowed TO
remain in this institution after ne
had been beaten by the board, ara
that l believed when l wrote THESE
letters, and believe now, that he was
kept here in contempt Of this board,
because the majority of the members
of this board were appointed by me
as governor.
Chairman Carothers: The question
was asked on the floor of this meet
ing Yesterday about the moral state OF
this question, and 1t was distinctly
stated yesterday that there was no Is
sue Of that kind before this body.
Governor Blease: OF course not.
Chairman Carothers: There mas
been no whisper of that kind, SO far as
I know, connected with the case. Ihls
Is purely a matter Of complaint from
the medical staff Of your asserting
your authority-not only in one IN
star e, but in numbers. That Is the
tru IL, and the whole truth. Inc
charge has been free enough to say
that you were superintendent OF the
institution.
Governor Blease: There are peo-
pie who openly state that Dr. Sauh-
ders is superintendent.
Chairman Carothers: DR.. Babcock,
YOU made a statement awhile ago
that rather put me, or the board OF
regents, in a position that / do not
think is exactly one ] would like TO
occupy. 1t was my impression tnat
YOU knew all these facts, and my in
formation came from Governor Blease
that you did know all these facts.
DR.. Babcock: knew that the pres
ence Of DR.. Cooper here had been
objected to, and as DR.. Taylor was the
resident regent, 1 reported to him 10
handle it.
Chairman Carothers: AS 1 under
stood, after we had that conference
over at the hotel, l understood from
Governor Blease that he had informed
DR.. Babcock Of that conference and
had told him the situation.
Governor Blease: l did, and asked
him to keep Cooper away from here,
and l was surprised When L 1ounu Out
he had not done 1t.
Chairman Carothers: DR.. Babcock,
I thought you were aware Of the sit
uation. and I do not like to be put In
the position of willingly going along
and not saying anything about the
matter. Now, you were in possession
of those facts, as much as l was, and
I haven't any apology to make to any
body for not saying anything to the
superintendent about 1t.
DR.. julius H. Taylor: l should say
that l went personally to DR.. Cooper
4 can't tell you exactly from whom
the information came, but L heard ms
being here was causing some criti-
cism-I am very fond of DR.. Cooper,
and l went to him and advised him to
come and see DIR. Babcock, and see
whether his presence here was causing
any irritation. / said nothing to DR..
Babcock. He didn't know l had done
it. l asked DR.. Babcock three or four
weeks after that-this must have been
five or six weeks ago-if DR.. Cooper
had been to him. He said no. l said,
II asked DR.. Cooper to come and see
you about his coming up here, be-
cause l had sensed the feeling of the
regents on account of his presence,
AS regards any reflection, l know no
reflection upon anybody except his
presence here.
DR.. r. c. Blackburn was invited in
to the meeting.
Chairman Carothers: You know the
purpose of this meeting, and we would
like to have any statement that you
have to make concerning the matter
in hand.
DIR. Blackburn: Well, sir, to begin
with. when I came here / reported to