The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-11-25
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TIE GOVERNORS POSITION.

TIE GOVERNORS P0Sl1iVN.
Governor Blease, Monday morn
ing, gave cut the following
statement in reference to the
borrowing Of $1,000, 100000 to
ss15o. .a0. 100 more money for gen
eral expenses.
In my general message to the
extra session of the Legislature
in fact one of the very princi-
pal reasons for my calling them
together, was to carry out a re-
commendation to extend the time
for the payment OF taxes and to
provide for the incoming admin
istratlon to borrow a sufficient
amount Of money to run the State
Government, in order that said
extension might be. granted the
people. In a verbal message
delivered to them, on my return
from the Memphis Conference,
and in several written messages
during their session, I urged,
with all my heart, the passage
of those two measures, and I had
prepared in my Office, and intro
duced by Mr.. Summers, Of An
derson, bills looking to this end.
the extra session did nothing
along this line. A large major.
.ity Of the body, both House and
Senate. was anti.Blease. There
fore, they ignored all the re-
guests and suggestions I made
sn reference to these mat
ters, and left the people in a
helpless and pitiful condition. I
knew this relief should be given;
I knew our financial condition,
: and I knew what it>Was going to
be later-just what I set out in
bhose various messages-stnl the
Legislature, playing cheap pol.
itics, refused to take any action.
They refused to extend the time
for the payment of taxes; they
refused to make arrangements
Tor the borrowing of money, ex-
cept TO provide that the Sinking
Fund Commission should borrow
q certain amount to pay the ex-
tra session appropriations.
T declined to to meet with the
Sinking Fund Commission TO
borrow this money, because ]
think six per cent was absolute.
ly excessive. apd if the Legisla-
sure had not forced through
what I considered a most out
rageous act, but allowed the bill
TO take its twenty day course, as
provided by law, we could have
s borrowed this money within that
time at a very much lower rate
of interest, In view of those
matters, ] wrote Mr.. Carter the
following letter:
'sColumbia, Nov. II, 1914.
Hon. S. T. Garter,
y State Treasurer,
Columbia, S. G..
Dear Sir:
Your note of November 17th
1914, received.
In reply, I beg to state that I
am absolutely opposed to bor-
rowing any more money for the
State Of South Carolina, because
{ deem it absolutely unnecessary
and an extrayagent expenditure
In the payment of interest.
I recently vetoed an act of the
Legislature, which, in my opin-
ion, was clearly in violation of
the oaths Of the members. They
passed it over my veto and 7 un-
derstand the Sinking Fund Com.
mission has paid as high rate of
interest as six per cent, by vir-
tue Of that act. I refused to be
"a party to that, and I think ev-
cry man who took part in it v1o-
lated the oath that he took when
he assumed the duties Of the Of
Zee he was filing.
do not propase to meet with
your Borrowing Committee, or
the Sinking Fund Commission
during the remainder of my term
asGovernor, and shall. and do
now, enter my protest against,
any action of the Borrowing
Committee or the Sinking Fund
Commission. The Act asking
the Chairman of the Finance
Committee of the Senate. and
the Chairman Of the Ways and
Means Committee of the House
members Of that Commission, as
hold-overs, is clearly in viola
ton Of the Constitution of this
State, and without those two
members, there can be no legal
action of the Sinking Fund Com
mission as there will not be a
quorum present. I am satisfied
that the eXtraya1ance on the