The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-02-10
Governor Sends Sensational Mes
sage to Legislature.
CALHOUN IN COLUMBIA,
Declares Col. John @. Calhoun Has g
Proposal to Endow States Lead
ing Industrial School.

BleaSe Friday in message trans
mitted to the senate and House or
representatives, in which were con-
tanned letters from Hon. John. c. Cal
noun OF New York and Mrs. Floride
Lee Calhoun of Greenville, S. C.
Col. Calhoun is now in Columbia,
and has expressed to Governor Blease
desire to appear before the general
assembly or joint committee to dis
cuss with them his proposal. which is
In substance; to sufficiently endow
the proposed university to make IL
self-supporting
Upon motion of Representative {.
c. Whyche of Spartanburg the lower
house determined to refer the mes
sage and letters to Joint committee
OF the legislature composed Of the
senate committee on finance and the
house ways and means committee and
TO invite Col. Calhoun to appear be-
fore them.
That part OF the message, No. 10.
which contains the recommendation
and statements of Governor Blease in
full, is as follows:
State of South Carolina,
Executive Chamber
MESSAGE 10.
Gentlemen of the General Assembly:
In my annual message of 1918
blouse Journal, 1913, page SO:
Senate Journal, 1913, page 31),
under the head of Clemson College,"
1 Recommended that you change the
name of Clemson college to Calhoun
university, giving therein, in particu-
lar, my reasons therefor. 1 now beg
leave to reiterate that recommended
ton, and herewith transmit to you a
letter from Hon. John G. Calhoun.
and also, letter from Mrs. Floride
Lee Calhoun who was Miss Floride
Lee, both of which letters are at
tached to and make a part of this
message, and which speak for them
selves
Col. Calhoun, the writer of one Of
these letters, is a very prominent
y cftfzen of the city of New York, and
Itis very wealthy man. He is in close
Ntouch with the wealthy people OF that
city, and is a neXt-door neighbor and
personal friend OF Mr.. Andrew Car
,neige. Therefore, he is in position to
carry into effect such matters as are
mentioned in his letter. In addition
to this, Col. Calhoun is now in the
city, passing through and will be very
much pleased to meet you personally
or to meet your committee at any
time or place that you may suggest,
and go into details with you in refer
ence to this matter.
am very much pleased that these
relatives of South Cardinals most dis
tinguished man should have their at
tention called to my recommendation
in reference to this institution, and
am very much pleased with the in
terest which they are now taking in
the matter. 1t certainly gives the
people OF this state grand oppor-
tunity to honor the memory OF Sena-
tor John G. Calhoun, and to relieve
this state Of the burden of supporting
with hundreds of thousands OF dollars
an institution over which she had alb
soultely no control because owing the
fact that the majority of the board OF
trustees were named by Mr.. Clemson;
they are live members, and when one
of their number dies the remaining
members fill the vacancy, and thus
the state can never hope to gain con-
troll the institution as 1t stands now.
In addition to this, the constitution
OF this state prohibits life tenure in
Office. Long ago the law OF primo
geniture has been abolished; yet re-
Gently when a life member of the
board OF trustees died, his son was
elected to take his place, and more
recently when one of the elective
ulSu, you tltCIeu,
his son 10 take the deceased fathers
place. Individually and personally, l
have absolutely no objection to these
met being elected to fill their faith
er's places but the precedent, in view
of the provision OF the constitution
and the fact that the law OF primo
geniture has been abolished, will not
have a wholesome effect, and 1t shows
beyond the shadows OF a doubt that
the life trustees of the institution are
bent upon perpetuating themselves
and the sons OF their deceased mem
bers in Office, thereby forever de-
priving the state OF getting new brain
new blood and new material on this
life board.
In addition TO that, have been re-
liably informed-and people now liv-
ing will swear to the fact-that Mr..
Clemson was an atheist-that is that
he did not believe there was any God;
he did not believe that there was any
hereafters either a heaven or a hell;
and yet this grand state OF South
Carolina, for few acres OF land and
a few paltry dollars, with all her
boasted Christianity, raised a monu-
ment TO a man who neither believed
In the religion OF the Lord Jeusu
Christ, or in the existence OF our God
This OF itself, think should be suf-
flcient reason to change the name OF
this institution.