Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-14
appointed to perform, and therefore is

| disapprove Of Item "a, Section 80
The item here reads "McKie Merri-
weather." In the bill 1t reads "Mackey
Merriweather." The Act reads HAM
BERG" when it. should read HAM
BURG"
(For monument to McKie Merri-
weather as provided by Act of 1914
$4,000.
l disapprove of Section Al c'That
in anticipation Of the taxes hereinbe-
Iure levied, the governor and the state
treasurer and the comptroller general
be, and they are hereby, empowered
to borrow on credit of the state so
much money from time to time as
may be needed to meet promptly,
at maturity, the interest which will
mature on the first day of July and
on the first day Of January of each
year, on the valid debt Of the state,
and to pay the current expenses of
the state government for the present
hscal year, and for pensions: Pro-
vided, The sum so borrowed shall not
exceed the sum Of six hundred thou
sand ($600,000) dollars.O You gen.
tlemen know the feeling which exists
between the governor and the state
treasurer and the comptroller general.
You are aware Of the trouble that was
experienced in 1913 in reference to
this matter, and 1 again ask you not
to place me in the same position, and
l appeal to my friends to sustain me
IN this veto.
This Bill was sent to the governor 8
office, and receipted for by the gov
ernor's secretary last night, and it
could easily have been returned to
your body last night; but, two errors
were found in the Bill, and 1t had to
be recalled and corrected this morn
ing The Bill was returned to the
governors Office and receipted for by
the governors secretary at 11.40 a.
m, and is now at 1925, returned to
you, which places it in the governor &
hands much less than one hour-af-
ter your bodies, the house and the
EIGHT WEEKS. Who has caused
the delay in adjournment of the gem
eral assembly? Who has prolonged
your session-certainly not the gov
ernor.
Very respectfully,
Cole L. Blease,
Governor.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
senate had played politics, saved the
state by my veto $4,000. And truly
the University of South Carolina
Winthrop college and the Reformatory
at Florence, can say:
II was wounded in the house
of my friends:"
Because the house Of representa-
tives had given them the new build
the senate, in order to play cheap poll
tics, as they did, deprived these
schools of their buildings. And + am
proud to know that the trustees OF
these institutions know the source
from which they were struck. 1t is not
a question of who struck Billy Pat
terson," for each institution knows
who struck it. 1t was the senate that
struck the blow.
l am sorry to have taken so much
of your time, but L find that or ac-
count of the fact that 1 cannot get in
the newspapers Of this state, except
that l pay for it, matters which J. de-
sire to talk to the people Of South
Carolina about, and being a poor man
and unable to pay the extravagant
prices charged, it Is necessary for me,
when l can reach the people to try to
do so fully. l have only given you
an outline Of the various matters here
today, but as go over the state 1 will
take up more fully and discuss the
various issues which have laid down.
The election Of a legislature Is a
very important matter and you should
ask each candidate for the house OF
representatives and the senate the
question how he will vote on these
various issues. Ask him particularly
what he will do in reference to pre-
venting white people from teaching
negroes, and if he says he will not
vote for a bill to stop it, you beat
him. Ask him particularly how he
stands on the two-cent rate bill, and
incidentally you might ask him If he
is railroad attorney, if he travels or
railroad pass, and what he pays for
it with, and if he is a candidate for
re- e-election you might consistently ask
him how he voted on the two-cent
rate bill at the last session, and what
influenced his vote.
The election of governor is of par
ticular Importance at this time. l dc
not know that it Is necessary for me
to state here, what / am going to say
but for fear that my position may not
be understood fully, and to keep il
from being misunderstood by any one
| wish to say that / do not propose to
take any part in the gubernatorial
election as between friends of mine
In other words, / do not propose to
endeavor to dictate to the people of
this state whom they shall elect as
governor. ] do not propose to suggest
even to my friends and supporters
whom they should support. OF
course, however, 1 am going to sup
port and vote for a man who is my
friend, and who represents the prin-
ciples 1 do, and 1 expect my friends
and supporters to do the same thing.
~ vi ch hn ho nd q
Off" However in the second pri-
mary, If that second primary is be-
tween two friends and supporters of
mine, l shall take no part, but If it is
between one, of my friends and an en-
emy or opponent Of mine and the is
sues which I represent, 1 shall do ev-
erything within my power, and use all
of the power that 1 have, to elect that
man who stands for the principles
which l represent, and who is my
friend, for by representing these prin-
ciples he proves himself to be the
friend of the people Of my state, and
should be elected governor.
Those of you who believe in gov
ernment of the people, by the people,
and for the people, should vote for a
man who will carry out the principles
and policies which the majority of
the people VI lIllS Sldlc clluOIStu ny
re-electing me in 1912. This is no
small matter, because all Of my
friends will be kicked out of office if
the opposition wins. They will treat
you just exactly as If you were Re-
publicans, or as if you belonged to
some other party. Mark the predic-
ton. If an anti-Blease man is elect
ed governor of South Carolina, every
Blease office-holder in the state,
whether he be high official or low,
whether he hold a salaried position
or an honorary position, as soon as
the time comes he will be dismissed
and one of the other faction placed
in his stead. / have set a precedent
in appointm ents. and 1 refused to ap-
point any man upon the recommends
tion Of any man or set of men, (dele-
cation in the legislature or otherwise)
unless the man appointed was accept
able to me. The only exceptions in
this have been in cases where the
law made it. so that l had no discre-
ton in the matter.
1 did not coin the word "Bleasite.' y
In 1890, when the state was dividing
itself into Tillrnanites and anti-Till-
NANTES, 1 refused then to be tagged
as either, although l was a Reformer.
because I believed that the state Of
South Carolina was too great, and her
people too honorable, to be divided