The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-14
BLEASE BITTER IN
ANNUAL MESSAGE
Sounds Alarm Against Encroach-
mcnt on States Rights by
Federal Governm ent.
TAKES FLING AT ENEMIES
Wants Football and Smoking in
Restaurants Visited by Wo-
men Prohibited.
Especial to The rlmes-pispatch.l

4 A'O" dto WO 10 Sll lOly ny ana see
their work undone, and tho results
! achieved by them set at naught? 1t is
time we should begin to ask ourselves
the question: What are our rights? and
to arise in defense OF them
|. The Governor mentioned several re-
cent acts of Congress. which. he de-
clafed, were an encroachment on States
rights and spoke with particular bit
| terness OF an act fixing dates for hunt
Ing purposes within the borders OF the
State.
This" he declared. "is only an eff
tort to protect certain set OF North
erners, who come down here and buy up
large tracts of land and then prohibit
our home poople from hunting on IT.
They establish their hunting clubs.
which are often nothing less than bar
rooms. and are sometimes gambling
dens. and put fences around their hunt
Ing preserves and say to our people,
stay out The United States govern
ment because these people arc rich,
| Is attempting. In their interest to de-
prive the people of our State Of their
God-given liberty and right to hunt and
fish Tor the game and fish which an
allwise Providence has provided free
to all mankind"
Laws Recommended.
Among numerous laws recommend
ed by the Governor is one Ito bar Ger
tain races from colleges and schools
4 vi L.
Blease, that you pass law prohibit
ing the board of trustees of any State
college in this State for white pupils
or any public school for white chill
dren which receive any of the tax
money of the people OF the State or
any faculty of any such institution.
from admitting any negro. Chinaman
Japanese. Cuban or other disagrceable
and incompatible race. into said col
lege or school with white pupils"
The Governor included Cubans as n
fling at his bitter political enemy, Will
liam f. Gonzales. formerly editor OF
the Columbia State, now United States
Minister to Cuba, who is OF Cuban an
cestry.
Mr. Blease found several other OPP
portunities in his address to sneer at
Mr.. Gonzales, who, he said, was now
whore he belonged In connection with
his attack on Mr.. Gonzales, the Gov
ernor also took occasion to assail
Josephus Daniels, Secretary OF the
Navy, concerning whom he repeated n
previous statement that "Josephus
Daniels Is very small man and is not
oil the mental calibre to i'll the position
TO which he has been appointed"
Governor Blease also repeated in his
message what he had previously said OF
Secretary Danicls's offer TO improve the
naval station at Port Royal. provided
the illegal sale of whiskey TO the men
II
what the Governor said: 80 far as
am concerned. | want him CDaniels)
distinctly to understand that | am not
asking FOR any OF his Yankee money
never have pandercd for il, and would
not bow to him or any other man tn
get ii, and il the condition of his Civ
ing 1t is for me TO beg for it, he can
Keep 1t in the United States Treasury
and believe this is the sentiment OF
the people of this Statc-elther keep it
In the Treasury, or stick IT In his ears,
az may best suit him"
His Onice-IIoIders
Governor Blease in his message
paid his respects TO several other Fed
eral office holders He WAS especially
wrathful In his denunciation OF Judge
III. A NJ Smith, OF the United States
District Court who, he said. was vio-
lating the law OF the State by occupy
Ing a place on the State Historical
Commission The State Constitution
provides that no man shall hold two
positions OF public trust or honor ut
the same time.
"Of course" said Governor Blease.
Mr.. Smith is n high Judge and should
not be criticized for violating the law.
but / am simply showing you still an
other open haunting of the law by my
enemies. If Mr.. Smith were little
negro crapshooter or some poor man
who happened to sell little whisI<ey,
criminal sentence for doing what he
himself is now doing, in my opinion
Next time he sentences some one he
should say, j am also violator of
the law; you can't sentence me, but l
VIII sentence you; you are n common
citizen. but L am a big Judge; / can
violate the law and defy 1t, but you
little shrimp. / Will teach you a les
SON. l used to think MIR. Smith a
learned man, but l now conclude that
he is little cheap partisan politician,
who thinks he knows all the law, while
the lawyer before him knows none
am not further surprised at his ac-
cepting a judgeship from Republican
while claiming to be Democrat"
| The Governor said he could not un-
derstand why Judge Smith was so ten
acious of the little job on the His
| torical Commission.
There is supposed to be no money
| in It," said Mr.. Blease mot even the
actual expenses OF attending the meet
| ings. Doesn't 1t look as If there is
something in the woodpile?"
| Governor Blease recommended that
1t be made "a criminal offense. with a
| very severe punishment, for any per-
| son to arrest or cause to be arrested
any citizen OF this State upon mere
suspicion that said citizen Is guilty of
crime without first securing the APP
prevail OF the Attorney General or the
| solicitor of the circuit In which the
crime is charged"
Blow Mt Private Detectives
Speaking of private detectives Gov
ernor l'lease said to the Legislature to-
day: Il think ii high time that you
gentlemen should pass some law TO
stop cheap cowardly, lying hirclings
| from slipping around over the State
making charges or causing charges to
be made against our reputable citl-
zens, humiliating them and their fam
lies and putting them to expense by
having them arrested and placed in
jail and being otherwise annoyed
when there is absolutely no foundation
for the charges, and they are made
only to please the suspicion of one Of
these hrclings, who calls himself n
| detective urge this upon you. gem
tlcmcn, because the citizen who is thus
treated lsis no redress in the law. and
III lie should take shotgun and kill