The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-02-27
BLEASE NOT SATISFIED
WITH ASYLUM REPORT
Governor Says He Won Peniten-
tiary Fight and Is Going to
Win This One.

Columbia, Feb. 26.--The hoase' and
senate received the goyernoH,ss view of
the report o: the comm tttea changed
with investigating conditions at the
Hospital for the Insane. The express
sion OF the governor Is embodied in
Il special message. in when lie says.
"On Jan. 20, 1914, ! seat you spe-
cial message No. 10, in which, called
your attention TO letter WHICH | had
in my possession, charging that there
was being an effort made to oust DR..
Babcock from the Hospital for the In
sane that Governor Blease's underr
lings and satellites want to manipu-
late the sale Of that property, and the
building OF the new institution out at
State park and that 'an effort will
be made to smirch DR.. BabcOck and
his lady assistant, Dr. Saunders, as
these men must have some excuse,
you know, and are not at all scrupu
lous'
"In this message | set out facts and
statements which it is unnecessary
that ! should repeat here. Upon re-
ceipt OF this message you appointed a
committee, under a resolution which
II is unnecessary for me to repeat, or
dering an investigation OF these mat
ters.
Asks for Information.
II notice the report of your COM
mittee has been filed, and would like
to ask the chairman, or some other
member of that committee, please to
state IL they have investigated the
charge that an effort was being made
to oust DR.. Babcock,' and what the
findings of the committee were there
on; IL they investigated ther fcharge
that Governor Blease's underlings
and satellites want TO manipulate the
sale of that property and the Building
OF the new institution out at State
park and what their findings were:
and II they investigated the charge
that an effort will be made to smirch
DIR. Babcock and his lady assistant.
DR.. Saunders and what their findings
were.
"If can read correctly their report
they have not touched the subjects
which they were appointed to inyesti-
gate.
"The report does not touch in the
least the charges made in that letter
which transmitted to the general as
sembly in my special message No. 10.
The people, of course, will understand
this, and will know why it lis done and
what 1t means. ,ia
-. '.I G8Raet Change Act.
"'In my opinion the concurrent res
olution which followed the report Of
the committee, will simply become a
.nulIlty,S The constitution makes GER
tain provisions and the gerynan sta
tutes. cover certain .mattersF its con-
nection with the, State Hospital for
the Insane ISee section 1854, down
to and including section &sSsS5,. VOL
uine' i, code OF laws of South Caro-
lima, 1925 ana any lawyer with any
'Rbilityl at all and any man with COM
mon sense Knows that a simple con-
current resolution cannot change an
aGt or the general assembly. (See
also article II, section 2, constitution
of 1S95). A
"rhe report of your committee only
makes me more determined to exer-
else the power given men under the
constitution.
"As l clearly see from the report OF
the committee that the ct:s thing that
1t does find is that the institution has
not heeg properly handled. The nrin-
cipui thing I was lighting for-as
was !ishtiag IN the penitentiary aShs
was to help the inmates. / won in
the penitentiary fight, and l am go
ing to win In this. for ! have some
constitutional rights as governor
which. am proud to say, the general
assembly cannot take away"
Over on the senate side the Seport
was adopted. On motion of Senator
Sharpe the concurrent resolutions
embodying the suggested: rules, which
had been unanimously adopted in the
house, were referred to the Judiciary
committee for a report. 81 @
The, house has done its duty on
the report and passed it up to the SEN
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