The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-03-06
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regard. .ess of circumstances or results.
The member from Chesterfield has
\ sta:ed that paper possibly has not done
= him justice, and that he has been
quoting from testimony,
Nov, gentlemen, did not seek this F.!
matter The senior senator fiom
South Car2lina saw fit 10 reflect on my
friends by attempting to say We had at
tempted to sell certain property, when
my. friends kept from being sold. Billy
: Irby and Howard Moore, both my good
true friends, stood on this floor and
. fought 10 sustain my veto, and it was
sustained by very small margin.
Those wko are opposed to me, men like
Mr.. Kibler and Mr.. Belser, the auth ors
of that bill, fought to force it over my
friends. Now as to that committee,
why didn't they find tnat Blease, IN !
stead of trying to sell that property
was trying to keep it from being sold?
"They said BIease had attempted to
oust DR.. Babcock from the asylum
when the records will show that Dr..
! -Baocock resigned to me, and told him
10 hold on. They said was trying TO
oust Dr.. Saunders, and Dr.. Saunders,
herself. came to my Office and asked
if she should reapply When the
board of regents met they tried to put
DR.. Sauaders out, and I said to the
board of regents, Gentlemen, don't
YOU pus DR.. Saunders out, and the
board of regents, at my request, re-
tanned DR.. Saunders. Dr. Babcock
would have been out on his own resig-
nation and DR.. Saunders would have
been out if It had not been for Cover
nor Blease.
''Now, it could have been very easily
said that Governor Blease and MS
satellites, as Tillman calls them, were
net trying to sell that property. They
could have found that DR.. Saunders
would have been turned out the first
cay of July, but Governor, Blease is
the man who stepped in lae breach
and said keep DR.. Saunders in this in
stitution. That is the testimony None
A of these gentlemen on that commit
tee will deny it.
,Now, he {, on the foor Of tais aoUse
in discussing a resolution introduced
by my friends, and discussing sub
stitute offered by member Who was
not my friend, but in discussing taat
resolution tasy took me up and made
ne a personal issue ii this matter,
trying 10 hold up 20 the people OF
South Carolina tha. the governor OF
tais State had attemp ed to ousJ Dr. /
= Baoc1ck, AMI to smirch this woman.
snow, gentlemen, did not propose
to res. under il. When l picked this
paper up l codid not sand it. You
will remember l was painted as buzz
ga d hylHg. .ac!o oss tie sta e, on each
OF my-W.ngs was marked graft, per- ,
/ juyy and corruption. was painted i /
tie papers standing WITH one arm
around a blind uaer anu another arm
around a murderer, took it because
was making 1ght tor my friends
and knew if w4n, down my friends
would go down, My friends can take
care of themselves tonight, and l don't
propose % take it any longer.
81 have taken enough, and this is the
stopping point II the house can't
protect me, viii protect myself. If
you can excuse a little newspaper re-
porter from slapping a member of
your house when t1e constitution Ct
your Stase makes it a heinous offence,
certainly you can excuse me from
standing at the bottom of the steps, /
and beating ---I won't say it;
have too much respect for you, but
will beat !. out of you don't pre-
pose 70 take it any longer.
Calls Committee COwardS.
J That committee should nave done
fair. They cringed as towards. They
should have said we find that Gov
ernor Blease and his friends did not
try to force the sale of this property.
1t should have found that Governor
Blease did not oust Dr. Babcock, but
tried to hold him in Office
They painted DR.. Saunders in bright
4 colors, for which have nothing to
say; but they went out of their way
to hit the only man they did, little
Z Fulmer, the man who has charge Of
the negro ward. Why? Because Bah