Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-20
not love Him and heed His commands.

unless such policy is forced upon me
by some candidate of standing in the
race. Neither do 1 propose to make
any references to factionalism unless
the issue of factionalism is dragged in
by other people. l have never yet, nor
will l ever attempt to array class
against class because we are one peo-
pie and we should stand one for all
and all for one.
l favor abolition of all useless Of
fees, commissions, clerkships or posi-
tions. shall insist that any official
who receives salary from the state
shall be required to do a mans work
Where there are five men doing three
mems work, shall insist that the work
be done by three and get rid Of two.
Where three men are doing the work
that two men should do, shall make
it my business to get rid of the un-
necessary third. man, if elected gover-
nor. There are too many commissions
useless commissions, spending the
money Of the tax payers. l favor the
abolishment of all commissions that
deprive the proper head of any de-
partment from performing his consti-
tutional and statutory duties.
1 would abolish the State Tax Com
mission, which is absolutely unneces-
sary, and which should be abolished in
the interest of the tax payers. The
proper place for the State Tax Com
mission is with the comptroller gen.
eral and he should not only be required
but made to perform the work.
I am in favor of reducing our tax
levy, by cutting down appropriations
to the bottom edge, without, of course
injury to any department of our gov
ernment. This can be easily done
when the extravagant and useless ex-
pendlture of money which has been
going on for the past eight years, is
considered If the legislature refuses
to give me it's support and coopera
ton, 1 shall use the veto power, as
did when governor, and thus stand
square between !the people and the
legislature in preventing extravaganza
and waste.
l am opposed to all National law:
that infringe upon the rights of the
state and local governments.
l am in favor of better school houses,
the best of teachers, with adequate
pay to the teachers for the invaluable
service they render to the children OF
the state, and longer terms for the
country schools.
am in favor of a one mill tax levy
as advocated by me while governor
for the free schrbls. to be distributed
by the state board of education, as i
may deem best, among the schools o.
the state.
/ am in favor of n system for the
pardoning and paroling of convicts
along the lines now in use by the
government of the United States
which provides for the release of con-
victs on the merit system, allowing
each one, by his good behavior sc
much off of his original sentence, ant
thereby relieve the governor Of the
worry and burden imposed upon hin
in such matters.
I am in favor of an institution for
the education and protection of faith
erless or motherless children, not to
be known as n "Reformatory," OF
place which will reflect upon them
but an institution that will care fo
such children and make of them prop.
er citizens; where the living parent
can place these children, and, If able
to do so, pay the expenses; and, If no
able, the children can be properl!
cared for and protected.
| am in favor of a similar institu
ton for those women who have erred
but seeing their error, wish to reform
and become useful and good citizens
where they can go without being re
hected upon, and learn scr" domestic
work, and, instead of hot ding then
down and confning them in jails ant
prisons, treat them in a Christian
like spirit and give them the prope
opportunity.
/ am in favor Of a board, to b,
known as a purchasing board, com.
posed of some official of each stat
! institution, which shall have contro
of buying all supplies, food, uniforms
etc, for all state institutions, they tC
receive no extra salary therefor.
am in favor of n tax on the water
power of the state.
favor biennial sessions of tn
general assembly.
/ favor the United States takin,
care of the Catawba Indians
said in my message of 1912, pag
565: 81 would advise that you appoin
a committee to have a conference wit
the committees of the house and sen
ate of the United States Zone of whic
our senior senator, is chairman), ant
see if the United States govcrnmen
will not take care of these Indians a
it is doing in other parts of the Unite