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GOVERMMESSASE. Clear-cut Views on Important Questions. THE COMMON SCHOOLS EMPASIZED. Executive Says That Unless theCountry Schools are Provided for, He Will Veto Too Heavy Appropriations for the State Colleges?Says it is Ridiculous to Try to Force Children to Go to School Without First Providing Schools for Them to Go to, and Will Not Stand for Any Compulsory Education Bill. k 1 Gentlemen of the General Assembly: | It Is with a great deal of pleasure < that I welcome you to the session of 1913. Some familiar faces of your last body are not seen among your i membership today. The changes have < been many. The people of South Carolina have spoken, and we all must abide by their decision, whether 1 it be for or against us. But. coming ' fresh from the people, as you do. and having been re-endorsed by them recently, as I have been, it is encumbent J upon us to lay aside any personal j feelings we may have, and any po- : lltical differences with each other, J and join together in the effort to , bring our? most diligent and most thoughtful consideration to the solution of all public questions confront- , ing us, and endeavor to do those < ' , l- 'n- ?VlO hPSt In- ' things only which axe w? terests of all the people, both black , and white, of our grand old common wealth. s I am proud to say, notwithstand- j ing I have just passed through one of ' the most bitter campaigns ever waged ' against a human being, that, as gov- ' ernor, I have no ill will towards any J man, save those who went out ot j their way to use as campaign material ' against me those things outside of ' the political record, commonly called ( falsehoods, in an endeavor to injure ' my personal reputation. That, however, should have no influence in our consideration of what is best for our ] state. Some of my friends were defeated; some of those who were not ] my political supporters were elected; but it was done by the sovereign peo- ] pie, and I have no complaint to make. Turning my back upon the past, my , eyes are to the future, and it is my earnest desire to serve the people of < my state with fairness and with justice, and to do that only which is the , will of my Heavenly Father, and I pray to him daily to guide and direct ( me, that I may do that which is for nf the- DPODle of my , lilt* t-UIIIIIlvii O""- . . state. and accomplish the purposes for which he has given me my life. ] For what I have done in the past, wherever it may have been, or what- ] ever it may have been, I have no apologies to offer to any man or set of men. and no excuses to make. I beg leave to reiterate my inaugu- ral address of 1911, my annual message of 1912, and each and every mes- , sage which I have sent to the general assembly since I have been governor, ( and to ask you to read each one of them, and give them your careful con- ( sideration, laying aside any personal or political feeling that you may have . towards me: and in the course of this message, in making certain recom- . mendatlons for your consideration, I shall refer you to my message to the , last general assembly, in order that, if you desire the information, you may . secure it. and. further, in order to save making this message too long and tedious. A Word to the Now Members. There has been, in the past, in vogue in the house of representatives, a 1 rule, or system, by which new members have been caught and sometimes ' deceived, viz: Committeemen, when they go into their room for organiza- ' tion, are presented by some member with a resolution to the effect "that ' this committee discuss all measures betore us among ourselves, that we ' take a vote in the committee room, that the minority shall be bound by the action of the majority, that the report shall be unanimous, and that the minority shall support, upon the rioor of the house, whatever the bill or appropriation may be, so as to present in the house an undivided committee. Now, new members, I warn you, that you may not be caught by this subterfuge in your committee room. Your constituents at home do not know of the discussions and the , action in your committee room; these are not published and are not presented to the people. But your vote in the house is recorded in the public Journals, and when you go home and your people say, "I see you voted for such and such a large appropriation," you say. "O, yes, but I voted against it in the committee," your people cannot understand this, and your opponents turn it to your disadvantage, and they should; for it is not what you do in the committee, but it is what you do on the floor of the house and your votes in the public session, that carry the appropriations and make the laws. The majority of your committee may be six; if it be a committee of eleven, the other Ave have their hands tied by those six; when you go into the house an appropria tion may carry by only tnree or iour votes, and if those five minority members had stood on the floor of of the house as they stood in the .committee, that appropriation coula not carry, or the bill could not pass, .and the people of South Carolina would be saved the increase in their taxes. Now, new members, you have been warned; it is a matter for you to act upon, and the final arbiter will be your constituents, who are looking to you to represent them and their intersts. South Carolina Prosperous Our state has prospered wonderfully in the past twelve months. Four million of dollars have come in as investments in cotton mills alone, as will be shown by the reports. The report of the secretary of state will show a large increase in the investment of capital in many other enterprises of various kinds: and the receipts of his office from the charter fees will give some idea of this era of prosperity upon which South Carolina has entered. I am delighted to say that not a state officer or a county officer in the entire state has been charged with being short in his accounts, or with any conduct unbecoming his position, so far as has been brought to my knowledge. with the lone exception of the state bank examiner, which case will be brought more directly to your attention later. All this is truly gratifying to me, especially in view of the fact that it was heralded throughout the country by certain newspapers that if Blease was elected the state would be financially ruined; that the northern capitalists would not invest their money here, and that our people would suffer generally. More northern capital has come into the state under my administration than under that of any other governor, and the march of material progress has gone steadily forward. As evidence of this progress and prosperity, I desire to append herewith the following statistics gathered by the state department of agriculture: Some Statistics of Prosperity. Statistics gathered by the sta e department of agriculture tell a wonderful story of progress in South Carolina during the past year. The agricultural development of this state grew in the decade between 1900 and 1910 from $51,324 000 to $141.983,000?an increase of about $90,000.000. Commissioner Watson estimates that the corn crop from South Carolina this year will axceed the corn crop of last year by 2.000,000 bushels. The cotton crop will not be as large this year as last, but the increased price will bring even more than the bumper crop of 1911. Complete data secured by agents of the department on all manufacturing plants, shows the capital invested this year to be $142,670,803 as compared with $130,481,385 last year. The Increase in the value of the annual products this year amounted to $6,634,675. The total capital invested in the lumber and sawmills of the state for 1912 amounted to $17,462,158 an increase of $2,190,308 over 1911, which year showed a total capitalization of $15,271,850. More striking' was the increase in the value of the annual production for 1912, which year showed a total production of $11,384,340, an increase of $2,701,730 over 1911, which totaled $8,682 607 as an output. Oil Mills Industries. For 1912 the total capital invested in the oli mills of the state was $3,673,106, a decrease of $167,260, as compared with the total invested capital of {3,840,360 ror isii, but tne increase In the annual production for 1912 ovor 1911 was {434,132. This year showed an output of {13,217,083, while that of 1911 was {12,782,951. The decrease In the capital stock this year was caused by the burning of several mills and others going out of business. Cigars and Tobacco. The concerns manufacturing cigars and other tobacco products show a capitalization of $396,701 for 1912 while for 1911 the total capital invested was {149,000, an increase of {247,702. The value of the output for 1911 was {849,626; for 1912, {891,078; increase in favor of this year of {41,452. Stone Concerns. The capitalization of all stone manufacturing concerns of the state, which include granite quarries, for 1912 is (428.466, an increase of {34,918 over 1911, which year showed a capitalization of {393.546. The annual production for 1912 was {586 356; 1911, {356,140; increase for 1912 of {230.416. Fertilizer Industry. The fertilizer industry of the state shows an increase in capital for 1912 )f {5,605.905 and a reduction in the >utput of {71.022. The capital for 1911 was {7.568.981: 1912, {13.474.868. rhe production for 1911 was {12,094,134; for 1912, {12.023,712. The rea son of the large Increase in capitalization and a decrease in the output Is because the bumper crop of 1911 caus?d the fertilizer manufacturers to prepare for the future. Then the campaign for a decrease In the acre of cotton was launched ana the farmers of the slate curtailed the number of acres planted In the fleecy staple; such a condition necessarily decreased the sale of fertilizer. Capital Invested. 1911 1912 Bakery products $ 219,805 $ 216,950 Boxes and baskets 588.316 701,708 Brick and tile 443.853 529,442 [Tanneries 214,190 181 450 Carriages and wagons 241,000 374.172 Clothing 359.500 345,000 Coffins and caskets 101.850 97,050 fAnfoptlnnarv . 17.500 74.800 Electricity 17.887.149 15.684.807 Fertilizers 7.568 981 13.474,886 Flour and grist mills 354.100 372.280 Foundries and machine shops .... 591.474 670.724 Furniture, telephones, etc 360.000 181.300 340.556 830,187 Slass $195,000 59.200 Ice \ 1.004 827 846.599 Lumber and timber products 15.271.850 17.762.158 Mattresses, spring beds and brooms 129.500 178.850 Mineral and soda waters iWif.lZiS oio.nn OH mills (cotton seedl 3,840,366 3.673 106 Patent medicines 102.400 118.450 Printing and publishing 661.150 954.250 Saddlerv and harness 38.250 48.750 Textiles 78.889.154 83.769.646 Tobacco and cigars 137.155 161.795 Turnentine and rosin 149 000 396.702 Monuments and stones 393.548 428.466 Total J130.481.627 $142,670,803 Value Annual Products. Bakerv products J 710.961 $ 789,543 Boxes and baskets 692,872 804,489 Brick and tile 443,853 479,402 Canneries 437,143 273,316 Carriages and wagons ono 366.753 Clothing 240,000 296 190 Coffins and Caskets 96,500 101,987 Confectionery 24,100 128,782 Electricity 2,271,449 2,972,819 Fertilizers 12,094,734 12,023.712 Flour and grist mills 589.032 510,219 Foundries and machine shops 1 503.838 1,537,171 Furniture, telephones, etc 373,627 249,439 Gas 121.695 129,142 Glass 225,000 154,811 Ice 451,005 594,567 Lumber and timber products .. y CftO Cft7 11 S8A 3dn Mattresses, spring: beds, brooms .. 214,500 276,135 Mineral and soda waters 1,495,334 1,104,109 Oil mills 12.782,951 13,217,093 Patent medicines 588,750 112,272 Printing and publishing 921.221 1.347 781 Saddlery and harness 60,907 56,907 Textiles 70.927.990 73,502.080 Tobacco and cigars 849,626 891,078 Turpentine and rosin 302.081 411.142 Monuments and stone 356.940 586.356 Total $117,979,385 $124,584,060 I desire, also, in this same connection. to submit to you an article written by me, at the request of Lesslie's Weekly, and published in that periodical of November 14 1912, under the heading. "South Carolina to the Front." In the phenomenal material growth of the south during the past three decades. South Carolina stands forth pre-eminent among her sister states, and yet her wonderful resources have barely been touched. The fertility ol her soil has given her a world's record. which still holds, in the production of corn per acre, notwithstanding her principal crop is cotton. The marvelous development of her manufacturing interests has placed her second in the manufacture of cottor goods. Along every line there has been rapid and substantial progress With a population which, while proud of the wonderful traditions o) its past, is busy seizing the opportunities of the present and has its face turned toward the future, and with resources, the development of which has only begun, perhaps more varied than those of any other state in tht Union, the outlook for prosperity it South Carolina today will compare favorably with the prospects for the fu ture in any section of the Unitec States or in any part of the world The farming lands are owned largelj by the farmers who receive directlj the benefit '?f their labors. Improved farming methods have been introduced ttnd diversified and intensified farming is steadily increasing th< yield per acre and the returns to tht producer. Lands are well cared for the farmers naturally taking a pridt in building up their own, and the fer tilit.v of the soil is being increased. In the manufacturing and industri al enterprises of the state, capital ant labor are working hand in hand and South Carolina has been singularly free from the labor troubles which have disturbed other sections of the country. The great proportion of the toilers in these manufacturing enterprises are natives of the state, with that love for South Carolina and that jealous regard for her Interests which have ever characterized our people. In every department of activity the people are contented?not contented in the sense that they are not seeking further progress, for they are; but in the sense that they realize and appreciate the prosperity with which they are blessed. Fine progress Is being made along educational lines. The common school I system is being improved mrougn-| out the state, and the higher institutions of learning are in flourishing condition. Sentiment everywhere In the state for improved highways is growing and better roads are being built, bringing the crops closer to the markets, uniting closer the people of the rural districts and in every way making rural life more attractive. With her native population, her splendid resources, her unexcelled climate and her diversified industries, South Carolina is an inviting field for the Investment of capital, and the wonderful development now going on in the state is evidence of the fact that capital realizes the fine opportunity which is presented. Great water powers are being put to work for material progress, and the figures which have been cited show that South Carolina now has more than two hundred thousand developed horse-power of this kind. This development continues to go steadily forward, furnishing the power for new enterprises which are being built, for the lighting of our cities and even many of our country homes. It is only recently that the material resources of the state began to attract the attention which they deserve, and that their development was begun in the manner which they warrant. Stock raising for which South Carolina is peculiarly adapted, was long neelected. and even now the advan tapes of the state In this regard are only beginning to be fully realized. The point which I want to stress is that, while South Carolina Is experiencing a wonderful prosperity, it is an advancing prosperity?that the state's various activities are steadily advancing In almost limitless fields. This march of industrial progress will be given further impetus with the opening of the Panama canal. Charleston, South Carolina's great seaport city, being recognized as "the most convenient port to Panama." With all of her varied and wonderful material wealth, however, South Carolina's chief asset is the spirit of the people, and it is when this is taken into consideration that the bright out* look for the future becomes a certainty. It were idle in this connection to recount the struggles of these people in rebuilding their fortunes, swept away by the war between the states. It is sufficient to point to the wonderful new fabric which they have woven to take the place of the old?a fabric wonderfully woven in terrible travial in the days of its beginning. It is the same spirit with which our people are imbued today? that spirit which in '65 made captains ? . nnt nf rnntains of OI I lie 111U unn j vuv r _ shattered companies. Strengthened by the trials and emboldened by the triumphs of the past. South Carolina today looks with assurance to the future. Commercial victories are being every day achieved by her people. Her progress is commanding the attention of every section of our great country. The National Corn exposition will soon be held in South Carolina's capital city. Hundreds of people conversant with the resources and development of every state in the Union will be welcomed within our borders and the Palmetto state will have no fear of comparison by them of progress here and elsewhere. They will see what a great state has done and is doing and is determined yet to do. The national gathering in the interest of one of the country's great staple products will bring South Carolina closer than ever before to her sister states of the American Union, and will, no doubt, stimulate greater friendly industrial rivalry. I have endeavored to outline briefly a few of the bare facts upon which I have based claim for South Carolina, of a prosperity which must substantially increase. It is not given to us to know the future, but. if we may judge it by the past, I believe the facts will bear me out in the statement that South Carolina has only entered upon an era of surpassing progress, in which material development and the continued intellectual and moral uplift of all her people will go steadily forward hand in hand. Education. In my opinion, gentlemen, the most serious proposition which confronts us today, and the one, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that is all-important, is the education of the children of our state. You have your higher institutions of learning, which are being most extravagantly supported, while our country schools are receiving a most niggardly support, are being woefully neglected, this negligence going to such an extent, I regret to say. as to be tantamount to wilfulness. If you will travel through the country and see the unclean, uncomfortable, ragged and unpatched? to. express It In a word, most miserable-looking buildings, that are called school houses, and not feel ashamed of what your state is doing for the education of her future citizens, then onfAiv vmi have no sense of shame. Gentlemen, I cannot paint the picture too black?school houses with holes in the walls and floors and roofs, while children have to huddle together to keep warm; school houses so small and so crowded that children must be so close together they actually have to breathe into their lungs the breath which comes from the bodies of others. Each year thousands of dollars are appropriated for new buildings for your state colleges, and these poor, helpless little country children are expected to get education enough to reach these institutions of learning, freezing almost to death, sometimes crowded actually to death, uncomfortable and unprotected. Look at your handsome buildings on your South Carolina University campus?one costing $75,000; others costing large amounts. Look at your magniiicent buildings at Clemson college, costing, I presume, into the millions. Look at your Winthrop college, with her thousands of dollars in brick buildings. Look at your great Citadel, the best military school in this whole country, where a boy can receive a free education. Of these institutions we are all justly proud, and we point them to the outsider as monuments to Carolina's prosper ioi..iihio iimhltinn. Xo man II) <11111 lUWM.w.v who loves his state would take one brick from them; no man would do a single thing to injure one of them. Hut. gentlemen, they have got theirs, i and now I appeal to you, as men, to i hold up on this extravagance in your , state institutions, and help the little ; country boys and girls in order that ' they may be able to reach one of these magnificent buildings, belonging to your state institutions, and receive the finishing touches of an education. ! How do you expect the boys and girls of this country to reach our higher in stitutions, when you say to them, i "You must stand an examination in s order to get in here, you must make . a certain mark in all the various studies we teach," and yet, gentlef men. you are not giving them the help to prepare themselves to stand ( the examination. i And, now, I want to put you on noi tiee?not a threat, gentlemen; not I with any intention of forcing you to ? do anything?but I want to put you i on notice that unless you take care - of your free country schools it will - take two-thirds of both your houses I to get your appropriations through . for your state colleges. So. if it r reaches the point where the clash r comes, do not say that you were taken 1 by surprise. As between the state - colleges and the country schools, if an 1 issue of that kind Is made. I propose ? to make the fight for the country schools. If both are taken care of. , very well and good; but if the eol? leges are taken care of and the coun try schools are not. then I propose to bring the matter to a test, and see - who are the friends of the country 1 schools in your general assembly, , and let your constituents know those' of you who are willing to give their taxes for extravagant buildings for your state colleges, and not willing to give money for decent and respectable school houses for your country schools. I hope the test will not come: that all will be pleasant and that the friends of the higher institutions and the friends of the common schools will be satisfied; but if it does come, let it be understood that I stand squarely with the country boys and girls for better school houses, better salaries for their teachers, so that we may have and keep the best, and more teachers. I, therefore, recommend that you levy a one-mill tax on all personal property and real estate, for the free public schools; said money to be used and expended under the direction of the state board of education, for said schools, in such manner as, in their judgment, will ne most oenenciai iu the children of the state. Give me this, gentlemen, and show to the people that we want better schools. You talk about compulsory education?a child to go to school eight weeks or four months, when you have schools in your state that do not run eight weeks. How are you going to compel a child to go to a school when you do not give it a school to go to? It is as if you would pass a law that everybody shall eat cake on Sunday; what is the poor man that hasn't any cake, and can't buy cake, going to do? If you are going to force him to eat, then you must furnish it If you are going to force a child to go to school, then you must furnish the school. And possibly It may not be amiss for me to say right here that I will, with pleasure, veto any compulsory education law that you pass, for reasons which I have so often given that I would feel I was imposing upon your good nature and trespassing upon your time to incorporate them in this message. There is another matter to which I would call your attention In this connection, and that is the greatly -disproportionate salaries paid your professors in your higher institutions of learning and your teachers in your common schools. The professors in your state colleges, working ten or twelve hours per day, some even less ?are receiving Jarge, and, in some instances, extravagant salaries. In addition to furnished houses, free lights and other conveniences, . while the teachers .in the country schools are receiving mere niggardly pittances, working ten to twelve hours a day, walking to and from school in the rain and mud, and using pine knots for ft flrp to lfppn warm In thn vi'lnfpp and read and study by. Gentlemen, do you consider this fair to the country schools? Some of these professors in the state colleges, at least, are no better educated and no better fitted for their positions than some of these country school teachers would be for the same positions; and many of these country school teachers would grace any chair In any of your 'colleges. The disproportion is too great: It is unfair and It is unjust. Some Comparisons. Hy reference to the twenty-third annual report of the board of trustees, you will see that Clemson college has spent $819,703.14 during the past year; the South Carolina University Is asking this year for $218.494.22; the Citadel is asking for $33 500; Winthrop wants $115,705.98 in addition to the regular fixed apportionment as provided by law heretofore. This is a total of $687,403.34, and, taking in the regular and special appropriations asked and amount to be spent, it will reach about threequarters of a million dollars. Consider the enrollment in these instl tutions and the enrollment In the common schools, and compare them. During the past year, the enrollment In the Citadel was 236; in Clemson. 811; in the University of South Carolina 443; in Winthrop, 745. In the free public schools of South Carolina, the enrollment was as follows: White ?town, boys, 30,692; girls, 32,107; total 62.799. Country, boys. 47,675; girls, 45,806; total, 93,481. Negroes? town, boys 17,120; girls, 22,519; total, 39,639. Country, boys, 62,143; girls, 73,525; total, 135.668. Here you have an enrollment in the colleges which I have enumerated, of 2,235, as agralnst an enrollment In the free public schools of 331,587?for you must include the negroes In the enrollment, for the negroes are receiving a goodly part of the white man's taxes for the education of the negro children. When you compare these figures, then compare the expenditures for these colleges with the expenditures for the free public schools, and, I beg you, consider seriously, if I am not asking you for little enough when I recommend the one-mill levy. Classification of Colleges?Medical College. In my opinion, there should be an equitable distribution among the state's higher institutions of the various departments of learning, with the view of making more compact and more closely related the state's educational activities, so far as these institutions are concerned. 1 believe we should have certain departments of learning in one of these institutions and other departments of learning in another. Let us have departments where a young man or a young woman may learn any of the professions? electrical engineering1, stenography and bookkeeping, medicine, teaching, law, and the like?but let us not have all the state colleges teaching all these things, but provide for certain departments in one college, and for others in another and so on, in order that the state may not be scattering her funds in keeping up two or three of vhe same kinds of departments in two 01 three or more colleges. For instance, ,t you are going to teach a boy electrical engineering at the South Carolina university, why have electrical engineering departments at the other institutions, and keep up two or three departments of electrical engineering, instead of placing all the money used for teaching this branch of learning in one school, and perfecting this department there? Same applies to medicine, to law, and to the other branches taught. If we would thus perfect the various departments and make them the best, it would not be necessary to send a boy or girl outside of our state in order that that boy or girl may be well grounded in any of the professions. In connection with this suggestion, I recommend that an act be passed making the Medical College at Charleston the Medical college of South Carolina, and making It a branch of the South Carolina university, and that vou nnnronriatp thp sum nf tpn thnus and dollars for the purpose of defraying the ordinary expenses of this institution. You have a law department; why not a medical department fostered by and under the direct control <>f the state? This could l?e done with very small expenditure of money; it is material to your university, and, in my opinion, would add much to the educational system of the state. I, therefore, earnestly urge that you pass a bill which will be submitted to you during this session along that line. This will be a step in the direction of making one great university of a', flu* various state colleges, which. respectfully submit, should be the pol v of our state in dealing with its uigher institutions of learning. Clemson Colleqe. I respectfully recommend that yon linage tlie name of Clemson college i" i alhoun university. 1 believe this is right and proper. The property bel.olnmr to r?o 11wtil 1* It was his home and hp is entitled to th credit for the institution. We do no' know what may have Ridded any action taken by Mr, Clemson in the matterwhether it was that he felt he held property which he was not entitled to and relieved his mind in this way, at the same time believing he was building a perpetual monument to himself or what his reason or motive was. But whatever it was, this institution should as a matter of justice, bear the nam" of Mr. Calhoun, and stand as a memorial to hint. Another reason for this recommendation is that I believe if you will change the name to Calhoun university this will be a sufficient breach of the Clemson contract to bring a test suit and that thereby the state of Soutli Carolina can be released from supporting an institution that is being controlled by outsiders; and then the state can reimburse the Cleinson heirs and take charge of Calhoun university, now Clemson college, as a state institution, place it in the hands of its own officials, as it should be placed, an manage and control it. I think it i generally conceded throughout th whole state that the state ought t take entire control of the institution and not have it conducted Independent ly, as at present, and I believe the ac tion above suggested, will bring thi about, and I earnestly urge it. I am in favor of the institution; think it is a grand and glorious instl tution. and that It Is doing a magnlfi cent and noble work. If this chang would cripple It, I would not even lntl mate a suggestion that It be made; bu I believe that by placing It directly un der the control of the state. Instead o being crippled. It will be great!; strengthened. Hosiery Mill. Gentlemen, I desire again to call t your attention your hosiery mill a the South Carolina penitentiary?thi hosiery mill more properly named th "South Carolina tuberculosis incuba tor." I shall not burden you with i message in regard to it, but refer yoi to House Journal, 1912, page 119, Sen ate Journal, 1912, page 90, and wouli ask you to read my message of las year upon this matter, and then go t the penitentiary and see for your selves. But remember, gentlemer things are In very much better condl tlon now, than they were at the tim of the message to which I have refer red you. The floors have been cleaned the spider webs have been brushed ol the window sashes; the windows hav been opened; the cuspidors have beei cleaned and many other changes hav been made since I began to raise wha some of the officials have termed hell I am glad I raised It, gentlemen. If have helped some poor fellows, evei though they are not out; and now want to raise a little more of it, am abolish this Infernal death trap?thi earthly hell. If you do not abolish 1 I cannot make you. And I am no going to make any threat. I am get ting too old for that. It is a demani of humanity which I am calling t vour attention, and it is for you am the demand is upon you. In the thirty-third annual report o the state board of health, submittei to me by the chairman. Dr. Rober Wilson, Jr., of Charleston, and whlcl will be transmitted to your bodie! this eloquent plea is made: "Once more we plead for aid to en able us to grapple with the tubercu losl8 evil. Year after year this terri ble scourge goes on with Its train o suffering and death and poverty, am its waste of hundreds of thousands o dollars, and nothing Is done. Othe states are spending large sums t< check Its spread, but South Carolini spends nothing. Will the legislature never awake to the economic lmpor tance of this disease and support the board of health In its fight?" If you desire, in addition to wha has already been given you, any fur ther Information In regard to thl hosiery mill, I will take pleasure li furnishing you a list of the names o witnesses, who will come before you bodies and give you a full and detalle* account of this Institution; of hov prisoners are treated In the penitentl ary, the kind of food that is givei them, the kind of clothes put on them and all the inside facts. These an men, who, although they were con victed of violation of law and hav< suffered punishment, will be recog nlzed as truthful men, some of thesi unfortunates having been convicted not of theft or perjury, or other hein ous crime; but of that class of crlrm which even the best of us may be ha rassed Into committing, and they an known among their neighbors an< friends at home as honest and uprlgh men, although they have suffered mis fortune. In other words, gentlemen if you want the Information, I wll furnish it; al! you have to do Is to slg nlfy your desire to receive It. Beard of Pardons. Heretorore i veioea me apprupi m tion for a board of pardons. My rea sons therefor were given at the time The legislature forced it over my veto and I then made up my mind I woul< not have any pardon board, any way But, after thinking over it, I decide* that I had just as well give two of m; friends a position that had some hono attached to it and barely paid the! expenses. So I appointed a board. I has done good work. They are good honest men, and have been faithful 81 far as they could be, under the circum stances. But you, gentlemen, knov that it is a shame to offer for thii board of three men the pitiful sum o four hundred dollars a year, which the; receive, when possibly they may hav one case before them, in which it ma; take a man two or three weeks of good hard, honest effort and study and to g< through the testimony, the judge' charge, the affidavits, petitions, etc and give them the attention the; ought to have. For instance, it ma; take a Judge and jury, with a cour ?.? ? 1 Hova rtr nnaqlhli oieiiuK tapiici, ocvuai uu^m, v. a week, or longer, to take the testl mony and conclude the trial of a case Now, when the stenographer's note are written out, the members of th pardon board are expected to sit dowi and read the transcript over carefully and then read over the new evidenc by way of affidavits, and the petition and letters. Now, this is only one cast gentlemen, and they have referred t them since April. 1912 253 cases. O course, all the cases do not require a much work. But If you are going t have a pardon hoard, let us have a re spectable salary attached to it, so as t place it upon a dignified plane, a least. I have been the recipient of a grea deal of uhuse and the object of i great deal of harsh language abou pardons. Vpwards of seventy-flv thousand white voters of South Caro Una, however, said they endorsed m; course. But, gentlemen, there has bee; a great deal of hard work and worr; in it all, and there has been no pleas ure in it, except in seeing the poor fel lows free?there is a wonderful pleas ure in that, Many cases have beei brought before me in which I had t refuse clemency, and, with all that ha been said about me?if you will pardo a personal reference?sometimes have gone to the window and turne my back to my office and looked u the street when the mother and littl children were pleading, and when knew my duty, and that I had to sa "no." 'It is a serious duty and a grav responsibility and I am satisfied ther will never be a true man governor fo any length of time, who would not wel come relief from some of the responsi mm,. thi? hnwpvpr I treat mor fully In a message to the senate, trans mitting my reasons for pardons, and shall not enlarge upon It here. But want to impress upon you that if yo are going to have a pardon board, yo should pay the members a sufficien salary that they may give their tim and attention to it. The members c the present board to my own knowl edge, have made personal sacrifices t do the work I have placed in thei bands within the last year, yet thej too. have been abused for recommend big clemency in certain cases, whe ibey were performing only a patrioti duty, for all men know they were cer | tainly not performing a duty whlc j oaid them, financially or otherwisethe only hope of reward which the an expect is that which the God c IustIce and of Mercy will give ther tor paying careful attention to th ? i it s of the widow and the oppress-. | >nd for listening to "the least r j i lo se." Trusts and Combinations. i1 I desire, gentlemen, to call to you attention once again the cotton mi mergers of this state, and ask thy > 11 take some definite action in re u.ird thereto, and I respectfully refr vou to my message upon this subjer House Journal, 1912, page 14?; Senat Journal, 1912, page 155. My predh lions therein are already heing ful filled. In the recent primary electio men were threatened and attempt were made by the heads of these ml mergers to intimidate them; and I at , reliably informed that, since the dec I tion, men have been dismissed frot , their jobs because they did not vote t suit the "bosses." The matter is fc | you?to use a somewhat inelegant, hi j forcible expression, it is "up to you. lilt is not Impossible that some da unless action is taken, even some c you may he the sufferers, and then n , doubt you would wish that action ha i been taken. 1 desire to call your attention als to other trusts and combinations, par ; ticularly the Carolina Public Servlc I corporation, that is buying all the ic , plants throughout this state. This I a violation of the law. These ice plant i are heing bought simply and solely fc d the purpose of creating a monoply 8 shutting out all the Independent plant e raising the price of Ice to whateve 0 figure they desire to put It, and sayln i, to the people, sick or well, "Pay thl - or do without." I thought the attorney genert s would take some action in regard t these matters, under the law, but noth 1 ing has been done, and I now call up - on you to take some steps before thes - corporations have so far stuck thel e fangs into the people that It will b - Impossible to get them out. t See Section 13, Article 9, Constltu - tion of South Carolina, 1895. Exclusive Franchises. y 7 I desire to call your attention t the evil of any town, city, county c state giving any exclusive right; o privileges, or franchises to any co: t poratlon or Individual. We see th s pernicious effects of this now. Whe n />?* /?Wir rtlnnao Kar tiro tar airi - tern, light system, telephone or tele a graph system in the hands of on a corporation, under an exclusive fran - chlse. the result often Is. that If yo 3 are without water, you cannot fore t them to hurry repairs and you car 0 not get It elsewhere; If you are with - out light, the same Is true; if th i, telephone company or telegraph com - pany gives you poor service and yo e make complaint you are ignored, be - cause you have nowhere else to g< ; and you are bound by their specif T privileges. When any town or cit e places herself under one system c n public service, to the exclusion c e others, after the experience of town t and cities all over the country, it de I. serves to have poor public service fa 1 cilltles. .1 respectfully recommen a that you pass an act annulling all en I elusive franchises heretofore grante 3 in SOuth Carolina, and forbidding an s exclusive franchises In the future. Th t towns and cities belong to the state t the town government or the city gov - emment is but a subdivision of th 3 general state government; the peopl o of the towns and cities are citizen 3 of the state, and if the town council c city council will not protect its citl f zens, then it Is your duty to step 1 3 and protect them. If you do not thin t 1 am right in this matter. I simply re fer you to some town or city wher i, one corporation or one individual con trols the lighting plant or the wate - plant, or both; or where one syster - controls the street car lines or othe - ouasi-Dublic enterprises or publl f service system; or where one corpora 3 tion or individual has an exclusiv f franchise of all these things, r I note a most ridiculous occui 0 rence before the railroad commissior 1 er recently in a telephone hearint e The people's side of the case was rep - resented, or supposed to be represenl e ed, by an attorney who is a leadin counsel for the Western Union Tele t eraph company, when everybod - knows that the Western Union Tele b graph company and the Southern Be n and Telegraph company are one an f the same corporation, or one controll r ed and owned by the other operatln 3 as such. Independently. Still, th v railroad commission. I presume, knei - what it was doing. I leave it tq th i people of that particular town as t i, whether they got any relief or not. e Taxes on Water Powers. " I respectfully recommend that yo pass an act requiring all corporation * in this state that are using the wate i power of the state to pay a tax or II * cense therefor. Dams have been bull " and are being built across nearly a the streams of South Carolina tha * have any water power that can b ? profitably utilized. This water powe J belongs to the people of the state. 1 is being harnessed, so to speak, an used to run machinery for a few cor '. porations which are making million of dollars out of it, and the people c the state?the taxpayers?are not re ceivlng one dollar's benefit therefroir Other countries tax companies or in . dlvfduals for the use of their wate . powers, and there Is no good reaso , why South Carolina should not do s< >' and every reason why she should. ] j would be a source of much revenue t us, it would not hurt those who ar 1 ? -J U kyv V*?1 j using inia (juwer, tiiiu it nuuiu uc uv y fairness and Justice to all concernec p I, therefore, most earnestly urge yo r to place this tax or license upon eac t and every one of the Individuals o I corporations that are using these wa 5 ters In generating electricity, run ning machinery, or otherwise?not t ~ be harsh upon them, but to be fair t 8 the general taxpayers. These corpc f rations are ruining our rivers?absc v lutely destroying them forever, s p far as navigation Is concerned; injui ? lng the lands below the dams by al I most actually drying up the rivers 1 ^ some places; receiving large return B therefrom, and not paying one cer for the use of that water power. It I '' not right, and It Is your duty to coi Yv rect It. t I am reliably informed that the pow v erful, gigantic dam, which la now be lng constructed across Broad River a Parr Shoals. is not to be provide g with a draw. This should be require e because the United States governmer n is now spending money to make Broa , river navagable, and a great fight I ^ being carried on to complete the Co s lumbla canal, and if these thing ( should be accomplished, this Par Shoals dam would forever stand as f menace and hindrance to the use t g this river. Now, while the dam Is i 0 its infancy, the parties controlling it construction should be made to chang 0 their plans so as to provide such t draw. I am also informed that ther is no provision made by which the fis ( from the low-country streams, or eve a from the ocean, can go north of thl t dam, thus depriving the people nort e of the dam, in the upper part of Care Una, from the benefits of fishing in th v stream which they otherwise woul ^ have as a result of the migration < y fish from the ocean and low-countr waters. 3 I can but call these matters to you " attention, gentlemen. It is for you th n mighty corporations to control. n Rat* of Interest. 3 I respectfully recommend that yo 'J pass an act reducing the legal rate c f interest in this state to six per cen There would be a good deal of com p plaint about this, possibly. But whe ? you place your money in a saving . bank you only receive four per cen ^ Bankers boast of the fact that the ^ 1 In Via fl can uorrow money in mr uuiui c ? two and one-half and three per cen If they can borrow it at two and one half per cent, most assuredly the " can make money lending it at six pe cent. Look at the magnificent build I ings the banks are erecting?thel J great skyscrapers. Look at the im mense dividends they are declarim u They vie with each other in displayin l} In large letters in the newspapers th * amount of dividends they are paylnj j and herald to the world that they ar making money and prospering. "W ~ are all glad to note this prosperity, bi gentlemen, they should share some c . it with their customers and not kee ' it all within their own pockets, for, at " ter all. it is their customers' mone . which Is the foundation of their pros c perity; and I would urge upon you th J wisdom of reducing the legal rate c _ interest in this state from seven to si ~ per cent. if Exchange on Checks. n I also recommend that you pass a e act prohibiting any bank from charg 1 ing its regular customers exchange o >f any draft or check passing through th bank. My reason for this, gentlemei is simple and plain. A man comes t Columbia from some other point i , the state; he does some trading an ' gives a perfectly good check on hi home bank; the merchant who ac cepts that check, or the hotel proprif ' tor, or other person, carries it to h1 ; regular bank and deposits it, and tli ' ?,unir ohorirBs him for sendlne thf check to the home bank and gettln the money on It, when it doesn't coi ^ that bank a cent to do so, and whe that bank is getting the benefit of til deposit. They say, "Oh, but we ai in the clearing house, and have to d it." Then, gentlemen if the clearin house is a merger of banks it is in vie ir lation of our law, and the attorne t general should take steps to break ? up. But you should pass an act stop , ping the banks from taking mone * from the pockets of the people on e\ ery little pretense and pretext. And ? hope that those of you who ow stock in banks, or are attorneys ft banks, will let that fact be know [? when you argue against this proposl tion, so that your fellow-members ma know why you are opposing It. jS Return Money on C. 0. D. Packages ts I also respectfully recommend tht >r you pass an act prohibiting expres ; companies from charging for returnb ing money collected on C. O. D. pack>r ages. Any of you can see the injusg tice of such charge by an express Is company. A package comes to you C O. D.; you could send your check ir il payment of it; you could give the como pany the money for it; but they rei quire you to pay an exorbitant price i- for them to return your money, 01 le they will refuse to give you your packIr age. It is simply a "hold-up." and yoi e should not allow it. Flat Two-Cent Passenger Rate. l" I respectfully recommend, as I have done in my message heretofore, anc as I advocated on the floor of the o house of representatives when a memir ber of the senate, and on the public b. rostrum as a candidate, that you pas: - an act making a flat rate of two cents e per mile for passengers on all railroads n in tnis stare. ino aouoi some wno navt i- not heretofore favored this position s- who now think that It is popular, wil e be very vigorous in their support of li i- ?possibly wanting to be elected t< u some other office, or re-elected to whai :e they have, and having reached the i- conclusion that it is a popular plati form, they are ready to Jump on it anc e say they did it, when, as a matter ol i- fact, many of us have been working or u it for years, and it has simply come t( >- the point now where it is thought thai j, it will win. Whether the credit for it il however, be properly placed or not y the main consideration is what is besi if for the people of the state. The railif roads are making money; they art is prospering. Of that I am glad. I woulc s- not, under any circumstances or conditions. wish to iniure a railroad d Many of the engineers, conductors flagmen, and other employees of the d railroads are my best friends, and ] y fully realize that if you cripple the e railroads financially it will injure these >; men; but such an act would not crip' pie the railroads. I fully realize alsc e that it will be urged that the railroade e will say to these men "Oh, yes, youi is legislature did thus and so, Mr. Engi?r neer; we have to reduce your salary; I- Mr. Conductor. Mr. Flagman, we have n to reduce your salary." We do not k want to do anything that will Injure s- these people. But they are protected e by their labor unions, and, unlike us i- they can make the railroads come tc ir their terms, because the railroads have n got to have them. sr Now, gentlemen, this is no unfaii lc proposition. If the railroads can sell - me a mileage book for twenty dollare e because I have the money to pay foi it, there is absolutely no reason or earth why they should not sell anj i- citizen a ticket for two cents per mile ? I do not believe they ought to be torr >- on trains; I do not believe they ought t- to be accepted for tickets; I do not 8 believe you ought to have any; and ] !- hope you will not pass any law relaty lng to that abominable and foolish sysi tern. But reach all the people. Say tc 11 the poorest man, who Is only going e d mile. "You can go for two cents;" or I- if he has to go fifty miles, "You car 8 go for a dollar;" and say to the rich e man "You can't have any privilege! w that the poor man can't have." Thai e is democracy, and we claim to b? ? Democrats. The railroads say, "Oh we have to put on ticket collectors.' For what? Gentlemen, It is the meresl u subterfuge. Here. Is a railroad comlS pany that says to you, "Here is oui ,r conductor; put your wife on this trair l_ with your children; or, If you please It put your sixteen or elghteen-year-olc U daughter on this train; she Is safe ir the hands of our conductor; he wil e take care of her; he will protect her;' T and yet, in the same breath, that railit road company says to you, "Pay youi d fare or give your ticket to the collector; we can't trust our conductor.' lS Mind you, gentlemen?can't trust the if conductor with their money and yel saying to you, "Trust your wife and x your children or your daughter 01 your sister, with him; trust that which r is dearer than all things else on thie n earth to you with man"?when the j railroad can't trust him with its mon[t ey. If the railroad can't trust hinr 0 with their money, what right have the> e to trust him with the safety of youi family? 1. I hold in my hand a book costing u Ave dollars, good for two hundred and h fifty miles over the Piedmont Tractior ,r company, in the upper part of thii . state. This mileage is taken up or If Ho rrera era ia nhfxnlrtfkH [m me nam, uJiuu iv ?wt)0M0v *w o and It can be used by any member ol o the holder's family, or by any persor who has it when he gets on the train Now, if we are going to have mlleagt 0 books, whjch I do not favor, then lei >. us have a mileage book such as th< [. one I have referred you to. If the inn terurban can have it, there is surely n< lg reason why the railroads cannot hav< it I8 But, gentlemen, give your people i .. flat two-cent rate; and those of yoi who favor it, when the bill is called up _ if the author of the bill, who hai it in charge, gets up and says, "Pasi it over," you get up and ask why. I d is usually considered courtesy to ald low the author of the bill to handle it ,t and when he rises in his seat ant d says, "Mr. President," or Mr. Speaker la pass this bill over," it is customaq for others to say nothing. But .g warn yuu iu nmt.ii auu ovc iiim T these bills are reached in their regua lar places on the calendar, no mattei who requests it, they are not put of n until the last days of the session aiic g then crowded out. But let some 01 e your members favorable to them, gel a up and force the fight; for not al e ways are authors of bills their bes h friends. n Capital and Labor. Is Labor and capital have been work h ing most harmoniously and pleasantly i- together. ie I was called upon to take actior d with regard to a strike that was go >f ing on in Augusta, Georgia, which y some people thought would be broughi into this state, because the corpora ir tion was operating cars in the county e of Aiken. I took the matter up wit! some close and valued persona friends in the "Horse Creek Valley,' who kept me in close touch with th< u situation. I was asked to order ou >f the militia. This I flatly declined t< t. do, and advised the railway men t< i" put their cars in their sheds, and noi n run them from Georgia into South is Carolina. The situation became tense t. Letters and telegrams, and sometime! y personal conferences, were brought t< it bear; but I stood firm in my position t. did not order out the militia, anc - pleaded with my friends?and I arr y glad to say I have many true ores t in the "Horse Creek Valley"?not t< - violate any of the laws of the state Ir but to stand, in an orderly manner i- to what they believed were theii ! rights. Arbitration was had; peac< g was restored; all is well. I woulc e not have had a repetition in South i, Carolina of the Augusta soldier e shooting down innocent men for al e the railroads in the American Union it Another strike in the city of Co>f lumbia came on. I asked the newsP paper reporters to say to the head 01 the corporation that I had heard th< y corporation was going to bring strike i- breakers into the city, and politely e but firmly requested that such courst >i be not taken, l am giaa 10 say i x was not done. I had a conferenc* with some of my friends?the con ductors and motormen who wor'cet n for the company, to the number o: 112 out of 114, were my politica friends; not one thing would I hav< le done to injure them or to injure theli a chances of receiving better pay; ant if strike-breakers -had been put up 'n on the cars, I would have had even j one of them arrested and put in thi |g county Jail or state penitentiary under that section of the Constltu tion which says that such forces shal * * * - ^ - TIv?. I_ not De Drougnt into our siaic. nw? e ever, it was not done. The employ lt es stood firm; went to church; wen around attending to their matters o pleasure, laughing and talking an< keeping In good humor: and the] brought the wealthy corporation t< terms. Once again arbitration cam* In; peace was restored; all Is well. Again, a strike threatened in thi city of Charleston, caused some par " ties there to get very much worriet and uneasy. I was called on for ad vice and assistance. I sent one o * your members, the Hon. John T. Mil ler. a manly man, a true friend t< j the laboring man, and an hones _ Carolinian?as my special represen )r lative, to the city of Charleston. H< visited and conferred with the official! , of the street railway company ant ' the officials of the labor unions, and by his cool Judgment, brought abou an understanding; an amicable agree ment was reached, and the sound ol it the gong was not stilled. Again, with is cool heads, good Judgment, and tht spirit of live and let live," prevail- . Ing, peace was restored, and all Is well. I do not wish to be egostltlcal, and you will pardon me for saying that In all three of these instances I believe that the confidence the laboring men had in me as their friend, had very much to do with averting trouble and bringing about adjustment, fair and reasonable to all parties. I am proud that the laboring men feel that I am their friend. I am their friend, and I prize their friendship and their confl, dence. I Torrent Land System. > I have not had the opportunity to give tsih question that serious and : careful consideration which It deserves s and, therefore, I am not in position to i (Hva vnil onv InfnrmotlAM <n room rH tn ? C / vu ???/ iinvi niaviuu 111 * Vgut u I'/ j It or to make a recommendation a* to It. During the campaign the past summer, when my opponent was loudly proclaiming from stump to stump that he favored the Torrens land system, I kept quiet upon the subject. I was elected. But there is a matter which I desire to call to your attention; and that Is the ownership of land. The fearfully high price that Is now being paid for farming lands can not In my opinion last, but if It should. It is going absolutely to deprive the poor man of owning land, and In a few years will create In this country a system of landlordship akin to feudalism, and which will be oppressive to the great masses of the people, putting the poor man at great disadvantage. Another matter which our white people ought to give their serious consideration to. is that of selling so much of our real estate to the negro race. [ This is a menace which can now be i easily averted; dui i rear, u rne praci tice is kept up, that In a few years we . are going to find ourselves facing a i very serious situation In dealing with i the negro landowner. What remedy should be applied la a matter which . I cannot discuss too freely, for fear the timid-hearted will say. "He Is > stirring up strife and race prejudice." t But I call It to your attention, and ask > vou to give It your very earnest conI slderation. Relief of 8torm Sufferers. ? I respectfully recommend that you - exempt from taxation all the persona! property and real estate of the clti' zens of that part of Tork county who 1 suffered from a terrible storm which 1 visited that community during the past summer. These people were left 1 almost destitute; their crops were r completely destroyed, and their con ditlon was very grave. I think It 1 would be but fair to give them this f small relief, and I most respectfully 1 and earnestly ask that you do so. Enforcemsnt of Law. 1 have been very much hampered In my efforts in enforcement of law and order by some of those who, Instead of being a hindrance, should have joined hands with me and been a strong legal and moral force in helping me. The county supervisors and l county commissioners of the various > counties are directed, under Section 840, Vol. 11, of the Code of Laws of ' South Carolina to pay for the services t of constables when appointed to ent h,, mklalrv la or* In lh?lr COUD . ties. But, by the obstinacy of these , officials in some of the counties, and their absolute refusal to obey the law, ( 1 have been unable to appoint men to , serve as constables in those counties I in order to assist the sheriffs in keep ing down the illicit sale of liquor. As . a consequence, I am free to say to you that I do not believe there is a county ! in the state which has no blind tigers in it?white men selling whisky, ne. groes selling whisky, and in many in stances, white mefl backing the nef groes and having the negroes acting as retailers for them. I have been helpi less because county officials would not , pay constables appointed by me to do > this work. My hands have been tied to a large extent i But I have had, if possible, an even r greater hindrance. Under the law ap? r propriatmg |5,U00 for the enforcement of law, I appointed as detectives r the Rev. C. W. Creighton and Col. i L<eon M. Green, two men who would i never have been suspected--*? aoing i detective work. They were doing a t great deal of good, giving me quietly , information which I conveyed to the t proper officials, and in this way doi ing much to stop the illicit sale of , whisky in many?places. The comp> troller general, however, stepped bet tween me and the enforcement of law ? and refused to pay the claims for their services; It was made public > throughout the state that they were i state detectives, and their usefulness was very much impaired?so much so I that both have tendered their reslgi nations and quit the service. Of t course, when it became generally 3 known that these two men were in 3 this business, the violators of the law t were then on the watch for them. I . thought then and think now that 1 , was exceptionally fortunate in getting 1 two such men to do this work. But , the comptroller general set his Judgf ment up against me, whose duty It [ was to exercise judgment In these i matters, and In open, bold defiance . of the law, refused to pay the claims p of these men, and refused to pay otht er claims for similar service, which 1 claims should have been paid In his t office. Why the comptroller general t should have taken such course I am at . a loss to understand; for I certainly t feel that it was his duty to help' me enforce the law, instead of standing between the violators of the law and myself, when I was trying to do my " duty. I say that I am at a loss to account for his course?I ^should j have modified this by saying, * except upon the theory that he has allowed the political differences Detween us 10 t influence the discharge of his public duties, knowing that he had at his " back a partisan attorney general, who : was my pronounced and bitter per. sonal and political enemy (and who, f by the way, the people of South Car> olina have repudiated and retired to , private life.) Sitting himself up as a constitutional lawyer, backed by the : state's attorney general, whose assist tance also I should have had, the : comptroller general refused to pay these just claims incurred in the ef' fort to enforce the law. Of course, I have been charged with and blamed for non-enforcenment of the law. But I want you to understand the situation, so that you may know if the county supervisors and commissioners had paid my constables, and the comptroller general had paid my detectives, I would have had matters In very much better shape. These differences and clashes, gentlemen, have been very unpleasant to me. for I have tHed to do my duty, and I regret that so much illegal sale of whisky is being carried on throughout our state. I am glad to say, however, that when I explained these matters to the people upon the rostrum they did not blame me, but endorsed me by re-electing me governor, while some of those who have opposed me were defeated, and others would have been if good men had placed themselves in the race and given the people an opportunity to retire to private life those who have J stood between blind tigers and the 1 ?* * ?Ua Ion. . eillUrUKIIlCIII. Ul UIC lan. ; If you will pass a law giving me the ' right to appoint five men, scattered In " different parts of the state, who shall f receive the $5,000 now appropriated for enforcement of law, I can use these " men by sending them wherever com? plaints are made and maintain a " much more rigid enforcement of the ' law than we have today. However, I j want to ask you, if you make any provision for the appointment of constables or state detectives, or if you pro" vide any appropriations, as you have 5 been doing, for payment of the ex: pense incurred in enforcement of the law. that you insert a proviso making * it clearly mandatory that the comp5 troller general shall issue his war? rant payable to such parties and upon such claims as the governor shall ape prove, letting him understand that he J has never the right nor the dlscre1 tion to turn down claims which are " approved by me along this line, and thus annoy and hinder me, as he has ^ done during the past twelve montns. t Concealed Weapon Law. I respectfully recommend that you i repeal the law against carrying cons cealed weapons, or that you amend It i by authorizing the clerk of coujrt of , each county to license persons making t application to him, and upon payment - of a fee of (5 to carry a pistol for such f a length of time as the said clerk may i i (Continued on Page Four.)