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GOV. BLEASE TALES. Favors Harmon-Will Propose Rall. road Law-Compulsory Education. Opposes Recall Judges. Spartanburg Herald, 7th. Surrounded by a constantly aug mented throng of admirers at the Argyle hotel last -night, Gov. Cole. L. Blease freely expressed his views on subjects to a reporter for The Herald and disclosed something of his plans. He made it plain that notwithstand ing Senator B. R. Tillman's denial, he believed there was truth in the story published by W. T.- Crews, edi tor of the Greenwood News-Scimitar, to the effect that Senator Tillman and Maj. John G. Richards, Jr., had plot ted to bring out Chief Justice Ira., B. Jones, of the supreme court, as a candidate to defeat him for governor. He. said he believed the program had beep to vleet Major Richards lieuten iu .goernor. Then, it; Senator T1l man was compelled for any reon to SIVq UR bisg a thg iinaie, Justice -!ones would take his place and Major Richardson would step into the gover nor's chair. Xxpeets to Beat Jones.e fi am going to be re.elected," said Wvrl6r Blease, vnen asked, if he rWuld say anytMng concerning poli tks. " will :eat Jones by a bigger majority than the one by which I de featg Featherstone, and If Tillman's man Richards is a candidate I will beat them both." Another interesting statement of the governor was that he intended to remedy conditions at the hosgery mill of the State penitentiary through legislation to be enacted by the gen eral assembly at its approaching ses Sion. Bristling.,ap at the suggestion that the legislature might not be amenable to his wishes, he said: "They better had. That's all I have to sy." .As to Hosiery ill. Continuing, Governor Blease said "tat~ itte14 grand Ury" In Richland county, which fo-nd the 'hosiery mill to be sani , hid iet ttself agalnht i o best ihystefans' in the State. 'ge mentioned phyisicians who be sa'd, ~declared the h6slery mill-'was a ilsease-breeder, and said he was marshalling Eis facto for submissin to the legislature. It. was. foolish, the go'fernor ai, tsr laymen to set themselves aganad experts. For instance, he said, the floors and walls and ceiling of the Argyle hotel seemed ?o be clean and sanitarY. But suppose, he suggested, tha,t' expert physicians should say that the walls and ceilings were in fested with diseased germs; would a r'easonable layman attempt to contra dict them? ' This, hie said, was the ease with the biosferg mill. Proposes Ratiroad Law.. Speaking of legislation which he would commend to fne general as sembly, Governor Blease said he *watild try- to obtain the passage of a law 'establishing two. cents a mile as a'iat rate for passenger transporta tion on .the steam railroads. of the State. This, he said, would obviate the mileage nuisance and make It pos sible for, poor people to, travel short distances s cheaply as wealthy peo pie. UJnder the law he proposes, he said, a passeniger who was traveling ten miles could bgiy a ticket for 20 cents, or give the conductor 20 cents ei- give the condhecter ten miles of mileage, as was most convenient. If the railroad people did not trust their conductors, he asserted, they ought to discharge'thiem and get men whom they- could- trust; and if he were a oonductor' and his employers did not trust him he would quit 'his position. The governor said he would also Tecmmend to the legislatures all the measures h'e recommended before which were not passed. May Keet Gov. Harmon. The conversation vleered to national politics. He was asked if he would meet Gov. Judson Harmon, of Ohio, when Mr. Harmon comes to South Carolina, 'week after next to make an address at the Union fair. "I expect to see him if I can," said the governor. "I'm a Harmon man." I'Mr. Blease added that he liked Gov. WVoodrow Wilson, of New Jersey; and considered him a fmne man. But Wil son, he said, was a little too radical J in his views, and, as the nominee of the Democratic party for the presi dency, could not carry Ohio and Ne~w York. Without Ohio and New York, Governor Blease said, it would be im possible for the Democratic party to elect a president. Harmon, he added, was the one man who had a chance of carrying those states, and the party should not be swayed by sentiment but should choose as a standard bearer the man with whom it had the greatest opportunity for success. Personal Preference. . "Personally," said Governor Blease, "ad without regard for what I think is most advisable, I shouldlike to se either Champ Clark or Oscar Under wood get the nOminAtion.. And if the party intends to do. nothing more but smake a nomination, let it be giver to Bryan." The governor said he doubted ver much if it was possible to beat Taft The president, he said, was popularly supposed to be a poor politician, bul he executed one of the shrewdest pos sible political moves in appointing Mr. Justice White, a Southerner and Cath olic, as chief justice of tie supreme court of the United States. His ap pointment of a Catholic to tbis higb office will offset suspicions that Mr. Taft is not a believer In religion. Of even greater importance, however, in Mr. Blease's opinion, is the effect which the appointment of Chief Jus tice White will have on the Demo cratic vote of New York. Effect on Tammany Hall. "The Catholics," said the governor, "stick togethe as no other class ot i.- gethe kople do. I know this from my own experience in attending a Catholic un Iversity. Now the principal Demo cratic organization of New York is Tammany Hall, -which controls the Democratic vote of that State. And Tammany Hall is largely composed of Irish-Americans, who are Catholics." It will be hard, the gosernor thinks, for any Democrat except Judsou Har mon to carry Ohio, President Taft's home State. But Govrnor Harmon ha demoistrated that he cal do it, I even with the great power 0f ?resi dent Taft's patronage against hiuL Governor Blease was-asked what he thought of the initiative, referendum and recall. He said he was opposed to them, but perhaps he only meant the Tecall, as in a subsequent remark he favored the referendum. Opposeed to Recall. He -was opposed to the recall, he said, because It would make cowarde of office-holders. It would be . a splendid thing for South Carolina, he declared, if at the. 1election next yeaz all State and aontv officers sh6uld be elected for a term ig four years, with the distinct understanding that thei could not be elected again. They would do their duty. In such a aage, he:aald, without regard to its politleai effect. They would not seek to curry favor with voters, In order to be re elected. For instan1ces he said, a coun ty supervisor would improve the roads where Improvement was most needed and not at places where the road im provement would win most votes for the supervisor. -Governor Bless. is . absolutely op posed, to the recall for. the judiciary. He said he believed tha-t judges should be elected .tor a long term-ten years or more-and that one term was all that they should have. He does nol believe In life terms. The Power of Judges. While speaking along this line, he favored the cusrtiling .of the power of judges in the matter of passing or the legality of laws. Under preseni conditions, he said, judges .would often on the slightest pretext declare legis lative acts unconstitutional and com pletely nullify the 'work of the legis lature and thwart the will of the peo ple. When the'.legislature enacted a law, he' said, the law should stand~ and be eni'orced, and the judiciary should be powerless to declare It void. "But suppose," the reporter sug gested to the governor, "that a law should undoubtedly be contrary to the Sconstitution. Whio-would be the judgE of It? Suppose the constitution should say that black was black, and -a las Ishould be passed that black was white What would you do about It?" Believes In "The Folks." "Refer. It -to the people," wasn the quick response. "I'm a great believes in the folks." Another subject whichi came up ir the course of conversation was thai of the education of negroes. Gover nor Blease was told that the repori of the superintendent of education 01 INewberry county, his home county showed that there were twice as many negro children in the jpublic schoolE as white children, and that his friend, Col. E. H. Aull, editor of the Newberry Herald and News, had called attentior to this fact as a grave question. The governor was asked how he account ed for it. "The answer is easy," he .said, "and bears out a contention which I havie always made. Don't educate the ne groes with white people's taxes." Compulsory Education. Colonel Aull said in an editoria] that the large attendance of negroes in the schools is a. conclusive answei to the argument which has been ad vanced by politicians against compul sory education-that it will. force the negroes to school. Governor Blease said that he had never opposed compulsory educatiot bctause it would force negroes tc shol,nt hard nnopp5 it for an en .tirely different reason. During the talk about politics some one in the crowd suggested. that if Senator Tillman shoald undertake to campaign thie State against Col. Jas per Talbert, who has announced his candidacy for the United States sen ate, the exertion might prove too much for Mr. Tillman. It was sug gested as within the range of possi bility that in such an event, if Sena tor Tillman should succumb, Talbert would be in the race alone and would clinch the nomination and election. To Change Party Rules. In this connection Governor Blease made some Interesting statements. He said that In order to guard against just such a contingency as that he was going to have the rules of tl.e Democratic party changed, so that if, after all the caiddat-s have tled their pledges and the entry list for the race is closed, one of the candi dater should drop out or die, the exe I utive committee will be empowered to receive new entrWs in the priTnary race. The governot did not seek to evadi discussion of way subiject IDftDosed, but made frank answers to all ques tions. He was .the soul of affability and did not say a single harsh thing about the newspapers. With a party of friends from Spar tanburg he will go to Greer this morning and make an address at a gathering of Red Men. It promises to be a big day for 0reer. At Greer Saturday In speaking of the SpT':afnhrg "riot," when troops were ordered held in readiness, Governor Blease denied that he ordered out any troops, and said if any had assumed authority to enter an armory under arms, they elo ceeded their power In the matter. He said that he -was told by Mayor Lee, of Spartanburg, that the town was In great danger of being thrown in a riotous condition and that he had bet ter send troops there right away, for he feared the consequences; that the police force was not able to cope with the situation: that confronted the city. He also stated that if any one would produce evidence that he cailed out the trooPs, that he would post a for flt of everything he oseedIf they would prove it. JTBVIBW WITH GOV, ULEASE. Exective Talks of Several Natters 'While in Spartanburg. .Spartanburg, Oct. 6.--Gov. Cole L. Blese arrived in the city tonight from Greenville. He will speak tomorrow at Greer, to a gathering of Red Men. The governor reiterated the statemen~t yien -out in Greenville today,r in rer gard to the Belton Incident, a.nd dis played the letters. He stated that when the -legislature convened again he would -urge the passage of .the bills that failed to get through at the last session, notably, among them being the abolition of all free paes by the railroads and to force- them to charge the same farea -to .all alike, rich and poor, white and black. He stated that he would recommend to the legislature ,to abolish the hosiery mill and will introduce expert testimony to show that it is a nuisance and that it is de terimental to the health of those who are forced to work in It and that It should be abolished. Mr. Blease spoke interestingly of the Deocratic chances for the election of the next president and reiterated his choice of Gov. Harmon. giving as his reasons that he thought tLst Harmon could carry New -York and Ohio, and that this.would win, together with the ote sure Democratic States. He stated that he was in faior of win ning and Harmon was the only man, in his opinion, who could defeat Taft. Personally, the governor said that he preferred either Champ Clark or Oscar Underwood, both being Southern men, but that he feared they had no chance. He explained that Dr. Parker, of Charleston, employed attorneys and sought a pardon for the three negroes sent up for taking a joy ride in his auto and explained why such a pa~rdon was granted. When aseked whly he did not submit any matters to the par doning board, he said that it consisted of three of his enemies and that it would be foolish to submit matters to them when they would oppose a par don because he, the governor, favored "But," added Governor Blease, "if thy will resign I will appoint three of my friends and will agree to sub mit every case to such a board." Has MIillions of Friends. How would you like to number your friends by milions as Bucklen's Arnica Salve does? Its astounding cures in the past forty years made them. Tts the best salve in the world for sores, ul-. cers, evzema, burns, boils, scalds, cuts, corns, sore eyes, sprains, swellings, brsscl es. 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