The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, February 27, 1914, Image 1
r
VOI rat LII, NUMBER IT. NEWBERRY, S. C, FRIADAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1914. TWICE A *"EEK, 11.41 A IlUfc
*v
fTHEOTiALASSEMBLY';
IS NEARING THE CLOSE;
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE (.USES ?
FLURRY AtfONU SOLONS. (
Sennie Ka* Been Cuttiirsr Approprla- i
Hon Bill?Other Matters before *
Assembly. 2
" 1 J J j ,
Special to Tne fieraia auu .\t-ns. , !
^ Columbia, Feb. 26.?The general as- 1
seittbly is in the "last stages," but just
Bp when it will get through is problematcal
at this wrting.-The senate has been {
working steadily on the appropriation (
bill, and it may be ready fcr the gov- ^
ernor by tonight?but hardly before j
*HTVio trnvornnr nn Tliesdav .
ClflliUl 1V7*>. law ? v* a.v* v J
night sent to ?he general assembly a 1
message which suggested that he
might keep the appropriation bill during
the three days allowed him under
the constitution in order that the senate
might get through with the 2 cent j
rate biTI and the Fortner bill to pro- j(
k hibit white persons from teachings in j
negro schools. The governor strongly i(
favors both these measures, and he |
urged tha: there be "two or three bilis, !(
* (
anyhow, of State wide interest and
11
benefit out of our seven weeks' session."
There was a hint in the message
of the possibility of an extra ses- j
sion of the general assembly to con- j:
sider these measures, if they are not |'
passed at this session, and the mes- '
* sage created a considerable flurry in '
legislative circles. It follows: |1
The Governor's Message.
- - .. ! i
"Gentlemen of the General Assembly: |J
"I beg leave to call your attention ! '<
to article 4, section 23, constitution of
1895, which, in part, reads as follows: 1
'If a bill or joint resolution shall not 1
be returned by the governor within *
three days afrer it shall have been
presented to him, Sundays excepted, 1
< it shall have the same force and ef- '
feet as if he had signed it." etc. My f
construction of this provision of the
constitution is that wlien a Din is pre- i
seated to the governor, that he can j 1
hold the bill under his consideration ! s
for three days. This being true, I beg j 1
leave to call your attention to the fact j ]
that if your appropriation bill is pre- i <
rented to me on tomorrow, Wednesday, ! v
rl can hold it until Saturday, as you I
can not count both the day you pre- 1
sent it to me and the day I return it.
1 ^nd give the governor three full days, i
Y Therefore, I beg leave particularly to i
eall your attention to the fact that 1
while the governor is considering the
aDDropriaition bill of 1914, you will .
have ample opportunity to take up i
and give consideration to the 2 cent
Tate bill and the Fortner bill to pre- I
vent white people from teacUiag in
^ negro schools.
W "Now, gentlemen, listen:
"You have been about four weeks, 5
or possibly more, considering this appropriation
bill, and haven't finished j
with it yet. Surely you would not ex- ]
pect the governor to take it up and :
give it thorough consideration, and re- \
turn it to you within less than three i
^ days.
m "iFor this reason, I call these mat- ?
L ters to your attention, and once agaiu
plead with you to pass the Fortner bill i
Pand the 2 cent rate bill. An extra I
session of your general assembly this ?
summer might possibly bring about s
the passage of these bills, as that 1
would be so near election time, but I t
would dislike to put you gentlemen to t
that inconvenience and trouble. So \
take these three days the governor has j
to consider the appropriation bill, and 2
give these two measures to which I t
have called #>ur attention, especially, i
vnnr careful consideration. C
"Say, gentlemen, let's have two or c
three bills, anyhow, of State wide in- s
terest and benefit .out of our seven l
weeks' session. What say you?
"Very respectfully, g
"Cole. L. Blease, j
"Governor.'' S
Senate Cnts Appropriation Bill. s
In the senate, that body tracked
^ pretty well behind its finance commit- c
A tee in cutting the appropriation bill. a
V Tt is estimated that the reductions recW
ommended by the finance committee ^
? of the senate, in the bill as it passed
the house, run something over $300,- i
00, Teducing thp levy from seven to 1
six mills. The $40,000 for a law build- s
ing at the University of South Caro
lina was cut out by the finance com- c
mittee, and this cut was sustained by
the senate. $30,000 for a gymnasium c
or Winthrop was cut out by the itlauce
committee, and ihis cut sustained
by the senate. $10,000 for an en'
~ T ',. 4- ,1 C!lof Af? ca! i Arc
'cl 111 pillGll t UI UI1ILCU OUUU.^
,vas also cut out by the committee,
md this reduction sustained by the
;ommittee. In a good many other
particulars the bill was cut by the filance
committee and the reductions
sustained. The senate finance comnittee
cut out the item for a new dor
nitory building for the Cedar Springs
nstltute ami for a home for Superinendent
Walker, and was sustained.
Tlie bill will go to conference coninittees,
and will then go to the goverlor.
It would perhaps be useless in
his issue of The Herald and News to
10 into details of the various changes
vhich are in process in regard to the
)ill. A synopsis of the measure will
De given as It finally gets through the
various mills which are grinding it.
Sheriff s Bill Killed.
The house has recommitted, and
hereby killed, the bill which had passid
the senate, to permit sherifis to accept
passes on railroads on official
rusiness. This bill provoked a lively
iiscussion. It-was recommitted by a
rote of 45 to 34. The Stare a-ssociatioa
)f sheriffs, at their recent meeting in
Columbia, urged this measure upon
:he gene"al assembly.
The Income Tax Law.
By a vote of 52 to 34 the house killed
the Carlisle bill, whic.i nad passed
:he senate, repealing the State income
ax law. It was urged in favor of the
i>ill. and against the law, that it was
;iot enforced?that only a few who
ivere liable paid the tax, and that the
[aw as it was enforced reached only
i few of the more scrupulous of these
Ahose incomes brought them within
:he law. On the -other haad, it was
?rged that if the law was a good law
t ought not to be killed because it
tvas not enforced, but that it ought to
je enforced. The house took the lat:er
view and the law remains upon the
statute books.
The Graham-Hosiery Mill Claim.
One of the stubborn fights in the
louse during the last days of the session
was upon a concurrent resolu
:ion introduced in the -house to appoint
a committee to investigate any
jlaims presented by J. M. Graham for
Jamages against the State for abroga;ion
of his contract with the State
K'hen the hosiery mill was abolished,
rhe debate was warm on Tuesday
light and again on Wednesday mornng,
and finally the resolution was
tilled by a vote of 46 to 43.
U THORIZE REGENTS TU
ACCEPT PARK BUILDING
I'oncurrent Resolution Adopted bj
Honse?Rules for Gnidance oi
Hospital Staff Formnlated.
Special to The Herald and News.
Columbia, Feb. 26.?When the report
of the investigation of the State
rlospital for the Insane was read in
he house the following concurrent
esolution by the committee was
idopted:
Be it resolved by the house, the
>enate concurring:
That the report of the committee
ipointed to investigate the State
hospital for the Insane be, ana tne
;ame is hereby, adopted, and the same
;hall bp printed along with the resoution
constituting said committee and
he evidence taken by said commitee
and the proposed rules reported
)y said committee in a separate re-1
)ort, of which there shall be printed
100 copies of which each member of
he general assembly, the board of
egents, the superintendent and staff i
;f the State hospital and all State officers
shall be furnished with a copy,!
ind the evidence shall not be printed j
n the journal.
Be it further resolved, That the re- j
,rents are authorized and instructed to (
iccept and receive the building at the j
state Park and equip and occupy the j
:nmp ar their earliest convenience.
The above resolution wos intro-!
iuced by Messrs: Stevenson, Hardin |
md Hunter.
The following concurrent resolution j
vas adopted by the house:
Be it resolved by the house of representatives,
the senate concurring: !
rhat the following rules be, and the
;ame are hereby, adopted for the government
and guidance of the officers
>f the. State Hospital for the Insane:
Ru'es?1. The medical staff officers
>f the State Hospital for the Insane
iTHE TWO HOUSES [/
| VERY WIOK APART
ON THE GENERAL AIMPROPRIATION S
j BILL THEY FAIL TO AGREE
Governor Blease Begs The Senate t" E
Take Time to Consider Hate Bill j
And Fortner Bill.
I
Special to Tae Herald and Xews. ! S
i Columbia, Feb. 2G.?The senate pas- j
I .
sed the appropriation bill last night i c
at 11:40 a.id ordered it returned to ; fi
;
the house with amendments. The i s;
I
house has been considering the sen- ; ii
ate amendments all day refusing w
concurrence in practically all oif tnem e!
0
which means the free conference com- :
! ' r<
! mittee will have the task of adjusting (
the difference between the two hous- r(
es. There is wider difference between u
the two houses on this bill than pro- f
bably ever occurred before. The sen- t|
a.e cut the bill as it came from the t]
house more than $300,000. p
T!:e house this morning gave final i(
1 ' ? ? TT 7 4- ? ^ 1 ? m
reading io me westoii uicuitai o^nuui i
inspection bili. It might be of interes;
to state that this is one of the bills
Governor Blease has announced he a,
will veto. ci
Governor Blease this morning sent } ,
the following brief message to the ()
senate: p
"I understand the 2 cent rate biil
and the Fortner bill have neither been
voted on by your honorable body. You j,
have three days yet in which to con- e
sider them, or longer if you so desire, tl
Please do so. I have a great many
appointments to make which may take
me a couple of weeks figuring out who .
- f ~ .1
is tile Dest man; mereiore you iieeu a
not hurry;, take your time and con- u
s;der these two bills for me. | ti
"Very respectfully,
(Signed) "Cole. L. Blease, j F
"Governor." i
1 i
( It appears, therfore, the legislature f(
may reach final adjournment this e
week, and then it may not. i s
j jb
shall be appointed by the superin- 0
tendent by and with the advice and 0
consent of'the board of regents, and)s;
shall be subject to suspension by the \{
cnnprin rpnHpnt wit hi the rieiht of an- ?
peal to tne board of regents where i
such staff officers shall have the right1 v
| !
to be heard in person or by counsel, a
or both, after due notice in writing a
| of the charges upon which the hear- js
i ing is to be had. 10
| 2. The superintendent shall be the (j
' qhief of the medical staff; reside 0
| within the enclosure of the State Hos- j
pital for the Insane; give his whole Sl
j time and attention to the duties of his y,
office and make monthly reports to g
j the board of regents. j ^
j 'd. Each staff officer except the den-: s\
j tist and pathologist, shall reside with- i 0
in the enclosure and give his entire i
time to the duties of the department a
of which he shall be assigned, except p
such time as he may be excused by K
I the superintendent. The dentist and j(
pathologist shall report for duty at w
j such hours as may be designated by s]
the superintendent. j 0
4. Every patient, when admitted to ! CA
the State Hospital for the Insane, j
shall be thoroughly examined by the
j physician in charge of the ward to tl
which he or she is assigned, and a a:
full and complete report in writing of i cj
i each case, made out by such physi- J w
cian, shall be forthwith filed in the j Cj
general office. I <r,
I
" r 1 ^ ^ /\ mA/1'nnl of ^ V\ i
'). I lit? iiiemuei'S U4. LUC JLUCUXV/CXi oiau U'
shall select their subordinates in their d:
respective departments or wards and w
ihave the right to discharge the same, 1 tl
both the selection and discharge be- t}
ing subject to the approval of the su-11!
perintenaent. j a:
| 6. Each physician in charge of a jw
ward shall make a report once each jt:
i week in writing to the superintendent: **
t ft f *1** fvAfiAitnl AffirtA AMrTrvAniinrp
ai Liic: 5CUC1 ai 0U55COUU5 ou.v/w ,
treatment as in his judgement shall be i ^
necessary or beneficial in cases upon j u
which he reports. jtc
i hi
7. A general manager of the busi- 1 ^
ness affairs c? the State Hospital for :
! 0]
the Insane shall be appointed "by the
r<
superintendent, by and with the advice
and consent of the board of re- ^
I srents. and have charee of all the busi
! ness affairs of the State Hospital for |.s;
' the Tnpane. and shall give bond to the :t"
State of South Carolina in such sum ^
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 4.) [ cl
ISYLUM INVESTIGATING
COMMITTEE REPORTS
I'GfiESTS SET lil'LES FOR (iOVJERXJJEXT
OF IXSTHTTIOX.
xonerates I)r. E. B. Saunders From
Any Blanie-^-Keeommends Work
I? _ f\ 1 ?i Ci?i? lln-l.
I>e l (MiiitidtHi ui ru-air i m i\i
\
pecial to Tho Herald and News.
'Columbia. Feb. 26.?The cornmi:tee j
barged with the investigation into af- I
lirs at the State Hospital for the In- 1
me. which has attracted State wide j
iterest, Wednesday filed its report. It j
as the unanimous conclusion of the j
ntire committee which has spent sev- j
ral weeks in the investigation. The '
i
?oort was accompanied by a set of
oncurrent resolutions which seek to '
?medy as far as possible conditions i
'bich permit the present difficulties, i
lie report together with the resoluons
was unanimously adopted by ;
le house without a single word of j
rotest from any member. The fol- !
)wing -is the report:
o t!ie General Assembly of the State 1
of South Carolina:
T!ie undersigned committee has in'
ccordance with your instructions
Dntained in concurrent resolution, ;
ouse No. 793, senate No. 571, thoruglily
gone in:o the actual and sup-!
osed troubles existing at the State j
[ospital for the Insane.'
The evidence, which is voluminous, j
; attached hereto, herewith repor'- j
d as the basis of our findings with ;
tie lequest t'.iat it be printed along
"itli this report in permanent form.
Cause of Discord.
We find the cause of much of the
Iscord. trouble and friction leading !
p to and resulting in this i.uestigaion
to be fundamental.
State constitution, 1S9.~>, article XII,
>ar.
"The regents for the State Hospital
Dr the Insane and the supvmtendnt
thereof, who shall be a physician,
hull hp. armointed bv the eovernor.
y and with the advice and consent j
f the senate. All other physicians, j
llicers and employes of the hospital j
hall be appointed by the regents, un- (
?ss otherwise ordered by the general
ssembly."
Hence, the superintendent has 110;
oice in the selection or dismissal of j
ny subordinate. He becomes purely
? ? J ***?. A.* *-* *3 *T Irt A I
II cllivisurjr uiuv;t:i , uiiij wucii auvitc
; sought, and has no effective control
r authority, resulting in such a conition
that effective work and labor
f a unified staff is impossible.
In our opinion, the staff should be j
elected by the superintendent by and j
fth the conse.it of the board of re- {
ents, thereby insuring full harmony j
etween tne superintenaeni anu ms j
taff and all acceptable to the board '
t* regents.
The superintendent to enforce duty
nd discipline should also have the |
ower and authority to suspend any 1
lember of his staff for cause, sub-'
?ct td appeal, to the board of regents, I
here such suspended staff officer
iiculd have available all the rights I
r trial guaranteed to persons ac- j
IIJ5CU 1JJL tULC twui to UL LUl^ kJtUlv.
Efficiency of Administration.
The committee finds the adminis'ation
of the colored wards (male
nd female) inefficient. The physiians
employed to look after these i
aids live, and are resident physi-j
ans in the city of Columbia and en- j
age in general pratice. On Decern-1
er 31st, 1913, there were four hun- J
red and thireen colored males in that j
ard, and there were treated during
le year 1913 five hundred and sevenr
two. At the same date, December
3th, 1913, there were three hundred
nd fifteen colored females in the
ard, and there were treated during
ie year 1913, four hundred and sixty
iree.
The staff officers in charge of these
vo wards live in the city of Colmbia,
and they spend from one hour
) four hours (more frequently one
our than four hours) per day at the
.ospital for the Insane, and this covrs
the time spent in answering corsspondence
relative to their departlen:
and patients, hence, it is mani
ist that such a supervision and iapection
can only be perfunctory, with
3e evident result that the care of
lese unfortunate patients is largely |
:ft to ignorant colored nurses in j
narge.
It is our opinion that the staff offi- /
cer in-charge of any ward department ^
in the State Hospital for the Insane
should live and reside within the enclosure
and be on duty and quickly
available at any time both day and S
night and give his undivided time and
tti^> 1>a1uIqcc nnfnrtnn.
cl tLfll I lUIi tw 1111- iiciintoo nwiuivuu |
ates entrusted to his care aud { I
guardianship.
Examination of i'ationts.
It appears f:om 'the evidence of ?
the physician of the colored female
ward that no specific examination is
made as to the character of insanity o
and the stage it has reached and the e
physical condition of the patient on r
her admission to the ward. The stater
ment contained in the commitment
papers originating in. the court of pro- t
bate and the general conclusions ob4.
^ ^ "1 +1-? r?vr> nvor'1 Cr ar\ _ I li
ictllieu 1.1 U11I ioun.ii.ig uitm w' w ?j
erally determine the line of treat- s
ment adopted. This policy ignores
.lie fact tliat the design of the State
is to restore all patients not incnrable
and helpless, and that the first p
s:ep in reaching sucha conclusion is g
to determine by painstaking diagno- j.
sis (a) tae character of insanity; j,
(b) its stage of development; (c) vio- ^
lence of attack; (d) can a cure be ef- <>
fected? (e) and the means. -u
Practical and efficient treatment j
can onlv fellow knowledge of all the .
I *
causes and facts and such knowledge i
cannot be obtained through commit- j j(
ment papers and "looking over the
patient."
Inspected l?y the Superintendent. s
The vast volume of detail now dec
volved on the superintendent in having
oversight of all the business 01 .
1
t.ns great a.:d heterogeneous institutLn
and also in promoting and super- (
vising the g'. eat work *at the State
Park renders impossible^ in him to
give such close inspection to the su- *
pervision of the different wards All- a
ed as they are with patients, as is *'
' * 1 1 - -J f ?7,^ Kaot i
nUOit? UI13 IlCCSeSbclI J< JAJl u?C ucov |
interests of the inmates and the dis- i
jcipline of the institution. He should j *
be relieved by a business manager, c
!
whose duties should be orher than of c
a medical nature, appointed by the!c
superintendent, by and v\'ith tiie con- |11
sent of the board of regents, and sub-;*
jeci to suspension and removal as \1
herein recommended. The superin- |[
teudent would then have the timejfi
with a staff officer to make thorough i 0
inspection of each ward of the insti- 11
tution at least once a week, and daily 1:
advise and consult with his staff and v
subordinates, and these duties he
should be required to do in ifefer- P
ence to all other duties and .labors
that might be devolved upon him. j v
Subordinate Employes.
The members of the staff should
each have the authority and right to v
select ail subordinates in their re- s
spective wards, subject to the appro- 1
val < f the superintendent, and each tl
staff officer should also have the v
privilege and power to suspend or discharge
subordinates under them by 0
and with the approval and consent ^
of the Superintendent. n
Reports?(Staff Officers. t.
We find as a matter of fact that all s
staff officers do not make reports in , n
writing to the superintendent or file ^1
them as a record of their departments. a
Every member of the medical staff 0
should make a full and complete re-ja
port in writing to the superintendent a
at least once a week, and file the du- ^
plicate of the same among the records
of the general office, and should g
suggest by way of recommendation y
such measures and treatment as would
be beneficial to patients in the treat- ^
ment of their special maladies and for j c
the good of the institution. We find
c<
as a matter of fact some staff officers
r<
make their reports and recommenda- .
tion only once per annum and in such lg~
general and synthetic terms as to j
enable the superintendent to make his ^
annual report and recommendations ^
for the general assembly.
Plwrmacist.
3.
There is at present no licensed ^
* tt~
pharmacist at tae state rxusynai iui
the Insane to compound drugs and fill ^
the prescriptions of the superintendent
and staff officers.
There should be a most skillful
pharmacist at the State Hospital for
the Insane?one who is licensed by
the pharmaceutical board of this State,
for many times a prescription filled
and administered means the life or *
T
death, sanity or insanity, of the per
? 2
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 4). |v
GOVERNOR BLEASE ON
THE ASVLDM REPORT
1AYS COMMITTEE VEGLECTED
CHARGES BEFORE IT.
U n ShQrw MmL'Dc Uim Anl f
n |Mf* ii v vi AX 1111 \J ** ?
More Determined to Exercise His
Constitutional Powers.
'pecial to The Herald and News.
Columbia, Feb. 26.?Governor Blease
^ Wednesday night sent to the genral
assembly the following 3pecia!
nessage stating his views upon 'the
eport of the legislative asylum invesigating
committee:
"Gentlemen of the General Assemily:
On January 20, 1914, I sent you
pecial message No. 10, in which I calld
your attention to letter which I had
n my possession, charging that there
/as being "an effort made to oust Dr.
Jabcock from the Hospital for the Inane;"
tnat "Governor Blease'g underings
and satellites want to manipuite
the sale of that property, and the
uilding of the new institution out at
itate Park;" and that "an effort will
e made to smirch Dr. Babcock ana
is lady assistant, Dr. Saunders, as
liese men must have some excuse,
ou know, and are not at all scrupuous."
"In this message 1 set out facts and
tatements which it is unnecessary
hat I should repeat here. Upon reeipts
of this message you appointed
, committee, under a resolution which
l is unnecessary for me to repeat, oriering
an investigation of these maters.
"1 notice the report of your commit?
^ ~~ on/1 I w/MilH liL-o fn
?? lids ucc.l iucu, anu l ii uuiu kuv
.sk tiie chairman, cr some other memier,
of that committee, please to state
1' they have investigated the charge
i.iat an effort was being made to oust
)r. Babcock," and what the findings
>f the committee were therein;
if ?hey investigated the
harge that "Governor Blease's
inderlings and satellites wan:
o manipulate the sale of that proper-. .
y and the building of the new instituion
out at State Park," and what their
i. dings were; and if they investigate
d the charge that "an pffort will be
lade to smirch Ur. Babcock and his
ady assistant, Dr. Saunders," and
iiat their findings wer%
"If I can read correctly their re
ort, rhey have not 'touched the sublets
which they were appointed to inestigatt.
"The report does not touch in the
?asc the charges made in that letter
,hich I transmitted to the gepral asembly
in my special message No. 10.
'ue people, of course, will understand _
bis, and will know why it is doJe and
r-hat it means.
"In my opinion, the concurrent reslution
which followed tbe report of
lie committee will simply become a
ulllty. The constitution makes cerain
provisions and the general
tatutes cover certain matters in conection
with the State Hospital for
ie 1.1sane (See section 2554 down to
nd including section 3588, Vol 1, code
f laws of South Carolina, 1912), and
ny lawyer with any ability at all,
ad any man with common sense,
nows that a simple concurrent resoltion
can no* change an act of the
eneral assembly. (See also article
2, section 2, constitution of 1895).
'The report of your committee only
lakes me more determined to exerise
the power given me under the
onstitution, as I clearly see from the
eport of the committee tliat the one
ling that it does find is that the inHfiitirm
has not been properly hand
3d. The principal thing I was fightlg
for?as I was fighting in the p(f iisntiary
figh't?was to help the inlates.
I won in the penitentiary fight,
nd I am going to win in this, for I
ave some constitutional rights, as
overnor, which, I am proud to say.
ae general assembly can not tako
way.
**\7.raonoctflllIv
X XZ1 J 1 VOj,
"Cole. L. Blease,
"Governor."
"Worst storm of the season sweeps
he Southeast," is the way it is stated.
Vr> ?r>t a good little bit of it. It is
iot as bad as you at first thought it
;ould be.