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GOVERNOR IS NO MEDDLER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF SOUTH CAROLINA OUTLINES ATTITUDE ON CHARLESTON RACING. Ssyr in His Inaugural Address He Will Takp No Adicn Until the Local Authorities Report to Him Their Inability to Enforce Law. Charleston. S. .. January 22. — Charleston con time- t" rapidly till with racegoers. Delegation* 1 1 in New York. Cincinnati anil Juarez arrived this i ning :niil many res* nations I i.-t - been made at different botelM for Saturday arrival*. The indications an- thai tin- Meeting will In- on a much better •ale III. Mi III. il of last wanna. If one is to judge i the class of people who are here in aihanei- of i In- meeting. Todays at rivals included c. 11. Prttingill. who will acl as the reptvseatatlvc Of the Jockey tluh: James Milton, who will ilo the starting: ge l£«-ilT. whose Mallhie won tin- Empire City ll.iMilie.-i|i a few s, asons ago; Al Han! an.l his crew: Fred Altrehacb, wlni came from Jacksonville an I Up following tioin J nam: Frank Harkett, Tlinm :s Brown. I. Block. jockey Baxtoa anil jockey Dreyoi . The pai y that iefi Juarez yesterda will reach Hi ii- I" i iday . i in delcgntloa fraai Iwn report* that Man li. iiensi |s i i.iitiniil i.i hi; home, suffering from i ■M-ii- cohl. ami Ilia I Olio Tow usen.l. who at "lie i urn- acted as agent for Newton Bennington, has i i:i I.i-o for Vnlleylicld. Aria., when- lii- wen: lo till .1 i m.~ i t i. n as |ui_ iiiaster for a contractor Who i- helping to build a big irrigation plant lor the ■ -n ei liliienl. A io|i dressing of loam has hen spread on the inner portion nf tin- track at I.-iltnetlo Park. This has been rolled ami Ihe going on this part of the I lack is now fasi. The stools for the layers were- placed in position I * i — Morning. T. I. Shaw wind from New Orleans thai In- would lie on hand Friday ami several other hue sent word to Ring Manager Holder that a,-i- I ii-.v Wiiild he on hand tor the opening. In his inaugural addle — al Columbia Jl Ml ran J ISoreraor Bli-aso said thai there was no sgerfal law a|iilicahlo in the raring situation: that the law-was general and applied to borer raring everywhere, as well as ii |i,l to any form of gambling, cards. ratting or anything ptoe. s to his taking a hand in the Matter, he fell that he was as much called upon to go uptown and slop a satin- of poker, as he old i.e io stop home raring. There wax. he said, a ileeeiit and proper way to do these things, and if a magistrate or sheriff should report to him an inability to enforce the law in this, or any other p.n lieiilsii . t lii-ii il would lie lime enough lor him lo do something. He-aid it was not his intention to dress no in a silk bearer and frocktail coat and go R round swearing out warrants and that he did not lieln-ve the people of the stall expected him to do this. Mis enemies aright, lun in- had no such notion
