The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-14


the passage of the resolution will not
be a drop ia the bucket with Congress
the capitalists will take it as indication
of the sentiment of the State.
PROHIBITION THE ABSORBING CUES
TION.
The great fight of the Legislature IS
on the question of prohibition. This
overshadows everything else and Her
culean efforts are being made by both
sides to carry their points. | see no
reason to change the opinion expressed
in my last letter. In fact, the results
of the last week 60 to emphasize the
belief that the Roper or Chiids bill will
not be passed at this session.
The discussion on the bill began
last Wednesday and has been going
on ever since with no practical result.
Ostensibly the prohibi,ionists are in a
majority, and if they were unit in
their views they could carry their
points. But they seem to be all at
Sea, one man pulling one way and one
another, and no two of the leaders seem
to be drawing to their side that large
element in the Legislature who do not
at heart favor prohibition and who
are only supporting cold water meas
ures through the force of clrcum-
stances.
AS result Of this state Of things dill
atory tactics have prevailed. One day
substitute to the Roper bill comes in.
Next, the substitute has to be printed,
and then come long amendments, "too
long for the members to understand, "
which in turn must be printed. And so
it goes from day to day, while outsiders
look on with much amusement as
when some humorously inclined men,
Der like Sullivan, of Charleston, moves
to include "persimmons' in the list OF
things from which liquor shall not be
made. This actually happened Satur-
day night, and Mr.. Sullivan called for
the yeas and nays, saying, II intend to
see that the unholy traffic in persim-
mon beer is put down."
Mr.. Nettles, of Clarendon, has been
appointed generalissimo of the prohibi-
ton forces in the House. Twice he has
charged the Ants with trying to "kill
timen and declared that be would nave
a direct vote before adjournment that
day, but the other side have been too
smart for him. Mr.. Nettles made such
statement Saturday, and Mr.. Hughes,
of Charleston, then sent up to the
Speaker an immense volume OF. 773
pages that he asked to have read as an
amendment. This would have con-
sumed several days. Speaker Jones de-
~: fhn yooffor
I am told that the Governor is inter
posing in the matter and has sent out
word that Roper bill must not pass. !
mentioned this to one of the prohibi-
ton leaders, and be stated that there
was something in it and it was quite
probable that bill on the line of the
Recommendation in the Governors
message would be passed. This places
the minimum license at $500, which is
to be placed in the county treasury.
The prohibitionsts say that they are
determined to reach a direct vote to-
night.
NO DIVORCES WANTED.
The House has taken final action on
two important measures within the last
few days-the divorce bill and the bill
to repeal the anti-free pass law. The
former was killed after lively discussion
last Thursday by a vote of IS to "a.
Messrs. Duncan and Hardy, of New
berry, voted against the bill; Mr. .Blease
was not present.
THEY WANT FREE PASSES.
The bill to repeal the anti-free pass law
failed Of passage on a directive Thur
day, but the following day the House
reversed its action and put itself on
record as believing that a legislator can
accept free pass without being "bam-
boozled or debauchedn and now if the
Senate also passes therepealing act and
the Governor approves it the politicians
can all ride free once more. The vote
was So to 4s. The fight for the repeal
was led by Messrs. Duncan, of Union,
and Blease, of Newberry. The latter
argued that money wasjust es likely to
buy man as free pass was, and said
that Col. John C. Haskell had told him
that his reason for advocating the pre-
hyprocricy of Gov. Tillman.
The other Newberrians voted against
the repeal.
REDUCING SALARIES.
The House has not yet taken a whack
at the salaries, but the measure has
been the chief bone of contention in
the. Senate. Senator Efrd's bill pro-
vides for a horizontal reduction of
twenty per cent. and Senator Finley's
makes a graduated reduction. The
latter was favorably reported, but when
taken up it was found that there were
so many inequalities in it that even its
author could not defend it very vigor-
ously, and a substitute was offered for
it on Friday by Senator John Gary
Evans. The indications are that this
bill will pass. The proposition to cut
the pay of members down to 81 per day
was killed.
ELEVEN HOURS AGREED UPON.
The labor questions before the Gen
eral Assembly seem to be in process OF
satisfactory solution. Senator Wilson'S
bill limiting the hours of labor for fe-
males and children working in factories
to ten hours day was strenuously op-
posed by the factory men of the State,
and now, after fiji! discussion before the
Judiciary committees of the two houses
an eleven hour compromise has been
agreed upon, and it is more than likely
that in this shape the bill will become
law.
...-+-.-.. IT PUT UP COTTON.
The joint resolution to instruct mem
bers Of Congress to vote for the Hatch
bill to prevent dealings in futures and
options has passed the Senate and is on
the House calendar for second read
ing. It is said that when the news
reached New York it advanced the
price Of cotton twenty-five points.
IT SHOULD NOT PASS.
Theredistrictingb bill hangs fire andthe
effort to put Charleston in the "Black
District" does not at this writing seem
to have much legislative backing. 1t
is of course strenuously opposed by the
Charleston delegation, and that opposi-
ton has received unexpected and mate
rial strength from other portions of the
Charleston district, notably so from
Lexington. Cal Caughman and Ben
Perry made very strong speeches be-
fore the House committee on privileges
and elections in opposition 70 the
scheme. Caughman said that it was
nothing more than scheme for the