The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-23
ssTieW Of the
Session 5 Results.
What the Legislators Did at
the Session Just Ended.
From The State.


ona os the fact that the general assem-
bly which had been sitting for the pas.
S5 dsYs bad completed it's work and ad.
ioarned sine die. The early morning
trains carried away great macy OF the
members who had remained 60 attend
the fnaI session, and during the afser-
! nooo nearly all the others left for tbei.
espsctiys home A fe. ara still here
waiting 70 60 ont on this morning e
trains. 7 Yes.erday the hacks and street
cars bad good thing Of it carrying the
several departing members and their
luvrsee 10 the depols 10 Gov Eiler-
bes Office were piles Of ratified acts
.rai.iug his pernsai and approval or
s:3isapprovai He has as yet vetoed
soaag one bill, and chat vas one dopii-
cs.ine another passed ae the same ses-
sion He has not yet considered the
ssparate ;osch. The Livingston Mich
s'ols aas & Of the fertilizer acts.
Tue members who semaiHed 10 the
scisy evsl yesterday looked tired aud
'sris ,orD as,t With their swo last days and
aiehts ofs york al seemed to be very
haup7. however, that they bad man.
seed q samplste the bnsi0esa and get
aWay 10 even less than 40 days that
uin ba allowed future sessions. Some
I u,era still mad about the sample In
xesti1asioa matter, but their ire will
be dissipatad ID the course OF time il
s. s. not. i siil not be she fault of the
8; ausIifs, and quantity Of she samples in-
sdulrsil io Many members have gone
:ll,osse stoo not 20 return. a. good many
soff Shesr rea aEsed that fact Not g few
sssI,edicied thar there would be much
ga saeN masseisl IN che body that viii next
assemble IN the Legislative halls
aon that the session Is over aud is
3 IS mater Of history Il may not be amiss
ssfossake glance at its features and re-
Elsewhere will Be found the
isf Sc tho aess resulting from the ses-
ssion There are 206 Of then al told
0f shsse 90 spoeared originally as ser.
.ates measures The other ia bills that
i;, SO through and became acss came
f,rn the members cf the house Of rep
Tsssnsasivas Three or four of these
issslere the acts providiDg for gsnerAl
.ad Ieeialatise spprop opristiona supplies
dad sor polling precincts-na. alters Of
uausse lAnesher was duplicate OF aD.
Eac.; hat resulted from senate bill
The evil which the new constitution
heDed to do away with vas : feature.
of fbe SESSION This is the matter OF
ssnecial legislation. OF all the 200 acts
8 dance through the iist shows that
|l only so are measures Of general appli
;css;cns ais the rest are Of : specias and
slecsf character.
The principal fsasureof the session
40 tue public printing matter The
S6ass ehas was made on the Reynolde
bSli ID tie house created no end Of tsik
:snd no doubt will be heard from for
aany days 10 come. When the bill
|csme along at irst there was no sign
sof imposition to il Never, perhaps.
hss such 6ght been made on q bill
when il came 70 the question Of order
|iDe It II Be ratified as was witnessed
u6eo this bill reached this stage It
Is sale 30 say shat had il not been for
he si.nely aud forcible remarks from a
business standpoint made by Mr- Cnsh-
nan Just before toe vese vas taken,
the bin might have died sheD aud there.
SAll shro.gh the session the printing
business kept bobbiDg up aud not few
~ere expes,isg TO hear much more Of il
son the last day than vas beard.
When the appropriation bill came 10
aud the committee informed the gen
esal assembly that .evy OF more thsu
fss mills would have to be MADE un-
less an adjournment vas bad within
shs period that f0aily prevailed. the
members saw that it would Dot do TO
exceed thaf amount acd 60 DacK oe-
lore tbeir people. and from that mo-
n,sns every energy wss beaded TO com-
Splcss the work. The result sbowed what
eocid be done when the effort vas
made. Up to that time the food OF
se~ bilia seemed ice1bsussibie. but
then the faucet was hastily turned off
and the active work Of The session vas
begnu
Another feature of the session was
the adherence Of both houses to The pre-
c,noeried de,ermiostion not to ''mon-
he: with the l;quor qaession. The
6rs, vote on the prohibition measure
uheu the houss refused to asrike out
the eeac,ing words of the Caild's bill
vas soeh q surprise to macy OF the
aembers that il :ook their breath away
for che moment. None dreamed that
the strength Of the proSibition senti-
mept as indicated by that vote was SO
eho ooly looiela.