The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-16
Glance at the Condition Of
Things in the Lower
House.

IllQgS III Cn0 Lower
House.
Fin de session proceedings will be
the order of the day in The house of
representatives for the next three
days and nights. but there are in
sight absolutely none of the big fights
over important matters that have to
be disposed of In fact, so far as the
important bills are concerned, the
house has about ended it's work;
every thing is out of the way save for
the consideration of conference COM
mittee reports and senate bills of no
great Importance.
Practically no legislation Of a gen
eral character has resulted from the
session for the reason that many bills
of consequence passing the house
have been killed in the senate and
vice versa. 1t looks as if the new
county government bill will become
an act. changing the system consider
ably, but whether it wilt result in
stopping the usual food Of bills relat-
ing to county government matters
that come in every year remains to
be seen
Until the senate acts no one can
say whether Lee county will be form
ed this year or not The house
passed the bill by an overwhelming
majority. The senate committee has
given the bill majority reports also
The house has also passed the reso
luton allowing a new election for
Pee Dee county The Senate has
yet to &C. upon this
The house during the past week
devoted much time to these new
county matters, and they were most
exhaustively discussed before final
action was taken. The consideration
of the county government DILL and
the senate antiliquor~ and liquor meas
! ures consumed practically the entire
attention Of the house during she past
week. The supply and legislative
appropriation bills were also disposed
of.
The house stuck to it's determine
tion to let everything relating to the
liquor question severely alone 1t
declined to have anything to do with
any matter bearing upon the general
subject of liquor, save the Werner
bill exempting the counties of Pick
ems, Oconee and York from the pro
visions of the dispensary act That
was surprise. and big fight was
made against it.
The house worked hard during the
week, and the all-day sessions were
exhausting to the members and EN-
ployes None of them will be very
sorry when it is all over and they can
go home
To day the house will perhaps take
up it's untouched bills and rush them
through quickly The rest of the
time will very likely be consumed by
the consideration of reports of con
ference and free conference commit
tees and messages from the senate
The elections of college trustees will
come off tomorrow no doubt. To.
morrow aleo the bids for the public
printing will be opened by the com
mittees on printing of the two houses,
and they will report the lowest bid
to the general assembly
No doubt the usual number Of con
current resolutions will be introduced
and considered
But 50 far as the work of the house
is concerned. it is practically done,
and the remainder of the session will
doubtless witness many brief recess
es while the body is waiting on the
senate
The heaviest work will now fall
upon the engrossing department. II
looks as if The department will be
flooded with work in the next two
nights The final adjournment reso
luton merely fixes Wednesday as the
time for the adjournment sine die
That legislative day could be spread
over several calendar days if the
necessity arose, but it is thought that
all who remain here can get away by
Thursday mornings trains State
Damaging documentary evidence
against Captain Carter is promised te