The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-02-02
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EDITORIAL. CoR,u>rUNDrNit

EDITORIAL. CORkE~TUSDrNiM
Columbia, February. / Or" m0hth
of tho new Year has gone. hr,, v,, ks
of the Legislative SESSION and moving
into the fourth week very fast. The
. Senate viii pro'tuiN au Iuuru lou,ulrur
night over uun,l lu"sdny nigh, in or.
der to let the !uEyrrs " hnmc for tho.
saleday, though roihirg has h,rn said
about it in the Senate.
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The prohibition bill Of Nj. Prime.
was yesterday killed in thr House by u
vote OF 70 to 26. Mr.. Prince had no
idea his bill would hn passed Init T."
came instructed for prohibition and
made fight for it. This Legislature
is decidedly in favor Of the Djsprnaurl.
There seems also TO br Il desire to
amend the present law and 10 change
the present board Of CONTROL
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The Senate has passed the Grnytor
bill with several amendments 10y Il
very decided vOtc-2G to II. | think il
was. 1t provides for Il board Of thl,r,
one of whom shall be elected 10y the
Senate. and who shah he chairman,
and the other two by the House, and
the terms shall be for two years. Il
also provides for II State Commissioner
at Il salary of $1,000 per annum, who
shall be elected 10y the legislature
Or rather should say thi. IL the Ma!
field substitute for the Croydon hilI
The county bonrds ar" to he selected
by the State board and confirmed ty
the Senate The dispenser is to Lr
elected by The county board. This -
about the shape in which the Scnat,
will send its dispcnSary Legislation t."
the House. What She house wilt do l.
hard to tell, but If it will talk" huld ul
the matter in the business way in which
1T was done by the Senate th. law may
bc improved.
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There is disposition among some
VINO oppose the dispcnSary To do any
thing that will bring tn" law and ill.,
management into disrrputr aud muk"
1T obnoxious to the people. That
am free to admit, is not Il very hiyh
motive to nctua,c II man who Is sent
here to lcElsatc for the hest interests
or all the people or the State.
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Folitics Is Il very curious thing TO
me. cannot understand it, and am
convinced was not cut out for Il poll
tlclan' ~ low days ago several mem
90 isl 81 M, trh
friends of the dispcnsary and wuntrL
10 see the present low amended, bat
hololng divergent views rs 10 tn"
changes desired, met in the Governors
Office TO talk over the situation and sec
If the friends of the dispcusary could
not agree upon some ulun which would
h,;,n ,ho,a aiw,,', ;I,, ,''.,,,,,
"''N' CIV '"."' W. ''''c''
ana make common hght ana save
riucN useless discussion. There was
no secret about it., und mo ono w,s
hon,d Tho f.ovor,n .,,,,, 49,, ~,
""' Wv - 'o' s'"''"' '9 '''
mas uohc heretofore, lhat No ulu not
think the Governor should be on the
board, but simply,wuntcd the friends of
,ho d;sronsorr ~ ,,, if ,,,,>,,l,I,.,,
" '|o u o''cS '"''" ""'
seI lo9elher ana 40 osoncIhihH.
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A great howl went M from tho onno
nonts NJ tho disnons,rr ,a .,,,,,r -,
"'," '"''N W
th"so VINO wanted 10 retain the present
board, about II caucus in the Governor,
Office and his wanlinu" "ro,.r noyn,
nl,ood /, h;, ho,a, ,,ho
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u'Cor'y no oloohaalloh lorlt Elsewhere
Is published an interview with the Gov
ernor which clearly states his position.