The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-02-25

was unwisc, unauthorized and excep.
tional aw-making. Mr. Izlar was Wig
orous in his position.
Mr.. Ashley agreed with him.
MIR. Williams asked II the report wa.
competent under tho rules, being upor
u different subject to that which wont
to conference. Mr.. Moses who was In
the chair, preferred to leave the Qucs
tion to tho house.
Mr.. Dominick said he thought free
conference committee could change al,
entire bill and said he had tho author.
isy Of some Of the bcst parliamontarians
for this position.
THE BILL. KILLED.
The House rejected tho committee
report and In this way the tlspcnsary
bill was killed. The killing of the
conference report In tho House avoided
the necessity of reporting tho matter
to the Senate
| LAST YEARS DISpENSARY ACT.
| The following Is the Beer Dispen-
sar, Act passed last year, and which
was tho basis for the report:
| "Provided, also, that the State board
of directors may grant privileges for
the erection and operation of breweries
distillerics, and establishments for the
bottling and sale Of bcrr, styled beer
| dispensarics, In cities Of over 300
population, to be operated as now pre-
scribed by law"
TIE CLOSING SCENES.
! Columbia, February % The Genc-
, raj Assembly has adjourned slno die.
| No great epoch has been marked. It
was an ordinary, a diligent and mod
crate and good-natured session. Moth
ing radical was dono The lawmakers
| went home In u good humor. Mr.. Ba-
| cot, OF Charleston, had the customary
privilege of making tho motion to ad-
journ In the house. After Messrs.
Efird, Prince and Kibler had notified
the Governor that the house had fin
| ished it's work and awaited further ad-
vices, if any, the house and senate
| passed final courtesies through Acting
Clerk Gibbes and Clerk II II. ncmphill
Secretary Aull reported that thesmoney
bills had all been signed and the
House could adjourn, and as the city
bell struck s the Is or 20 remain
| ing members voted with glad ac-
claim that the House adjourn sine die,
| and the Senate followed few minutes
later.
To-day was al ordinary grind to
ratify bills, excopt that tho beer dis
| pensary free conference report bobbcd
up again by II statement being filed by
two Senators. who suggested that they
had been fooled, but admitted that they
had not read the proposed law giving
the State board the right to elect beer
dispensers In oitics OF over 10000
Two members Of the House committee
made statements that they also signed
a report meaning great deal and that
they never read tho paper. The re-
suit was that an investigation was or.
dered under a concurrent resolution
into the whole matter.
| THE DIspENsARY SENSATION.
The beer dispcnsary matter was the
absorbing topic of the day, and it has
wound up in an investigating commit
tee.
Soon after the House met this morn
Ing there came over from the Senate
this unexpected and unusual commun-
ication:
Mr.. Speaker and Gentlemen of the
House: We, as members of commit
tee of free conference on the part OF
the Senate on bill 53l, desire to state
that we signed the report of the free
conference committee when very busy
and without even looking over the
matter submitted to tho committee fol
It's consideration, but taking the as
surance of Mr.. Fred II. Dominiok, O.
the House, that the said reports was al
right and Of no general consequence
Neither Of us was present at any delib
Grafton as to said report and knew
nothing whatsoever of its provision
except from the statement made by Mr.
Dominick, as above mentioned.
w. G. Hough,
j. II. Douglass.
| Members of the House thought |
about as well to drop the matter ant
let it rest there. Mr.. Weston moved tt
table the communication. Just about
this time Mr. Dominick came into the
hall and inquired as to hespecial mes
sage. He asked that it be read to him
and after this was done, with n grea
deal Of feeling, he asked that befor
the matter be tabled he be allowed t,
make a statement. He did not see VIII,
he should be singled out for an attack
but he was responsible for all he hat
done and was anxious to assume th
full responsibility for all that he'ha,
done. He went on to say that the Sen
ators signed uhe report Of their own fre
will and accord. Az to tho Senate
from Lancaster, he would say that b
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