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

was unwise, unauthorized and eXcep-
tional law-making. Mr.. Izlar was Wig
orous in his position.
Mr.. Ashley agreed with him.
MIR. Williams asked if the report wa;
competent under the rules, being upon
different subject to that which went
to conference. Mr.. Moses who was in
the chair, preferred to leave the ques
tion to the house.
Mr.. Dominick said he thought a free
conference committee could change an
entire bill and said he had the author
ity of some of the best parliamentarians
! for this position.
THE BILL KILLED.
The House rejected the committee
report and in this way the dispensary
bill was killed. The killing of the
conference report in the House avoided
the necessity of reporting the matter
to the Senate.
|
The following is the Beer Dispen-
sar Act passed last year, and which
was the basis for the report:
"Provided, also, that the State board
of directors may grant privileges for
the erection and operation of breweries
distilleries, and establishments for the
bottling and sale of beer, styled beer
dispensaries, in cities Of over 1900
population, to be operated as now pre-
scribed by law"
THE CLOSING SCENES.
Columbia, February 22-The Gene
, raj Assembly has adjourned sine die.
No great epoch has been marked. 1t
was an ordinary: diligent and mod
crate and good-natured session. Moth
ing radical was done The lawmakers
went home in good humor. Mr.. Ba-
cot, of Charleston, had the customary
privilege of making the motion to ad-
journ in the house. After Messrs.
Efrd, 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 r r. Hemphill
Secretary Aull reported that thesmoney
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House could adjourn, and as the city
bell struck 5 the Is or 20 remain
ing members voted with glad &C
claim that the House adjourn sine die,
and the Senate followed few minutes
later.
To-day was an ordinary grind to
ratify bills, except that the beer dis
pensary free conference report bobbed
up again by a 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 cities 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 the paper. The re-
suit was that an investigation was Or
dered under a concurrent resolution
into the whole matter.
THE DIsPENSARY SENSATION.
The beer dispensary 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 5Sl, 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 the committee for
it's consideration, but taking the as
surance of Mr.. Fred H. Dominick, of
the House, that the said reports was all
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 provisions
except from the statement made by Mr..
Dominick, as above mentioned.
W. G. Hough,
j. T. Douglass.
| Members of the House thought it
about as well to drop the matter and
let it rest there. Mr.. Weston moved to
table the communication. Just about
this time Mr. Dominick came into the
| hall and inquired as to the special mes
sage. He asked that it be read to him,
and after this was done, with a great
deal of feeling, he asked that before
the matter be tabled he be allowed to
make q statement He did not see why
he should be singled out for an attack.
but be was responsible for all he had
done and was anxious to assume the
full responsibility for all that he'had
done. He went on to say that the Sen
ators signed uhe report of their own free