The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-12
THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN.
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roads machinery until the county had
the money TO operate it, though he
believed it to be good machinery
and profitable ii the county had the
means at hand to run it.
As 10 the errors in bills BY the last
legislature. the franchise tax bill had
been under consideration by special
committee ior a year and had bee
prepared by the attorney generals
office. He had read the bill over care
fully but under these circumstances
had not read it for technical errors.
He had understood that the dog tax
law was not intended to become oper-
ative until next year. dogs already
having been returned for taxation as
property this year. making a double
tax if the head tax had been placed
on before next year. II it was an er-
ror he was willing to bear his part Of
the blame. But if the people knew
Of a perfect man they ought to vote
for him. He did not claim never to
make mistakes.
As to the Brice Bill he voted for i'd
as it finally passed. with the amend
ment providing the tax. and he did
that as friend OF the dispensarv. He
had fought the dispenSary law when
it was first enacted, but after seeing
the operations OF the law in Newber-
~. he had come to the conclusion that
it was better than open bar rooms
rim night and day, and he favored the
dispensary until some one could give
US something better. He had voted
against the Dorroh amendment to the
Brice Bill. leaving it to the discretion
OF the governor to impose tax upon
county voting out dispensary, be-
cause he didn't believe the governor
should have the power to sav that a
tax should be levied upon a county
when the governor came TO a con-
clusion that that county was not en-
forcing the law. He thought coun-
tv which voted out dispensary
should know when it did so that it
was levying tax upon itself Tor the
enforcement OF the dispensary law.
Nor did he think that il Saluda, Tor
instance voted out her dispensary,
that the profits OF Newberry's dispen-
sarv should be applied 10 the enforce
1aent OF the dispensary law IN Saluda.
For that reason he had opposed the
original Brice Bill and had voted TO-
the bill as it passed with the amend
rnents. In closing Mr.. Ar,ll referred
10 his rural school Library Bill, un-
der which more than 800 librarie!
have already been established with
a very small appropriation. He had
opposed the establishment OF an i'm
migration bureau. because while !.
appropriation the first year was very
small, he was convinced that next
year and the next they would ask a
larger appropriation.
Mr. F. H. Doninick.
The next speaker was NJ. :. H.
Don1inick Mr.. Don2inick first took
Up the discussion OF the Brice Bill.
When a member OF the legislature he
had opposed measure similar 70 the
original Brice Bill. and he was op-
posed to this measure today. The
Bill to which he referred had beer!
introduced in the legislature by Mr..
c. P. Sanders. OF Spar,anbrrg. Mr.:
Donlinick said he voted against tl1i:
bill all the way through and demand
ed the roll call and put the clincher Or
the vote on its indefinite postponement
He had believed at the time and still
believed that the Bill! was an attac:
on the dispensary law and an effort
in roundabout way to encompass
the defeat OF the dispensary law. and
he believed that subsequent events
would bear him out in this belize
Should such a measure pass, the dis
penSaries in Columbia and Charleston
1 IL