The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-01-27
BIG QUESTIONS STILL
HELD IN ABEYANCE
NEW BILLS CONTINUE TO
COME IN.
Senator Blease Disagree on Compul-
sorry Education-Meeting of
Newberry Delegation.

Columbia, Jan. 26.-The legislature
is closing the third week of the ses-
sion. Both houses are now getting
down to hard work. None of the big
questions have yet been tackled. The
constitutional amendments, the dis
pensary, the marriage license bills,
the tax questions, are all still in abey-
ance. And still the new bills continue
to come in. The engrossing depart
ment day or two ago had caught up
and I thought the rush of new meas
ures was over but yesterday the
food gates seemed to open again and
new bills are still being ground out.
The list now reaches something over
four hundred. Of course this does
not represent the exact number be-
cause some of the bills are drawn in
duplicate so as to permit the intro
duction of the same bill in both hous-
eS.
The senate calendar Of yesterday
for instance showed forty two new
bills and the house calendar Of the
same date ninety nine. Of course
there are many more bills in the
hands of committees and few been
passed and few killed.
There have been only eight bills
passed and ordered enrolled for rat
ihcation. The act ratified was few
days ago and was a local measure in
reference to holding court in one OF
the circuits. The other seven are
ready for ratification.
A good deal of time has been taken
up in the senate, discussing the COM
pulsory education bill of Senator
Raysor 1t was up again yesterday
and the indications are that it will
pass the senate but may meet diffen-
ent fate when it reaches the house.
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Senator Blease OF Newberry op-
poses the measure and made speech
against it yesterday. His brother E.
S. Blease, who is a senator from Sa-
lua made a speech in favor of the
measure yesterday which has been
very highly spoken of by those who
heard it.
The investigation resolution OF
Senator Cole L. Slease was passed
by the house yesterday some amend
ments which it is claimed by those IN
position will make the resolution al
most impossible of passage. Just
what will be done in regard to the
matters no one seems even willing
to make a guess. Some of the amend
ments proposed by the house will
scarcely be concurred in by the SEN
ate and the whole thing may fall
through.
The dispensary bills have not yet
been up for discussion and as I have
said before there are so many diver
gent views on this subject of chang
ing and amending the law that I am
inclined to believe it will remain at
least for another year just about as
it is now. The dispensary investlga-
ton resolution of Mr.. Blease being
in for conference committee the
chances are that it will not pass. II
each house insists upon its amend
ments and the committee fails to
agree on compromise why the reso-
luton is dead
At meeting of the Newberry dele
gaion held few nights ago New
berry matters were discussed. The
proposed change in the magistrate
law as to Newberry was published in
my Tuesdays letter. 1t should have
been eleven magistrates instead OF
twelve The changes made are to
increase the salary of the magistrates
at Newberry to $500 and to require that
he reside in the city of Newberry; the