Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-31
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Matters of More Striking Interest In
House and Senate.

Matters of More Striking Interest In
House and Senate.
The Ardrey trespass bill passed the
senate last Friday and II the governor
approves II, the right to. roam at will
over the lands Of another without per-
mission will be materially abridged.
The debate on q bill to change the
South Carolina, college into a state
university was the feature Of last Fri
days proceedings In the house. The
bill did not call for additional appro-
priations at this time; but the opposi-
ton took the position that to make the
college bigger In name would eventual
ly mean more money from the state.
Another consideration that entered In
to the opposition was q fear on the
part Of friends Of the Citadel that the
passage Of the bill would really be the
death -knell Of that institution. Since
Superintendent Of Education Martina
recent recommendation looking to the
consolidation Of these two institutions.
the friends Of the Citadel have been
on the qui vive lest unfriendly hands
be laid on that school. Representative
Beamguard was one Of the leading op4
ponents of the bill, his opposition being
based on grounds Of economy.
Debate was commenced last Friday
on Mr.. Ashley's bill to abolish the de-
partment of immigration. The .ques-.
ton had been an Issue In Anderson
and Lancaster counties, and the debate
developed that there was no little d.
vision Of opinion on the subject. Rep
resentative Ashley argued that the i'm
migration bureau was against the In
terest of the small farmer and cotton
mill workers. He also claimed that
only the most undesirable immigrants
could be secured. and that as the re-
suit there would be an increase or
crime. It is possible that there may be
a vote on the bill today; but the vote
may not be reached until tomorrow or
next day.
Greenville News, Saturday: THAT
unfavorable report by the committee
on my bin to abolish beer dispensaries
and hotel privileges does not mean
that II was killed. not by any means >
said Senator Mauldin, who returned to
Greenville yesterday afternoon. The
committee was about evenly divided
and the fight will be transferred to the
floor. The members are about con-
vinced that there Is absolutely nothing
In the constitution to justify these es-'
Establishments. and II hard work Will ac-
complish anything we Will put them
out of business. The rule by which
the beer privileges are granted is fla
grant violation Of the law, and we In
tend to push the fight for all II Is
WORTH" Regarding the joint resolution
to investigate the dispensary, Senator
Mauldin said that the senate had re-
fused to concur in certain amendments
offered by the house and a committee
of conference has been appointed to
get the bill into shape. Senator MAUI
din has been named on the committee
of conference. This has led to the un-
derstanding that he was put on the In
vestigating commission, which Is an
error. Senator Mauldin will not serve
on that commission, and In fact the
members cannot be named until the
bill becomes a law. The resolution to
investigate the financial condition OF
Greenville county Is practically clinch-
ed. Governor Hayward will name the
committee upon the recommendation
of the Greenville delegation.
The house on Friday passed bill
Intended to purify the primary elec-
tions. Under the terms Of the bill. the
candidate, before entering canvass,
must file with the clerk OF the court, |
or with the secretary Of state, If seek
ing votes in more than one county, a
pledge to the effect that he will not buy
votes directly or indirectly nor make |
of any kind for any pur-
pose except during church services.
After the election he must file an Item ]