The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-02-14
OUR COLU JIM RIA LETTER.

COLI MBIA, ,. u, Feb. II.
by this time next week the fate of
tho dispensary, Morgan bill aud all,
will have been settled. This General
Assembly is now entering upon the
last week OF the session, and it il very
doubtful whether itB work will be any
where near completed when the final
adjournment is taken, after tho hands
OF Tho Legislative clock hnve teen
rurned back in the small hours OF next
Sunday morning. For it ia likely that
adjournment will not be reached be-
fore then, anG so nauy are inc meas
ures Oh the calendars that there has
been some talk Of al ext:a session in
order to complete tho work. However,,
that ie not likely.
There was no session Oh Monday,
Salesday, and tho first day in tho
House this week WIS taken up with
further discussion Of the Morgan bill,
which WAS finally passed by O vote OF
G3 to 30. The bill was then sent over
to the Senate, where it was taken up
for discussion Friday night. Senator
Brice, author of tbs now justly famous
Brice law, made the first speech on
reality u denunciation of the dispen-
cary and Senator Tillman. The
Morgan bill was attacked in q logical
and clear-cut argument by Senator
Walker of Georgetown. The matter
did not come up tho next day and will
be taken up this morning, probably
and vote may be had Tuesday. 1t is
most likely. that the Morgan bill will
be rejected in the Senate nnd that it
will not receive more than 10 votea, 21
being necessary to pass it, II all MEM
bers are present.
A feature OF tho discussion of the
dispensary in the Senate was the
speech made during the week by Sen.
ator Tai bert, of Edgefeld, who has in
troduced straight prohibition bill,
which he supp )rted in an unusually
fearless address, attacking the dispen-
sary and Senator Tillman, whose home
killed.
The House killed the ten hour bill
by a vote which shows that the senti-
ment in favor of the bill is stronger
this year than it was last year, and re-
veals the possibility Of the enactment
of ouch a law at no distant day. A
similar bill pending in the Senate was
killed when 1t became apparent that
:he ether bill could not pass the house.
The spp1 opriatlon bill went through
the House with less discussion and
an appropriation of $l,280, 5000. To
the bill was added another $50. 900 for
pensions for Confederate Veterans,
making the total appropriation for
pensions $3.50, 900 instead Of $500. 900.
The sapply bill carries tnx Of one
mill for pensions and the State levy sa
four mille making total tax levy OF
i've mills. About the only fight over
the appropriations was on the amount
given the department Of Immigration,
an effort ks;as made to strike out the
appropriation ut S3,GW for expenses in
this department. When this motion
was made ie was agreed to take up the
penulng bill to abolish the department
| and the fight was squarely made, with
the result that the department sur
wives and gets what was asked for.
The college appropriations were not
model school OF Winthrop Vas Killed
earlier in the session.
The Senate has finally passed the re-
focmatory measure, but in greatly
changed form, with an appropriation
| OF only S5, 900 and no provision for ite
maintenance. The Senate has also
passed the bill to provide for q board
or pardons, which will likely become
law, The Senate after disposing of
the diepepary vii! take up the appro.
changes. But before the dispensary is
dismissed by the Senate, it must be
remembered, that body il it Kills the
Morgan bill will be called on to con-
consider the several measures proposed
doubtful If any Of them will pass and
II one Of them sh0uld pass it would be
rejected by the House. 80 that the net
result OF dispensary legislation at
this session ia likely to be nothing at
oil. =. 49,. 80.
But the sessions of the dispensary
Investigating committee continue this
week, and they will be Of even more
interest perhaps than the action Of
1ne 1encfai A'aembiy. ). H. :.