Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-01-08
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
House and Senate Met Today at
Noon.

House and Senate Met Today AZ
Noon.
The general assembly met today at
noon. The following forecast Of the
work before that body Is from the
Columbia correspondence of the News
and Courier:
This Is the first session Of this gen.
eral assembly, all the members Of the
house and many members OF the sem
ate having been elected last fall. There
are number Of entirely new members
In the lot, and they will have to intro
duce a lot Of bills to get rid Of their
surplus craftsmanship and comply with
their campaign pledges. Then there
are a lot Of stored-up speeches, which
will have to be let off.
AS soon as he takes office the new
lieutenant governor, the Hon. Thomas
G. Mcleod, will preside over the SEN
ate. He has for four years been SEN
ator from Lee county, and 0efore tnat
time served in the house, and hence
he is familiar with the legislative rules
and routine. The senate will elect
president pro tenn, and the committees
will be selected by the hold-over SEN
ators, being ratified by the senate.
General r. r. Hemphill. for years clerk
of the senate, will again stand for the
have any opposition.
The election Of speaker will be the
| first important business for the house.
The candidates are: Messrs. K. 3.
Whaley OF Charleston; d. D. McColl,
Jr., of Marlboro, and r. w. Nash OF
Spartanburg. The friends Of each have
been active and, while predictions
might be made, 1t may be better to let
the ballots speak for themselves. Col.
Tom c. Hamer, who knows his busi-
mess thoroughly will not have oppo-
sition for the position of clerk, and
he will soon know the new roll by
heart.
| The last annual message Of governor
D. G.. Hayward will be presented Tues
day, the first day Of the session. When
It has been read there will be rush
Of bills, no doubt The speaker Will
appoint the committees to report on
these bills. and that Is why the speaker
Is so important a parsonage. Besides,
he exercises no little influence on leg
islation during the session, and then
| it is important to have level-heeded,
cool, experienced man In the chair as
presiding officer.
Since it's passage In 1892 the dispen-
sary law has been the bone Of conten-
tion at nearly every session OF the leg
islature Governor Ansel and ma
jority of the house were elected on
| platform pledging them to local option
in dealing with the whisky question,
and to the destruction Of the state
dispensary system. No doubt that
will be done, but the dispensary and
those interested in 1t, for various rea-
sons, will fight to the bitter end. For
this reason the governor-elects inau-
gural address, especially that portion
outlining his views on this subject
will be of much importance.
It is likely that the Inauguration OF
| Governor Ansel will take place on
Tuesday, January Is, and at that time
the other state officials will also take
office. They are: Lieutenant Governor
NC. cod: secretary of state, M. M.
McCown of Florence, at present CHIEF
clerk; attorney general, J. Fraser
Lyon of Abbeville; comptroller gener-
al, A. w. Jones Of Abbeville, incum-
bent; state treasurer, r. II. Jennings
Of Fairfield, incumbent; superintendent
Of education, o. B. Martin OF Green
Vile, incumbent: adjutant general, ].
C. Boyd of Greenville. Greenyille mas
the governor, superintendent OF edu.
cation and adjutant general. as well
as one Of the railroad commissioners
while Abbeville has the attorney gen.
eral and comptroller general.
Any number Of matters might De
mentioned as likely to be considered
by the legislature at this session. The
| Southern Cotton association has ask
ed for the repeal Of the lien law, and
II this proposition is made 1t means
the renewal Of fight that has been
waged for many years. The same or
ganiZatiOn has asked for law driving
the bucket shops out of the state, and
Senator Weston Of Richland, Is ready
to present a bill to carry out this pur-
pose. The Cotton Manufacturers as
sociation have asked for marriage IL
cense law. and this too is an old fight
which gathers strength every year.
bill for compulsory education, wnlcn
Is also favored by the cotton mill men,
will be introduced, and last year II
lacked only a few votes OF passing
There will be a number Of propositions
looking to a readjustment of the taz
machinery and Of the business methods
of the state. A fight over Clemson
colleges income may be expected, since
It comes every year. Winthrop VIII
again ask for an appropriation for q
model school building. The passage oi
a pure food law will be urged from
several sources.
These are only a few Of the many
measures of all sorts and varieties
that will come up for consideration.
The legislature will elect number
of officials, and among them will be
the successor to Senator B. r. Till
man. That successor will be named
B. r. Tillman IL the senator lives until
that day. For the minor offices there
will be plenty Of candidates.