The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-01-25
THE OUTLOOK.
al Correspondence

Is strong. The ants have the chair
manship of the committees to which
reform measures are being referred
but reformers have the committees
and that means this That all thes'
reform measures will be kept in the
committees as long as possible oul
when they come out they VIII come
with favorable committee recommen
dations.
For illustration: Senator Pendle
tons bill to extend the Adams law tc
the entire State, which could have
been acted on last week, has been
set for hearing by the committee next
week. Senator Pendleton has the
right under the rules, to call the bill
back from the committee and place
IT upon the Senate calendar for action
without any committee report; ana
has been advised by some of his
friends to do so. But that is not con-
sidered the most courteous thing TO
do. and sometimes loses measure
some of its alleged friends; and so, rath-
er than to incur that possible danger
the Senator is possessing his soul win
patience; knowing full well that when
the bill is reported the committee VIII
recommend its passage.
The Foust bill, to prohibit race
course gambling, Is in exactly the
same fix: and Senator Foust threaten
cd Yesterday to ride over the commit
tee and ask the Senate to TX day
for the consideration of his bill. But
cooler counsel prevailed, and the bill
will bide its time in the good old way.
The evident purpose of the anti-re-
formers is to delay action as much as
possible, and take q recess as soon as
possible. Working to that end, they
passed in the House today a resolu-
ton to begin their recess on February
3 But the Senate, think, will block
that game. The Ssnate will amend
the House resolution to read the END
instead of the 9Th, and conference
committee will then split the differ
ence and fix the dste at the 18th, is
my prediction.
The whiskey men are up to their
same old tricks. There was bill be-
fore the House to "tolish the charter
of Rock Spring, in Unicoi County 1t
had passed it's two readings and was
on the calendar with committee rec
ommendation for its final passage
The opposition, in p'ce, sauve and dull
Get tones, moved its ecommital to an
other committee, 8 wing some nlaus-
ible reason for so doing; and without
knowing exactly what they were doing.
the bill was taken from the calendar
and sent to a new committee to sleep
@ aother week or two. But the author
of the bill got busy, and began telling
tie story to the temperance leaders,
and the next day tht. bill was recalled
from the committee placed upon Its
third reading and passed by practi-
cally unanimous vote and with APP
Dlause. Which shows the temperance
strength in the House when its advo-
Gates are all awake.
That was the firs> test vote in the ]
House.
The winchester case drew first blood
n the Senate Wednesday. It was |
,ill to repeal the charter of Winches- ;
er. where the fight has been hard and |
close, and every inch of ground was I
contested by both sides. The bill had .
already passed the Senate easy" +
And | was told by one OF its advocates, |
Who was fresh from conference with i
he Governor that II would receive his d
signature in due season. And this gen. {
ieman. a close friend to the Governor, i
me of the State Executive Commit n
eemen. put on the committee as he n
avs, at the Governors request gave n
mt this further information: Che did t
Iot know to what eager ears, per I
aps) "Our representative in the lower b
ouse and our Senator both favored :
his bill. and the Governor says he n
viii sign all local bills having the 4
unanimous Endorsement of the local y
X
send that word Of cheer to the \
sid guard" And I will be bold enough y
, say this much more. The general X
m 70 extend the Adams law will pass. H
Whether It will read one hun Y
red and fifty thousand, or y
no hundred thousand ! will not I'M X
ertake to say. But It will pass, and Y
% Governor will approve 1t. and the Y
pnres will read la~Se enough to let "
olumbla in. And s,llowing that the Y
and Mt. Pleasant bills VIII M