The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-25
THE LEGIsLATURE.
The Dispensary Question Will Not
Come up Before Next Week-The
Lien Law.
Special Cor. Herald and News.

over the dispensary will be begun I'M
Til next week. Both sides are wait
ing OH the report of the new dispcn-
sary investigating committee. This
it Is now expected will be ready by
Friday, according to statement to-
Gay member of the committee made
10 the correspondent of The Herald
and News. The principal bills Of each
side, that of the dispensary people
seeking Il purification scheme along
tie lines of the Tillman-R Rhysor-
Manning bill of last year, and the
Carey -Cothran local option county
dispcnsary bill, have both been print
ed and are ready to be called upon a
moments notice. But Saturday will
be Oh off day, both houses having
selected this day to visit Clemson
college, and as the committee report
will not be in before Friday, there
will be no time for action this week.
A subject of special interest to the
readers of The Herald and News is
the probable action of the lcgisa-
ture this year on the lien law. 1t is
impossible Mt this stage Of the game
to forctell what will be done. Bills
to repeal the law entirely and bills
| to make important amendments. are
pending in both houses, each branch
having gone upon the subject to back
away again III the form of motions
to adjourn debate. 1t is evident that
there will be the usual warm contest
in both houses. The factions seem
equally confident of victory.
The fate of the bucket-shop nuis-
ance may be decided in the senate this
week. Judging from the number of
bills being urged on the subject it
seems likely that some sort Of change
will be made.
Compulsory education will not be
reached in either house till next week.
Some bill along this line will likely
get closer to ratification than any
have yet done, but it does not seem
liekly that compulsory education will
be enacted into law at this session.
Perhaps the most important mega
tive legislation of the session so far
has been the putting to death of the
Frost joint resolution calling for an
inter-session commission to investi-
gate the railroads and report by bill
and recommendation and testimony.
The resolving words were stricken
ont by vote of 65 to 48. 1t looked
as if this bill would forestall action
sought in other pending bills.
An important piece of positive leg
silation Of interest to your readers
was the passing by the house of Mr..
Walkers bill to allow so cents day
to jurors serving in magistrates
courts in criminal cases. Desperate
effort was made to kill the bill on
third-reading, first by motion to re-
commit and then by a motion to COM
nit, a roll call being demanded in
each ease.
A feature of the house session this
week was "the statement Of reasons
Representative Coke D.. Mann gave
for not voting to confirm the election
of Senator Tillman. He sent up his
written reasons to the speakers desk
as follows:
~ wish to state my reasons for
not voting for the Hon. BENZ. R. Till
man to succeed himself in the Unit
ell State senate.
"First. He made a wanton and
malicious attack upon the ministry of
South Carolina, charging them with
being in league with the exbarkeepers
of. the state, with Col. James A.
Hoyt the standard bearer Of the pro-
hibitionists, to defeat and destroy the
dispcmSry law in South Carolina.
This he knew was false and an out
rage on. common decency.
"Second. Before / could vote for
him | would have to know how much
rebates allowed the state. / contend
that as governor he was handling the
money Of the state and had no right
to return it to the liquor house, any
moro than the present board has the
right to appropriate such money to
their. own use''' I'll d ,iE y,
Y On motion Of Representative Rich
ards the reasons were promptly