The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-04
OUR LEGISLATURE LETTER.
On the Home Stretch-What Has
Been and What is Pro-
bable.
Special to Herald and News,

HoS tt'NNii XII "NJ"tl liiC ll'toC
, to meet at noon Tuesday aad the sen
ate Tuesday night. 1t is customary
:. for the legislators to go home on sal
esday in February, and when they
return they are ready for the homo
!. stretch.
There is plenty Of work to be done,
even if nothing was attempted except
to kill one by olc the bills on the two
calendars. The most important meas
ures, however, have been di"cstcd and
the two houses are ready to express
themselves. h appropriation bill ia
ready and will be introduced probably
Tuesday night. II will then have the
right Of way through The house. The
appropriations are bound to exceed
those Of 1907. and will 90 over one
and onc-half million dollars if what
The colleges ask for is granted and
aaytnin~ is given for the State house
grounds.
The house has disposed Of the IL
puor question and has passed The la-
Dor contract bill introduced by the
judiciary committee. The lien law
il has also passed on and its position
on the railroad rate question was de-
fined last year in the passage Of The
Gylcs , - cents bill.
The Nash prohibition bill, an iron
clad measure. was killed OIL Thursday
by vote Of 81 10 81. The debate
had been conducted in Il desultory
fashion for several days but was not
at any time spirited It's defeat was
followed by The introduction of Il re-
solution by Mr.. Richards providing
for the submission of the question Of
State prohibition or county dispcn-
sary to the people of the State at il
special election this summer. This is
similar to the bill presented i'll the
senate by Mr.. Otis and it would be
surprisin" if ii passed both houses.
Mr.. Cothran has introduced bill
proposin" general amendments to the
Carey Cochran law, patching up the
weak places pointed out by the cX-
pcrirncr of the last - months. AMI
making such changes as to distribu-
iion Of profits as any county dele
CATION DESIRED This bill will probab-
ly go through the house without any
fight.
The senate has passed the bill by
Mr. ANr"lt. lrvvin% a license of $5,-
200, on lirnor drummrrS. and the bill
is favornhlv reported in The house
by the dispanearv committee. Srv-
rrai snnainrS objected TO it very
str"M",N en- thc ground ihat il mioht
be construed ~ nrrmiiting the Soti>
OF whiskcy under license bui the OBJ
ieci of the measure is to place a pro-
hibitivc tax on The whiskey drum
mcrs.
The senate has talked prohibition,
railroads and railroad rates, but has
not yet passed on The liqnor question
nor the rate question. The Toole rate
bill is however special order on
third reading and along with it will
be considered the Carlisle substitute
The Toole bill is the same as the
Gyles bill, which passed the house
last session, and fixes flat 9 1-2
cents rate, while the Carlisle substi-
tutc carries out The suggestions Of
Mr.. Finley of the Southern road. The
house will accept whatever bill the
senate sends over The senate re-
fused, by vote Of % to If, to kill The
rate bill.
The house has passed the bill pres
cntcd through thc Judiciary committee
for labor contract law wnicn will
stand the test Of The courts and the
senate judiciary has presented anoih-
er bill in the senate, which is some
what different from the house bill.
The house did not discuss thc matter
at all, as it was fully discussed in
the conferences. but it is likely that
the senate will debate the question
freely.
Th house has followed M The pas
sage OF the Richards bill to repeal the
lien LAM by passing the Hvd,'ick bill
making tne existence Of crops naces-
sary to the validity of mortgage.
The Hydrick bill has favorable re-
port in tNc senate.
The holse gave a good deal Of at