The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-01-31
'n;,S;u3 had done wrong IL well.

u1 tie commission were deposited III
4 Gulun lila bank, Of which DR.. Muir
ray. chairman Of the comission, is a
director. There had been other charg-
eS against the commission and he
thought mistake would be made in
passing such Il resolution as is propos-
ed. He said that the adoption OF this
resolution would be nothing less than
a slap in the face of Judge Pritchard,
and would undoubtedly be 50 con-
stirred by him.
He said that a governor, with a
backbone. having removed one set Of
officers for doing thing declared to
be illegal. would have removed an
other set Of men for committing the
same ofense."
Senator Blease followed up his sig
n5l victory over the administration
BY resolution ealing for all tie pa
!crs and correspondence l.: tile mai
le. of 1hi: acceptance ~ The commits
sion Of the celebrated Clarke BTosc
WI ..>nv. |; will be reca'|ei ti:at last
Session lie general assembly 5\ reSn-
:ll,!l: ,ieman led that the @uvt,':i!, re-
move ,hl thea State board of control
for their action in purchasing a large
IT ur wIli>k~y. it was cla!n'e} illegal
". from Clarke Bros. & Co., cf
Peoria, ILL.,. and that subsequently IT,:
commission to wind up the dlspen-
sary accerted the whiskey in ques-
tio1. which had been pronounced ui1it.
Senator Blease now wants to have the
correspondence about; This matter
placed before the senate. 1t was stat
ed in the senate that the commissions
action was taken because Of the pro-
mise Of the Clarke concern to give
what evidence it might nave as to
graft in the State dispensary's con-
duct and Senator Blease said this was
bribery. Following is the resolution
bv Senator Blease:
':Be it resolved. by the senate of
South Carolina. the house Of repres-
entatives concurring:
"That the commission appointed to
wind up the affairs of the State dis
pensary be and they are hereby re-
quested to furnish to this general as
sembly a report Of all Of their deal
ines with the Clarke purchase Of
whiskey and that they furnish copies
Of their correspondence with Messrs:
Hull and Dudley Of the Clarke COM
pany. especially the correspondence
and transactions between the chair
man Of said board and Mr.. Dudley.'
Prohibition is the pending issue be-
fore the house. The Nash bill may
be voted on today. as it was under dis
cuSsion when the hour arrived yes
terday for the memorial exercises IN
honor Of the late MessrS. J. N. Epting,
cf LEXINGTON. and ". F. Macarthur OF
Cherokee. both Of whom have died
since t;;oe last session. Mr.. Nash made
strong argument for prohibition
Yesterday when his bill was brought
mp. and he was support by Mr.. D. l..
Smith, Of Colleton; Mr.. Morrell. of
Richland, and Mr.. Werner, Of Oconee.
Another Of Mr.. Nash's bills, to es-
tablish the department Of insurance
with a commissioner has been killed
by the house. the vote being 4S to 33.
Practically the same bill has been
again introduced.
The bill of Mr.. Hydrick, to require
the existence Of crops to make mort
gage thereon valid, was passed by a
vote Of 81 to As. This is intended
10 supplement the repeal of the lien
Law. for which the house has voted.
The bill of Nh: Gyles, of Aiken, to
permit an election in Aiken on the
in April passed the house,
after a discussion Of the conditions
in that county by members Of the Ak
en- delegation. Mr.. Croft wanted the
election in August but the bill as
drawn passed, being amended so as
to include Colleton also.
The senate has considered several
railroad measures this week. Senator
Graydon's bill to prohibit the running
of double headers was passed, BY Il
vote of 10 to 10, and his bill to extend
the law as to contributory negligence
was nassed, after being am tended so
as to apply only to common car
.ierS. The bill by Mr.. Kers?iaw, which !
passed the house last year. to estab-