The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-01-31
DISPENSARY AFFAIRS
IN THE LEGISLATURE
SENATOR BLEASE WINS FIGHT
AGAINST ADMINISTRATION.
Railroad Measures Considered-Pro
hibition Bill In The Housc-Oth-
er Matters.
SO,rial io The Herald and News.


the legislative proceedings this week
so far is the Scnatc's refusal to pass
the resolution asked for by Gov. An
sci, ON the suggestion Of Attorney
General Lyon. in regard I" the status
of the diSpcnSary funds. Senator
BlcaSr. who opposed Gov. Anscl last
summer led the fight against this res
nluiion in the senate. and he had the
support of other senator's. who made
legal arguments against the measure.
The governor ON Tuesday seat III il
special message suggesting the pas
Sawc Of Il resolution declaring that III
providing for the commission I" wind
mp The state dispcnsary the general
assembly did moi intend to create a
trust fund bul that the commission is
The a4cnt of the State. aad also ap-
proving the course the commission
has pursued in Looking" into thc claims
against thc Iisp"nsary. The house at
once. upon explanation that the rcS"-
luton was desired to assist the attor-
nrv general in proceedings pending IN
the federal court at Ashcvillc, passed
the resolution asked for by the gov
crnur. but in the senate the objection
Of Senator BlcaSe to Immediate con-
sidcration was under the rules sui
fcicn, 10 carry it vore for one day
and ON "Wednesday thc Nrwberry SEN
atur renewed The lioht. The reSolu-
tion was by consent amended so as t"
cut on, the endorsement OF the COM
mission and then il was thought it
would PASS but the motion to table
was carried by vote Of 10 I" Is. Fol
lowin" is ihc report OF Senator
Blcasa's speech taken from the Co
' lumbia State:
Ex-senator BlcaSc was recognized by
lhr chair and made Il lengthy speech
in npposilion to the measure. He had
before him Il number OF newspaper
clippings and other papers and an
nounccd that he was prepared to make
some very interesting showinYs and
hoped the senators would pay special
attention to the reading Of the news
paper clippings.
"Ilc stated. however. before begin
ming his argument against the rcSolu-
ton that he would he glad TO have il
go over rs he felt that there were 9th
or matters Of Importance on tn" cal
cndar which should be disposed of.
and hc warned the senate that no lit
lie time would Ec consumed in cunsiI-
erin" his resolution. This suggestion
was not acceptable, and the senator
from Newberry proceeded.
Gle said that he was opposed to
resolution on a number of grounds.
In The first place he considered it an
attempt TO whlowash the disepnsary
commission: there had been charges
made against the commission aad it
ill-brhooved the general assembly at
this time to pass resolution COM
men'lin% the commission in everything
they had done; as for himself he was
not willing to commend the commits
sion and nc thought that if the senate
investigated matters some they would
oppose this resolution.
ole said that Governor Ansel had
turned out of Office the members Of
the former board Of dircctors-Raw-
hnson. Black and Wylic--and now
the legislature is asked to set its seal
Of approval upon the members Of the
State diSpcnsary commission for do
ing what the directors we're condemn
ed for doing, referring to the acccp-
tance Of the Clarke purchase Of liquor
II was charged that The board had
purchased these liquors from Clarke
Bros. e. Co. illegally and The general
assembly passed resolution asking
the governor to take some action. and
as a result the governor turned the
members Of the board out of Office.
The commission later accepted these
same goods which thu legislature had
decided were purchased illegally ana
now it is proposed to en- lorse the ac"
tion Of the commission. Tie declared
that il was not roht---that if the
board Of directors did wrong'th the COM