The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-02-21
(By August Kohn.)

" Columbia, FEBRUARY lo.-Ine uHeA-
pected happened. Word had gone
forth among members that Governor
'Blease would approve the appropria-
ton bill as it was sent him; almost
half the members went home, for a
bare majority was here when the sur
prise came. Every Act had been rat
ifed and the house was about to send
a message to the governor, asking II
he had any further communication,
when the surprise came in the shape
Of disapproval of items aggregatlng
$4,000. The house, caught mapping,
was very badly shocked. Many had
gone home; others had arranged to
20 nome and they did not know what
to do.
On the first yea and nay ballot, 64
members out of 124 were present, and
on subsequent ballots So voted. Mr.
Stevenson had to So home and such
leaders as Osborne, Mower, Steven
son, Gary and others had gone home,
secure in the belief that ali was we'll
and that the coast was clear for going
nome. But it was not.
Educational Items.
!, The Citadel's new wing was spared;
Winthropis new science hall was re-
tanned, but the addition to the mfr
mary at Winthrop was vetoed. The
University of South Carolina was de-
MED its new auditorium and its heat
ing plant is to remain useless. 1t
takes a, two-thirds vote to retain an
item in the appropriation act over the
governors veto, and with the slim at
tendance and general decentralization
this seemed difficult.
After taking six ballots the house
took a recess for an hour to try and
catch it's breath and see what it all
meant. The members had only TWO
minutes in which to discuss any ques-
ton, that rule having been adopted,
but if the time had been longer out OF
the 81 or SIS present there were and
have always been enough economists
and adherents of the governors policy
to let the axe fall without really hg-
uring the ultimate cost.
Probably Unprecedented.
It was the most remarkable scene
and den1oralized situation I've Wit
messed, il reporting the general as
sembly continuously since 1892, and
in passing it is the first time single
item in the appropriation bill has
been vetoed.
Here is a summary Of the items
Governor Blease disapproved and thai
will not become law unless passed By
a two-thirds vote of each branch over
the governors veto.
Items Objected To.
State Reformatory, heating plant
etc., $4,000; Historical society index
clerk, $1,000; Live Stock association
$1,000; State Fair society, $4,000; col
ored fair, S1,0G0; comptroller gener
ais investigation fund, $4,000; ac
tuary, insurance department, $1,000
clerk in treasurer's office, $500; Law
clerk, attorney general, $3.50; deficit
Audubon society, S1,150; water ac
count city of Columbia, $500; insuf
ance armory, $780,; maintenance
State house and grounds, $4,000; ar
senal at Beaufort, S400; State geolo
gists contingent fund, $1,000; inspec
tors and clerk commissioner of agr:
culture, $4,000; code commissioner
extra work, $3.50; enforcement pur
food law, $1,000; auditorium UniVer
sity of South Carolina, Sl6,666: heat
ing plant, University of South Caro-
lima, $4,000; extension infrmary-Win
throp college, $4,000; critic teacher:
Winthrop, $3.50; colored college, Or
f.ngeburg, S1OO5O: stenographer, Pre-
Tate, s72O; Confederate home, Char
lesion, $500. Total disapproved, $751;
927.50.
In Dilemma.
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