The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-02-16
At THE STATES CAPITAL
APPROPRIATION BILL CARRIES MANY
BIG ITEMS
IMPORTANT BILLS DEFERRED
Governor and the General Assem-
bly, Rowing Over the Right 70
Appoint Special Judge.
Other Matters.
BY J. Rutledge McGhec.

less the unexpected happens the
members of the General Assembly
will be at their homes next sun
day Ii is source Of diSappoint-
ment, and somewhat unnecessary,
that the General Assembly should
have continued i'll session this long.
The unusual precedent has been for
adjournment TO be had within the
week after the general appropria-
ton bill has been passed 10y ;hc
House
The Senate has now had the APP
giving it serious and mature con
sdcration. and there has beer no
report on il by the finance commit
tee Of the Senate.
Increased Appropriations.
The bill will no doubt show in
creases since it LETT the House. for
the two branches have made proViS-
on for the new science building at
Winthrop since the House acted ON
the appropriation bill.
show increases over what it did last
year, but this is to bc expected i'll Il
growing and fast cnrichinG Statc,
and il is what is found in every
state and nation.
Nothing, absolutcl! nothing, has
been done TO revise or otherwise
improve the tax system, or. what is
most important, secure an equaliZa-
! ton OF the assessment of property
that would be real equalization.
Justiceship Election.
More interest was taken i'll the
Justiceship election last week than
in almost 2?ything else. There
have been twelve ballots, but the
Joint Assembly is really no nearer
selection than it was on the first
ballot. 1t is freely predicted that
there will be an election by Thurs
day, if not sooner. There are all
sorts of rumorS of what will hap
pen tomorrow. as there have pre-
Viously Decn, and the safest predic-
ton in this particular contcs; is
that no one who knows or can fore
tell what will happen.
The impression, however, is that
if the deadlock continues beyond
the twenty-first ballot, there will be
a readjustment and that some new
name will be presented. OF course,
there is every possibility that
something will happen" before that
time, but there is no telling.
Important Matters Deferred.
During the week four OF the most
important matters proposed for leg
islative consideration have been
continued until next session.
First. The general revision OF the 4
school laws of the State
Second. The proposition to pro-
vide n highway commission and pro-
vide for it's support by license on
automobiles.
Third. A corporation plan of
ildvestising the State by n fund
contributed in part by the State and
in part by the larger railway sys-
tens of the State.
Fourth. The proposition TO have
the privilege tax go directly into
the State treasury instead of go
ing to Clemson College, and have
the General Assembly provide for
Clemson as is done with other in
stitutions.
Special Judge Row.
There has been a good deal of
talk about the Gubernatorial-judi !
cial controversy. A bill has been
prepared and introduced in the
Senate providing for Gubernatorial
appointments of special Judges, but
it will not pass and the status will |.
remain exactly as il is at present. /
The best feature of the contro- /
versy is that it may become SO
acute that no special Judges will I
be appointed during the year. and !
this is as il should be. The under |
standing was when twelve circuits !
were established that the regularly /
elected Judges would do all the
work that was to be done. There is ,
a deep seated and we'll grounded /
objection TO using temporary Judges,
and 1t would pay the State, and be
far more satisfactory both to the
Bar and the people, if there Is real
need for more Judges, to elect
some one whose special duty IL
shall be to fill positions made va
cant by the illness or legal lfsabil-
ity Of a Circuit Judge.