The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-02-22
APPROPRIATION BILLS
GENEROUSLY VETOED
Governor BIease Yields the
Hatchet PromiSCuOusIy.
EDUCATIONAL BILLS
ARE CENTER OF ATTACK

back Mt the Hands of Governor
BIease that Puts them to Rout-Sev-
eral Bills Passed over His Veto.
Columbia, Feb. 18.-The unexpected
happened. Word had gone forth among
members that Governor Blease would
Napprove the appropriation bill as it
was sent him; almost half the mem
hers went home, for a bare majority
was here when the surprise came. Ev-
cry Act had been ratified and the
House was about to send a message to
the Governor, asking if he had any fur
ther communication, when the sur
prise came in the shape of disapproval
of items aggregating S9l 900. The
House, caught mapping, was very bad
ly shocked Many had gone home;
others had arranged to go home and
they did not know what to do
On the first yea and nay ballot, GA
members out of 124 were present, and
on subsequent ballots 63 voted Mr.
Stevenson had to go home and such
leaders as Osborne, Mower Stevenson,
Gary and others had gone home, Sc
cure in the belief that all was we'll
and that the coast was clear for 60
ing home. But it was not
Educational Items.
The Citadels new wing was spared;
Winthrop's new science hall was re-
tanned, but the addition to the infrm-
airy at Winthrop was vetoed. The I'm
iversity of South Carolina was denied
it's new auditorium and It's heating
plant is to remain useless. 1t takes
two-thirds vote to retain an item
in the Appropriation Act over the Gov
AeTnor's veto, and with the slim attend
|ance and general decentralization this
seemed difficult.
After taking six ballots the House
took 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-
tiOn, that rule having been adopted,
but if the time had been longer, out
of the 64 or SO present there were
and have always been enough eoono-
mists and adherents OF the Governors
policy to let the axe fall without real
ly figuring the ultimate cost.
Probably Unprecedented.
1t was the most remarkable scene
and demoraliZed situation I've wit
messed. in reporting the General AS
sembly continuously sirce 1892, and
in passing it is the first time single
item in the appropriation bill has been
vetoed. The Governor has not had
time sufficient to investigate the stu
alton, as has the ways and means com
mittee and the finance committee.
Here is a summary of the items
Governor Blease dsapproved and that
will not become law unless passed by
q two-thirdS vote of each branch ov-
er 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 5000; Col
IRred Fair. 81, 900; Comptroller Gener-
ais investigation fund $1,000; ac-
tuary, insurance department, S 800;
clerk in Treasurer's office, 5000: law
clerk, Attorney General, $3.50 de
icit, Audubon Society, 81 1.150, water
account city of Columbia, $500; in
surance armorv, $315O: maintenance
state House and grounds. 81 500; ar
senal at Beaufort $500; State geol-
ogists contingent fund, $1,000; in
spectors ard clerk commissioner of
agriculture, $4,400 Code commission
er, extra work, $3.50; enforcement pure
food law, $1,000; auditorium Univer-
sity of South Carolina, $16666; heat
ing plant, University of South Caro-
lima. $4,000; extension Infirmary Win
throp College, $4,000; critic teachers,
winthrop. $9C0; Colored College,
Orangeburg $1O,O5O stenographer,
Prof Tate. $7?O; Confederate Home,
Charleston, $4,000. Total disapproved
$01027.6O,
This is a summary of the Houses
action:
Veto sustained Five thousand dol
Glars comptroIler's Investigations. ST.
300 insurance actuary $3.50 law clerk
for Attorney General, $l,15O Audubon
balance, $1,000 contingent for State