The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-02-28
Blease Having a Hard Time
With SOIons.
HOSPITAL QUESTION
BEFORE THE PEOPLE
The Factory Inspection Stunt Of Col.
L.. NJ. Green has Caused Some Lit
tie Merriment Among tile Legislators
and has Shown the Governor Up i'm
his True Light.
(By j. Rutledge McGhee.) }

Columbia, S. c., Feb. 26.-With pos
sibly the longest session on record the
general assembly reconvenes today TO
"lnd out the eighth week Of a session
marked by many interesting develop
ments, not the least of which NAV be
mentioned the positive stand taken by
the members as regards the veto of
Gov. BleaSe. The past week has been
devoted almost entirely to the work
of passing the appropriation bill over
the governors disapproval thirty one
items of which were vetoed by Blease,
but which with the exception of three
were passed over him. The senate
passed every single item over the veto
with an average vote OF % to 3 while
the house refused to sustain the gov
ernor by an average of 50 to Z. or
thereabouts. In the senate the most
important matter to come before them
was the citizenship bill introduced by
Senator Christensen, which passed the
veto by a decisive vote. This bill
provides that no foreigner will be able
to vote unless he can show proper
registration or If his vote is challeng-
ed he must show his naturalization
papers. 1t also passed the house by
decisive vote.
The senate also passed the million
dollar bond issue which became a law
by forfeiture on account of the fact
that the governor did not sign the
bill. 1t will go before the people at
the coming election. The bill makes
provision for bonds to build the new
hospital for the insane which is to
be erected in the suburbs of Columbia
Another matter which received the
attention Of the general assembly is
the thousand dollar fee" paid to Col
l.. M Green, who was appointed by
the governor to inspect cotton mills
and paid out Of his contingent fund.
The governor last year vetoed the fac
nry inspection act and cut off the
salaries Of the inspectors, and it was
brought out on the floor of the house
by Mr.. Stevenson when a section of
the appropriation bill regarding the
Gifted purposes that the governor had
taken under his hands an authority
that the bill particularly wanted to
remedy, namely, that OF using funds
for purposes other than for which they
were appropriated. Mr. Browning read
some letters which had been written
by Col Green, indicating that he Sc
cured his information from the office
of Commissioner Watson, and it was
also brought out on the floor of the
House that tho report in part of Col.
Green was identical with certain sec
tions of the report or the commission
er. A lively discussion was had up
on this item, and it passed over the
veto by large majo 7.
The state warehouse bill has become
law and the three members of the
commission as provided for in the
act have been elected. Senator j. w.
McCown was elected chairman of the
commission, whose salary will be
twenty one hundred dollars; the other
members being T. L. Clinkscales, of
Anderson and Major Jno. S. Horlbeck
of Charleston, both of whom are to
receive a per diem for their services
This bill was denounced by Governor
Blease, who further stated that while
he dlsapproved of it, since 1t had pass
ed SO overwhelmingly he would sign
it. He gave some advice as to wheth-
er the bill should become law.
Among the measures not pass
ed over the veto was the medical
inspection act, which provides for the
inspection Of school children in the
public schools. The governor took
the position that this was an abridg-
ment Of democratic principles, in that
it would take the rights of parents out
of their hands and that it was contrary
to the very foundation of the home.
DIN Sawyer, of Georgetown, who had
favored the bill on the first passage
and who made good speech in favor
Of 1t, spoke against the passage over
the veto, saying that he had changed
his mind in regard to it. The bill