The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-31

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The O!d STATE H:spcEsary Commits
sicn ara Other O:ic;sls M'iu Be
p-obel, inc:::~;d;ag Governor E;ease
Himself. and Nay Be Ills Friend,
Tom q. Fielder.
The rapidly with which the House
passed measures ever the Governor 5
veto Was the most interesting OF the
legislative actions the past week; the
unanimity and rapiGity win which
the lower body aid this must have
made his Excene2ey piping mad.
In quick orde- tie Act providing
for the investigator Of the formei
wiading-up dis2e2s&ry commission
aud the Attorney General. the ACT
relating to the industrial school al
Florence. the AT establishing the
rural police for Cherokee County
and the ACT providing for those cities
betweea 4,000 and 10000 TIE op-
portunity 10 vote ~ the commission
form of government, were passed
over the Governors veto by over
whelming majo-it;es.
The veto on the hill making more
extended the jury service and wip-
ing out certain exemptions vas sus
tanned, the first and only one so far.
The members did not think that
there was any reason to make preach
ecs serve on juries. and largely on
this account. the veto was sustained.
In every other case the Governor
went down in overwhelming defeat.
for the House said the Acts shall
go into the laws the Governors veto
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
The vetoed bills which passed the
House were transmitted to the Sen
ate, but that body has not yet acted
on them, excepting the veto on the
Investigation OF the wicding-up CON-
mission, which waS passed over the
veto By the upper chamber by vote
Of 3S to ;, preceded by severe de-
nunciation CT the veto by several
senators. This measure IS now a
law. The others were received in the
Senate. printed IN the Journal and
referred to variors committees
They Will come W for action this
week and there IS little doubt but
that the Senate will follow the action
OF the lower house and pass them
over the Governors veto. Once the
Senate began it dces not take long
for It 70 decide OIL vetoed measures.
and it has shown &c disposition to
sustain any of the Governors rea-
sons for vetoing the various matters.
Excepting thu Act providing for
the distribution o. the clsDensary
fund among ti:e school-and it is
said that the sena.e will look closely
into this matter, Tor there are sew
eral educators opposed to tee plan
for distribution and the State board
Of education reQl es,ed the Governor
20 veto the biIl-ail Of the measures
will probably pass over the veto.
In the senate the hill providing for
the taking out OF the hands of the
Chief Justice the power 70 nominate
special judges ana to confer both,
the nominating and appointing pow
er or the Governor, was Killed after
several debates. n which the whole
fight between Ch;"f Justice Jones and
the Governor over lie special judges
matter Of the past year was aired.
The Senate stood strongly b. the Su-
pre7?e Court and se"sral speeches de-
Tending that body and coGdemning
the actions OF the Governor in this
position were delivered during the
course Of the debates. The Senate
finally ended tn ewhole matter and
endorsed the sunrec;e Court by over
whelmingly killing the bill.
Another matter which has been
debated st much length in the upper
body is the bill est4 blishing a State
highway commission Amos. every
DAY some tire has been devoted to
discussing this bill! and its merits and
disaGv2nt2ces have been thoroughly
threshed out. Senator Laaey, Of
Chesterfield is )ea.,ing the fgh,
against the Dill ard ne waits the
money arising from licenses on au-
tomobiles and other self-pcopeling We
bicles. the source from which the
bill seeks to raise revenue for the
support ot the highway commission
er, to go into The treasury Of the
county in which tie machines are
owned
Senator ". J. Johnson's till sub
stituting elcctrocution for hanging
Will undoubtedly Dass the Senate and
stands good chances OF passing the
House also and being enacted into
law This was recommended in the
annual message Of Governor 3lease
and is one Recommendation likely to
be adopted and one which is reccg-
nized as q more humane method Of
punishment than the present system
Of hanging.
Strikes Blow ct Blind Tigers.
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