The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-24
PASS 0YLR VETO
Roas= Ua.ein ,u,lY ions the Ssaals 10
D=Eysog 5hs Gsvernsr.
PROBE is TO BE MADE

PROBE IS TO BE MADE
The Old Dispensa.y Board, Governor
Blease, Attorney General Lyon, and
Al Others Against Whom Charges
Have Been Made lii Now Be In
vestigated.
With The pa ssage of the dispensary
Investigation act over the governors S
veto. by unanimous vote, the house
Ct representative Tuesday afternoon
took the final step toward making the
measure a law. Hdving passed both
House and Senate, the act, passed
upon the request of the Governor
through special Message last year,
but later vetoed by him, row be-
comes effective, his veto to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
The vote stood 104 to nothing, IN
favor of passage. Two members,
| !:essrs. Joshua ". Ashley and j. B.
X. Bailey. voted to sustain the veto
but later changed tl4eir votes to the
opposite side. A joint committee tc
Investigate the former dispensary
| winding-up commission, the Cover.
nor, the Attorney General and 9th.
ers. in so far a5 they were connected
With the dispensary ard the winding
uD Of its atfai,s vii, now be appoint,
ed.
TIE matter OF the "d;spensary in
vestigation act" aid the question o.
whether or not t should be passet
over the veto Of the Governor, came
ur in the house slcrtly before moor
Tuesday morning. The act wa:
| passed last year, IL response to {
special message frcm the Governor
IL was later vetoed by the Governor
and returned this year with an ex
r,anatory message. The senate passet
tie act over the veto by vote o
Sc to 8, and upon the action Of tht
House depended the question o
whether or not the act was to be
come Of force.
1t provided for an investigation 0
The former dispensary winding-ul
commission, the Governor, the At
torney General and others, by a com
n:ittee consisting OF several member
Ct each House. when the matte
came up, Mr.. Geo. f. Rem bert aske
that the matter be carried ever TO
q few days. The dispensary com
mission appointed by the Governor
said Mr.. Rembe:t, was expected t
make a report in TIC next few days
ard it might occur that thee woul
ne no necessity for the passage Of tn
vetoed act.
Mr.. Cary opposed postponement
And especially with regard to th
present matter, Mr.. Cary telieve
that the matter ought to be settled
ae read the message sent TO the as
sembly last year by the Governor
asking for the Investigation. MI
Rembert here withdrew his cbjectio,
70 immediate consideration, Stain
,hat he did not desire to stir up
lcng debate on the matter Mr.. Rem
bert said he had 10 objection to tn
matter being considered at once, an
added that he would vote to pass tn
act over the veto.
Mr.. Cary, continuing. stated tha
he Governor had ! ceferred charge
against men whom he believed to b
loyal and honest and that it woul
&c unjus: to them rot to continue tn
Investigation. The commission ap
rcinted by the Governor, he said
light fail to make a report rs to tn
result Of their investigation ii: regar
C the honesty OF the former con,
clissioners. and Nj. Cary eNpresse
the opinion that sucl report shoul
DC made. Mr.. " F. StevensoI
thought the house was bound to pas
the art. Other remarks weTc mad
slong this line by other members.
Finally the house was polled o.
,he question Of passage. Only tw
members voted in tie negative, thes
5eing 'Nessrs. Joshua ". Ashley an
]. B. W. Bailey. Al the conclusio,
cc the polling Mr.. Ashley asked per
mission to change his vote from no
to "aye," and his example was fol
lowed by Nj. Bailey. The result o
the vote as announced by the chai
was 1O4 for and none against tn
massage over the veto.
The act having passed bot
Houses. it now bea.mes law, an
| Speaker Smith announced that h
would appoint the House committe
during the morning hour. The An
lSei commission was composed Of Dr.
". ]. Murray of Columbia, Nj. Aver,
Patton of Greenville, Mr.. John Nc
Sween of Timmonsville, M. A. \
| Wood of Gaffney aad Mr.. ]. S. Brio
Of Chester. Their friends AMI friend
0 Attorney General Lyon hav
urged that the investigation be or
dered, so that these gentlemen il in
nocent might be cleared publicly G
charges made against them by Gov
arnor Blease and others.
DON'T LIKE TIE SCHEME.