Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-05
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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Next Meeting Promises to Be unusu-
ally Interesting.

ally Interesting.
On next Tuesday" says Columbi;
letter, "the lawmakers will gather IL
Columbia, prepared to consider TO
forty days the needs and condition.
of the people of the state and to appl,
remedies such as in their. judgmen
they deem best, and If most Of the pre-
dictions are verified, the coming ses
! sion Of the general assembly Is going
to be one of the most important ant
interesting meetings Of that body tha
has been held in many a year.
Probably the most interesting one Il
the general public will be the message
of the governor, and this will be one
of the first the two houses will con.
slider. The fact that the message will
cover the first year of the administra-
ton of Governor Blease will make II
Of more than usual interest to the
general public.
"Other state officers, especially
Comptroller General Jones, will have
VI ihlCi COT
General Jones will ask that the in
come tax laws either be repealed OF
that he be given more power to en-
force them. Then, the state debt is
to be refunded this year, and the comp
troller generals recommendation
along this line will be valuable.
That a fight will be waged on the
department of agriculture, commerce
and industry IL the outlook now. The
recent correspondence between the gov
ernor and Commissioner Watson has
revived public interest to a marked de-
gree, and 1t Is rumored that some OF
the legislators are in favor Of the adop-
tion Of the department. However, II
has done a good work in many re-
spects, has many strong friends and
may weather the storm, shorn, prob
ably, of some of its functions.
What bills will the legislature pass
over the governors veto, and what
will be the outcome of the reported
Fielder statement that he will appear
before the legislature and tell of his
charges against the governor? Will
the two houses pass over the veto OF
the governor the bill providing fol
the investigation Of the former dis
pensary winding-up commission and
reopen all the old dispensary fight?
What will be the fate Of the act pro-
viding for certain cities to vote on the
question as to whether or not they
want the commission form Of govern
ment-which the governor vetoed? ?
What percentage Of the vetoed meas
ures will be passed by a two thirds
vote and thus become laws? Such
questions remain unanswered, and can
not be answered until the legislature
meets and acts on them.
Much time will be consumed in the
numerous elections which will come up
at this session. The election Of chief
Justice, two associate justiceships, sew
eral circuit judges, two members OF
the board of directors Of the peniten-
tiary, trustees, insurance commission
er and other vacancies, will naturally
take a good part of the time Of the
houses.
The report of the asylum commits
sions and of the various state colleges
and institutions will receive attention.
One of the important matters Is the
report of Comptroller General Jones as
to what will be needed to run the gov
ernment another year. Each depart
ment head transmits to the comptroller
general an estimate of what will be
needed for his department, and this
information is transmitted by that Off
cial to the ways and means commit
tee of the house and the finance COM
mittee of the senate, and used by them
in making up the appropriation meas
ures. It will take over $1,000,000 to run
the state another year.