The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28

the delayed bills had not reach.
ed the governors office; some OF
them had not even been ratified,
and too, some Of the complained
of Acts were not ratified until
after 10 o'clock Saturday night,
and they were still in tho hands
of the clerk of the senate when
I left the chamber about mid
night, yet all the same, the gov
ernor gets the blame for the de-
Hay. when the truth is he has
kept up with every Act that has
been presented to him, and either
signed or permitted them to be.
come laws without his signature
by sending them across to the
secretary of State, who becomes
the custodian of the Acts when
they have been delivered to him
from the governors Office.
The session this week is, in my
opinion, absolutely unnecessary
and to show that | am correct,
there is an agreement not to have
any business whatever, but sim
ply to wait until Thursday, then
adjourn sine die, those who Sc
cured this arrangement hope to
have the masses manifest the
same lack Of confidence IN the
executive as they are pretending
to have: Of course I do net know
what the effect will be, nor can
anyone else know just what con
clusion the masses will reach,
but it is my opinion the opposl-
| ton to Blease has oper-reached
itself, and instead Of GRIPPING
him as they would wont to do,
they are injuring their own Sc
lected leader who will be held
responsible for the Instructions
that have been laid in the way
Of the present administration,
and when the roll is called for
the opening of the next assembly
there will be many new men to
answer.
AS predicted the hunters IL
cense bill met its death IN the
House, the governors veto cut
ting out the provision for the sal
ary was sustained, and now if
the Office is to be maintained, the
money to pay for it will have to
come from some other source be-
sides the taxpayers. I am sure
this news will not be regretted by
many people, especially in the
lower part of this State.
AS soon as I can get copy of
the Journals of the House and
the Senate. I shall take up all Of
the principle measures and show
from the record how the House
! delegation voted, as well as my
own votes, this is information
the people arc entitled to, and
will have. I could give them this
information now, but [ would
have to risk my memory, this l
!: do not wish to do, | want the
record itself and then I will be
doing no one an injustice. There
should be no objection to speak
from the official record, l am sure
each and every one of our repre-
sentatives would be glad to have
their votes in the general assem-
bly, shown to the voters.
/ This has been a most remarkable
session in more ways than one, not
only are the opponents OF the gov
ernor busy devisins all manner
of schemes to bring on his defeat,
but in every district there are
congressman to be selected, the
friends of the present congress-
men. and the friends Of their op.
position are working their little
methods to find an opening. ]
know of a man who has been
nosing around the general assem-,
bly, to see what he could do for
opposition to our congressman,
I was approached to know II |
would consider entering the race,
but l told him I was not in the
humor to pull chesnuts out of the
fire, and so far as I am concern.
ed, I shall give my unqualified
support to the present incumbent
unless the future should prove
disappointing. Mr.. Legare is
giving this district as good ser.
vice as any man on earth can
give, his longer service is for the
! better interest Of the district.
then what is the use to think Of
making a change? At any rate,
I suspect the man who approach
ed me was really there in the in
terest Of some other Charleston
man who has a burning desire to
represent this district in con-
gress, but dares not come out
openly to oppose Legare. He
thinks if he can get one or two
countrymen like myself to throw
ourselves upon the sacrltcial al
tar, there would be chance for
him to get the country support
later, therefore his indirect work
is only a feeler. But there is
nothing doing.
I look for interesting develop.
ments when the committee to IN
vestigate the winding-up com
mission gets through with its
work; this committee is made up
Of six persons, all Of whom are