The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-09-17
COMPLETION OF NEXT
/, GENERAL ASSEMBLY
} SPECULATION AS TO MEASURE OF
GOVERNORS INFLUENCE.
difficult to Make Accurate Estimate,
Though it Seems Both Houses
VIII be Anti.Blease.


with only two or three positions IN 1ne
lower house to be filled in third prl-
mary the people are interested m
the complexion of the next General
Assembly. That the Senate, which is
comnosed of A members, will be Anti
Blease by two-thirds majority IS the
indication from all the information
available. The best figures obtalna-
BILE on the complexion Of the upper
branch indicate that the Senate will
stand 80 Anti-Blease, u Blease and ?
in doubt. One political observer fig
1red here to-day that the complexion
of the Senate would be 81 Anti-Blease
and 13 Blease, which is a two-thirds
majority for the Anti-Bleaseites.
1t is much more difficult to get a
line on the complexion of the lower
house. One Jones man here today,
who has kept up with matter clos
ly. figured that the House stands 20
Anti-Blease, 81 Blease and % in
doubt, and he estimates that II the
Anti-Blease forces can get 13 of the
% doubtful ones the lower branch
will show two-thirds Anti-Blease
zaaiority. At all events it seems
from the information available, that
the House of Representatives. will be
5 Anti-Blease by a good working ma
jority, if not two-thirds.
One strong Blease man said this
morning that he felt certain the lower
house would be Blease by small ma
iority. There is much doubt about the
House, but the best indications are
that it will be Anti-Blease by a good
majority and possibly a two-thirds.
w. F. Stevenson, of Chesterfield,
one of the leaders in the last House,
and strong Jones man, was returned,
bat the Jones forces lost a strong
leader in the defeat of Osborne, of
Spartanburg. In his place a Blease
man was elected and it appears that
six out of the seven of the Spartan
burg delegation are Blease men.
Many familiar faces will be missing
in both branches when the General
Assembly conyenes On second Tues
day in January, and this will be par
ticularly true of the lower House,
However, the anti-Blease forces will
have many strong leaders among the
new members, including former
Speaker R. S. Whaley and N. B. Barn
we'll, both of Charleston, G. F. Haynes
worth, of Greenville, and many others.
On the Blease side there will be
Geo r. Rembert,. the Blease leader in
the last house, C. C. Wyche, Of Spar
tanburg, a new man, and many others
vao will make their entry on the leg
islative stage for the first time. All
in all the session of the next General
Assembly will be decidedly interesting
and promises to be as lively from
news standpoint as that of last year.
Both houses will have to organize.
Half of the Senate are hold-overs and
these will caucus and select the Pres
ident pro tenn and other offices. BY
virtue of his Office Lieutenant Gov
ernor C. A. Smith is the presiding Of
ficer of the Senate, and a President
nro tenn is usually selected from the
hold-over Senator's For this position
the name of Senator F. H. Weston,
Of Richland, has been mentioned. The
late Senator W. L. Mauldin, of Green
vile, was the President pro tenn of the
last Senate. Clerk NJ. NJ. Mann is
candidate for reelection, as is Ser
eeant-at-arms J. F. Schumpert. A. M.
Lumpkin, who was the assistant clerk
of the last Senate, is now member
of the house, and this position Will
/ have to be filled by a new man.
M. L. Smith, who was reelected
from Kershaw, and who was Speaker
sof the last House, will again be put
forward for that position, and indica-
tions are that he will be successful
if, as it is believed, the House will be
Anti-Blease. The Blease men are ex-
pected to nominate a candidate for
Speaker and the name of George R.
Rembert, of Richland, has been men
toned in this connection, but when
seen this morning Mr. Rembert de-
clined to have anything to say on the
subject.
James A. Hoyt, Clerk of the last