The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-03-06
SEHSEKipTlN% RACES
THE lEGIsL LAT!vE-FoLITicAL CONSPIRACY
ADJOURNED.

Inc people O1 Tile 'otdue tal ~
be congratulated in in lily get
ting clear of the Legislative
wranele that has been golag Oh
in Columbia for the past two
months. There was more partl-
san politics than legislation,
must be conceaea by these WHO
attempted to keep up with the
proceedings of the legislature.
An adjournment was reached
last Thursday afternoon cnly
after the most terrific pail!-
meptary battle ever wased III
the senate, and had it not been
for the house, tie Legislature
would have taken a recess until
Nav. on some future date, to
suit the whinas OF those who
have given more attention to
partisan politics than the inter
ests Of the masses.
When the legislature took a
recess on Saturday 224th, to re-
turn Monday 26th. it agreed
that the final adjournment day
should be Thursday 29th. The
Senators had "a geptleman's
agreement to have no leglsIa-
ton, and transact 20 business
except to consider vetoes should
any be sent up, and III this
emergency nothing would be
done until every senator had
been notified to return: the rea-
son for the session Of last week
was to permit certains Acts 70
become law that had not been
signed by the governor, although
all but two We're already in the
hands of the Secretary of State
for which his receipt was given
10 the governor. There was one
veto, a Telephone Bill. but
these who were after prolong-
ed session did not call up this
veto for consideration, had they
done 50, it would have necessi
tated the carrying out Of the
agreement to notify the absent
senators: had they been notified,
there would have been enough
present to prev4nt the passage
of a resolution to hold the legis-
lature in session, SO they let the
Telephone Bill slumber, and
having counted their strength
with the ones that were present
they forced through, over siren
uous protests, a resolution to
rescind the former resolution to
adjourn as agreed, but they did
not succeed in this act Of bad
faith without their pertidy being
fully exposed; the excuse given
by them was that certain recon-
mendations forappointments had
been sent TO the Governor and
that he had not returned them
to the senate for confirmation.
that it was their purpose to hold
the Legislature together antll
these appointments were made.
There is nothing in this conten-
ton, as the law, Section 176 of
the Code distinctly says, IN the
matter of Supervisor Of Regis.
tration the Governor shall ap-
point between the January lst,
and the 18th, of March. and if
the senate is not in session at
the time he makes the appoint
ments, the names of his ap-
pcintees shall be sent to the
senate at its next session, so it
will be seen readily there was
no reason to hold the legislature
together on account of a few
appointments for supervisors of
registration and magistrates.
The Governor we have no doubt,
where the delegations are agreed
upon an appointment, will ap-
point those recommended, but
where they are not agreed he
Will hold the appointments up
for an agreement to bereached, if
this cannot be secured, he will use
his own judgment as to the ap-
pointment he will make. The
point is. there was no good rea-
son to keep the legislature in
session, nor could it have accom-
plished anything had it remain
ed N session. even in the matter
of appointments, because the
governor could have made his
appointments according to the
law. and entirely ignored this
session Of the senate, had he
done so, the senator's response
bic for the prolonged session
would have been given the dry
grins.
In our opinion, the appoint.
ments was not what prompted
the action of those who fought
for a prolonged session, there
was some other scheme in view
which they kept hidden even
from many Of those they
were leading, but after all, their
efforts availed them nothing, be-
cause, the House refused to go
back oG its agreement to ad
journ on Thursday, and wien
the senate attempted to luke,
the House closed up shop and
quit, leaving the senate where
it belonged, high and dry on the
rock Of disappointment with no
alternative but to follow the
action of the House.
There is much ado being made
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