Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-02-02

Woith oi tuAabiC pIOpCEty icll III
the parent county, was killed by the
house. Under the constitution, as 1t
stands at present, only $2.000,000 In
taxable property need be left. d. L.
Smith advocated his joint resolution
on the floor. Mr.. Searson led the
fight against II. He was seconded by
Mr.. Harrison, Mr.. Ashley and Mr..
McGill. BY vote Of 46 to 3S the
house refused to strike out the re-
his resolution so as to make the re-
quirement for taxable propery left In
the old county $4,000.000. On the
question of passing the joint resolu-
i ton to submit to the people the ad-
visibility Of further regulating new
counties. an aye and nay vote was TAX
en-, which resulted In killing the joint
resolution by vote Of 56 to a.
Columbia Record, Wednesday:
Some twenty odd trained nurses of Co
lumbia and about a dozen nurses from
the state hospital for the insane with
local physicians and legislators, were
among the combatants at a stormy
hearing before the committees Of the
senate and the house Of representatives
on medical affairs and penal and char
liable institutions yesterday on q bill
introduced In both houses to grant to
graduates Of the state hospital for the
insane the same rights and privileges
of nurses graduating from other insti-
tutions or hospitals" The bill was
discussed at length in the senate sever
al days ago, but was recommitted
The nurses and officials Of the state
hospital for the insane desire that the
bill pass, whereas nurses and physi-
clans OF other hospitals are opposed to
the bill on the ground that the courses
at the hospital for the insane are In
adequate. Several physicians made
strong appeals yesterday. on each side
Of the question and several trained
nurses also spoke. The bill has passed
two readings In the senate. The hear
ing lasted for several hours and dur
ing the arguments the senate chamber :
was filled with visitors and friends OF
both sides Of the contest: Senator La
ney, chairmen Of the senate committee
on charitable and penal institutions,
presided over the hearing. Doctors
LeGrande Guerry and Samuel E Har-
mon represented the Nurses associa-
ton Of Columbia and the medical pro-
fession. and they spoke Of the import
ance Of nurses having some knowledge
of surgery, a branch of the medical
profession In which the courses at the
hospital for the insane are. they claim
ed, deficient, which, they said, the Of
ficers of the hospital would admit.
They urged that the bill be not passed.
not to withhold from the nurses at the
hospital for the insane any privileges
due them, but In order that the public
health might not be endangered. DR..
j. W. Babcock, superintendent OF the
hospital for the insane, spoke for the
nurses of his institution and urged
that the courses at the hospital were
not 80 deficient as to prevent its grad
yates from practicing in the state on
the same basis as other nurse gradu-
ates. DR.. Sawyer Of Georgetown, menu
ber of the house Of representatives.
and author Of the nurses bill In the
house, spoke In favor Of Its enactment.
Considerable merriment was intro
duced into the hearing when several
Of the nurses Of the city asked DR..
Sawyer questions. One nurse asked
DIR. Sawyer If he considered the hos
pital for the insane a general hospital.
He replied that he did. The lady then
asked him to define q general hospi-
tai" Before answering this question Dr..
Sawyer said that the ladies had been
trying to get an answer to that ques-
tion from him for several days and he
had successfully warded them OF
But now" he said, they have gotten
me into a corner and when they look
me in the face as they are now doing.
/ can do nothing but answer" His re-
marks brought forth peals Of laughter
and the chairman had to call the au- /
dience to order. A volley Of questions
was fired at DR.. Sawyer while he had
the floor, and some of the questions
ers were excited in their remarks.
= Columbia special Of January 80 to
the News and Courier: The introduce
ton Of bill to take the power OF ap-
pointing the commissioner Of agrisul-
Iture,r commerce and industries out OF.
the hands Of the governor and make the
office elective by the legislature, serves
to cali renewed attention to the fight
rage around Commissioner Watson's
office, and political observers do not
fail to state that this office Is going to
be made one of the issues In the next
campaign. Therefore, in addition to
the other features Of the fight, the fact
that each side Is playing this Office for
future results makes the conflict all
the more interesting. Almost from the
date Of its creation the Office OF agri-
culture, commerce and Industries has
been the centre Of political battles. In
and was only saved from destruction
by the elimination Of the immigration
feature, for following the ship load Of
foreigners brought over from Europe
by the Wittekind, the people Of the ag-
ricultural sections rose in arms and
demanded that the importation Of such
a class of immigrants be stopped. The
opponents of the department seized on
this as club, and Immediately began
But finally 1t was saved, the immigra-
ton feature being discarded and the
title Of industries tackled on. The re-
cent correspondence between Commits
sioner Watson and Governor Blease, In
which the commissioner was forbidden
to leave the state again without permis-
sion, on penalty Of losing his job. is
fresh in the public mind. This hap
pened at the time when Mr.. Watson
had been making trips over the cotton
belt and other parts Of the country In
the interest Of the loan Of $50,000, ,0000.
which was offered by New York syn
dicate to finance the holding Of the
cotton crop, and which scheme was re-
jeeted bv the different states. II IL
also true that the governor has given
his permission for Mr.. Watson to can
vass the other states In the interest Of
the Rock Hill plan" for reducing the
acreage Of cotton the coming year, but
this permission was only granted after
the State Farmers Union had passed
resolutions asking that Mr.. Watson
make the trip. He leaves on the first
part Of this journey on Thursday Of
this week. The term Of Commissioner
Watson expires on March IA. and un-
der the present law the naming Of his
successor Is in the hands Of the gov
ernor. While that official has made
no statement, there are few who
doubt that Mr.. Watson will be left
out, and that some other one will be
given the plum. At least that is the
way those familiar with the circum-
stances and conditions Of the fight
think. Were the bill, taking the pow
er of appointing the commissioner out
of the hands Of the governor. to pass.
1t would, no doubt, be vetoed, and
then 1t would take a two-thirds vote
Of each house to pass It over the veto
and enact 1t into law. This, then,
means a long, hard fight before this
power can be taken from the hands
of the chief executive. Friends Of the
governor may say that the object Of
the bill Is to take slap at the gov
ernor. and still others will profess to
see In 1t a scheme to save the job to
Mr.. Watson. But would this be guar