The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-02-20
Work for Free Conference.

both the house and senate. But the
rub is not over the bill as it passed
either branch, for the bills aggregate
about the same and the differences can
pc settled easily by sensible business
men by the give and take method of
compromise and leave the amounts
appropriated to the several depart
ments the same. The stumbling blocks
are two: First, $4,000 for the ware
house commission, and 100000, or
$250,0o0 for the State Hospital for the
Insane.
g.. Must Raise Asylum money.
The senate has not passed the joint
resolution providing for a submission
Of the question of quarter of mil
lion-dollar bond issue for the compile
ton of the Hospital for the Insane at
its new plant. The money that has
been used to pay for the property, and
that is now being used for the build
iRgs, is being borrowed from the sink
ing fund, and in 1913 all the funds
in the hands .f ihs sinking fund arc
to be called in and used for the re-
demption of the Brown consol bonds,
under the contract with the bondhold
ers. :.
It will, therefore. he necessary
either to issue the bones, provide for
the money by direct appropriation, or
borrow the money i, some way. This
is serious problem that faces the
free conference.
Cotton Warehouse Situation.
The next serious question is that
the cotton warehouse bill provides for
$4,000 this year s125,000 for the
FIRST year for the building or pur-
chasing fund; $4,000 for expenses and
$2,100 for the chairman. This item
will mean an increase in the levy of
half a mill. It has come forth that
the item has not the concurrence OF
the conferees and what will happen
IS not known. The free conference
committee will meet Wednesday af-
tsrnoon and the blessed feature is that
it will not be rushed in its work nor
will the assembly have to be to get
home.
May Last Several Days.
When the recess was taken it was
thought that the session next week
would be for a day or two, but this
was with the idea that the appropria-
ton bill would be enrolled and rau-
fed, but this was not done for a va
riety of reasons, one of which was the
disinclination to have an all-nlght
session and, at best, unnecessarily
rush things, with pretty much every
one wanting to go home. The impress
sion now is that the session will con-
tinue until Friday evening or Satur-
day morning, and in the meanwhile
the senate will have determined what
it will do with the May recess prop
osition.
Full Blease Ticket?
There has been a good deal Of poll
teal talk about the State house re-
Gently, and the impression now pre-
walls that the friends of Governor
Blease will name full State ticket,
from the head down, including State
officials and members of the general
assembly from each county, and that
the same will be done, in opposition,
by the friends of Chief Justice Jones.
This may be changed as time wears
along and as the situation develops,
but such is the trend Of the talk now.
Independent Campaigns?
There is also some talk about doing
away with the horrible county to
county campaign system and letting
each candidate, or set of candidates,
conduct their own campaign. In this
way Governor Btease's friends will
arrange for a meeting for him in one
county while the friends of Mr.. Jones
will have arranged a meeting for him
in another part Of the State. The is
sues can and will be fully discussed
in this way and the useless pickering
and contention will be minimized. In
Georgia and many other of the States
where the primary system prevails
each candidate conducts his campaign
in his own way and at his own pleas
ure and gets his views before the peo-
Mo ond has the onDOrtunity of meet