The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-01-17
THE LEGISLATURE
NOW IN SESSION
Legislators have been 0verrun with
Messages From His ExceIIency
Slashing Right and Left nj Every
thing I'm View.

| ISluSHlnS hlSnt ana Lcft at Every
| thing in View.
The first week of the Legislature
passed off without anything of impo. /
ance being accomplished. The week
was principally taken up with routine
matters, reports, first and second read
ing bills; judicial elections and Blease
messages Nothing has yet been said
about having a short session, so it is
supposed that the solons will stick out
the whole forty days and get the per
diem In this connection it might be
said that Sen. Wharton, of this county,
has introduced biennial session bill.
No action has yet been taken on it.
| Senator Wharton has also introduced a
| bill authorizing the county commits
sioners to appropriate $3.50 for the
collection and collaboration of Con
federate records of this county.
The session was called to order
Tuesday at noon, when the governors
message was read. The governor
made sweeping recommendations as
to changes in the different Offices. He
recommended that the Offices of state
bank examiner, bureau of agriculture,
state geology, game warden and in
surance commissioner be abolished,
the work to be put in the hands of
other departments of the states gov
ernment. He also recommended the
reduction OF appropriations, especially
those to the colleges of higher educa-
tion in the state. He advised the in
stallation of an electric chair in the
state penitentiary to take the place of
the gallows. He made his usual rec
concentrations as to negroes and rec
ommended again all measures sug-
gested in former messages. The Sen
! ate passed over the governors veto
the Newberry rural police bill, which
came over from last session.
Wednesday. {.
Wednesday the governor sent
scathing message to the legislature
along with the newspaper libel bill,
which he vetoed at the last session In
his message he made one of his char
acteristic attacks on newspapers in
general and Columbia State in par
ticular. Later the judiciary commit
tee, to whom the message had been re-
ferred, recommended that the mes
sage be expunged from the records
and also that the libel bill be passed
over his veto. Both recommendations
were not acted upon but were placed
on the calendar to be debated upon
today Then senate Wednesday also
passed over the governors veto, the
bill ordering an Investigation into the
| doing of the old winding up commits
sion. The house also passed over his
| veto the Spartanburg rural police bill.
The senate passed the same bill over
his veto later in the week. Wednes-
day saw the introduction by Charles
ton members of an anti-race track
gambling bill.
A bill was introduced Thursday to
appoint a commission to build SUI
preme court building on the grounds
belonging to the state in Columbia.
! Friday Comptroller Jones sent in
/ his usual report to the Legislature
| showing that it would take at least
/ S2,j54 ,514 to run the state during the
coming year, according to the recon-
mendations of the different state of
licers 1t required $l93S,2GS,67 to run
I the state last year. AS the income of
/ the state is not over 81 COS 900, the
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