The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-02-01
PROCEEDINGS OF
THE LEGISLATURE
Col. ID. j. Griffith Reelected Super
intendent of Penitentiary-State
Convict Question.

assembly in joint session today re-
elected ID. j. Griffith superintendent
of the state penitentiary by an over
whelming vote, and reelected A. ID.
Sanders, John G. Mobley and Jasper
M. Smith as members of the peniten-
tiary board. Messrs. Il. Austin
Wilcox and w. M. Hamer were
chosen as trustees of the University
of South Carolina, to fill vacancies
caused by one death and one resig-
nation.
The house spent the entire morn
ing fighting over the matter of pass
ing bill to appoint a committee to
Investigate the matter of the work.
ingman's compensation looking to
the introduction of a bill for this
purpose. A measure modelled on the
Michigan law has already been in
troduced in the house and several
employers liability measures have
been proposed. The house refused
to recommit the bill and also refus-
ed to let 1T pass third reading. The
matter will come up again and
probably cause another hot debate.
The senate got in an hours good
work this morning before the time
for the joint assembly. The bills
calling for elections on the question
OF establishing dispensaries in a
number of counties were made spec
ial orders for tomorrow, immedi-
ately following third reading bills.
The bill permitting banks to invest
three-fourths of their capital and
deposits in real estate mortgages
passed third reading after a sharp
debate and was sent to the house.
Among new bills introduced was
Joint resolution by Senator Nc
Laurin providing for the appoint
ment of a commission to investigate
the practicability of the cost of
working the limestone and phos-
phate mines with convict labor. His
bill providing for the sale of the
state farms and placing the convicts
on the public roads received an un-
favorable report.
President Smith appointed Sena-
tors Weston, Young and Goodwin
as the senate members of the COM
mittee to investigate charges against
President Mitchell, of the State Uni
versity, preferred by the governor
on information furnished by Presi-
dent Johnson, of Winthrop.
Columbia, Jan. 30.-The first bal
lot for the three penitentiary direc-
tors resulted, John G. Mobley of
Fairfield 100; Jasper NJ. Smith of
Colleton 107; A. C. Paulding of Cal
houn 81; L. F.. Booker of Richland
35 A, x, Sanders of Sumter lO7:
j. S. Huffman of Richland 16; b. b.
Chandler of Williamsburg 54. Mob
ley, Smith and Sanders were all re-
elected.
When the house. reconvened one
of the first mtters taken up was the
introduction of another compulsory
education bill, which was referred
to committee. One such measure
has already been introduced, but
the one today is different in essen
tial features.
The Rembert bill, which follows
out the suggestions made by Cover
nor Blease in his message to the
house and which would place var
ious restrictions on newspapers, edi-
tors, reporters. and correspondents,
was reported by the committee. The
majority report the bill unfavorably,
but minority report, favoring the
bill. also accompanied its return.
The long rebate on the resolution
which provided for the appointment
OF a commission to investigate the
tremendous subject of all labor laws
resulted In the refusal of the house
to name such a committee by a vote
OF SO to 56, and the bill will not be
sent to the senate.
When the question Of applying the
parliamentary Clincher" to the
resolution for creating a commission
TO investigate into employers Ii
ability and workmen's compensation
was taken up, the "clincher" was
applied by vote of Sc for and 46
against, which disposes of the reso-
luton for this session.
After a vigorous debate by the
proponents and opponents of the bill
allowing the establishment of the
dispensary in Barnwell county. to
which amendments were added af-
fecting Bamberg, williamsburg,
Spartanburg and others, II was killed
by vote of SO for andf45 aginst.
Mr.. j. w. Ashley, DilI to provide
for the Inspection, analysis and tests
of oil for illumina afiH1 nurnosas o,I