The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-08


Assembly OF South Carolina convenes
Tor Its first session on Tuesday, Janu-
AIRY IA. at noon. The first business
before both branches will be perfect
Ing organization. for the membership
with the exception OF half the Senate,
were elected last fall and will for
maily assume their office when they
present themselves before the bar Of
the houses and take the prescribed
oaths.
Promptly at noon on January Ia
the gavel OF Lieutenant Governor C.
A. Smith will fall and the Senate will
come TO order. On MondSy night
preceding this date the hoid-over
Senators will caucus and nominate q
President pro TEN. n clerk, reading
clerk. chaplain. sergeant-at-arms and
the chairmen OF the various commit
tees. As soon as the Lieutenant Gov
ernor calls the Senate to order and the
chaplain has offered prayer. the clerk
VIII call the roll OF new Senators and
they win present themselves ut the
bar and be sworn in.
Immediately on the conclusion OF
this some hold-over Senator will
arise and announce the caucus NOM
instions for the various positions and
the usual procedure Is to elect them
without opposition. There Is no rea-
son to believe that there will be any
night on the caucus nomination this
year. II seems assured that Senator
j. l. Hardin. OF Chester, the veteran
I'm the upper chamber In point of
continuous service. will be named
President pro tenn. Clerk NJ. NJ. Mann,
sergeant-at-arms J. +. schumpert, |
Reading Clerk Stokes are practically |
assured Of re-slection without OPP
position. The position of assistant |
clerk and other attaches will be I'LL /
ed by appointment. As soon as this
r.ocedure Is finished the clerk of the
Senate will be sent to inform the
House that the Senate Is in order ami /
q committee will be named TO notify |
the Governor that the Senate is or
ganized and ready to receive any |
message or Communications Immed-
lately the Governors message will be |
sent up and read and the Senate will |
then likely adjourn until the following
day,
Mr.. =. A. Hoyt. the retiring clerk
viii call the House to order and
some one OF the members-elect will |
be chosen to take the chair. after /
which the clerk will call the ro,, by /
counties and the members will present
themselves and be sworn In. Then
the House will proceed 20 the election
OF Speaker. II seems assured that
Speaker NJ. L. Smith. Clerk James A.
Hoyt. Reading Clerk s. McC. Simp-
kns. sergent-at-arms John s. Wilson
will all be reelected. Mr.. J.. W.
Hamel will probably be named again
a. assistant clerk and Speaker Smith
will announce the committee appoint
ments. A. soon as the House is or
ganized is clerk will so inform the
Senate and a committee will walt on
the Governor and inform him that
the House Is organized and ready to
receive any messages or communica-
tions The Governors annual mes-
sage win then oe sent NJ and read
In tho House and after referring 1t to
the proper committees the House will
probably adjourn until the following
day. .-s-'~
The senate is composed Of "A
members ono from each county, and |
the House is made up Of 124 members,
appointed according TO popula lion. |
The House membership Is limited iv |
the Constitution,
Members are read To rain "a deluge |,
or bills oh the Legislature. Among |
the most important bills which will ,
likely be introduced are bills to abol- /
ism the Hosiery Mil at the state pen
itentiary. hill providing for flat
two-cent passenger rate on all rail-
roads. a bill for state warehouse
system. perfected so as to meet the
defects of the measure passed last
year. which was declared unconstltu-
tional. a resolution TO amend the Con
stitutlon so as 90 provide for the elec-
tion of Judges by the people I'LL
providing for the raising ot the sal
aries az Supreme Court Justices and
Circuit Judges. bill tO perfect the
present law In rel tion To the duties
of tho board of pardons, bill To per
feet the present law i'm reference L"
tIe eteCtrocutlou of condemned pris-