The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-02-26

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write. I am going home to take
medicine and rest. A.
From Columbia Correspondent in
News and Courier.l
Columbia, Feb. 23.-Special:
The influence of Gov. Blease
made itself felt in both branches
of the General Assembly during
the past week, when the ques
tion of passing number of bills
over his veto arose. The Senate
dealt rather ruthlessly with the
official disapproval of measures
on the part of the Chief Execu-
tive and proceeded to repeat the
former expressed desire for the
passage of the bills which it had
shown when they we're up on
second and third readings. In
the the upper body none OF the
vetoes were sustained.
A different story, however,
must be told for the House. The
Governor cracked his whip d
number of times and his sup
porters in the lower branch fell
into ranks and championed his
views with such ardor that all
of the bills which the House had
considered on the question OF
passage over the vetoe Of the
Governor failed to receive the
necessary two thirds vote which
would make them laws. For the
first time during the session, an
opportunity was given to size
up accurately the exact strength
Of the Bleaseites and it is safe
to say that in the House more
than one. third Of the members
accord with the Governors ideas
of proper legislation.
Such purely local matters,
which are generally supposed
to pass without fail, as the issue
of bonds fos a Court House and
jail for Jasper County, were
vetoed by the Governor and the
veto was sustained by the House.
The most portentuous measure
to be acted upon during the
week was the McCravey COM
pulsory school attendance law,
which the House passed by an
overwhelming vote. This came
as a rather distinct surprise in
legislative circles. The Senate
has spent several good days in
considering the bill on it's third
reading, and adjourned Saturday
morning without taking a vote
on the matter.
The opposition developed in
the upper house far overshadow.
ed that shown in the lower
branch. Several Senators have
fought it bitterly and so success
fully conducted a flibuster that
a vote was prevented. The views
expressed by opponents to the
bill are about the same as the
old line arguments which have
been heard in every school house
throughout the State where the
question has been debated every
Friday afternoon. Negro educa-
tion, personal liberty, the inter
ference of the State in private
affairs and kindred arguments
have been forcibly advanced by
the opponents of the bill.
But, if the Senate should pass
the bill will the Governor veto
it? On the political stump he
has frankly and frequently
spoken against compulsory
school attendance. However,
some weeks ago at the Bar AS.
SoclatlOn banquet held IN CulS
city, Governor Blease took occa
sion to say, in the course Of an
after dinner speech, that he
favored such a law where the
people did not take advantage
of the school facilities at hand.
It is very evident that a veto
would kill the DILL.
The House has passed the
Senate Laney oil inspection bill,
which the Senate acted favora
bly, upon last week. Under the
provisions of the Act, oil com
panies operating in this State
will be taxed one-Centh of l per
cent on the value of their pro
ducts sold in South Carolina.
This is to be used for the pur-
pose of defraying the expenses
incident to analysis of the oils.
it is designed co prevent inferior