The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-01-22
CAPITOL CORRESPONDENCE.

CAPITOL CORRESPONDENCE.
The general assembly for
1913 has started off on its annual
tour of law making, and after
one week of getting the machin-
cry oiled up everything is now
ready to get off to work. The
outlook for harmonious ses-
sion to my mind is good, l do
not think that it is the disposi-
ton of the leaders to have a rep
etition Of last year, but on the
other hand it seems to be the
disposition of all to regard the
interests of the people rather
than the personal ambition OF
individuals.
In the lower House Clarendon
is well represented on the com,
mittees. Speaker Smith gave
to Mr.. Mitchrm two committee
Craftsmanship, and the other
members Kennedy and White
are nicely provided for.
The appointments are as fol.
lows: Mitchum is chairman of
), the committee on public build
ings, also public schools, and he
is a member of the committees
on state houseand grounds and ed
ucatica. Mr.. Kennedy is on the
committees of mines and mining,
legislative library and agricul-
ture. Mr.. White is assigned to
committeeson claims public build.
ings and roads, bridges and fer
rieS.
The senator is chairman of the
railroad and internal improve
ments committees. and member
of the committees on education,
finance, privileges. elections and
printing.
In the house Mr.. Mitchum has
introduced Bill for the estab-
lishment Of an industrial school
for INDECENT children, but mas
much as it had not been reported
by the committee up to the time
of adjournment I have been un
able to secure a copy Of it, as
I get it T shall give 1t to The
Times readers
In the senate I have introduced
the rural police bill which was
printed in The Times a couple
of weeks ago, it was given fav-
orable report from the commit
tee and it has received it's second
reading, it will go over to the
House this week. There are
several counties considering the
propriety of repeating the rural
police laws they have to get one
like one proposed for Clarendon.
The Governors message is
commended by friend and foe
alike, it is a strong and states
manlike document, free from
political bitterness which has
characterized some of his former
utterances. Governor Blease
recommended that a law be en-
acted requiring newspapers to
publish the reply Of any person
who has been attack in as con.
spicuous place as the criticism
was originally published, and IN
stating his reasons for the rec.
ommendation he cites his own
experience of last summer, and
{ regarding the document one that
will be interesting I have decid'
ed to reproduce it here, as the
main part of my letter. 1t is as
follows:
MESSAGE.
Gentlemen of the General AS
sembly:
In my annual message, submit
ted to your bodies on January
.14th,. I called your attention tc
the urgent need Of some restric,
{ ton upon the newspapers and
newspaper editors and reporters
in South Carolina, in order that
personal regulations, and even
the good name of South Carolina,
may be properly safeguarded
from unwarranted villifcation,
and in order to avert the danger
of newspaper domination of our
politics and policies in the future
"a domination which, after hav'
ing continued for several years,
was only thrown off recently. ]
desire, in this connection. follow.
ing the line taken in the previous
message to which J. have called
your attention, to present fol
your earnest consideration some
facts which have come under my
personal knowledge and observa.
tion during the recent State cam
paign. These facts are not given
to you because they were con.
nected with a campaign in which
Twas interested, but because they
mirror clearly a cankerous spot
in our body politics for which
only you have and can apply the
remedy. twill be necessary, in
order that the true situation and
true conditions may be brought
to light. that the conduct of nc
less a parsonage than the Senior
Senator from South Carolina be
reviewed, to some extent. If that
conduct be what his friends and
supporters Would never have spS.