The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-02-21
UPPER HOUSE MAY
PROLONC SESSION

Prepared to Quit at End of
Present Week-Situation AL
most Unprecedented.
Columbia Special to Charles
ton News and Courier, Feb. 20:
An extraordinary and unusual
condition has arisen i'm the leg-
lslative session of 1918. 1t is
almost unprecedented for the
house to be through with it's
business and ready to adjourn
and to be in waiting upon the
pleasure of the senate. The
usual custom is for the senate
to mark time while the house is
dong the talking. The situa-
ton seems to be reversed this
year and the senate is doing the
talking while the house is
marking time. This is largely
accounted for by the curious
condition that exists in the
house side independent of the
desire to go home. The senate
is, on account of it's being a
smaller and longer termed body.
more emphatic in it's positions.
On the house side the desire has
been to maintain the era of
sweetness and serenity and to
avoid any possible jars.
The house some days ago con-
tlnued its second reading bills
and is absolutely ready to ad-
Journ by the end of the present
week. Of course, there can be
no adjournment until the gen
eral appropriation bill has been
acted upon. This bill has been
under serious consideration
during the present week by the
senate committee on finance.
and that committee is taking
time in giving a careful and de-
tailed study to the bill as it
passed the house.
WILL IT?
The understanding is that the
report from the finance COM
mittee will not be submitted
until some time tomorrow. Of
course, in that event, the senate
could pass the appropriation bill
II 1T were\so inclined Friday
night or Saturday, but if it did
so it would have to do as the
house has done and clear its
deck of other matters so as to
give way to the appropriation
bill, and this does not seem to
be the desire on the part of the
senate.
The understanding is that
there is every prospect of the
senate leaving the general an
preparation bill over so that
there will have to be a lapse in
to next week, and that may in
volve recess until some time
next week.
ACTION ON VETOES.
The governors vetoes con-
sumed most of the time todav
until the joint session, at which
time the election for eight trus-
tees of the medical college was
held. The vetoes of the COVER
nor have already become quite
numerous and are going into
what members call purely local
matter.
The multiplicity of vetoes is
certainly indicative of the fact
that Governor Blease is reading
pretty much everything that is
being passed by the general as
sembly.
NIGHT SESSION OF HOUSE.
At the night session of the
house the motion of Mr.. Epps to
recommit the senate bill. intro
duced by Senator Hardin. to
allow the division of marriage
license fees between the Judges
of probate and clerks of court
OF certain counties was put and
passed by vote of 78 to 27; so
the fee will be applied to the
school fund of counties as here
tofore.
The bill to provide for the
transfer of the state hospital
for the insane to the state park
site was passed to third reading
Mr.. Dick and Mr.. Nicholson
fought vigorously for the bill;
Mr.. lrby and Mr.. w. A. James
opposed its passage. By a vote |
of 78 to Fl the house passed it
to third reading.
The house passed to third /