The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-01-22
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Will VISIT WINTHROP
Two Messages Sent In By Governor
Blease.-They Cause Some Debate
! Pro and Coa-Whaley Elected
Speaker Pro Tem-Some New Bins
Brought Up.
The State says during the time tue
fhouse remained In session Tuesday It
received two special messages from
the governor, the question Of print
ing one Of which precipitated de-
bate. Richard s. Whaley OF Charles
ton, a former speaker, was unoppos-
ed for the new position Of speaker
pro tempore which was filed Tues
day by his election. The State life
insurance commissioner was intro
duced in the house Tuesday.
Meeting at noon the house passed
Mr.. Rembert's resolution providing
for Joint assembly yesterday at
noon to witness the opening OF the
election returns for governor. An
invitation to visit Winthrop college
on January "a was accepted by the
house. Gov. Blease, as ex of5cto
chairman OF the board of trustees Of
the college, extended the invitation.
The house received special mes;
sage from the governor transmitting
an address he delivered at Chester
last summer In reply to the sessions
which the dipsensarJ Investigating
committee held in Augusta. Pamph-
lets Of "a pages containing the mes
sage were distributed among the
members OF the house.
After the reading Of the message,
Mr.. Rem bert OF Richland moved that
T. be received as information and or
dered spread upon the journal. As q
substitute for this morIon, Mr.. Mich
olson moved that the message be re-
ferred to the committee on ways and
means for the present. since It ap-
piled to the alleged contents Of the
report Of the investigating committee
which the house had not yet received.
Mr.. Rembert said that the message
should be printed in the journal for
the information Of the house, refused
to accept Mr.. Nicholson's substitute
! notion and declared tnat the mee-
sage contained no accommodation
for legislation on which COMMITTEES
could act
.Mr. Nicholson said that he realized
that the message did not call for con-
sideration by a committee, but that
his object in asking that 1t be refer
red to one was to postpone printing It
in the journa, Of the house. He said
that he thought It unwise to put thu,
message in the journal now. He de-
clared that it was nc. sne duty Of the
house to prejudice the special inves-
tigation committee appointed last
year. He asked Mr.. Renbert to post
pone consideration of the matter and
when the report OF the committee
vas received he wound vote to print
The reply Of the governor to 1t. Ar.
Nicholson moved that the considers
ton Of the matter Of printing the
message be postponed until yesterday
at noon.
Mr.. Rembert said in reply that he
had merely made the usual motion In
regard to the disposal Of this special
| message and that II NJ. Ntcho..oE
found anything in it which was ob3ee-
tionable to him he could move that st
be expunged from the joI1nal.
Mr.. Boyd Of Spartanburg had just
begun to speak when Mr.. Remoert
! said that he would make motioa to
postpone the consideration OF his
first motion to print the message MI
til after the report Of the special In
yestigating committee was received
The house received another special
message from the governor trans
hitting his speeches and controy-
ersies on the floor dunng the confer
| ence Of governors in Richmond, va
On the motion OF Mr.. Rembert the
house agreed to receive this message
as information and ordered It printed
in the Journal. It was distributed In
! namohlet form to the members.
Mr.. Irby Of Laurens introduced IN
the house q bill drawn by F. H. Nc
Master, State insurance commission
er, providing for the establishment
of a fund from which tho State
could grant life insurance and annui-
ties to .ts citizens. Mr.. Delaughter
OF Edgeneld introduced bill pro-
viding for a revision o. the law re-
garding the admission OF foreign lie
insurance companies to South Caro-
lima. ::
Mr.. Mitchrm introduced a bill "ts
establish an industrial home for des-
tttute children and provide for it,
maintenance"
Richard 8. whaley Of charlesto.
was nominated by J. W. Ashley OF
Anderson for speaker pro tempore OF
the house and elected. without oppo-
sition. Mr.. Nicholson, Mr. Boyd and
Mr.. Ashley were appointed on the
committee to escort him to the ros-
| trum where the oath Of once was ad-
mtnistered by Speaker smith. Ar.
whaley expressed his appreciation to
| the house.
Whiskey Advertisements Taboed-
BY a vote Of Sc to 3o, the house
| -. -enresantatiyes adopted the