The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-01-28
Bills Considered Before
Being Enacted.
ELECTIONS ARE NOW
OUT OF THE WAY
Programme for This Week Includes
Measures Of Wide Importance to tho
State. Public Property and Primary
System Attract Attention.


Ing feature of the session up to the
present time is the decided disposi-
tion to work. This does not mean
that bills are passed, but it does mean
that they are considered. 1t does not
take many years as legislator to
sealize that the most effective work
OF a member does not consist in pass
sng bills, but in either killing useless
and senseless legislation or in so shap-
ing measures that are proposed as to
meet conditions.
The most important measures that
are to be considered at this session in
the way Of innovation have not yet
been taken up, most of these measures
are scheduled for next week, but some
OF them will hake to be taken up a
week hence.
Weeks Programme.
The legislative programme for the
week includes the consideration of
what Is known as the optional compul-
sorry education law; the suggestion to
dispose Of the State Penitentiary farm
property; the policy to be adopted
with reference to the development o"
the new property Of the State Hospi-
tai for the Insane and the handling
Of the present plant in Columbia. In
cidenta]ly the consideration Of Mr..
Heiglcrs bill to raise additional reve-
nue. for the protection Of fish and game
Is scheduled for next week. Later on
Will come the matter Of the 2-cent
mileage bill, which promises to be one
of the issues at this session, although
Very little is heard about it for the
present
1t is to be remembered that the Gen
eral Assembly has only been in scs-
sion for about ten days and in that
time has disposed of every election
that Is due during the present session,
and there will be no further elections
during this session unless there should
be some designations or new positions
established. All Of the elections were
held without friction or the injection
OF partisanship, the only approach to
it being in the election Of Judge Ern-
est Moore, in an effort to defeat his
election
Asylum Inquiry.
The most absorbing and generally
talked of matter Of the past week was
the Stevenson resolution providing for
an investigation Of conditions and com
p1aints relative to the State Hospital
for the Insane. This resolution went
through the House without sugges-
tion Of opposition, but when 1t got to
the Senate there was decided and en-
phatic protest against any further in
vostigations, but after a long drawn
out contest the resolution was passed
by vote of 80 to 8 in the Senate. The
committees Of three members from
each the House and Senate will be ap-
pointed probably Monday or Tuesday,
and the result Of this hearing is keen
ly awaited by those who have been
more or less interested in the situa-
tion.
An unexpected development OF the
session has been tho in PRODUCTION of
bills, both In the House and tho SEN
ate. In tho one by Senator Carlisle,
and the other by Mr.. McMill'I n, look
Ing TO the immediate and unqualified
ehfranchisement OF women. MIR Car
isles bill is not for unqualified suf-
frage. 1t Is to be remembered that
when the Constitution of 1895 was be-
ing prepared that there WAS no restrc-
tion made against women voting. In
fact, at that almost twenty years
ago-it was suggested that the Con-
vention had better look at the issue,
squarely and prepare for the enfran-
chisement OF women.
Educational Bills.
The two companion bills that are IL
able to be taken up during the coming
week and passed are, first the McCra-
Harper Lawson optional comul-
sorry education bill. A bill along this
line, 1t will be remembered, was passed
at the last session of the legislature,
but was vetoed by the governor. The
purpose Is to pass bill at this time