The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-02-20
LEGISLATURE WORKING
TO FINISH BUSINESS
APPROPRIATIONS HAD EASY
SAILING IN HOUSE.
Senate Votes to Submit Warehouse
Plan to People-Primary Laws
Now Impossible.
Sn0oial to The Herald and News.


representatives put the appropriation
hill through in record time this week.
sending it over to the senate on "ues-
dav The bill passed the house with
few changes. 1t is somewhat remark
able that as it passed it was larger
than when it came from the ways and
means committee. This increase was
due to an item of $4,000, proposed
by Representative James, OF Lee' as
contingent fund for needy rural
schools, to be disbufsed by the State
hoard of education. The item OF So
oO4 to pay Architects Todd & Benson
of Charleston, for the State house
model was killed. AS the bill pass
cd the house and went to the senate 1t
was about $4,000 bigger than when
il was introduced by the ways and
means committee.
The senate may make a good many
changes in the bill, or it may pass II
substantially as it went before them
That remains to be seen.
1t is predicted that the general as
sembly will be here all next week, but
there will be an effort made to get
through by the middle of the week
The warehouse Bill.
Senator McLaurin's State ware
house bill passed the senate On We'd
nesday, amended. so as to submit the
matter to the people at the next gen
eral election The amendment for a
referendum, which was adopted, was
offered by Senator Williams, of Aiken
It requires a majority vote OF the
people before a $4,000 appropriation
for putting warehouse system into ef-
feet will become effective the bill
as introduced by Senator McLaurin
provides for an appropriation OF
s15OoOO. Senator McLaurin strong
" opposed the referendum, saying
that he had tried to keep the bill out
of politics and mad tried to stay out
himself
"Primary Reform" Measures.
The house of representatives has
been pegging away at intervals on
various primary reform measures.
BY a vote of 81 to "a on Tuesday night
the house refused to pass one of these
measures to third reading, but on
Wednesday another one of these
measures passed to third reading by
a vote of 81 to 81. This vote in the
house seems to indicate that it is alb
solutely impossible for any primary
reform" measure to become law at
this session of the legislature, because
even if one of these measures should
run the gauntlet of both houses, it
would ap1 ear absolutely impossible
that the necessary two-thirds could be
mustered in each house to pass it
over the governors veto. Governor
Blease has sent the house a special
message on the primary reform
measures, which speaks for itself.
The message follows:
Message of the Governor.
Message No. %.
Gentlemen CT the House Of Represen-
tatives
notice in your journal of Thurs
day, February 18th, 1914, on page 20,
copy of a letter from myself to the
Honorable w. F. Stevenson, member
of your body
1t would seem that Mr. Stevenson S
idea in presenting tins letter to you
was to lead some to the conclusion
that l favor requiring all men who
vote in the primary elections to have
registration certificate. If you will
read the letter carefully, you will see
that no such Interpretation can pos
sibly be placed upon it. In the first
place, have fought through my whole
political career in opposition to any
vsrestriction of the primary, and have
advocated in public and in private, at
all times, and on all occasions, the al
lowing of every white man to partici-
pate in the democratic primaries,
whether ne be able to read or write
or not; or, whether he is a qualified
or not; or, whether he is quilted
elector or not None OF these re-
quirements were necessary when men
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