The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-11
ONLY ABOUT THREE HUNDRED
OF THE 1900 BILLS INTRODUCE
ED ARE PASSED.
LATE STATE CAPITOL JEWS
Review of The Latest News Gathered
Around the State Capitol That Will
Be of Interest to Our Readers Over
South Carolina.
Columbia.
House..

The Clifton bill to authorize the
holding of an election on the dispen-
sary question in Sumter and Ker,
shaw on the second Tuesday in June
was passed by the house.
Mr.. Dick, Mr.. Epps and Mr. Belser
of Sumter made statements in re-
gard to the bill and the tangle which
resulted over the last d%ispensary cleo
ton In their county. The result of
the last dispensary election In Sum-
ter has not yet been determined by
the supreme court, to which 1t was
appealed.
BY a vote Of 81 to % the house
killed the Sullivan bill providing for
the establishment by the state. OF a
hospital for the treatment Of pellagra
and the appointment OF a commission
to study the disease which Is still a
medical mystery. The bill proposed
the appropriation Of $4,000 for the
hospital and $4,000 for the mainte-
nance of the commission. .
The governor returned. to the house
the DeLaughter joint resolution ap.
propriating $500 for a monument over
the grave Of MCKEE Merriwether of
Edgefield, who was killed in the
Hamburg riot while serving under
Gen. Butler. The message said there
was an error in the name Hamburg"
as 1t occurred, in the joint resolution.
Action was deferred on the message.
"A tissue of mistakes" was the
manner In which the governor char
acterized In a special message a re-
port In q newspaper In regard to acts
passed by the present general assem-
bly, and the manner in which the gov
ernor had handled them.
Despite the declaration Of the gov.
ernor that he thought it "~the>rankest
Republicanism that could possibly be
adopted by any body of men calling
themselves Democrats" the house, by
a vote Of 62 to 81, OVERRIDE the veto
of his excellency on the act giving the
citizens Of Rock Hill the privilege Of
holding an election to vote on the
question of adopting commission form
Of government.
Following this action, Mr.. Steven
son Of Chesterfield, in view of the
declaration Of the governor in the veto
message, spoke on a question Of per-
sonal privilege on behalf Of himself
and other members Of the house who
voted to override the veto.
The free conference committee
however. adjourned with $241,0 900 Of
the total appropriation of 1912. 900
over which the senate and house dis
agreed still undecided. There were
members Of the house who thought
that the house should stay in session
to show the senate up" for delaying
final adjournment on account of the
fight on the 2-cent passenger rate bill.
BY a vote Of 81 to "a, the house
sustained the veto Of the governor on
the act to establish a rural police sys-
tenn in Beaufort county, to discontinue
dispensary conetables in Beaufort and
devolve their duties on the rural po-
lice. The governor in his message
said the bill was unconstitutional be-
cause of the policemen by the dispen-
sray board.
The house passed the Carlisle joint
resolution providing for the appoint
ment of a commission Of three to in
vestigate the Torrens system Of land
registration and to prepare a bill en-
bodying its principles to be presented
to the next session of the general as
sembly. The joint resolution says
that two of the members of the COM
mission shall be lawyers. The men,
bers of the commission will be paid
81 per day and travelling expenses.
The resolution has passed the senate.
In the house occurred something out
of the ordinary, in the refusal of the
house to adopt the free conference