The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-02-19
With Our Legislators

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dictionary in the history of the stat
and that not one of the importan
statewide measures introduced viii
have passed when the session closes
which in all probability will occu
within the 40 days formerly prescrib
ed by law. At this time it seems tina
the best that can happen will be tha
: Richlnad county will establish a con
structive precendent that may in ths
future be followed by other counties.
It was evident that there would bt
no primary reform this session; ths
warehouse bill seemed domed withou
any effort being made to construct
measure that would put into effect the
idea involved, and it loked as if the
Fortner bill prohibiting white teachers
from working in negro schools would
be passed at the night session, at least
In an amended form and possibly witt
Charleston county exempted.
The governor sent to the senate Q
message urging the passage OF the
Fortner bill even if Charleston should
beexempted. He said that Charleston
seemed to be exempted from every
other law in the state, and he did moi
see that it would do any harm to make
an exemption in this case.
House.
The Weston resolution providing
for the merging of the University OF
South Carolina and the College for
Women was unfavorably reported by
the finance committee of the senate
and, on motion of Senator Weston
the unfavorable report was adopted
In view of the resolution having been
killed in the house.
The senate killed the Johnson bill
to allow magistrates to suspend sem
tence in certain cases to permit labor.
ers to work during the season Of crop
making and serve out the term of sen.
tence afterward,
The Stuckey bill to require the fer,
tilizer inspectors Of Clemson College
to inspect the oil mills and fertilizer
mixing plants Of the state passed the
senate and was ordered sent to the
house.
The Carlisle bill providing for a
celebration of the Treaty of Client in
1915 was passed and ordered sent to
the house.
The Sinkler bill to exempt prop
erty of the Young Women's Christian
Association from taxation was sent to
a third reading with notice of general
amendments.
The Weston bill to provide for a
reapportioning of the Richland coun,
ty dispensary fund, and his bill to re-
quire all railroads to furnish protec-
tion to employees engaged in the yards
and shops of said companies were sent
to third reading,
A concurrent resolution was adopt
ed in the senate providing for COM
mittee consisting Of two members OF
each house to look after the repairs
to be made on the state house and
providing Tor an appropriation Of
$4,000.
Senator Weston had adopted a
resolution to permit the introduction
of a bill to incorporate the Columbia,
Congaree & Orangeburg Railway
War broke out recently among the
members of the Richland delegation
on the question of sending to the SEN
ate the Miller bill, relieving the city
of Columbia Of the necessity of remov.
ing its bridge across the canal until
steps shall be taken to complete the
big ditch.
Mr.. McMaster opposed the passage
Of the Miller bill, asserting that the
city Of Columbia should obey the man
date Of the supreme court requiring
the removal Of the bridge on the sup
position that the canal was a naviga-
BILE stream.
1t passed third reading and was sent
to the senate by vote of 80 to 2.
The house refused to sanction the
transfer of the College for Women TO
the board Of trustees Of the University
Of South Carolina in trust for the high,
er education of women. By a vote OF
65 to 36 the house struck out the en-;
acting words of the Lumpkin JOINT
resolution providing for the co-ordina'
tion of the two institutions under the
control of the trustees of the un1Ver'
sity. The resolution was debated 1or
three and one-half hours on the noor
of the house at the morning and nlgnt
sessions. The debate attracted many
visitors to the house galleries.
Senate,
The house took up the RittenDerg
bill to refrom the primary system IN
Charleston county and killed it by a
vote Of "a to A. Five of the eight
members of the Charleston delegation
voted against 1t.
Mr.. Thompson of Charleston SAID
that he was not opposed to the bill
but reserved the right to amend it on
third reading. He said that he wanted
the Australian ballot system adopted
in Charleston.
The passage by the house at least OF
some legislation looking to the reform
of the primary elections is regarded
as practically certain. The house re-
fused by a vote of 5S to As to strike
out the enacting words of the primary
reform bill offered by the judiciary
committee as substitute for the
Nicholson and Miley bills. Final &C
tion on the measure was deferred OF
account of the fact that the house
wanted the many amendments offered
to the judiciary committee measure
printed in its journal.
The house passed and sent to the
senate the bill by the Richland house
delegation which will allow F. Sumter
Earle to run for mayor without resign
ing from his place On the city ccun
Gil The bill amends the Columo ol'
commission form Of government Ia"