Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-02-12
HARD WORK AHEAD
FOR LAWMAKERS
NEXT TWO WEEKS WILL BE BUSY
LEGISLATORS Are Hoping to Reach
Final Adjournment On Night of
February 21st.

suffered by Dr.tC. T. Wyche, while
presiding in the house Friday night'
have overshadowed legislation during
the past several days.
There is a disposition evidenced
among the members of the general as
sembly to finish up the work and set
through within the customary ~
days. If this can be done adjourn
,nent will be reacned so refine or
Saturday night, February Il.
The first veto by Governor Blease
was in the senate bill providing for
the purchase of a site for park for
the city of Columbia some three or
four miles from the city. The gov
ernor contended that the bill should
be more properly entitled a measure
to enrich the Columbia electric rail-
way companys owners, "and to IN
crease the value of certain property
through which this railway Will eX-
tend its lines" A serious objection
which he urged was that the city
council and the recorders court OF
Columbia were given jurisdiction un-
der the act to try offenses on the pro-
posed park site, which would be some
three or four miles from the corpo-
rate limits. The veto has not yet
been passed upon.
The coming two weel;s-tEe last
two weeks OF the session il Tie legi7
lature reaches adjournment within
the time anticipated-will be two very
busy weeks. Many measures Of vital
Importance, which have already been
referred to fully in your columns,
will be up for disposition, and The
general appropriation and supply bills
-.,,zill-he demanding attention.
= The senate has killed toe bill inr'n-
duced by Seaator McLaurln to leducc
the legal rate of interest 20 six per
cent. An amendment which mad neen
adopted allo"'ing the pr,Sen: legal
rate of eight per cent. to be charged,
under written contracts, had practl-
cally destroyed the force of the meas
ure.
The State warehouse bill of Senator
McLaurin, which is regarded as one
of the most important measures be-
fore this general assembly, is still
pending in the senate. Senator Nc
Laurin, the author of the bill, has an
nounced that he will make his closing
argument for it's passage on Tuesday
morning.
The house on Saturday devoted it
self to the consideration of local and
uncontested measures, disposing OF
nearly hundred One of the import
ant uncontested measures passed was
the bill to ratify the constitutional
amendment providing for the direct
election of United States senators.
The house on Friday killed the
Kibler-Belser bill looking towards the
sale of the asylum property in the city
of Columbia, with the view of moving
the asylum out to State Park. The
vote was tie-52 to SO. Mr.. Kibler.
of Newberry, one of the authors of the
measure, made hard fight for its
passage. In view of the asylum in
vestigation now in progress, the fight
on this bill was watched with great
deal of interest. A bill providing for
the sale of this property passed az the
last session, but was killed by the
veto of the governor.
Both the senate and the house have
been considering the primary re-
form" bills before them, and this week
may see some definite action one way
or the other, by one or bOtH houses.
on these measures. Several different
measures have been before both
bodies for consideration.
There has been considerable dis
cussion in the house on the Sanders
bill providing for iniunctions against
houses of ill-fame, and the members
of the house have INDUCED in several
filibusters over this measure.
The legislature goes to Charleston
on Wednesday to inspect the Citadel
and the State Medical college, and
therefore there will be no more bust
neSs transacted by il nntil Thursday