The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-04
CAPITOL CORRESPONDENCE.

they may plan and scheme as
they will, but circumstances
arise which knock calculations
into smithereens, it is thus with
lawmaking bodies especially.
When sent my last weeks let
ter was morally certain the
general assembly would finish
it's labors before the end Of this
week, but to have done so, would
have necessitated the Senate ac-
cepting the appropriation bill
sent to it by the House with its
enormous provisions for the ex-
pendlture Of the peoples money
and thus entail upon the people
the heaviest tax levy the State
has had since the Democratic
party secured control of the gov
ernment. The Senate. which
endeavors to be conservative,
especially in the matter of
finance amended the House bill
by reducing the appropriations
by. approximately, 1925, 900,
The bill was then sent back to
the House with the amendments,
but that body concurred in only
a few minor reductions, and it is
now in free conference. The
conference is composed of Sena-
tor P. l.. Hardin, chairman Of
the Finance Committee, Senator
Alien Johnston, Of Newberry,
and Senator Louis Applet of
Clarendon to represent the Sen
ate. Hon. George W. Dick of
Sumter, chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee, Hon. D. Nc
Queen, of Marlboro and Hon. C.N.
Sapp, of Lancaster, representing
the House, this committee work
ed all day Friday and Saturday
today endeavoring to adjust
the differences between the two
bodies, with but little progress,
when we adjourned today it was
with the understanding that we
would return Monday to contin-
ne our labors, notwithstanding
the fact, both Houses have ad.
journed to Tuesday night. The
object of the conference commit
tee returning Monday is to be
free from Interruptions brought
on by roll calls, and the constant
desire on the part of members to
talk with the individuals on the
committee. I hope we will be
able to adjust the differences by
Monday night in time for the
two clerks to be able to get the
report ready for the opening of
the session on Tuesday night, If
they can, the report will be acted
upon, and if adopted, the ap-
preparation bill will be ready for
His Excellency's scrutiny. It
he agrees with the action of the
conference, there will be no We
toes and the necessary funds
will have been provided for the
running expenses of the State
government for the year 1914,
should he however, disapprove
of any item in the appropriation
budget, it is his right to veto,
and knowing his record as I do,
he will surely exercise that
right and put it up to the gener-
al assembly to override Or to
sustain him. right here 1 might
say the disposition is to sustain
the Governor if it is possible to
do so. 1t is conspicuously' no.
ticeable that disposition to avoid
friction this year, whether this
being election year has anything
to do with this commendable
conservativeness I am unable to
say, but the fact remains there
is not the disposition, as was the
case last year, to oppose any and
everything the Governor favor
ed. He has vetoed several
measures, giving in each case
his reasons therefore. and in all
but one or two the veto was sus-
tained, and the measures killed.
When the conference COM
mittee adjourned Saturday the
difference had been brought
down from s325,0o0 to s243,0oO
thus leaving yet to be fought ov-
er the heaviest of the items in
the appropriation bill, and they
are as follows:
Maintaining Militia $1,000
National encampment $4,000
Adding machine $500