The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-01-28
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CAPITOL CORRESPONDENCE.

The elections last week took
up considerable time, and inter.
fered with the other work. now
that they have been finished,
work has begun in real earnest,
and a mass of matter was dis
posed of this week. I regret
that our candidates from Clar.
endon failed of election, but the
successful ones had the advan-
tage of being on the ground
floor, and better known-they
had the advantage of coming IN
daily contact with the members
of the legislature.
So far, there has been no dis
position manifested to precipi.
tate factional divisions. all ap-
pear anxious to avoid it, how
long this commendable feeling
will continue I am unable to say,
but l hope it will last through
out the entire session.
Senator Tillman is the only
one who has attempted to'sstart
something He wrote a mum.
Der of letters to parties in which
he intimatod that the Governor
and his friends had designs on
the asylum property, but the
records prove to the contrary.
The governor has always op'
posed the sale of this property.
but those favoring it's sale are
among the governors political
adversaries, the distinguished
Senator has gotten the cart be-
fore the horse, and his letter is
not received kindly; many re-
gard it as meddling where he
has NO business, and they are
able to take care of the States
business without interference
from Washington.
There has been just a touch OF
the primary reform fight that
will likely come before the ses.
sion is ended. In the senate,
Senator Nicholson called up his
bill providing for certain
changes in the primary law and
discussed the matter. Debate
was adjourned on the bill and it
is expected that the coming
week will see the primary re.
form measure an actual issue IN
the general assembly.
The passage of the asylum in
vestigating resolution has Great
ed great public interest There
was no fight on the resolution in
the house, but on the senate side
nine members opposed the pas
sage and it was only after a
strenuous debate that the mat
ter reached a vote Friday after
noon.
Just a smattering of the de-
tails of the asylum row came
before the senate. Senator
Crouch's reading of the two
resolutions affecting the action
of the board of regents with re-
gard to DR.. Saunders, furnished
the only sensation of the senate
sessions this year.
The engrossing department
has just been able to catch up
in the engrossing of bills such a
food of measures having been
sent to that department. during
the opening two weeks of the
session. The department has
engrossed this year more than
400 bills and resolutions. With
the large number of bills carried
over from last session the gen.
eral assembly has its hands
full, even if no more bills. ex-
cept those of a necessary and
local nature are introduced to
the end of the session.
AS lutimated in my last letter,
I have. regardless of my per.
sonal opposition, introduced, and
have had passed through the
senate, a rural police bill. The
measure is now over in the
house, and it is now up to the
house members to look after it.,
which have no doubt they will
do as two of them Messrs White
and Burgess favor the system,
while Mr.. Kennedy, like myself,
has doubts of it's wisdom, but he
will not interpose any objections
toits passage, because there is
a demand for such a measure by
many in the county. : Solicitor
Stoll told me that is his opinion,