The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-02-24
SENATE WORKING ON
APPROPRIATION BILL
SENATOR I. j. MAULDIN IS ELEC'
TED JUDGE
vital Statistics Measure Passed by
House.-SeS>ion May End
This Week.
special to The Herald and News.


the general assembly adjourned on
Friday night until tonight at s o'clock,
The house is waiting on the senate to
DISPOSE of the appropriation bill The
appropriation bill is in the finance
committee of the senate. This com
rnittee is hard at work on the bill,
and is expected to report it to the
senate tonight. 1t is stated that the
Dill is being cut in a good many par
riculars by the committee.
Final adjournment will hardly be
reached before the end of this week.
Senator MauIdin Chosen Judge.
Senator T. ]. Mauldin, of Pickens,
was unanimously elected judge Of the
new 18th circuit, comprising the coun-
lies of GreenvilIe and Pickens. The
governor will appoint a solicitor for
me 10th circuit, composed OF the
counties of Anderson and Oconee, Mr..
Kurtz P. Smith, of Anderson, and Mr,
Marcus c. Long. of Walhalla, are both
srominently mentioned for the place,
and are both beiAg strongly urged by
their many friends.
Vital Statistics Measure.
The house has passed the measure
introduced by Mr.. Harper, of Dar-
Hngton, to provide for the registration
of births and deaths in this State. The
registration machinery is placed un-
der the control Of the State board OF
health.
The Miley primary reform bill
has been given its final reading in the
house and has gone over to the SEN
ate.
AS soon as the senate disposes Of
the appropriation bill, and the two
houses get together on the omnibus
county supply bill and the magistrates
bill, it is probable that a speedy ad-
journment will be reached. The ses-
sion has now passed the customary
40-day period.
TWO-Cent Rate Bill.
The 2 cent passenger rate bill has
been the subject of a great deal Of
discussion in the senate during the
past several days. This measure is
still before the senate Governor
Blease tonight sent to the senate the
following special message urging the
passage of the cent measure:
Governor Urges Measure.
Gentlemen Of the Senate.
am very much interested in the 2
cent rate bill. | am particularly anx-
ious that it shall become a law-Dot
so much that it would help me indivi-
dually, Or that it would help me po-
litically, or that it would be OF any
special credit to me in having it pass
ed, and not because some might say
that it was an administration measure,
but because l am particularly inter-
ested in the people of my State who
are not able to buy mileage books,
and thereby become favorites of the
railroads. And am pleading for the
poor man who needs help in this mat
ter-the poor man who has to travel
with his wife and sometimes with his
wife and children, and Who is not able
TO buy 1000 mile books.
Now, gentlemen, have heard some
senators on your floor make state
meats which it does not seem to me
they could possibly have been so thor
oGghly posted on unless they had re-
ceived their information from some
particular sources. For instance, the
argument as to rate: What have pas
senger rates to do with freight rates?
Some have said that to reduce passen-
ger rate would injure the railroads so
seriously that it would cripple them.
Evidently these forget the exorbitant
freight rates that are charged; they
forget the money that the passenger
train gets for hauling the United
States mail; they forget the excess
baggage money, which amounts to a
large sum, that is collected by the
railroads; they forget the express
business that the railroads do, for
which they receive pay. When they
say that the passenger rate reduction
will create such serious injury, they
must forget that nearly every passen-
ger train hauls the United States
mails handles the Snuthnrn Fxnrnss