The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-02-03
REVIEW OF WORK
IN LEGISLATURE
Many Important Measures
Discussed
ACREAGE LAW WILL
BE REPEALED


Tho administration Likely TO have
Its Own Way in the Matter OF In
portant Policies. Many Big Items TO
bc Discussed this Week.
Columbia, Jan. 3O.-Although there
have been number Of very import
ant matters disposed Of in the Con
cral Assembly, there has been thus
far the kindliest feeling and the ut
most lack of partisanship on the part
Of the members, both in the House and
Senate. There has not been the slight
est indications of any political lines
Of demarcation and no vote or suggcs-
ton has indicated factionai feeling,
nor has any member been referred to
directly or indirectly as having won
CT lost in the recent political strug-
gle III South Carolina.
There Is apparently a marked de-
sire on the part Of the membership to
let the Administration, Of which SO
much is expected, have it's way in the
more important matters of policies.
These policies were indicated in the
inaugural address Of Governor Man
ming.
IT might be noted that two of the
most important matters that have
Leen acted upon either by the House
or Senate, or both, were not incorpor-
ated as part Of the administration
policies, that is the repeal Of the cot
ton acreage bill, and the prohibition
referendum. These two matters, to-
gether with the State warehouse sys-
TEN, have brought about the most in
.orcsting discussions thus far during
the three weeks Of the present session
Whether it be an embarrassment to
the present administration or not, as
the Charleston Evening Post suggests,
tho prohibition referendum went
through the House like whlrlwind
The expectation Is that 1t is going to
pass the Senate, and the chief hope of
those who are opposed to plunging the
state into prohibition is to have the
opportunity Of letting the people vote
upon license system, and in that way
bringing to the attention of the voters
the nlerits of such 4 system as com
pared to prohibition
There are going to be very few rem
nants left Of the work Of the extra
ordinary session. The most important
action Of that session was to pass
what was known as the cotton acre
age reduction bill, which has been re-
pealed by decided majority, both In
the House and in the Senate. AS a
!atter of fact, the sentiment against
this legislation has been tho strongest
that has boon evidenced in the legisla-
tive halls,
Whether the fight on the warehouse
system is more against tho policy of
the state going into new business
or whether 1t Is against the incumbent
commissioner is not so certain. There
are two views; one is that the system
is wrong and that the State ought to
leave the warehouse business to pri-
vate enterprise, the other that the Sc
lection Of the present commissioners
has introduced a political element
into the question that has minimiZed
the possibilities Of success. Although
the House had only few days pre-
viously repealed the cotton acreage
reduction bill the Warehouse Act was
allowed to stand only by few votes
and the solidarity Of the Orangeburg
and Richland elegations Is credited
with saving the system, at least tenn
Dorarily. 1t might as well be recog-
niZcd that some Of those vino voted to
spare the system do not expect to give
Il any additional money. The original
appropriation was for $4,000. OF this
amount $4,000 Is left, and some Of
those who voted in favor of the rctcn-
ton Of the system indicate that this
balance will have to be sufficient for
at least another twelve months. This
Of course, is very much less than the
commissioners Is asking for, and it
may result in his announcement that
he cannot make success of the un-
dertaking without more funds, and
this may have it's sequel.
The next week is going to be de-
voted to three Of the most important
propositions that are pending. First,