The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-22
ASSEMBLY GAVELS
FALL AT EARLY DAWN
Sine Die Adjournment Reached
in Both Houses at 5:35
Sunday Morning.
APPOINTMENTS AN
NOUNCED
Determination to Hold ApprO-
priatiOn Bill Down Accom-
pliShed to Good Effect.

Columbia, Feb. 20.-Special to
The News and Courier: The sec
ond session of the seventy-first
General Assembly of South Caro-
lima came to an end this morn
ig at 5.35 o'clock. 1t was not yet
midnight by the legislative clock
when Senator Sharpe moved
that the Senate adjourn sine die.
The final motion on the House
side was made by Representa-
tive J. w. Boyd. When the CAV
els of Lieutenant Governor
Bethea and Speaker James A.
Hoyt fell for the last time and
the members of the General AS
sembly trudged out, the first
streaks of dawn were visible in
the east. The end was calm and
peaceful, and there was much
wringing of hands and expires
sions Of mutual esteem and
friendhip as the various mem
bers bade one another good-bve
and turned their faces home
ward. There were 36S Acts pass
ed by the Legislature at its re-
cent session.
The entire time of both
houses from the moment they
assembled at 8 o'clock Saturday
night until they broke up at day
light this morning was taken up
with detail incident to the
elise. This consisted for the most
part in adopting free conference
reports and ratifying bills. The
houses spent most of the time in
recess, subject to the call of the
Chair.
The usual iollifcation scenes
occupied large place in the fin
al night, The piano, which has
stood for several days in the
lobby of the State House, was
rolled into the House of Repre-
sentatives and the members
gathered around it singing the
old familiar tunes, which are al
ways feature of the last night
of the session. AS the night wore
on and the fact that the parting
would soon come was realized
the songs drifted more and more
to the entimental, eliminating
in the patriotic. A thrill wont
throughout the House when the
group around the piano broke in.
to the national anthem, and the
feeling found it's climax in the
outburst of hand-clapping and
cheering when Dixie" was
heard.
Representative Beckett OF
Beaufort, with his violin &C.
companied the piano, greatly tc
the enjoyment and pleasure OF
the throng
There were several mock ses.
sions of the Senate and House
during the hours of waiting
Senator Hughes. of Union. am
Senator Lee. of Darlington. lee
the fun-making in the Senate
and the clever manner in whic''
they got off hits on the Varlor-
Senators was fully appreciated
by the crowd. Reading CLERK
Hutchison, of the House, wa.
called in to to act as reading
clerk of the Senate at the mock
session, and this he did in his
usual happy way. He was par
ticularly good in his burlesqut
bills on the pet subjects which
various Senators have kept tC
the front during the session.
ON the House side Represents
tive Odom of Chesterfield. anC
Representative Massey of Lar,
caster, were the Speakers fol
the mock session, and they are
q good team.
There were several resolutions
put through lust before fina, I'd
journmet. The Senate concurreo
in the House resolution request
ing the Senators and Congress
men from this State to vote foI
the bill now before Congress Il
pension Confederate soldiers anC
their widows.
The following Senate an
pointments of various commit
tees for the ensuing year were
announced by President Bethea
Committee on penal and char