The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-02-13
iME LEGISLATURE Is NOW
UN ThE ii0hE STRETCH
The House Passes The Bone Dry Bill
While the Senate is Still Undecided
appropriations in Excess OF Lasi
Year Two Hundred Thousand Doi-
lars.

less present indications should De
changed by later Developments, final
adjournment will be reached the last
Of the coming week. and the members
ought to be able to get to their homes
on next Sunday
The senate will tackle the appru-
priation bill this week, the house nav
ing passed and sent the measure o.
er to the upper branch. AS has been
stated in detail IL this correspuu-
Gence, the bill carrying an increase
over last years appropriations or
practically Two hundred thousand dol
lars, the total amount carried by :he
present bill, as it passed the house,
being $2.6S5, ,46030. The general in
preston is that few changes will De
made by the senate.
The house has disposed of the IL
quor measures before it by the pas
sage OF the Richey "bone-dry" meas
ure. The senate debated liquor al
length during the past week, Du1
reached no definite conclusion. That
there will be disagreement between
the two houses now apepars newt
able. This may mean that the two
bodies can get together upon some
compromise through a conference
committee, or, upon the other hanu,
1t may mean that the present CLASH
III views between the lower and up
per branches will be continued until
final adjournment, which void leave
the law as it now stands. The senti-
ment Of the senate seems now to De
divided between the DuRant and the
D. r. Williams measures, the former
allowing quart per month upon the
physicians prescription plan, and the
latter allowing as it now stands, d
quart on a certificate secured from
the clerk of court upon the payment
Of twenty-five cents. The senate kill
ed several substitutes offered, which
would have provided for "air-tigkt"
measures in ier of the two propo-
sitions before it.
The whole situation seems to De
that the senate has placed itself on
record, upon measures introduced BE-
fore that body, as being opposed u
the Riclley "bone-wry' bill which has
passed the house. When adjournment
was reached on Friday night, at mio-
night, until Saturday morning, the
senate had threshed out the matter
considerably, but had not come 70
any definite conclusion, and on Sat
urday only a short session was held,
at which local matters were consio-
cred. This will leave the whole IL
qCor problem yet to be decided upon
by the senate this week.
If the senate kills the Richey biis
which has passed the house, and sim-
ply passes a measure Of its own, ana
the house kills that measure, there
will be a deadlock, which viii! meaa
no liquor legislation at this sesslt II.
If either body should amend sucn
measure as might be passed by the
other body, so as to include it's own
provisions, or certain Of those pru-
visions, in the measure of the Other
body, the matter would then 60 to
committee on free conference, whicn
would probably agree upon some COM
promise measure What will be done
no one can predict with any degree
OF accuracy. Unless the houses agree
upon some bill, or disagree entirely
there may be legislation by a free
conference committee during the clos
iEg hours Of the session, under GER
tain conditions, which would mean
legislation for the entire State upon
this very important matter. upon
which the people of the State are d.
vlded, by committee of three meul-
h"rs of the senate and three members
OF the house. The danger OF allowing
the work Of the session to pile I'D ana
then be disposed of during the clos
ing hours Of the session by free con-
ference committees, has been called
attention to in this correspondence
During the rush just before final ad-
free conference commit
tees reports are submitted every few
and they are usually adopt
ed. and that means law placed upon
the statute books, unless It should
be vetoed by the governor, in which
event it would take two-thirds Of each
house to make the measure law.
4 good many people were surprised
when the house of representatives /!
on Saturday night cut out the item
o. $4,000. "for law enforcement. |
1911" This was a fund which was to
h" expended by the governor. In prao- /
ti"ailr tho same manner "a the ap-
'>~orris-ion &c $4,000 usoa last year. !
There was a spirited fab. upon this
tom. which ~as finally crt ont bv q
v"to by the Eouse nf s. to A. The
section making an approximation for !
tho governors Office. which had al
rondr heen PASSED by the house. pro-
r;'nd GO Snn for special fund for law
~ ~-So-onmnnt" and the annropriation
CT $4,000, which was killed, was an