The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-01-29
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
HAS ROUGH ROAD
SENATE PASSES BILL PROHIB.
ITING SMOING IN HOTELS
AND RESTAURANTS

Woman suffrage is having rought
sledging in the South Carolina leg
islature. The resolution rejecting the
Susan B. Athony amendment has been
overwhelmingly adopted on the House
side. This was largely preliminary
matter in that branch. On the Sem
ate side the judiciary committee SUBJ
mitted unfavorable reports which are
a token of trouble. Senator Walker
who is in favovr of woman suffrage,
asked that the resolution go on the
journal.
The Senate went entirely through
its calendar last Friday disposing Of
a number of bills and adding many
more new issues, most of them being
largely local issues.
After having finished the pending
work, the hour and day for reassem-
bling were both changed. The Senate
agreed to take recess until Monday
night, but this order was changed, so
! that the Senate did not reassemble
until l o'clock Tuesday.
Senator Christensen threw out an
alarm, and suggested that these re-
cesses and irregular hours, so to
speak, are liable to cause difficulty
and congestion at the latter end OF
the session, and advised that COM
mittee be appointed to suggest hours
and days for the session of the Sen
ate and throw out a chart for each
week. Senators Laney and Padgett
objected to this and thought that the
Senate had better not leave such mat
ters to a committee but act as body
and although Senator Christensen
thought it better to have such COM
mittee, the Senate declined to pro-
vide any new method Of handling its
business.
The Senate passed for third read
ing and finally disposed of the Pad
gett bill directed against smoking IN
public eating houses and hotels and
sent the bill to the House with an ad-
ditional amendment, which provides
that the management of any public
eating house or hotel may provide a
separate room in which such smoking
may be permitted. With this amend
ment the bill is now ready for the
consideration of the House.
The Dreher bill permitted assist
ance in the preparation of ballots un-
der the Australian system was pass
ed, allowing outsiders to be called in
to help prepare the ballot, but Sena-
tor Young had the bill amended so
that it does not change the law for
the primaries or voting in elections
in the City of Charleston, where the
Australian ballot applies.
Mr.. Davis bill on which there has
been considerable discussion, with
reference to counter claims being
consolidated in one suit, received the
final approval of the Senate by the
adoption of the bill.
MIR. Duncan's bill to provide that all
automobile manufacturers pay "a
State license was laid on the table
and withdrawn.
Mr.. Pearce also requested the priv
ilege of withdrawing his bill relative
to the investigation of charges made
by public service corporations, as this
will probably be covered in the pro-
posed public service bill which is to be
presented later on in the session.
Last year there was considerable
discussion on the bill to provide for a
State Board of Assessors, which
would have abolished the present
State Tax Commission. This bill pass
ed the House last year. Today the
House bill was killed in the Senate
by the adoption of the unfavored re-
port without discussion.
Another bill by Senator Young, OF
Charleston, to make it unlawful for
any person driving motor vehicle
who runs into any person or another
vehicle, who fails to stop and render
assistance, to make such failure to
stop prima face evidence Of negll-
gence in cases of suits.
The Senate, at the suggestion OF
Mr.. Young, adopted the unfavorable
report and hereby rejected the bill
which sought to prohibit white nurses
serving colored patients in hospitals.
This disposed of the bills.