The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-01-27
DELAY IN HOUSE
BRINGS CENSURE
MEMBERS CAL FOR SPEEDING
UP TO WORK
Election Contest Measure Defeated
NO Pay For National
Guard
The State, 25.

The State, 25.
| Procrastination in the opinion of
many members was the shibboleth OF
the house Of representatives at its
session yesterday, the ways and means
committee foreign corporation tax
bill, the Gerald minimum wage bill
and the Richland county delegation
measure to fix a method by which
charges made by public service cor
porat;ons may be investigated and de-
termined being among the number OF
bills of state wide interest passed ov-
er without consideration.
The killing of the bill, introduced
at the last session by Representative
O'Rourke of Charleston, to repeal
the act allowing appeals from the de-
cisions Of city Democratic executive
committees; the passage to third
reading CT the Richland delegation
bill to prevent the use of milk bottles
owned and marked by one company
or person by any other person or com
pany; the rejection of the measure
to allow members Of the nationa.
guard compensation of So per month
after six months service and the IN
PRODUCTION of bill to permit persons
unavoidably out of the state on the
day of any primary election to cast
their ballot by mail were the features
If any features there were-of the
otherwise unproductive session.
Delay Causes Criticism
Frequent requests from diver:
members for the passing over Of v2rl,
Gus bills, so delaying the action Of the
house. excited some criticism during
the session, Speaker Atkinson Of
Sps.rttayafbb.l, 2 pointing cut 20 the mem
bers that the houses only houe OF
avoiding an extension Of the session
Law in the taking up and disposing OF
bills as they were reached on the cal
erdar. Representatives Il. B. Belse,
of Sumter and j. ". Hanahan OF
Winnsboro also voiced their opposi-
ton of the evident program of pro,
crastination.
"The members of the house,
Speaker Atkinson said, should re,
fleet that it costs the state something
to meet here every day and should
nc delay the session by continually
pas 1g over measures that might as
well .Je disposed Of when they are
reached on the calendar" 1.-The
house" Mr.. Belser thought, "is not
making progress" while Mr.. Hama
han in agreeing with Mr.. Belser also
took various members of the house
to task for their too frequent absence
from the sessions of the house.
The three ways and means com
1r1ittee revenue measures, the domes'
tic and foreign corporation tax and
the hydro-electric tax bills, which are
still on the house calendar, upon the
motion of Representative Hughes OF
Marion, chairman of the ways and
means committee, were set as speclal
orders for this morning Immediately
after third reading bills and are ex-
pected to come up for debate at this
time. The presence of number OF
other special orders on the calendar,
the pool room DILL, the faithful negro
pension bill, and others, may, how
ever, occasion some delay in reaching
the revenue measures.
When Charleston Disagrees
The O'Rourke election contest bill
was overwhelmingly defeated on the
motion of Representative Hydrick OF
Crangeburg to strike out the enact
inc words Of the measures, which
would have prevented any appeal
from city Democratic executive COM
mittees. Only two members spoke on
the measure, Representative 3. +
Carey Of Charleston opposing the bill
and Representative J. r. O'Rourke
also of Charleston favoring the meas
ure. The bill although statewide IN ITS