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rAVORS INVESTIGATION. Mr. Christensen's Resolution Was Adopted-Only Three Voted Adversely. The Cliristensen resolution for an investigation of- the state dispensary passed the senate Tuesday by an over whelming vote. On the motion of Senator McGowan to strike out the en acting words the vote stood 29 to 3 against, Senators Bleaso, MbGowan and Talbert voting in the affirmative. The resolution was amended so as to provide for the employment of an ex ert accountant, stenographers, etc., nd calling for the report of the in estigating committee, if same is ap ointed, at this session of the general ssembly. The resolution called forth quite a arm discussion, which was engaged by a majority of the senators resent, several taking occasion to resent their views on the dispensary,* o and con, one, Senator Rogers of arlboro, going so far as to exclaim at if an investigation were orderedi d every man connected with the in tution was found to be crooked, he uld yet stand by the present system ,d believe that it is the best solution the liqu6r problem. ,Tlhe question of the status of the esent dispensary investiga ting coi ittee was discussed, the prevailing 'nionl bein. that. it was functus of io, owing to the fact that two mem s of that committee, Senator Hay Representative Gaston, are not membei of the general assembly, another, Ir. Lyon, has been elect .to a state office, disqualifying for service on same, and making comrnittee powerless to act. As s resolution was introduced by nator Christensen, a member of the mer committee, the friends of the asure urged that it must not be sidered a ''slap'' at the fromer ittee, althougi several senators in er remarks took that ground as a sis for their opposition to it. Many the pro-dispensary members of 'the ate Were clearly opposed to the *istensen resolution, but for one on and another voted for it the al show down and carefully avoid a. test vote as between the dispen .Y an( antidispensary forces. lie senate was convened at 11 "'Iclock with President John T. Sloan residing for the last time, after four ears of entinuns seryvice in this ca acity. A fitting memento of the high steem in which Presidelt Sloan is eld, by the members of the senate as presented to him, on his retire ent, in the form of a handsome solid lver loving cup. Senator J. Hampton Brooks of reenwood made the speech of presen tion in a few Well ehosen words, residend SloanII replyilg in a brief d (1 ress. Before the presetatio exervises everal new hills were Introduced and melocal measures were given third ading Outof cortes toine of le sen atoirs, Senator Cliristeclsen co n en led forw hiis eoneu rrenmt resoilut ion n t he d ispensaryv to lie indefinitely ost poned. The hour' of .12 having arrived, a essenger from thle house announced lhat Gov.-elect Ansel and Lient Gov heel MeLeod were readyv to receive e oath of oflice and thant thle house waited the senate, the latter repair g gtehall of the house of repie nttvsto attend upon01 the inaugur Iservleies. AftIer thle inaugural eeremlonies, the senate was reconvened by President homas 0. McLeod, who called the ody together for thle first time as ts dimly elected presidenit. After a h'ort a,ddress. in wlihi lhe paid a h~l trilbute to the retirinag presient, 1. Johni TP. Sloan, he( anniiouind i session open for thme transaction f Ibusiness. Senator Blease formal ly announced o the presideiit anid mn-bers of the en.al e that lie hi,l bem: h keted p)resi. le..t nro fenm ,a e- of .ii body, for *'hiieh highl honor lhe felt. deeply grate fuml. Senator Christensen called up his concurrent resollution asking for the appointment of a commit tee to inves tigate the affairs of the state dispen sary. 'Senator Blease informed the presi dent of the status of the resolution, as he under stood it, and made thei point that it would have to lie over for three days under the rules of the senate. The president ruled the point well taken and ordered that the reso, ution go over, but upon explanation y Senator Otts, who showed that the nator from Newberry misiniterpre dthe status of the bill, the presi t annonneed that the question wvas n the didoption of the resolution. 1eiator McGowan moved to strike the enagcting words. nator Blease moved to adjourn, hi was voted down. the motion to strike out the re ing wo(1s, Senator mlase- a.gue that there was no necessity for a nov committee to inlv0stigate the dispen sary. The old conmittee( has the sam, power it has always had; let it do tih investigating. He considered it fool ish to npp~oint a Conmiittee to go dowi to the state dispensary and find ou what everybody knows. We all know lie declared, that. there is a big lot o: liquor down there, about 35 cars oi the side tracks, with nowhere to pu it, but if this is contrary to law let the attorney general prosecute the offend ers. It is up to him to put stripes oi the grafters and place shackles up on the men who are alleged to havc mismanaged the dispensary. He char acterized the Tatum letters, read ii the senate Monday night, as a bid fo: notoriety and ehleal) prominence aln again referred to the correspondene( as "Tattim's platform for reelee tion.'' Senator Appelt objected to tih terms employed by Senator Blease i4 his reference to the Ttunm corres pondence, and a lively tilt occurr6< between theimi as to the propriety o the language used. Senator Toole believes it is-the will of the majoriy of the citizens of thc state that the dispensary shall b abolished. He wants full investiga tion and declares that inl a grave mat ter of this kind cost should not. b considered. Stiator Weston fa'vored the resolu tion and hoped that the seniator fron Laurens woild vithdraw his motion Senator McGowan declined to with draw his motion and spoke at som length agaiiist tle adoption of ti resolutionl, on tle ground that a iev comm1111ittee is ntt necessary. le lad( the point that a coicirreit resol tion does not have the force of a lav% or joint resolution aid that third par ties, others thin state officials, cou]( ot be bound by it. Senator R(o.ers of Marlboro move< that debate on tle resolution be post poled un11til toimorrow, but on a vivv voice vote this was lost. "If it b proven beyond peradventre,'' de clared the senator from Marlboro ''that every man connected with thi state dispensaYy has been guilty o: wrong doing, it would not, so far as : am concerned, impair the eflicieney o: the institution, and I would still be lieve it is tle best solution of thi liquor problem.'' Senator Raysor offered an amend ment to the resolution, providing tha the investigating committee report a this session of the general assembly which was adopted. Senator Christensen submitted tw< amendinents relating to the employ ment of an expert accountant, sten ogaphers, etc., and to provide fo the pay of same. Both were adopted after motion qf Senator Raysor t< amend the amendment by strikingonu the words ''expert. aceountait'' wa lid 111111 thie table oil motion (if tih( senlator from) York. Senator Wells thoug,ht that cvi dence warranting criminal act io1 against pa i-ties connected withi the di s Wesr waV brloughlt. ((lt in' abuniid aniie by the formler 'ommiii ttee, hu announciiied that lie would favo'(r at al1 imes a ll invest iga tion of t he af fairs of this institution wheneve heic appears evidence. Senator' Brooks t houghl It lie dispen sar th~ le worst solu1t ion of the I lio problem ever devised, It reeks aml rots withi corruplt in and11 1 le inves('ti ga tion should lie continued. Sepator' Raysor decilared thamit ti in forimatloll given the senate thirough lie senator from Beaufort in the Ta ium letters presented1 an alarmiini st ate of affairs and (demanided Ilha somethuing lbe (done immediately. U< dielaried that lie feared lest bank rupt11cy was Isar1ing the system in th< face. lHe saidl tha t the d isplensary ini vest i2nting commit tee which hias serv ed for the past two years deserve lie hearty cominenda tion of thle en I ire people oif the state fur the wvorl whliichi they have so adiirably d one. Senator Black of Baimberg, at thlougrh from a dispenisary count4y woul never lie foundl tryinig to shiiehl any state olViers from in vest iga tim and phillishmenit, t here fore would sup port t hie resolution11. Seiiatoir Laney stat ed that while.hi counity favored the dispeiisary systenm lie was conviniced his people favore, placing an iron hand on thle purcehas ing powver. ''If -thlere is aiiythinig den, iul 4the braniich,'' lie said, ''let us fin it.' Senatorm Sinkler of- Charleston mad a brief but strong talk in favor of th resolution, and took occasion to con gratulate the former committee fo the seivice.it had rendered. In man of our sister states the great corpora tions frequently control legislativ bodies, buit is thankful to say, thor is 1n0 evidence of that in South Cal olina, anid but for the- dispensairy ni dIepartmenit of thie sinate goverinmen has broughit taint upon thie fair nam of the state. An amend(menit initroduiced by senia tor Crouch instructing the attorne, general to bring criminal action upon the filidiln-s of the committee, if evi dence of wroig doing is developed, was lost, the senator from Beaufort - id maniy of the frielids of thle resolu tion voting against it, the grounds of objection behig- that it was premature 111d that such instructions, if, indleed, any are necessary, could be made af ter the report of the committee is rendered. . Passed House Wednesady. Tile house of representativ s Wed nesday in the short session took up - the Christensen resolution introduced in the senate Monday night and after considerable discussion passed it with an amendment limiting to ten days the investigation of the committee in to the dispeiisary purichases. The reso lutioi, which came over from the sen ate early in the day, was not voted on in what might. be termed a strict dis pensary line-ul). Some of those who favored the institution votq\d against a resolution offered by Mr. Gary - which Mr. Nash said would have cut off inquiry as had been done the other committee. The resolution provides for an in ve.stigationl by a committee of two members of the senate and three mem - bers of the house with )raeticallY the - same powers given the old committee It calls for anl investigaion of the chiaiges Ilade by Commissioner Ta .111um inl a ILetter ito Senlator C hri-tenl senl; that thle board of' directorls WereC heavily overstocking the dispensary with case goods. There is some ques tion as to the status of the old coi mittee. The resolution came up first inl the message sent over without.the signatures of the presiding ofileer and - had to be sent back for that require ment alon-, with a miuber of others. Whieii bioight back Mr. Richards, I who is regaiirdled as one of the leaders in favor of thle slate dispeinsary, said I that lie wished a thorouh -.11 investiga - tioii, but. thinks the iiime should be limited in order that lie gnelral as seibly may act on any evidence broulIt out at this session. le sug rested ten days as tihe limit for a re port. Mr. Nicholson said he was gratified iat tile sentiliieit of the house, which mighIt he divided as to the issue, but was willing to get at the facts in this case. Mr. Gary's Amendment. M. Richards' amendment was agre ed to by the house and Mr. Gary of fered another amendment to strike out the words "affairs of ithe dis dispensary'' were too broad to in said charges,'' which referred to the - letter written y Mr. rattum. Mr. - Gary said the ";afTairs of the state dispensary'' were too bdoard to in vestigate at this time, when some thinl- definite was demanded in tle way of chuarges ad11( proofs. Mr. ltker opposeld tle eliang on t.he grimdi14 that ii was too4 naow andW01 (1111oinn. :111id the people wanled to - kniow exactly thme status of the ease. iMr. ariris hoped thle chanugewol - he ni ecept ed. TFhe house wanmt ed to - Ikniow Ilhe truth ablouit this paiticuilar (iJehrge. Mir. N ichotlson aid1( the changeo - wouildl conlfine the comimittee toi the (ruthI of the stat emenit mnade hiv thle . eniough. Mr. Say e asked if there was not at I commititee niow. Mr'. Niehiolsoni said - there is some doubt1) as to its exist ence. Three of thle membeis arie no longer in the general assembly and( the commit I tee might lhe out of existence. Mr. - Tohnstone said the chiange offeredl l)by Mr'. Gary tnighlt affect the efforts to b)ring out thle whole tuthI. Mir. Nash striongly advoc4)ated the - r'esolut ion as it theni stood. lHe wvas 01p Sposed to t,he chianie sugge- ted lbe - eanse it might nullify the power of - the commit tee and Ithe people had seeni li e resuil t of thle power's of thle othleur - commilit I (e being eiramped1. A t al most : every turin thei y had been imet withb lie queistion;1 (does it.( c wvithlini the resolution ? The commit tee cannot go over' thle whole earthI in 10 day's but I it could ceritainly' inv~estigate the char ges mnade against the hoard aid prov4~e - tir truth or falsity ini that time. M'ir. Nicholson moved1 to lay the I Gary amend~menit on the table, which ,was ad1opted almost unanimously. The 1 resolution was then adopted with no - other chlange and the adment ment of 1 fered by Mir. 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