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Governor Use, On Appr MN MEMBERS HAD GONE TO THEIR HOMES CONSTERINATION REIGNED SU FEEE IN LEGISLATIVE HALLS Four Items Passed Over the Veto. Legisliature Worked Until Small Hours Sunday Norning. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * It requires a two-thirds vote in * * each house to pass -an item in * * the appropriation bill, or any oth- * * er measure, over the governor's * * veto. While the house passed a * * number of items over the veto, * * there Were only four which pass- * * ed the senate-these four also * * passing the house--and, therefore, * * cnly four of the items vetoed were * * passed over the veto. These were: * * $7,500 for water furnished for * * State's institutions by city of 0o- * .1mbia; $400 for repairs to the ar- * * senal at Beaufort; $450 for assis- * * taut code commissioner; $2,000 for * * Confederate Home college. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *1 (By August Kohn.) Columbia, February 18.-The unex pected happened. - Word had gogie lbrth among members that Governor Blease would approve the appropria tion bill as it was sent him; almost half the members went home, for a bare majority was here when the sur prise came. Every Act had been rat ified and the house was about to send a message to the governor, asking if he had any further communication, when the surprise came in the shape *f disapproval of items aggregating $91,000. The house, caught napping, was very badly shocked. Many had gone home; others had arranged to go home and they did not know what to do. On the first yea and nay ballot, 64 members out of 124 were present, and on subsequent ballots 63 voted. Mr., Stevenson had to g,o -home and such leaders as Osborne, Mower, Steven son, Gary and others had gone home, secure in the belief that all was well and that the coast was clea.r for going hiome. But it was not. Educational Items. ,The Citadel's new wing was spared; Winthrop's new science hall was re tained, but the addition to . the infir mary at Winthrop was vetoed. The University of South Carolina was de nied its new auditorium and its heat ing -plant is .to remain useless. .It takes a two-thirds vote to retain an item in the appropriation act over the governor's veto, and with the slim at tendance and general demorali'zationl this seemed difficult. After .taking six ballots the house took a recess for an hour to try and; catch its brieath and see what it all meant. The members had only two minutes in which to discuss any ques tion, that rule 'having been adopted, but if the time had been longer out of the 64 or 65 present there were and 'have always been enough economists and adherents of the governor's policy to let the axe fall withiout really fig uring the ultimate cost. Probably Unprecedented. It was the most remarkable scene and deniwralized situation I've wit nessed, in reporting the general as-. semnbly continuously since 1892, and in passing it is the first time a single item in the appropriation bill has been vetoed. Here is a summary of the items Governor Blease disapproved and that will not become law unless passed by a two-thirds vote of each branch over the governor's veto. Items Objiected To. * State Reformatory, heating plant, etc., $15,000; Historical society index clerk, $1,200; Live Stock association, $1,000; State Fair society, .$5,000; col .ored fair, $1,000; comptroller gener al's investigation fund, $5,000; ac tuary, insurance department, $1,500; clerk in treasurer's office, $600; law clerk, attorney general, $450; deficit, Audubon society, $1,150; water ac count city of Coludia, $7,500; insur ance armory, $31.50; maintenance State house and grounds, $2,500; ar senal at Beaufort, $400; State geolo gist's contingent fund, $1,900; inspec tors and clerk commissioner of agri culture, $4,400; code commissioner, extra work, $450; enforcement pure food law, $1,000; auditorium Univer sity of South Carolina, 8316.666: heat ing plant, University of South Caro lina, $5,000; extension infirmary..Winl throp college, $6,000; critic teachers, Winthrop, $960; colored college, Or n.ngeburg, $10,050; stenographer, Prof Tate, $720; Confederate home, Char leston, $2,00. Total disapproved, $91, 927.50. In a Dilemma. '~.....4. The Veto Popriation Bill items vetoed, as the appropriation bill originated in that branch. The J senate looked on for a while, voted to. take a reces# until 8 o'clock and then the house wondered what it would do. It wrestled with six disapprovals, then: took a recess for an hour, met at 7.15, and then there was no quorum. When the house reassembled, Mr. McDow offered a coneurrent resolution, re scinding the resolution to adjourn tc day at noon and agree to adjouru at Wednesday noon. This would have given an opportunity for the sixty absent members to return ind* take up an unexpected situation. Mr. Williams wanted the house to go ahead with its work. Members were elected to attend to their duty aid should be here. Dr. Dick said this would mean work on Sunday and he' protested against such a course. Thv members objected to Mr. McDow's resolution and dispensed with its con sideration. Danger of No Quorum. Speaker Smith pointed out the dan ger of the situation. There was a bare quorum, and if a quoru-n were not shown to be present it would in-i volve serious trouble, because; the house had on its journal that it would adjourn at noon today, and if an ad journment was taken from day to day to secure a quorum, it would seriously be shown by the journal that would jeopardize all work done today. Mr. McDow -said it was pitch dark and the hour of noon had long since passed. Speaker Smith said he wish ed to point out the danger of the sit uation of no quorum showing. TLen half a dozen members started to walk out and break the quorum, ten mem bers having objected to tne McDow resolution to change' tme day for ad journment. Mr. Brice said it was a substantial objectin to .consider such matters with only a bare quorum present. Mr. Browning begged the members to remain and stand to their guns and do the best they could. Mr. Todd hoped all members would re main and vote and take their share of the responsibility. Mr. Mears \vanted to -know if absent members could be sent for. Mr. Smith said they could be. But the voting kept up, each time. showing a bare majority. Absentees Recorded. 'On the ballot just 'erore the recess the absentees as recorded by Assist ant Clerk Hamel were: Ayer, Baskin,: Bethea, B. H. Brown, Gharles, Connor, Dobson, Dubose, E. C. Edwards, Gary, Gasque, Gilbert, Hamilton, Harrison, Hill, Hiott, Hopkins, Hunter, James, Jones, Kellehan, Kirvin, McCravey, McKeown, McQueen, Mansfield, Man uel, ,Mauldin, Miller, Mims, Mitchum,1 Moore, Mower, Nunnery, H. A. Odom, W. R. Odom, Osborne, Paulling, Pe gues, Peeples, Polk, Richardson, Sal-; ley, Sawyer, Saye, Scott, Searson, Shuler, C. D. Smith, D. L. Smith, Stan ley, Watson, Wyche. -It is to be said that the veto was entirely unexpected. Friends of Governor Blease had stated openly that there would be no trouble with the appropriation bill. But be fore more is said, it will be well to read the special message of Governor Blease, in which he sets forth his posi tion, as follows: Governor's Nessage. "State of South Carolina, Executive Deprtment, Message No. 24: - "To the Honorable thre Members of the Gen'eral Assembly, of the State of South Carolina-Gentlemen: It is with a great deal of reluctance that I re turn to you without my signature the general appropriation bill for the year 1911. I do not veto the 'entire act, but, in obedience to pledges made to the people of South Carolina in my cam paign for the office of governor, and doing what I b'elieve to be right and for the best interests of all the people, I feel, to redeem those pledges and to do mny full duty, that I must exercise the right given to me under Section. 23, Article 4, of the constitution of the State of South Carolina, 1895, which reads in part as follows: Constitutional Authority. "'Bills appropriating money out of the treasury shall specify the objects and purposes for which the same are made, and appropriate to them re spectively their several amounts in distinct items and sections. If the governor shall not approve any one or more of the items or sections con tained in any bill, but shall 'approve of the residue thereof, it shall become a law as to the residue in like man ner as if he had signed it. The gover nor shall then return the bill, with his objections to the items or sections of the same not approved by him. to the house, in which the bill originated, which house shall enter the objection at large upon its journal a'd proceed to reconsider so much of said bill as is not approved by the governor,' etc. Specific Disapprovals. "T do not disapprov~e all of the items a a ,iit mention specifically nnr~roee All not 1erein speemiica'Ay n-, -tiowd are ap >roved. South Carolin! pays upward )f $20,000 each year interest, for bor 'owing money to pay appropriations, rou should make the levy sufficient to neet them. Furthermore, South Caro .na has to borrow from New York ach year one-third of the money that s appropriated to run her govern nent. Now, gentlemen, behold our ondition;. in debt, heavily already, )orrowing and paying large interest, still making appropriations to do what we are not compelled to do and borrowing money and paying interest to meet the deficiency. This would be lisastrous immediately to private in lustri'es and must be sooner or later to our grand old Palmetto State. In Case of Panic? "Suppose, gentlemen, that we were to strike a panic like we had in 1907, and could not boirrow this money, what a pitiful condition our proud mother would be in, -nable to meet er obligations and unable to borrow sufficient to meet them. Humiliation would follow and disaster would be the result. You may say that the panic is not coming. None of us thought so in 1907. The gambling and speculation which is now going on in this country, with . rew men con trolling the entire money interests, may throw it upon u- at any moment. The wise man guards against such contingencies. Shall we be wise, or shall we be like the foolish Virgins, with our lamps not trimmed and burning? See the amounts of your I appropriations for 1911; compare with that the fact that your revenue for this year from indirect sources esti mated by your comptroller who should know from his long experience in that office, is $242,700. Your taxes at a levy of five and three-quarter mills on $279,755,000, according to the estimate by the same party, will bring in $1, 573,621, making you a grand total of $1,816,321. Now, gentlemen, look on the other side of the balance sheet and see what amount this bill appro priates. . Cites Inaugural Address. "Where is the money? How can we pay it? The people of South Carolina said to me: 'Check it.' The people of South Carolina are saying to you. 'Re ieve us from4 our burUen; the yoke is heavier than we ca,n bear.' In my in-I augural address, I said to you, gentle men, in regard to appropriations for the State institutions of learning: 'I, theyefore, hope -in order to keep down any f.riction along this line between the legislative and expcutive depart mets, that you, gentlemen, will re duce these appropriations..' Could I have spoken plainer? Again, in the same message, I said: 'I sincerely trust that in youi deliberations you will be liberal, but not extravagant,' and that you will reduce expenses an-d not make any extravagant appro priations for any purpose; stop the useless expenditare of money by offi cials; stop the creation of and abolish1 useless offices and all other methods of careless extravagance and useless expenditure of money, and that you' will not create an increase in the tax levy, but that you will reduce both the State and the county levies, as all our taxes are too high and our people are now burdened with taxa tion. They are groaning under their load and begging relier, and to you, and you alone, must tiey look for it, for you, and you alone, can give it and if you do not give it the respon sibility will rest upon you.' Relief Not Given. "Gentlemen, you have seen fit not to give it. I do not criticise you. You are a separate and distinct depart ment of this government, ,bu.t I said on every stump in this State that what was needed in the executive of fice was a man who tiad the political courage and the backbone to veto these appropriations wnen they were extravagant and that, if I was elected, I would do it. "The majority of the people of South Carolina believed me, and I must be true to my trust, let the consequences be what they may. Tnhe responsibility will not rest upon me, but upon those 1ho have brought about the condi tions which 0 attempted to avoid. "When all of us again appear before the sovereign people, they must .pass judgment 'and to their judgment I will humbly and peacefully bow, as I have done in the past, whether it be in defeat or in success. Gives His Reasons. "I disapprove of Itjem 11, Section 3, because in my opinion this is the duty of the comptroller general, as now provided by law, without this unnec essary expense. This is $3,000 for special investigations of the comptrol ler. The parenthetical note is insert ed to explain the item. It is not in the message. I disapprove Item 5, Section 4, as a useless expense, an actuary for the insurance depart ment, $1,500. I disapprove Item 3, Section 3, because, in my opinion, this is the duty of the clerks in the office. This i8600 for clerical help in treas urer's office. I disapprove of Item 7, Section 8, as, in my opinion, this should be performed by the regular oficrs This s $45 for a law clerl Corno Horse a is the original and Grain Feed and th tells you some othe good" your common you that he himsel the superiority of Cc When men make comparis inferior standard for measu thing as the "same" in a i Every producer has his indi guarded system of producti Ask for Corno and -a prov -not ani The Standard of Feed Excellence 4 S,O L I R. D. SMIT Wholesale Grocers, MARES Al WILL RE Carload1FE Some of these-'Mare well broke. Mules fror Young and sound. 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