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THE LEGISLATIVE MILL GRINDING VERY SLOWLY (Continued from Page One.) 4. Magill was the member who sug ge&ted that there be no session Satur day, and mo" ed that the house recede from business until Monday, but mem bers who were not present Saturday objected, and then it was determined that only "uncontested matters" be acted upon Saturday, but Mr. Magill 4aid that if such were to be done a quorum would have to be present, but "nary" a quorum was to be found. Speaker Smith held that under the 3-ules the house could adjourn from day to day, without a quorum voting, and under this ruling the house ad journed until Monday at noon. RESUME OF SESSION. Important Matters to be Discussed During Present Week-What Has Bcen Done by Solons. Columbia, Jan. 29.-The general as sembly begins the fourth week of the session Monday, the house assembling at 12.15 o'clock and the senate at 8 p. m. With the session half over, both houses, having gotttn away already with a new record for work, will 'buckle right down and get many mat ters disposed of. A full week's work will be gotten in and the two daily sessions will continue, for although it usually has been the rule to hold "tight sessions only during the last two weeks of a term, this custom was set aside and night sessions began as n as the general assembly conven d, al1 records for work having been broken in this respect kby the present session. "Anti-Racing" Bill Fight. Secretary Carlisle's anti-gambling bill, or, as some call it, "anti-racing" bill, is set for a special order in the senate Monday night, immediately af ter second reading bills. It is un likely that it will be called up before Tuesday morning, and a hard fight will ensue. The injunction feature of ' the bill is going to cause many who would otherwise favor it to vote against its passage. Senator Carlisle will lead the fight for the adoption of the bill, while Senator Appelt, and probably Senator Clifton, will head the opposition. -Commission Form Veto. Another measure of unusual inter est is the disposition the house is go ing to make of the veto of the gover nor on the bill permitting Charleston to vote on the commission form of government. A h-earing on this mat Pter last week .before~ the house judi bciary committee, to whom the message was referred, was remarkable for the bitterness which was displayed by the different political elements in Charles ton. The judiciary committee has de cided to hold their report on this veto until a measure providing for an addi tional registration for the plan can be Vgotten through. View of Grace Faction. The friends of Mayor Grace profess -to see in this a move to lend legisla tave aid to the passage of the bill over the veto, and thus help along the plan to legislate tha Grace administration out of office. They are strernously Cp posing the plan to hold the veto in the judiciary committee, and have threat ened to offer a resolution in the house compelling the committee to report on the matter at once and let the house rote on it. This resolution is expect ed to be offered in the house Monday by Representative Earle, of Greenville. Trip to Charleston. The house met Saturday, but on ac eount of the absence of a quorum was eompelled to adjourn over until Mon day. The senate held a session on Thursday afternoon and took a re cess until Monday night, both houses spending Friday in Charleston, where Sthey had a royal time as the guests of the Citadel and of the city of Char leston. Both Charleston and the leg Sislature will benefit by the trip, for it will undoubtedly make for a better understanding b-etween the lawmak ers and the metropolis. "Expunging" Resolution. Probably the most significant action taken by the house last week w.as the expunging from the Journal of that body all of the message of Governor .Blease on the "libel'' bill excepting a 4bare statement of his reasons for ve toing the measure. The message was a bitter attack On the press of the State, with especial reference to cer tain newspaper men. The house su tained the veto of the governor, the n ecessary two-thirds vote to pass i1 over his objections having failed tc appear. New Record for Work. -. The lower body disposed of a num h er of State-wide matters las2t weel and goes into the fourth week with niew record of results havinz been ac. -omplse n e way of work at this point in the session. It has disposed of such vetoed measures as have come before it and sent them over to the senate, with the exception of the "lib el" bill and the provision making min isters liable for jury duty, on which they sustained the veto. The others were rushed through in short order and some featured by strong attacks on the veto. Senate to Act on Vetoes. The senate has yet to act on a num ber of vetoed measures which have passed the house. The distribution of the dispensary school fund is the most important of these and will cause pro longed debate. There is little doubt but that the others will pass over the veto in short order, after the manner the senate has been displaying on for mer vetoed bills. i State Loan Inquiry. A resolution providing for the in vestigation into the circumstances of the loan of $500,000 for the State for running expenses, for which the gov ernor claimed credit, and concerning which the State treasurer demanded an investigation, is another matter to be acted on yet. This will cause more political fighting when it comes up. Agricultural Department Retained. The senate last week endorsed the work of the department of agriculture, commerce and industries by killing the bill providing for the abolition of this department and the transfer of the work to Clemson college. -A sim ilar measure in the house will likely meet the same fate. Hosiery Mill Matter. The senate has yet to act on the governor's message referring to the penitentiary situation and the hosiery mill, which the governor wants abol ished. This matter has been referred to a committee for investigation and the senate has said, in substance, that it wants every charge which the gov ernor has made thoroughly investigat ed. The penitentiary officials wel come an investigation and the whole thing will come up for debate when the committee makes its report. Nurses' Bill. The bill placing the nurses which graduate from the State hospital train ing school on the same basis as those from other schools will come up this week also in the upper body. A large number of nurses was here to appear against the bill, but it looks as if it will pass the senate. PARKER FLAYS ROOSEVELT. Address to Bar Association of South Carolina-Distinguished Jurist. Columbia, Jan. 25.-Judge Alton B. Parker, of New York, who once con tested presidential election with Theodore Roosevelt, delivered an ad dress in this city tonight before the South Carolina Bar association, in which he expressed himself as oppos ed tothe recall of the judiciary, and took exception to some of the critic isms of the bench made in the past by Mr. Roosevelt. He said in part: "If put into practice and carried to its inevitable conclusion -recall of judges is the substitution of popular opinion for legal procedure-it is jus tice or injustice meted out, not accord ing to the law of the land, but accord ing to supposed public sentiment. Re call of judges spells in' the ultimate result a recall of the judicial system and the substitution of a vigilance committee. "Never before, I think, in the his tory of civilization has any blind lead er of the blind advocated as progres sive a return to the chaotic conditions inherent in administration of justice by caprice rather than by the rules of law. On Organized Movement. "The recall of judges, however, is but the first step toward the cherished goal of the leader s of the movement against the janiAciary. Their ultimate aim is the recail ot' the power of the courts to aeciare void such legisla tive cast as are fcrbidden by the con stitution, State and federal. "Wi?t has happened of late to lead so many to fav or stripping the memn bers of tae judiciary of their inheri tance anc. shearing them of the power to enforce the constitution. Surely the judici standard has not been lowered of late. The cause of the change in public sentiment then is not to be found in the lowering of the judicial standard. It had its beginning during the incumbency of the last president. More combinations to re strain trade and prevent competition came into existence during his incum bency of the office than in all our pre ious history. Roosevelt Tactics. "When the protests of the people against the rising tide of higher prices began to b-e heard, he sought with hih accustomed political shrewdness tc . shift the responsibility from the shoul .. ders of his party. To that end he in TOI R D You wil findAm lodo Bes M' biyouvlsaeth will find m C loadnifters. Mon pWseermaccsion oreun ust n rom rwen S,metesecilpivtf eged against hipotency of thied wil'c lawtande They wllmeabystatute pssz- au. sibly ofegisvlatteodie awms andc tsmstanes.poe ycie xc-it "We ves.uato oenut ig FrmTheet wcame t spei pi-of t Frometecutofhs? No,mpain aaintlte eli itncar Teyable him tatout ofasf- Ca. e byulely pcatiboie tadi mhogh me istance s arvdinistraief andc hint ryphadlecaped Par aestieatleast, : Te repotslt which ca tojusoftoy teis effe t his pesen agitiv e y~ juiiaenbed t cneture gootusof a "iceful prieacisat that decisoghme hi 'ill s fladisrt and ec cont arition had epd spiri an e aestof, te riesonsIbty wen hiws uiustly thers What hisuret shotie, ail "His gri eance ihate mnadeisintr e 'in uhflhimself and directllow-pr tradito to the sptadneeds of tetms'gt "Theoughmes. leanestohi, muiteps I to1 ent and* peopl, avre coandinm t'I theig mayohmuconstitusly, buheodigt o battl asains the sur of the ties'~e etw.n sie, ag n uninformedtik-eas NO ey folownga been ve,tecruerts are in effect vetoing legislation that .e people want, not that the courts 'I are mer-ely setting aside enactments at hat the people have forbidden the uni gislative department of the govern- for ent to pass. If they shoiuld be made est to understand the whole truth be-- Ne fore it is too late, the movement, in rua orm against the judiciary, but in her eality against its power to hold in ting heck the would-be usurpers of power Ifou not granted by the people, will end."'' boi jH. LIQUOR PROBERS ORGANIZE. 'I on arlisle, Chairman; Evans, Secretary. Iest Plans Not Announced. am .- --- ed Columbia, Jan. 2.--Senator H. B. of Carlisle, of Spartanburg, was elected to chairman, and Representative J. J. Ev- fee ans, of Marlboro, secretary, of the att ommittee of the house and senate, cas which is to investigate the former del winding-up commission, the attorney mc general and everybody and everything onnected in any way with the af fairs of the late State dispensary. The ommittee met tonight at 8.30 and ninued :n session until after 10 1-2 CUTOER I NWBRR/ n Frind sreetat teIol >ck but thol anouceen airmn Crisensad stret atol mitee ol m oe old bnoyhemeet reek an hc agreotermetrso ho Je taenu.h G R EUte i ock,e whe theony annoueet ek thoed wll make act theorgan-ob tha irase sttes Tht othe imtes oul hd ther meeddt-o S oe metion tare Sear pat i berso take commtte we irs atlere the y meetgtonight. wek th hoaLle disns moAtteand ird they wil make Byhotheh prob tnire usn.e5.ohey othe . yb of he ecafomitei adioun JMy Drea Sunday mnioned are Saori tug y rc al and lettingDhimselfA45 Petpe nberomtesal of the cotteweepys atr thas meetn toniolutarl cm to jiser. eLftJal le onlys reap e frossigcnty Mfor Suindail night yha boringthroug iess brick aft and asoong hisl a ande fro th aft he ce ty 45ack.p heuer,hsigenetod, asluhearily caes ast nigh MayE himnsel versd ;he prile sl eoe,wl fe ae, onulic outary, he assigfo aider jailore the ourtahousetat adtended to that h ameac Feb-a ry,n112," trac okfe and assn asw law fcrE ounts,SuhCrln, deeaed,g-E to he desiged, asontaining hirsy -u and p0-100 cr, orte high less,CE ider, befr thed ofu F.ouse at rs: 1912,alacf a the blne r crdity out 12amon, bith g intr from dcafsaea,8 cnt. pery rm andable annuall, mo orbess cur Lny ln of he and onts,Setseo Countss sld, Canotn' ortgage provide for 10 per cent. attorney'silch rf s in case of collection through an rney, with privilege to pay all . Purchaser to pay for drawing bd and mortgage and for recording rtgage. H. F. * Counts. Florence L. Livingston. W. H. Counts. Lar . dy OWS5TE L 6-3t. YE R ICE0;51 1., f A4.i ND ADJOINNG COUNTIES: Fant Garage with a I did not have to get v a mule on the streets N, Newberry, S. C. RA HOUSE' ty, February 2 Gaites Offers America's test Musical Success, ars of "Madam Sherry" "The Girl of s" "Bright Eyes" "Doctor DeLuxe" , 20 Pretty S.ong Hits, 30 ity Dancing Darlings INTRODUCING. ousYama Yama Girls The Great Electrical Aerial Swing The Wonderful Dancing Chairs The Marvelous Face'o'graph. The Sensational Hypnotic Waltz : $1.50 for first 36 Seats t, $1.00 remainder Par 75c Dress Circle, SOc n Adm. 25 Gallery n sale at Newberry Hardware Co, GUARANTEE iwitnessing this performance and d with same in every particular, I illy refund the price of admission, JOHN R. SCURRY, Manager Opera House. O SUBSCRIBE TO THE HERALD ANID NEWS, OJE [OwTHS n5c FOTTR XONTHS. 50e.;