The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, November 06, 1914, Page THREE, Image 3
L- LEGISLATIVE WORu TOID
W IN FEW WORDS
^ THE THINGS I>0>K WHICH MA\
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So Eiitkus/ast/cally Popu}
lar.
August Kohn in News and Courier.
Columbia, Nov. 1.?In less than a
-dozen lines of a newspaper column is
condensed 9o per cent of tne iegisiaV
i: on that will find its way 011 the
statute books of the State, as a remgr
suit of the extraordinary session 01
Wr c.e general assembly now drawing to
I '(-s a close. Here is the crux of the legm
islation:
fc ? "It cho 11 ho unlawful fnr flriv nfr
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son, by himself, his agent or -employees,
to plant or cultivate in this
State in any year a greater number
o. acres of land in cotton than onea'.iird
of the total acreage of land
planted and cultivated in all crops by
such person in said year, including
grain and fall sown crops, planted
?- nrecpdin.gr fall or Winter."
r There is not mucfa to the law in
verbiage, but if it is enforced it will
mean the agricultural revolution o?
ihe State. The enforcement is in the
hands of ike farmers themselves;
those Who wanted total elimination
and limitations as to how many bales
of cotton might be raised to the animal.
Tfhe State has simply said t)'.:at
for every ten acres of cotton the farmer
plants that he must plant twenty1
. acres in grain, or cattle food or truck,
top Tt matters not what the crop is, but
two acres of something else must he
planted to every acre cf. cotton. If
the law is enforced, and the enforceY
ment is in the 'hands of the commu-.J.
:n ? ir\ f~\ tt* not.
rinutjs, It \>ill iiJ.cau a. iicv? ccn ill vat
tie raising for one thing.
" We Will Try It."
Many think* the constitutionality of
tf:e act is dotfbliul. Governor Blease
put this foot note on the act, after
he had approved it; "Constitutional
or not, we wild try it." That is the
1 sentiment of many and it is regarded
as being justifiable in the agricultural
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It is to be noted that the act?
through t&e suggestion of Mr. Belser,
is quite pJain that only cultivated land
is to be counted.
The act is now of effect and if the
^ Farmers' Union and other agricultural
t.organizations want to put their hand
to 90 me tiling effective here is a chance
( This acreage reduction act is wnat
will live ill the history of the State as
t:e overshadowing work of the extraordinary
action d>. tbe special session.
Not So Popular.
The State warehouse plan is not so
enthusiastically popular. It "barely
"skidded" tiai*ougl.: the legislative grain
and if it had its course to go again
^ would not be among the acts of the
r special session. It is already a "lame
duck.'' Suggestions are being made
that it can be amended at tfh-e regular
session of the general assembly to be
held in a couple of months, but this; is
A doufbtiful. If Conmmissioner McLaurin
<: can pull the system to th? front he will
? dese^v-e much credit.
00 course, everyone is keenly inter
ested in tfre cotton bond issue. It is a
political puzzle. It lias been said that
political history as well as a true history
of a war should not be written
until the lapse of 50 years. It would
not do quite so soon after the passage
of the now famous cotton bond act to
write wl'.:at is heard and what may or
(may not be the real history of this
legislation. There are many reports
and rumors as to why this or that was
done and all foe more reason why
the real history of the legislation had
better be written when real patriotism
can e separated from selfish motives;
when "playing politics" can he divorc- i
> ed from public duty and when the
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| intuiowiifg eii. wc tiiiiit; v\ ii ud. v t;
f:ad its way; then someone ought to
write the real history of tiis remarkable
pieoe of legislation, that; came as
a shock and surprise to the peoplte.
May Sever Get to Yoters.
Governor Bleas-e called it at first "a
!hugh joke." Now he realizes that
r
m whatever may have been its genesis,
' that it is beyond that stage. I have no
dou'bt that many members were sincere
in their purpose to serve their
State in proposing and urging the cottoi>
bond issue, but tihe cnanoes are
that it will never get to the voters.
At this writing the chances Tor the
issue to go regularly to the voters are
f remote, but with Cie tickets seDt out
by direction of the senate, in anticipation
of the approval or action o': the
k governor, there is liable to be mtich
confusion, and it certainly behooves
V those interested to keep a close watch
? on what is done alt tee ballot box on
Tuesday.
it is c<eid that it the governor noias
I the act until any time Tuesday without
his approval, under lis constitu
tional rigfcts, that there can be no
B election on the cotton bond question.
HL >'ot the First Time.
?1 This is not he first ime in legisla
! tion that important measures have ex!
pired by t.he operation of time. Many
and many a bill has died 011 the calen:
dar simply by a fi.^ht to keep i'rom acting
on it either affirmatively or negatively.
This is perhaps extending t1kj
1 eld saying that "All is fair in love and
I ifirt 0 11 ^ lirt'ltl^C
j v\ cli lUIiU 1-UiJUV.C.
There is a general demand for a full
>>cte in the election 011 Tuesday. It is
j not so important in the matter of ill?
| elction of State and county officers,
but or many reasons it is important
ti at the total vote should be larje
j and that everyone who can should go
to t.he polls and vote upon the constitutional
issues and that t:.e federal
j ejection tickets should in all instances
be east.
There will be in all about 40 acts
j that will go to make up true volume of
! acts of the special session. More than
I 75 per cent are strictly and absolutely
i local matters; the most important of
I the general matters .being cotton re1
duction. warehouse and the Clf.'con
^ thre-ewbox law.
SET OUT THEIR REASONS
FOR VOTES ON BONDS
!
I Various Senators Ask That Statements
Be Incorporated in Official Journal
Showing Why They Voted as
They Did on Cotton Securities
Measure.
The State, SOth.
Numbers of the senate last night
had incorporated in the journal of the
i senate statements of their reasons for
: voting as they did on the question
! whether the senate should concur in
the Jiouse amendments to the bill :or
issuing $24,000,000 of State bonds on
cotton stored in "warehouses.
These statements follow:
Senator Mars: "I voted against the
^ #
bond bill because I believed it to be
dangerous legislation, ana that no re'
suljts, beneficial to the class of people
it was intended to help, would
come therefrom.''
Senator Beamguar.d: "I voted
against the bond bill because in my
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op.mon line oni as ameuueu m uxc
hojre is impractical and will not give
the relief needed. Also for the further
reason t'jat the time inter1, ening
'between the passage of tie bill and
the date of the general election is insufficient
tor such a measure to get
tr* fho nprml p "
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Senator Epps: "The ftond issue bill
is nothing more in principle than the
State lending its credit to its citizens
(to prevent a sacrifice sale of cotton
at the prevailing price of 6 1-2 cents
a pound.
"There is nothing panicky or dangerous
in tJ':.e provisions of the bill.
The interests of the State are safeguarded
and tiie intrinsic and loan
value is practically fixed at 8 cents
uDon t':.e basis cf middling. If cot
ton advances, the bond question v.ill
dispose oi itself automatically. T.e
effect will have been attained without
necessity of the issue or any part
thereof.''
ISenator Cilfton: "I voted for the
/bond l'lbias amended by the house
as in my judgment it is necessary to
take care of ait least a portion of the
present croip in order to stabilize the
demand for cotton on hand and to try
at least to prevent any further sacrifice
on the part o'<. the farmers and
business in general, and in order to
induce compliance with the acreage
reduction till and because nothing
batter was offered or suggested; and
while t'ne bill does not comply in
whole with my views, and may not
be entirely free from objections
(there are'none that can not be cured
by future legislation) I believe that
it wi'.l afford a measure to relieve the
{farmers and the people of the State
genarally who are suffering from an
abnormal condition not due to any
cause within their control.
"There is no element of risk to the
State in the bill, as the beneficiaries
pay the carrying charges; there will
be nt necessity to increase the tax levy,
the issue is safeguarded against negligence
and speculation, and repayment
is guaranteed by tie notes the participants
collateraled by cotton deposits,
and finally because the State
ought to lend its credit to relieve the
present ana prospective distress of
its wealth producers who have supported
her by their laJbor in times of
peace and defended her in times of
, war."
j Senator Nicholson:
"When I voted for the passage of
, the bill to submit to the qualified electors
of the State the question of is;
suing bonds for the purpose of rej
lieviug the cotton situation I did so
for the reason t*:at I was in "hopes
| that this plan might furnish the basis
j of relief to the people of our State in
the time of their dire necessity. I had
not had time to consider the matter
carefully and at first blush it seemed
to afford the only possible plan that
could do anything to relieve t'Le situation.
I protested against the senate
acting on the bill in taste and
stated that while I voted for thp bill
for the reason that I did not wish to
! be put in the position of opposing the
only plan that I thought might do
something to afford relief, I did so
Avith the distinct understanding tv.au
avhen the w.ole matter '.ad been
thrashed out and the free conference
report submitted that 1 would vote
against the free conference report
unless 1 then felt satisfied that the
bill as finally presented should pass.
I have given the matter my most
caretul consideration and have reached
tv.e conclusion that the bill will not
afford relief to t';e fanners w\o need
it most until too late to do them any
good and that it will lay a heavy
burden of taxation upon all the people
and the benefits derived from the
"bond issue will be confined to comparatively
few of the citizens of the
State and aviii not include tne son an
farmers and those most in need of im.
"mediate assistance. I also vote against
the bill .or the reason that I do not
think there is sufficient time before
the election to give the people suf- j
fic-ient notice of t'::e terms of t':e bill
j and t:.at they will not have an oppor
jtunity to give expression to their ma- j
I ture judgment on a matter of such !
vital importance and far-reaching resuits.
I do not think the bill as i
amended by the house should pass !
and that it will impair the credit of j
; the State and impose a burden of !
| taxation on the people without afford- !
(ing the reliei desired/'
j Senator Sullivan:
j "I vote no, because it is class legislation
and if any good is to come of
it the owners o'. large lots of cotton j
vvill quickly take up t'.'.e bonds before j
tv.e small land owners and tenants!
can secure any and because the time
is now too short for the people to
understand it so as to 'vote intelligently
and because there is danger of ,
a very large bonded debt being sad- j
died upon the State which it may take !
a century to get rid of. The title to
the bill is not in accord with the boay
o the bill and -may thereby get into
the courts and because it will estab- i
lish a precedent that will give further
trouble that may end in paternalism.
Even merchants w':o 'have taken in
cotton at 10 cents were not allowed
to nave any Donas, eic.
Senator Black: "I am opposed to
it on principle first. It is very unwise
for t':ie State to further increase
the bonded indebtedness with which
she is now burdened. I do not think
it will accomplish the purpose for
which designeu.j I am opposed to it
' on the ground also that the people I
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I t'r.ink t':at the poorer class of farm- j
l
ers will .receive no bensfrt. In years |
to ccme legislators will see the mis- j
take made." !'
1
Senator McLaurin: "It is the world I
old fig-t, the dollar against human
flesh and blood. The bond issue is a
life preserver thrown to a drowning
man (the farmer) and the banks'and
cotton actors, like beach combers,
living upon wre-ckage, would snatch it j
away to profit by salvage levied upon :
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cl peup e S miSiUi tuuc. j. i.ui |
I the bo-nd bill because I believe that I
it is a function and du,ty of a gov-1
ernment to do that for the people
which t':ey are unable to do for
themselves.
1 "These bonds will not be sold, tney
will be used as a collateral to a note
for a de'bt incurred in making the
present crop. This note with the ;
bond which has been received in ex- j
change '.or a warehouse recei.pt will |
be discounted by the federal reserve,
bank at its face value.
"I think from the letters I ha've ,
been receiving ttat ocher States are
watching to see w'hat South Carolina
is doing and that siimiliar action
will be taken. The Georgia and
'North Carolina farmers will never.
o.,+- AA.? rw A11V TlrtAfTV'l A lllp.f O T?C* O
&UX11U seeing ifui j aui uoo
the line receiving 9 cents and they
only getting five. If this action is
general credits will be unlocked, payment
of debts contracted for making
the crop will begin and an upward
movement in cotton is sure to come.
fThe farmers will pay the expense of
this issue. Ten per cent, is taken
out when the loan is made to meet I
expenses, and as the cotton is sold
the bonds are automatically retired
.with the proceeds of the sale. The
' government issues money direct to j
banks and permits them to charge
higl'.i rates of interest Why is it
looked upon as revolutionary for the
government to lend its credit in this j
I crucial time to the producers of all
j wealth?" * j,
Senator Christensen: "I voted 'no'
. in accordance with my statement'made
j when I voted to send toe bill to the
| bouse with t'he hope that it would
strike out the buying feature and
reduce the amount of bonds to $25,- I
000.000 or less and the amount per |
pound to be loaned. I voted and spoke
here for these modifications without:
avail. The house has stricken out the ,
buying clause and reduced the amount j
to $24,000,000, but it leaves 9 cents |
nc tlio dm/Mint at -whi^n pnt-frm to
be valorized. This is a vital feature ;
of t' e bill, as each cent of t'he amount .
fixed bv the valorization by the sen- |
ate represents a risk by the tState of
over $2,500,000. I believe a 9 cents
f
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They wear as long
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They're styled with I g.
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valorization would involve finally an
addition of millions to the permanent ;
bonded debt of the State; and it makes li
o!.1 the bill a proposition to speculate
instead of the proposition to lend the
credit of the State, which' I am pre- ?
pared to support."
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WHITMAN ELECTED GOVERNOR n\,.
IN EMPIRE STATE M
Wadsworth Selected for Senate Over j
Gerard?Progressive Nominees
Not in Running.
New York, iNov. 3.?Charles S.
Whitman, Republican, was elected
governor of New York today by an
estimated plurality of 11,000 over
Martin H. Glynn, Democrat, the incumbent.
William Sulzer, impeached as governor
and removed from office a year
ago, running on the prohibition and
American party tickets, finished third,
polling, it appears on t):e face of incomplete
returns, slightly more .than
100,000 votes. Frederick M. Davenport,
Progressive, ran 'fourth with ap- *
proximately 50,000 votes.
James W. Wadsworth, Republican
appears to hiave defeated James W.
Gerard, Democrat, for the United
~
States senate 'by about 4o,uuu. cambridge
Colby, Progressive, was third with
a vote Chat probajbly will not ex- AW
ceed 50,000.
In 4,081 districts out of 5,661 in
the State the vote for governor stood:
Whitman, 529,336; Grlynn, 453,278; iSulz
Sulzer, 80.540; Davenport, 37,963. tion a
In 2,029 districts out of the total when
of 5,661 the vote for senator stood: defeat*
Wadsr*'firth. 254.607: Gerard. 237.742: WhitTn
Collby, 29,602. "Th(
Republican -headquarters claimed for jts
their entire State ticket and a ma- money
jorit.y of tf: eir candidates for the leg- an(j W]islature
had been elected. e(j
(Within two ho?urs alter the polls Roose^
closed Democratic managers admitted
defeat for Glynn. They clung to ^ <(
the hope, however, that Gerard would
The
be elected. Virtually complete returns
from New York indicated that "^as ^
Mr "W
Glynn will have a pluanty of be- " '
~ , ?T ?,
tween 50,000 and bU.UUt) were, ana * ^
that Whitman's u'p-ISltate lead would Chai
be well upwards of 175,000. many
Approximately, two-fifths of the ticket
total number of districts in Greater | "By
Xew York gave Gerard a lead of Stare
about 30.000 over Wadsworth, while goverc
t! e latter had a 50,000 lead in a little more
less than one-third of the up-State Whitm
districts. ^admini
/VllUva JL 1
Iaiha Tiimrrc Naar
'U1UU 11111150 A1
prove the Schoc
Pictures,
Maps,
Globes,
Blackboard Clo
Stove Polish,
<a ?
(Joai Scuttle,
Coal Shovels,
Enamel Water
Crayons,
Blackboard Era
nd everything . i
iinnlioc
BETTER GOODS FOR SA
i fS ?^ Book aiu
vicxy cs Variety
The House of a Thous
elps With the
At night when the childrei
the sitting-room -table studying
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me neai uay, mc icicpiunc uuc
neighbor a mile down the road
his school-mates. Children as \*
get pleasure and profit from the
Do you know how little this serv
valuable it is ?
See the nearest Bell Teleph
write for our free booklet. A p<
FARMERS' LINE DEPAJ
UTHERN BELL TELEP1
D TELEGRAPH COMI
er sirpporters held a celehra- X0T1
t his Broadway headquarters 'Notice
they heard that Glynn (had been 'undersigi
ad. They gave all credit for INewberrj
an's victory to iheir leader. lice of th
a verdict of the people speaks Ty county
self," said Sulzer. "Without ^errfber 6
, without newspaper support araw im
tJhout organization I have elect- men wcc
itman, beaten Glynn and made ?^ the CCM
relit look like 30 cents." convenes
- , a vemlber 2
jman nad nothing to say except
tfce result speaks for itself." *or on
only word 'irom Gov. Glynn j
lis telegram sent by him to j
hitman, sent from Albany: | jury. ^
Dngratulate on -your victory." | County
*les F. Murpthy, leader of Tam- i Octobei
Hall, admitted defeat of the j?
at 9 o'clock. j How To
their vote the electors of tne febriun
Jiave signified their choice for toTake
lor," he said. "There is no ; Aisodesped
to be said except to wish Mr. itakeordina
cause nerve
an a satisfactory and successful it the next t
,. I pose. Ask
stration." j name fjsbi
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led lo k
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Bucket,
sers,
in School
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ME MONEY
1 Store
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and Things
?1
Lessons
i gather around
their lessons ror
n rings. A little
wants help from
rell as grown-ups
i farm telephone,
ice costs and how
one Manager or
?,?:ii
UbLcli Will U\J,
R.TMENT
bone:
,any oas
ICE TO EADW JUBT.
is h-ereby given t>at we, the
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100 jury cuuiiuuw>-uuci. o iU.
r County, L C., will at the ofc
clerk o-f court for New^bery
at nine o'clock a. m., Noth,
19-14, openly and publicly
i names of thriity-six (36)
> shall serve as Petit Jurors
int of general sessions, whioi?
at Newberry court house, No!3rd.
1914, and will continue
week.
Jno. L. Epps,
iuug. s.. weris,
J no. C. Goggans,
mmissioners for Newberry
, S. C.
26th, 1914.
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