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M UEN LA? KILLED. OF THE LAW DIE HARD. Fight te Have the Law Protracted I* to the Night and Many Strata triad to Save It But All la and Substitutes Wore 'Voted Down. Columbia, Feb. I*.? After a three faint, which may or may not bean a filibuster to keep certain bltla In the background, the Ha has Anally decided to kill the ksw. A great deal of time ban leal and much of the most Im leglslation of the session re? ts be dons within two days? mrevldtng the legislature adjourns esaturday night. Nons of the three SMtteoprtatlon and supply bills have touched by the senate. The tlea law repeal advocates gain? s' a ceeaplete victory yesterday by the Hen law section of the repealed, the senate thus partly lading Its action of the day be The vote on the question waa Iry reached aa the midnight hour Sjqawffoaohed. The ayes and nays were gast called for on the passage of the hut on every motion previous to they were demanded and much waa consumed In the discussion ?ots upon the various amend is a la ths bill ss finally adopted the m section ie repealed and there a proviso that this shall not effect made prior to January 1. 1910. waa to throw safeguards around amM transactions made prior to the the measure goes Into ef a? The teat rote before the bill was was en a motion to reconsider meiiee whereby the senate killed endment providing thst the on be submitted to ths people Mas State. Tbl? was tabled by s of It to 14. The friends of the repeal bill were mach gratlAod at the over lag victory of their side. ?T1 ef this fight on ths Hen law sj ether important bila to be When ths bill cams up for discus? es ths pending question was wheth r fr not the motion of Senator Rog? er to saoept certain counties upon a election thereon ahould pass. Bates stated that the adop of Senator Rogers' motion would gast render the bill unconstitutional as leehi beea suggested. The constitution ssWbJds It subjects from being made tlal oa local 'laws by the leglala of theee refer to the Hen r. the constitution provide* that la any case where a general would apply no special legislation he enacted. Benater Batee stated that he had lined the court decisions upon tllar questions. general proposition Is: "Th? tlon whether a general law can ids applicable Is for ths legis? ts decide." Of course all this pertains to esses feere a special law is not prohibited. The question from the various de leu seems to be left to the legis? lature and not to the court* Senator seate* pointed out genoral cases In the Chatte J States courts where thla mat? ter Vn some form or other had come any for consideration. Senator Bates referred to a ca?e In i.hich ths Supreme Court held that the exemption of certain counties from the stock law was held to be ?otrstltutlonsl. Benator Kirle read from Justice Jones' decision In the State against Burns. This decision practically is to I the effect thst the special legislation email not Interfere with the general hnrmlty of the law In question. In rrd to the stock law. aald Mr. rle. ther* are different condition-' ha various parts of the State. For the reason the law can be mode uo gdleebls to the different sections of fme State. \ Senator Kelley in reply to the sen? ator Worn Barnwell objected to the In* down of his bill with amend? ing He claimed the amendment lid kill the bill, as to excepting fjgrmin counties He had objected to law ? isndrnent of Senator Clifton be aatife he believed this would have SMillifted the provisions of the bill. it the bill would be unconstltu ai with certain counties exempted *h?? stand taken by Senator Kel? ley. the author of the lien law repeal hill He did not want the passage ejf the law to occasion a "multiplicity mi lew-suits ' llswator Laney and I anal Of Kelley ea?in>>*?d In Home irnualnx Interlocu ff remarks an to the queatlon of Ite-w1ri> prohibition and |ggej op it its net or Otts offered an amendment to the effect thst the whole question ha submitted to a vote of the peo| i < t a general eh ti -n held taxi An ??Let the peopl* say whetlei or not ley w'll want a repeal of the lien m." ?ald Mr. Otts "I am satisfied Senator Rogers' amendment la svdnpt'd ths law will be nullified. Let the people spebk and thus we can set? tle the question for at least a decade." Senator Kelley atated that the peo? ple of the State had already spoken on this matter. Senator Kelley moved to table the amendment of Senator Rogers. The vote resulted: Ayes?Carlisle, Carpenter. Christ? ensen. Crosson, Earle, Forrest, Gray don, Hardln, Harvey, Johnstone, Kel? ley. Lide. Mauldln, McKeithan. Muck enfuse, Otts, Rainsford, Stewart, Sul? livan. Summers, Waller, Wefcton?22. Nuy.s?Appelt, Bass. Bates, Black, Clifton, Griffin, Hough, Johnson, La ney, Montgomery, Rogers, Sinkler, Splvey. Walker?14. So the senate laid on the table the "local option" amendment of Senator Rogers. Senator Otts then offered his amendment, which would give a State referendum on the question of "lien law repeal" or "no Hen law repeal." If a majority of the people should vote for the repeal of the law the governor should then by order ratify the repeal, but if the vote Is against the repeal, then it should remain on the statute books. Senator Laney favored the referen? dum and made extended remarks thereon. Senator Weston referred to the question of local option, which he said has nothing to do with the mat? ter. As to Ott's amendment, Senator Weston characterised this as "an ab? surd proposition." "It would give the governor the power to abrogate the law." said Mr. Weaton. "And this is without paral? lel. Lien merchants and farmers would have already made and taken liens whUe this matter is being sub? mitted to the people." Senator Splvey felt that the refer? endum would be a happy solution of the whole matter. Senator Muckenfuss thought the referendum unnecessary as the Hen law was a "stump Issue." The fact that senators were sent here argues that their position Is Indorsed. Why submit the question to the people? A light vote, such as is always the case In theee special elections, would not necessarily stiow the true sentiment. Senator Sullivan moved to lay Sen? ator Otis' amendment on the table. On this the vote reeulted: Ayee?Carpenter. Christensen, Cros aon. Earle. Forrest, Qraydon, Hardln, Harvey. Hough, Johnstone. Kelley, Ude. Mauldln. McKeithan, Rainsford, Rogers, Sinkler, Stewart. Sullivan, Summers. Walker, Waller, Weston? It. Nays?Appelt, Bass, Bates, Black, Carlisle, Clifton, Griffin, Johnson, La? ney, Montgomery, Otts, Splvey?12. So the senate tabled the amend? ment. Senator Rogers moved to reconsid? er the motion, whereby the senate tabled the Otts amendment, and made a speech thereon. He argued that the passage of the repeal would be heard In years to come. He has Investigated the question very thoroughly. Has found out the right side In this mat? ter, and he made an appeal to the senate to take care In their action. Senator Clifton made one of his characteristic humorous speeches. t<>"ching upon the liquor law and oth t questions of general Interest. He Onally touched upon the measure In Question, objecting to the forcing up? on the counties the provisions there? of. The trend of Senator Clifton's re? marks was for local self-govei ment. Senator Clifton had submitted an amendment to submit the question of Hen law or no Hen law to the counties of the State simultaneously. There arose some question as to a disposition of the matter. It was 11 o'clock, and Senator Clifton was still speaking. A motion to recur to the morning hour was made and this was lost by a vote of 17 to 14. Senator Griffin explained his posi? tion on the lien law on a question of personal privilege. He referred to the wishes of the people of his coun? ty and at the time he had not voted one way or the other on this question his people were considering the mat? ter, and as he was a servant of the people, he wished to represent his people. He was of the opinion that the wish for the repeal of the lien law came from the wrong source. >rv It Is Interesting to note that in the recent tax roll In New York Mrs. Rus? sell Sage Is assessed for twice as much an John D. Rockefeller. Mrs. Ida A. Flagler Is down for $2.000,000. The two daughters of the late Mr. I i RSW and two daughters of the Vanderbllts are the other millionaire women. These women and others not mentioned pay more taxes than the Harrlmans. the Goulds, A st ?um and J. Plerpont Morgan. CASTOR IA for Infant? and Children. Us Kind You Han Always Bought Bears the Signature oi THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. HOUSE BUSY CLEARING UP ODDS AND ENDS. Senator Otts Threatens to Keep Legis? lature in Session .Until .He .Can Force a Vote on His Prohibition ? BUI?Supply Bills Have Not Yel Been Passed. Columbia, Feb. 19.?Senator Sulli? van's bill requiring ginneries to mark cotton was killed in the house as wi re Senator Weston's bill making the burning of an insured building a fel? ony and Senator Carlisle's bill doing away with the forty days limit for recording papers. Mr. Bryce has a bill pending in the senate making the limit twenty days. This will like? ly pass amended to ten days which will be acceptable to Mr. Eryce. The House gave the second read? ing to Senator Weston's factory in? spector's bill. Mr. Irby tried* to amend by having the inspectors in? vestigate the charges that the oil mills are putting hulls in meal, but failed. Debate In Senate. Columbia, Feb. 19.?By a vote of 25 to 8 the senate refused Prohibition Leader Otts* motion to have his State? wide prohibition bill supercede the bill to do away with the present mile? age book regulations. The chair rul? ed out of order Senator Mauldin's motion to limit debate on the prohibi? tion and mileage book bills to two hours each. The senate then entered upon the debate on the mileage bill. Otts Makes Threats. Columbia, Feb. 19.?After failing, to get up his prohibition bill Senator Otts said he would keep the general assembly over through next week, if necesssary to get a vote on his pro? hibition bill. Adjournment Not In Sight. Columbia, Feb. 19.?There is prac? tically no hope now of sine die ad? journment tomorrow, unless the sen? ate passes the supply bills this after? noon, which is not likely. The mile? age book bill didn't reach a vote. Publication Forbidden. Columbia, Feb. 19.?Senator Kel ley's bill making the publication ol the name of the victim of rape a mis? demeanor becomes a law. The house Is giving It it's final reading. STANDARD OIL BILL. Columbia, Feb. 19.?On Its final reading in the house today a flghl was made by Mr. C. A. Smith on Mr Karle's bill directed at the Standard Oil Co., to prevent it selling oil at dif? ferent prices. The bill was passed and ordered enrolled for ratification TWO CLIFTON BILLS PASS. Columbia, Feb. 19.?Senator Clif? ton's bill regarding special masters was killed in the house by a narrow majority. His baggage and cottor weighers bills got through and were ordered ratified. Columbia, Feb. 19.?After spending practically the entire legislative da> In consideration of the railroad rate bin the senate tonight killed that pari of the measure relating to a 2 1-2 cent rate, but left the section refer? ring to the taking up of mileage cou? pons on the trains. The indications are that the whole bill will be killed when debate thereon will be resumed tomorrow. Although the senate had by a close vote refused to table the entire bill when the motion to pass the bill to third reading was pending, an amendment was offered and adopt? ed which, in effect, struck out the provision as to a 2 1-2 cent rate. - V Columbia, Feb. 20.?A sharp fight was made on third reading in the house on the factory inspection bill, on account of the amendment making it a misdemeanor for mill authori? ties to discriminate against union em? ployes. Mr. Cothran's motion to re? commit was tabled by a vote of 58 to 26 and the bill was given the final reading. There was also fights on the mental anguish bill and that forbid? ding the publication of the name of the woman in rape cases, but both passed. The bill regulating fertilizer manu? facture and sale was passed by the house, and will become law. It Is a bill the farmers have been after for several years. In the Senate. After today's work the senate ad? journs to Tuesday, night and the house to Wednesday night. The bill to do away with the limit for recording papers was given the final rending In the senate and was amended tO make the limit ten days. The senate passed to third reading the house bill appropriating twenty five thousand dollars to help poorer BehOOla to Isngtbsn their terms. By a VOte Of twenty to ten the sen? ate refused to kill the bill doing away with mileage book regulation. The bill was passed to the third rending as amended last night, which cuts out reduction of maximum rate. This loaves the railroads free to withdraw the present reduced rate, which it is understood they will do. The only amendment made to the bill today is that exempting roads not over fifty miles in length. Columbia, Feb. 19.?We have a re- | markable situation in the legislature. The members of the house are long? ing to go home. They have worked hard and faithfully, and did every? thing possible so that they might ad? journ tomorrow. If the assembly does not adjourn tomorrow the fault is not on the house side. The appro? priation bill was over on the senate side in ample time. The supply bill could have gotten through the sen? ate except for objection made there. From 1886 to 1895 the sessions were for 30 days with the exception of one year. For four years after 1895 the sessions were prolonged on account of the new constitution. From 1899 un? til this year the regular sessions have never been extended beyond forty I days, and now the senate insists up I on an extraordinary session. Mem I bers are put out that the senate did I not today consider the supply, nor ap? propriation bill. Members of the I house insisted that it was buncombe, I pure buncombe to talk about coming I back next session, and the aouse hur I rahed that it had practically finished I its work, and had fully cleared its I decks to go home tomorrow night. The suggestion has been made that I the senate is bluffing, and expects to I adjourn by Sunday morning, but I when the news came over that the I senate had agreed to adjourn from to I morrow noon until Tuesday night, the I house did not know ho.w to get the I senate to do anything except wait for I the senate, as the bouse cannot ad Ijourn without the senate. There were I various and sundry efforts made to I send the senate official notice that the I house was ready to adjourn tomor I row. j Mr. Sawyer called up his resolution I on the Calender, but Mr. M. L. Smith I raised the point of order that the I house was under the head of second I reading bills, and that had been I clinched and it could not lake up a I resolution. The point was sustained I and the resolution could not be con I sldered. Then a new motion to adjourn to I morrow was tried, but could not be ? I considered, ten members objecting I Then Mr. Rucker tried to get through ' I a motion that the clerk be instructed I to convey a verbal message to the I senate that the house was ready tc I adjourn. But this was ruled to be II out of order. The house could not [ I get its official announcement to the ? I senate that it was longing to adjourr II but it refused on a yea and nay vote " I to agree of Mr. Fraser's motion that II the house, when it adjourns tomor ? I row, meet again Wednesday. He die I this, he argued, simply because he I could not help himself, on account ol ' I the situation in the senate. Columbia, Feb. 20.?The senate de 1 elded last night to take a recess until ! Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock when 11 recedes from business today at 12:3C o'clock. This means that the time ? honored custom of 40 days' and 4( r nights' sessions has been broken ! The senate will meet today for a brlel L session, beginning at 10 o'clock, and will return next week for busines.? with no definite adjournment sine die now In sight. Probably the senate 1 will not continue in session longei 1 than Saturday, February 27. 1 The state of affairs is about as fol 1 lows: The supply and appropriation 1 bills have not been yet considered in 1 the senate. An adjournment today would have been necessarily Impos? sible as In order for this to have been ! within the range of possibility the supply bills would have had to be considered yesterday. This was not done. Members having important i bills wished to get them up and the result was that the appropriation and supply bills were not taken up out of their regular order for second read? ing. They had not been on the desk the necessay 24 hours and under the i rules this point was raised. The rail? road rate bill had been made a special order yesterday and this hac the right of way. The lien law dis - cusslon had taken up three days, al of which tendeo' to not allow the sup? ply and appropriation hills to be con? sidered. The house last night refused to adopt any resolution to adjourn. Mr. Richards suggested that the house adjourn until next Tuesday. Mr. Rucker protested. It was an injustice to the members of the house to allow the senate to refuse to ad? journ sine die. If They wanted to stay over until Tuesday or Wednesday it was up to the house to show what they thought of it. Mr. Fr?ser suggested Wednesday at noon. Monday was a legal holiday, and it was certain that the general assembly was not going to adjourn Saturday. The amendment was satis? factory to Mr. Richards. Mr. Sawyer wanted adjournment Saturday. He would put the respon? sibility where It belonged. It was the fault of the other side that legis? lation was postponed. Mr. Richards called attention to the fact that the house could not go without the consent of the senate and important bills had not yet been pass? ed by that body. Mr. Cosgrove argued for adjourn agree to limit the discussion of the State-wide prohibition bill to two hours and then vote. I need not tell this senate such is untrue, when I earnestly urged and instantly agreed ment, holding that it was wrong to to the resolution proposed '. y the sen hold the house here. On an aye and nay vote of 48 to 4 2 the Richards res? olution was ta bled. Mr. Sawyers motion to adjourn Saturday, which was on the calendar, was ruled out of order, as was Mr. Rucker's motion that the clerk of the house notify the senate that house was ready to ajourn. The point was raised by Mr. M. L. Smith. Mr. Cos grove's motion that the house ad? journ Saturday was objected to by ten members. The house refused to continue all second reading bills. The house killed Senator Carlisle's bill to declare the word "heirs" un necessasry in fee simple convey? ances. Mr. Otts Explains Position. Senator Otts rose to a question of personal privilege in the senate last evening and E.nswered the charge that he has blocked legislation by not al? lowing the supply bill to come up. Senato Otts said: "I have been a member of the house of representatives or of the ator from QreenvMe, and the oppo? sition came from t ie senators who are opposed to the prohibition bill, and ths point of order. came from that stds and not from the prohibi? tion is; s. "I did object to the consideration of the supply bill, which I had a right to do under the rules of the senate, because I believe that a quorum can not be kept here after the supply bill is passed. This bill was kept in the house of representatives by the dila? tory tactics of its opponents. It came to the senate just befoie the noon re? cess on yesterday. Yesterday after? noon I convened the committee on police regulations and reported the bill at the night session. This morn? ing it was on the desk of senators less than 24 hours. That was mother reason why I favored the resolution proposed by the senator from Green? ville. But I say now, deliberately, that I shall use every power conferred upon me by the rules of the senate to keep this assembly from adjourn? ing until a vote is had on the pro senate off and on since 189 4, when I ] hibition bills. I have as great a de was first elected a member from the sire to go home as any senator on this County of Union, and this is the first floor, and professional reasons, my time I have ever felt impelled to rise j court convening for a three weeks' to a question of personal privilege. term next Monday. But for me to "I have just been informed by the j have sat in my seat and allowed this speaker of the house of representa- j senate to adjourn without acting up tive8 that I am responsible for this ' on the house bill would have been for general assembly not adjourning sine me to have played a traitor to the die on tomorrow, because I this ; cause of prohibition, and every sen morning refused to accede to the , ator on this floor knows lt. I have proposition to take up the rate bill j only done my duty as I see It, and I and discuss It for two hours and then , shall continue to do so, if there is no vote upon it; and also refused to adjournment until June." LOOK ! At a few samples of linseed oil in our show window and see the different kinds that are used in paint. At the same time examine the sample of strictly pure refined oil made by Sherwin-Williams Co., and sold by us, even if it does cost us more money. 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