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HME m BLEASE. COMMITTEE FAVORS PASSING LI? BEL MEASl RE AND BXPVNQ IV? PART OF MKS? SAGE. r. Rrtnbrrt Starts Acrtinoniou? IV ggSJM. DIucusnt* Judkiary Commu? te* and Speaker, to Which Excep? tion* are Taken Columbia. Jan. 13.?The Judiciary committee of the house has made re? ports on the libel act and on the spe? cial manage of the governor In ref erai.ce to it. The first report of the committee, mid* t?y four of lt? mem? ber!, which it appointed a sub-com? mittee, recommends that all the gov? ernor's libel act message, except his specific objections to the act which the constitution requires printed in the Journal, be expunged from the record, elnce "the style and language in which the same is couched are such that self-reap ?ct forbids that a dtgn'fled leg-illative body should per? mit it to become part of the records of its aeta" The second report of the Judiciary committee, read last night, recom? mends that the libel set pass in spite of the governor's veto. A stormy debate was precipitated In the house by Mr. Rembert last night when he Insinuated that there was some ulterior motive In preeent tng the two reports separately, and tried to prove that the Judiciary com? mittee had violated the constitution in recommending that part of the governor's libel act message be ex? punged from the record. Debate was ndjou-ned on the two reports until Wednesday morning. Mr. Vender Horst, chairman of the Judlcii ry committee. Mr. Stevenson, ?chairman of the sub-committee ap? points! and Speaker Smith on the part <t the house took exception to the remarks of Mr. Rembert. The debate was acrlmonloua The report of the sub-committee of the Judiciary committee was read yes? terday morning at 11:30 o'clock. Mr. Rembert took the floor immediately after the report was read. The only point he made. when he was in? terrupted to allow L. W. Page to apeak, was to the constitutionality of expunging part of the special mes? sage on the lib el act from the record. After the joint assembly adjourned last night, the house reconvened and ieelded to adjourn until Monday night at ? o'clock. Mr. Rembert, whose speech on the adoption of the report4 of the sub? committee of the Judiciary committee of the libel act veto message be ex? punged from the record, was cut short yesterday morning, again took the floor last sight after the house fixed the hour to wrich It would stand ad? journed. Mt. Rembert said at the outset that he did not want to open the debate on the report of the subcommittee on the govsmor'e libel act message, but that ha understood that the Judiciary committee would recommend In an? other report that the libel act be over the governor's veto, were.- nalJ Mr. Rembert, "two reports, the first, recommending that the house expunge part of the governor's special message, and the second, recommending that the libel sc. be passed over the governor's ve? to,'* Mr. Rembert said that when the report of the subjudlclary committee was res', to the house yeeterday morn'.ng, tftere was silence and he took the floor to defend his excel? lency. "The usual course." declared the speaker, "would hav? been for Mr. Stevenson, the chslrman of the sub? committee making the report, to tell the house why the committee had recommended that a part of the spe? cial mssesge be expunged from the house Journal." Mr. Rembert said th it he wanted the full report of the Judiciary com? mittee read before the house and in? timated that there was some ulterior motive In holding back the report of the Judiciary committee recommend? ing that the libel act pans in spite of the governor's veto. Mr. Rembort ended with the ntatnment that he had not yet spok?n on tb?- uo-rlts of the csse. Speaker Smith, at thin point, mad. the statement that the remarks of Mr. Komi ert might be Construed SJ S reflection upon the way in vs M h ? GARDEN SEED FRESH stark o( all kinds of Garden Seed now in. Now is the lime to M (tct whrft you want Sibert's Drug Store TELEPHONT JS3. the reports from the Judiciary com? mittee had been handled by the chair. He told the house that there were two reports, one from the subcommit? tee recommending that a part of the special message on the libel act be expunged from the record and anoth? er from the committee on Judiciary as a whole, recommending that the libel act pass over the governor's Veto. Ho had followed the usual proceed-, ing In presenting the reports, one at a time. Speaker Smith said that the reports were separate and would be voted on separately. Mr. Rembert asked unanimous con? sent to consider both reports to? gether. Mr. Vander Horst, succeeding T. B. Fr?ser as chairman of the Judiciary committee, took the floor to make a "formal statement." He said that Mr. Rembert seemed to think the judiciary committee was moved to make seperate reports on the gover? nor's veto message and the libel act. He explained that two papers had been referred to the committee by the house, the one a message, the other a vetoed act. Therefore, the committee, of necessity, had to make two separate reports. Mr. Rembert read the flection of the State constitution which says that the governor's reasons for vetoing an act must be printed in the Journal. He said that there had been an at? tempt to overrule the constitution. In reply to this statement, Mr. Van? der Horst said. "Assuming that the State constitution does require every word of a veto message to be print? ed, this veto message has already been printed In full In the Journal. The message was referred to rec? ommendation. I am neither a friend nor an enemy to the governor. When I think he Is right I will vote with him, but when I thin he is wrong I will vote against him. In my opinion Ion, the language contained in the governor's special veto message on the libel act is unbecoming to the rec? ords of this house." Mr. Vander Horst gave Mr. Rem? bert permission to ask him a cues tlon. "Is It the Idea of the Judiciary com? mittee that they can legislate a mat? ter through the house which contro? verts the constitution?" asked Mr. Rembert Mr. Vander Horst requested Mr. Rembert to put his question more speciaflcally. "I can not" replied Mr. Rembert "furnish the brains for asking a question and also the brains for an? swering ft" "I hardly think you can," retorted Mr. Vander Horst, amid laughter. In regard to the Violation of '.he constitution, which Mr. Rembert Wiehes to bring out in his remarks. Mr. Vander Horst told the house that the constitution requires that the ob? jections raised by the governor to a vetoed act should be printed at large in the house record. In the special massage on the libel act, the only ob? jections raised were in the first two paragraphs of the message. The re? mainder of the document was a mere recital of the governor's grievances. Mr. Stevenson, chairman of the suhjudlclary committee, which rec? ommended that a part of the special message be expunged, took the floor. "The members of Judiciary com? mittee did not call for the report when It was read this morning." said Mr. Stevenson. "Rut as soon as It was read Mr. Rembert took the floor and I could not get It to make a statement as to why the report was made. The Judicary committee has nothing whatever to do with tho way in which reports are dead In the house. I am In favor of having both reports printed and laid on the desks of the members." Mr. Magill moved that the two re? ports on the special message and the libel act be printed and laid on the members' desks. Mr. Kibler moved to continue the debate until Wednesday at noon, when "the lawyers of the house" would have had time to decide wheth? er or not the constitution had been violated by the report of tho Judi? ciary commmltteo recommending that a part of tho governor's libel act mes? sage be expunded. Mr. lteml>ert took the floor for a "short com er.*ation." Mr. Stevenson moved that the house adjourn. "i understand that the gentleman la afraid?" began Mr. Humbert "i am not afraid of Mr. Rembert in dehnte et otherwise," replied Mr. Stevenson. Tbi< speak r Informed Mr. Kern bert when be tried to continue, that tie- Indulgence of the ctiair for bis "short conversation" gras at "i end. Mr. Rembert sad down, Mr. Kibler moved lo defer debate on th? reports of the Judiciary com? mittee until Wednesday after third I reading bills, . nd his motion WSS carried. Mr Wings rd moi sd i ecurrence to the morning hour, and waa informed by the aoenker that the house w as then in the morning hour. "Have i 1 hau ?hs Boor." ashed M i ? Wewshewl Speaker Smith to|g him thai the matter dvoti which he had had the floor had been disposed of !>y the mo tion of Mr. KlbleE. "Reports of committees," an? nounced Speaker Smith. The clerk read the report of tha judiciary committee on '.he libel act. The report said that the judiciary committee of the house had carefully considered the libel act and recom? mended that It pass, "the veto of the governor to the contrary notwith? standing." Mr. Stevenson, out of courtesy to the governor's friends, moved that the house defer action on the report until Wednesday after third reading I ills. His motion was carried. Tho house, after the stormiest ses? sion of the present term, adjourned to meet at 8 o'clock Monday night. The report of the subcommittee of the Judiciary committee, recommend? ing that a portion of the libel act veto message be expunged from the house record, follow3 in full: "The judkiory subcommittee to which the veto message on the libel hill was referred respectfully report: "That the objections raised by his excellency are two-fold and are stated in the following language and under ihe constitution should be recorded in the journal, though the language of tho first is objectlonal ,to wit: "1. 'I return this act to you, with? out my signature, because In my opin? ion, it i3 the most Iniquitous measure that has ever passed a Democratic legislative body, and I must believe that It went through without being properly considered by you, because t deprives the citizen of the only redress he has, save to take a shot? gun or a pistol to protect himself from the abuse and lies of the dir? tiest set of liarw that has ever Infest? ed a State, viz: The lying reporter and editor.' "2. 'And, further, I beg to call your attention to the fact that by the pas? sage of this act you are extending protection to the newspaper editors which you deny individual citizens, oven yourselves; for if one of you, or any other citizen of this State, were to write an article, or to write a letter detrimental to the character of another citizen, you are liable for damages and also to prosecution for ?bel. 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