The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-12-11

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the MANNED soldier. He thought this
was better way of spending the peoples
money than in building canals, as some
wanted to do. He was in favor of giving
the pension to the widows and orphans
of the Confederate soldiers, but we could
not do that now, for we are not ablo. He
thought we ought, however, to take care
of the soldiers, even though we could not
give to the widows. The House refused
to strike out the enacting clause, and
made tho Bill the special order for Thurs
day, when it will be further considered.
The whole Anderson delegation voted
against the Bill. 1t will probably be
amended and pass the House, though it
is not believed it can get through the
Senate. The propriety of calling
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
is widely discussed and greatly differed
on. The majority is in favor of it, but
we hardly expect to get two-thirds of
each house to vote for it. By the way,
we have heard of some Solons who con-
denim the Legislature for not calling the
Convention last year, so as to have had
it over before the general election. II
they will trouble their wise heads suffi-
GENTLY to look at Sec. 8, Art. XIV, of the
Constitution, they will see that the ques-
ton Of convention or no convention is to
be voted on at the regular election, and,
therefore, if it had passed at the last ses-
sion of the Legislature, it could not have
been voted on until the next election,
which comes off next fall, and, therefore,
the Legislature did right not to consider
the subject until the session before the
election.
The House of Representatives on last
Thursday got into liberal mood and
voted to give Mrs. R. H. Anderson and
daughter, the widow of Gen. Anderson,
seven hundred dollars, the balance Of
salary that would have been due him as
Phosphate Agent if he had lived for one
year from entry into Office. A motion to
strike out the enacting clause elected
a gush of argument from those favoring
the donation, pending which the whole
question was put under the operation of
the previous question, which cuts off de-
bate, and was carried by vote of % to
81. The Anderson delegation voted
against the resolution, because we be-
lieve that the Legislature has no right to
vote away public money on account Of
our sympathy for private individuals.
The Legislature does not sit here to dis
pense favors, but to make laws, only ex-
pending so much money as is necessary
for that purpose. Therefore, we could
not see any grounds of principle on
which we could vote for the appropria-
ton.
THE LOCAL SCHOOL TAX
Bill came up in the House again on Sat-
urday, and was discussed all day by
Messrs. Kennedy, Cooke and Gaillard
speaking for and DIR. Brown and Col. j.
81. Earle against the Bill. 1t again came
up on Monday, but was postponed until
Thursday. There is every probability
that it will be defeated, and the State will
thereby be saved the annoyance such a
statute will surely entail. The chances
for an
EARLY ADJOURNMENT
have somewhat diminished during the
past week. The House has moved very
slowly with its business, and there are
several members who would like to stay
here the year around. Some of the at
tachees also have discovered that their
compensation is more than an equivalent
for their services at homo, and therefore
they are of opinion that. the Legislature
should not hurry with the business. Some
of the members became SO solicitous the
other day about having the legislation
properly conducted, that they would not
allow any business to be transacted by
the House because the bills had not been
on their tables for twenty-four hours.
This may have been for the welfare of the
State, but it threw away one days work,
which cost the people about one thousand
dollars. We have been in favor of "a
short session from the beginning, for we
believe the State is now suffering from the
consequences of too much law making.
The Legislature could not do better than
to adjourn as soon as it passes the home
stead, tax and supply bills, and further
regulate the phosphate interests of the
State. With the purpose of helping to
accomplish this, Mr.. Murray has intro
duced resolution prohibiting the intro
duction of any new bill or joint resolution
after next Saturday. Ifit passes the pros
pect of an early adjournment will still be
good. If it does not we may expect to
come back after Christmas. From pres
ent appearances we believe the resolution
will pass by good majority. Col. Matti-
sons Bill to change the time for warning
HANDS TO WORK THE ROADS
from three days to twelve hours has
passed the House and gone to the Senate.
Senator Crayton will take care of itthere,
and it will certainly become law. The
representatives from all parts of the State
seem agreed that we need
A DOG LAW,
and Col. Watts has introduced Bill to
charge license of one dollar on every
dog man keeps, and to apply the fund
thus raised to the assistance Of the public
school fund. If it passes it will bea very
valuable aid to our public schools, for we
have no doubt that there are from five to
ten thousand dogs in Anderson County.
These dogs require enough food to keep
hog fat, and, besides being consumers
to this extent, they also practically pro-
hibit the raising of sheep. This Bill will
no doubt awaken much interest and a
lively debate.
THE SUPPLY BILL
has been presented, and, if passed in its
present shape, will entail tax of about