The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-12-15

! ident cf The Senate and Speaker Of the
II ouse an, the Governor. Now il will
take fifteen days reading to read it once,
and rs il can be read the first time by its
title ONLY. it must be read section by sec
ton four times, which will be sixty days.
Already the session is drawing TO close,
| end it has not been read once in full in
the House 1t will therefore require n
session Of at least from forty.f or fifty
DAYS, and may be sixty days, after Christ
mas to finish this one job. The question
will arise, then, is it worth the price.
| Had il not been for this job we could
J. ve adjourned by Christmas but there
will be long session after Christmas.
and the cost will be more than
think the taxpayers with short crops and
hard times can afford 10 meet. There
was no immediate necessity for this work
and il did seem To me that it would be
| better not only to do it cheaper, but at a
time when the struggling taxpayers could
better afford TO foot the bill
There was still another reason which
WAS as important as the money consid-
Grafton, or more 50. The House is
amending this report, volume or bill, and
the members arc called upon on the in
slant to vote on matters affecting the best
interests Of the State without time to as.
certain the effect or import Of the amend.
mcn,-. The Senate will amend also. and
ne viii De called upon TO vote On these
amendments instantly Already some
amendment proposing only two or three
little innocent words which, If adopted,
would have overturned laws As dear to
the people as any on the statute books.
But to proceed. Suppose the House was
To refuse to concur in the Senate amend
men,s, and rice rersd, the whole report,
volume Oh bill would then be referred 10
a committee Of three from each house to
adjust the differences and il this com
mittee could not agree, n committee ol
six others, three from each house, would
be appointed, known as n committee Oi
free conference, and these six men could
cut and slash the entire law az suited
them, and the two houses would have to
agree to their report. or the whole report
volume or bill would become dead let
ter and be thrown in the waste basket
Considering then the doubts, dangers
cost and labor connected with this mon
s,rons peice 7of legislation, felt FULLY
justified in opposing it, even though
was alone with but one other man. Ant
yet do not blame the House the Judi
ciary Committee was it's legal adviser
and when this committee advised then
to proceed in the present manner, they
felt safer in following the advice Of q
half dozen than simply two. Now, how
ever, as the work on this volume, bill OF
report progresses the difficulties become
more manifest, and there has been grea
change Of opinion among the members
Many of the Judges and lawyers outside
concur in the position taken by Col
McCrady aud myself, and some Of then
recommend that the report be yet re
ferred back while there is time to sav,
the tremendous cost of finishing it in tht
present manner.
have not been actuated by captious
ness in this matter, and have only sough
to advance what thought to be the bes
interests aLI necessities Of the peopl,
whom in p,rt represent. If it be Grim
inal or wrong to be alone in such 1
course. then let the most be made of it.
Respectfully,
r. w SIMPSON