The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-12-21
EDITORIAL. coHHEsroSpEs>E.

Another week has passed, and the
Legislature IL now within five days OF its
adjournment. The work Of the session
Is pressing Oil the Hcnbcfr very heavily,
and Tor the last two nights the sessions
have run until twelve oclnck at night.
have never seen more work done in the
same time than has been done in the
three past Legislative days.
The bill to change the Usury Law, 81
rs 10 a'i"% ten per cent. upon written
contracts 10 that effect, i:.s become an
Act The entire Anderson delegation
opposed The change, both in the Senate
and in the House, but i, went through
by good majority in both Houses
lhe bill wa, amended in the House by
Mr. Bpho 80 as to cause Tho lender To
lose double the amount Of interest where
n larger rate than ten per cent. i. to be
charged.
The repeal Of the Lien Law has been
defeated in the Senate by majority of
three, 80 that the bill has not come up
for consideration at all. he Senators
from the middle and lower country voted
pretty generally against repeal, az they
feared the political consequences in their
Counties if change was made This
news will, no doubt be read with very
great regret by many of the readers of
| the lSTEILIuESCER, as We have no
n IF
Anderson County very decidedly prefer.
| rcd its repeal. This action on the part
| of the Senate means that no repeal Of the
law will be enacted during the next two
years. for if the danger of political
trouble from repeal should deter The Sen.
ate from repeal now, it is more than
likely that the same force will be
stronger just before the next election
than it is now. In my opinion, nothing
short Of an extremely good crop year will
give us any chance Of having the law
repealed next Winter. Our people can,
therefore, 90 To work rs they have here
toforc done, and make their contracts for
another year. In the vote upon the bill
to repeal the law in the Senate, Mai.
Moore voted in favor of repeal.
The Senate has spent some time in dis
cussng the Columbia Canal, and has at
last passed Il Dill giving two hundred
convicts and twenty thousand dollars, to
be paid from the earnings of the Peni.
tentiary. 1t is probable the bill will be
amended by making thc amount fifteen
thousand, instead Of twenty, when 1t
comes up for consideration in the House.
There has been considerable work done
on the canal but great deal remains to
he done. and there are great many
members Of the Legislature who are
afruid Of the task The whole bill will
be fought in the House, and it's fate ia
somewhat uncertain, though it is proba.
BILE it will pass i'll the shape indicated.
The State GYMS the property, and inns
already spent considerable money on it,
80 that it really looks like it would be
short sighted economy to stop it now and
throw away what has been done. The
great canal at Augusta is much longer
and cost very much more money, and
yet II is OF inestimnble advantage to that
city and 10 the State Of Georgia. 1t has
made Georgia the first State in tho South
in manufacturing enterprise and industry,
aud the development of this canal will
give the State of Sonth Carolina one of
the finest water-powers in tho Union, in
the very center of the State, where four
lines Of railroad can run right into the
building of any factories that may be
built 1t will give TO manufacturing de.
velopment here an impetus and life
which will make South Carolina to the
South what Rhode Island aud Massach,..
setts are to the North in these industries.
The House has, by decidedly large
majority, passed the resolution paying
the salaries of Judges Reed, Shaw, Orr,
Cooke and Mackey, which have no long
aud 80 unjnsily remained unpaid. The
Senate, few days before, refused to pass
the resolution by a small majority. Maj.
Moore voted against the resolution. The
uoicSatWu III tuo I1Ouse WAS uuuululOuS-
ly in favor of it, as the State has already
recognized the claim, and is in honor
bound to pay it. We hope the Senate
will yet pass the resolution, and shs.
this debt of the Stats will be paid off.
The appropriation bill, after consid.
erable debate and numerous amend.
Tents, has passed both Houses. There
are several points of difference, however,
between the two houses which will yet |
have to be adjusted. The House en-.
phatically condemned the practice of
raising salaries in the appropriation bill,
and in every instance where the Commit.
tee had pursued this course struck out
the increase. Among other things, the
usual fight on the educational appropria-
tions came up. On the motion to strike |
out The appropriation to the South Caro-
lima University Messrs. Vandiver, Scud.
day and Murray voted no. Mr.. Clink.
scales voted yes. The motion was over
whelmingly defeated. On the motion to
strike out the appropriation of twenty
one thousand dollars for the Citadel the |
vote resulted in the negative -Messrs.
Vandiver, Scudday and Murray voting
no, aud Mr. Clinkscales yes. On mo-