The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-12-04
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school system than his has been.
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Senator. Smythe introduced 10 The
Senate on Wednesday last week bill to
charter the Midland Railroad COMPANY.
The proposed incorporators are J. Adger
Smythe, VIM. Borneman, Frank l.. Tay.
j. Pelzer, Geo. W. Williams, m ir., VIM VIM. A.
Courtenay, F. S. Rodgers, o. F Weiters,
G. =. Poppenheim and 0thers-a list of
strong names, that gives The scheme q
very decided business look. The com.
pRny is authorized TO build roaG from
Greenville to Charleston, through Lau.
rens, etc. the capital stock being $780,
900, with the privilege Of increasing it to
81 100000. The road must be completed
by 1889, or the charter will be- void.
Gen. McCrady has introduced bill
intended to prevent frauds at primary
elections. and is similar in its terms to the
law which prevails in New York State.
The object Of the bill is to give to the
managers Of political parties the right TO
have their managers OF election sworn,
and penalty is attached to the cerlifica-
tion of fraudulent returns, &c. This is
good measure aud will doubtless be-.
come law.
Three different bills have been intro.
duced in the House to repeal the Lien
Law, and it is highly probable that one
or the other Of them will be adopted.
A resolution offered by Dir. G. J. Hut.
son was adopted r,sohibiting the intro.
duction Of bills and joint resolutions
after the Is inst. in the House, except by
some committee appointed by the House.
This is good mode of limiting the
session of the Legislature to the consid
GRAFTON Of measures of the greatest i'm.
portance in as short time ~ possible.
Gen. McCrady, of Charleston, has in.
troduced bill in the House to amend
the Registration and Election Law, the
leading features of which are AZ follows
when the books of registration are
again opened the supervisor of registra.
tion is authorized and directed to issue
certificates of registration to such per-
soma Who haye mol yst registered, but
who were nevertheless voters, entitled to
register, but failed to do 80 in 1882 The
applicant is required to make oath of
the facts in regard to himself and TO
satisfy tho supervisor of registration that
he was entitled to register In 1882. The
bill also seeks to render the service of
the commissioners and managers of
election compulsory. 1t provides for
the appointment of the commissioners of
election sixty days (instead of thirty
days) before the election. Upon being
appointed the commissioners shall signify
to the Governor, In writing, either their
acce ptance of the appointment or their
reasons for refusal to serve. The mana.
gers Of election are 10 DO appointed by
the commissioners at least thirty days
before the election, and they must also
signify in writing their acceptance, or
the reasons for their refusal to serve.
In both instances penalty is provided
for their failure to serve. The b!ii waa
referred to the judiciary COMMITTEES" In
our opinion. the safer and better plan is
to hive q new registration entirely
during the month Of February next, at
the several Court Houses in the State.
BY this means wo could easily register in
the time specified, and have a new list
in which only those who feel an interest
in the politics of the State would be
registered. The result would be that
gyery Democrat would be registered,
while we would gain heavily on the
lisgusted and diacomfitted Republicans,
who would not take the trouble TO come
70 town to register. Under the plan
proposed we would keep largo regis.
tared majority against US, for their names
are already on the books, and would of
course stay there, while under our plan
we would 6nd thousands Of them left off
10 the State, and at the conclusion we
would have large registered Democratic
majority. We think q new registration
would be o great deal better than o sup.
Elemental registration.
The House Of Representatives on
Friday passed o resolution to elect
Judge OF the 9th Circuit, Superinten.
dent aud four Directors Of the Peniten-
tiary and Trustee of the University on
Saturday, tho 26th ult, aud cent the
same to the Senate for concurrence. On
Saturday morning, Mr.. Raysor moved
con, he said, that good many members
upon the officers to be elected, referring
especially to the officers Of the Peniten.
siary. A running discussion ensued in
which several of the old members took
part, urging that the House should 20
into the election before Il found itself
with an abundance of business on It's
hands.
On the other hand It was urged by
como Of the new members that the
report OF the Penitentiary bad not yet
come In, aud thst they could not vote
intelligentiy until that report vac In.
Mr.. Donaldson, of Greenville,. said that
the members did not feel called upon TO
pass upon the characters OF any Of tho
officers to be elected. They wanted
simply 10 see what kind Of work was
being done, and whether II suited the
Legislature.
Mr.. Sammers said that he had no fault
To- And With any one, but 1t was tho fact
that some OF. the members were not
satiafied with the work on the canal,
which Is was said was done BY the
authorities OF the Penltentiary, and they
would. a therefore,, prefer 20 zee the
report on that work baforo being called
upon 70 vote for the officers OF tho insti-
tuition. IS I s!sB y, 1: Z 4. rs :.ss, 2
q Ia tho mean time IL waa assertained
that the resolution appointing the hoar
Cor tho election had gone into The Senate;
and ihatl is was, there efore, out of the
power OF the House 20 reconsider It.