Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-19
CARoLINA,s LEGISLATURE.
Farmer TiIIman's Determination to
Press His Measures 10 Passage.

EtSS NtdSuTCS 10 dSsaSC'
CHARLESTON, Nov. l7.-There is a great
feeling OF hope here that the seismic
| troubles are over. To begin with there
has not been tremor even since last
Saturday at 1850 O'clock, and although
the Summerville people continue to re-
port slight shocks there, none have been
felt IN Charleston since tie time stated
above, and people are therefore Deglnn ng
TO turn their thonghts to other things.
The rumor is very general here that the
German scientists VINO visited the
ate to observe the transit of
nus in 1882, in their report TO the Ger
| man government, stated that atmospheric
aud other distut Dances would be expe-
rienced In South Carolina from Aug. 81
! tn Nov. IA, 1886. No copy of the report
has been produced, but the story is IN
eNeryOCdy's NOUN, and as there have
been no seismic disturbances since Nov.
Ia everybody seems willing to believe it.
HaVlnga comparative rest from earth
quake shocks public interest is beginning
to centre IN toe meeting OF the General
Assembly, which convenes at the State
capital on Tuesday next.
The readers OF the MORNING NEWS
have been posted on the subject OF the
Farmers movement, which is supposed to
nave a large repre- ,ent alton in the low
house of the General Assembly. Farmer
Til man, who is he father OF the "DOom,"
and Who is styled the agricultural
Moses Of South Carolina, is in
dead earnest and will organize
lobby with the intention OF forcing
his measures through. The main objects
aimed at Will be the obtaining control OF
the state Agricultural Bureau and the
establishment OF State agricultural col
leke. the Agricultural Bureau is at
present a department of the State Gov
eminent. 1t is supported by the tax on
fertilizers and Is managed by a board Of
directors elected by the General Assem-
bly,. 1t IS extremely doubtful il the Leg
islature will consent to deprive itself of
any voice in the management of so i'm
p0rtanta branch OF the state Government,
and hence Farmer Tlllman will find that
he has no EASY task.
About the agricultural college there
are variety of views. AS has been
stated in this correspondence, Farmer
Tilman's first idea was to keep down the
Ulher State institutions and build up his
college on the runs. He has abandoned
tnis, however, and he expressed himself
as willing to withdraw all opposition to
The college and the citadel. ne friends
OF education, therefore, are disposed to
aid hlm IN securing an agricultural col
lege, although they have grave doubts
| about the pract cabiiity of the scheme.
Farmer Tilman's plan contemp plates
the establishment Of the college without
an increase OF taxation. He proposes t.
let the counties bid for the COLLEGE, and,
baving thus secured site aud buildings,
| he proposes to 20 on a cruise against
| salaries, legislative expenses, ETC., and
| by liber al looping of OF these secure
| from $4,000 to $4,000. lie then proposes
! an increase 10 The phosphate royalty (nOw
| 81 per tom 10 81 per ton, which Will give
| hlm about 500, cooper anDum or more, and
| possible increase of the tax on
! manufactured fertilizers, now 25c. per
| ton, the proceeds being devoted to the
1 support OF the Agricultural Bureau.
| Farmer Iillman has also an eye on the
| national Treasury, and Will get his brother
| George, VINO represents the Second dis
| trict in Congress, to advocate the passage
OF the Hatch bill. which appropria tes
$1,000 annually TO each State in the
| Union TOR the es ablisnmcnt and mainten-
ance of experimental stations OF farms.
| With all these matters and manv more
that will present themselves, tue coming
session promises to be warm and some
what exciting.
| A very General feeling prevails throug h-
| out the State that The General Assembly
ought TO do something for Charleston in
view OF the awful calamity that has over.
taken the city. A meeting of the legis-
laLIve delegation was held a day or Two
| ago, however, and it was decided
| TO make no application for relief
| to the Legislature. A commission
was appointed to ascertain and report
the damages sustained by the public
| buildings, county and city, and what
| amount was needed o rebuild or restore
them. The delegation dec ded to submit
this report 20 the General Assembly and
to ask Tor aid in doing the work. AS a
matter OF fact, nearly all the public build
! ings are either destroyed or rendered en-
tirely unfit for use, aud as Charleston
pays over one fifth OF the State tax the
requ' st Tor ala in restoring the public
| blu .ldings can hardly be regarded as I'M
| reasonable.
THE LABOR TROUBLES.
The trouble between the brickIayers
and the bosses, fOreshadOwed IN this cor.
respoDdence, has assumed definite
| issue and lively times are promised next
week. IL will be remembered that the
BrIcklayers' Union some time ago coOlly
pu blished notice TO contractors to the
effect that its members would knock OF
hereafter at O'clock every Saturday
afternoon instead Of at O'Clock
as on other days, and that
they expected a full days pay on Satur-
day. Sume OF the contractors locked
such OF their hands as obeyed the order.
but were at onc5 bOycotted, all tue men,
beers OF the union quitting work aud re-
| fusng to work Tor those contractors until
the money was paid. Others sOught to
dodge the issue by knocking off ali their
hands AZ noon. thus paying for only half
days work. But the union got ON to
this dodge, and they were notified that 1t
wouldn't do. The builders aud contrac-
tors were at last driven to the necessity
OF banding together in selt-deiense. An
association was formed which to-day has
promulgated the following resolu ion:
1--WE. The unders IN, d builders and con.
tractors in the city OF Charleston, do
hereby agree 10 pay current rates of wages
TO competent workmen. but only recog-
niZe full days labor"
This makes the issue squarely, and on
Saturday next the fight Will begin, unless
one or tue other OF the parties back down