The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-02
Soute Suggestions to Our Legislators

Mr.. EDIToR:-Please allow ME space in
your valuable columns to express some Of
my political views. What we need to re.
lieve our greatest burdens and to promote
our interest is change in the legislature
We. as it has been shown, have 80 per cent
of the voting population in the State, there
fore claim we should have equal strength
in Senate and House of Representatives.
We need to represent us good level-headed
farmers who will stand 70 their principles.
who have views of their own, and who are
not ashamed or afraid to express them pub
licly or privately. The farmers are the
ones most oppressed, and the farmers must
bring about the remedy. In my weak way
of thinking some of the following amend.
ments would be beneficial, or at least favor
them.
1st. That the supervisor Of registration ot
each county be required to visit each pre-
cinct in each election year. think, in fact
I know, the compensation is quite sufficient
to warrant the supervisor to do so. We have
plenty of good men who would visit eacE
precinct once year for $780,
End. That the legislature make an appro
priation for the arranging and printing Of
laws and instructions necessary for county
commissioners of each county, and thus
dispense with the fees or salary of a lega
adviser, which think could be satisfactorily
done with much less expense to the differ
ent counties of the State.
3rd That we have a constitutional con
vention at as early q day as possible.
4th. That the State do away with the agri
cultural department, and apply this large
Sc
to the common schools Of the State, which
would strengthen the public schools consid
erably. have never seen where the agri
cultural department has ever benefited the
State but very little. Fifteen years ago fer
tilizers were a great deal more valuable than
they are now. One ton then was worth as
much as three now, and SO far as the farm
ing interest is concerned it is in worse con
dition now than when the agricultural de-
partment was first instituted.
5th. That the legislature exempt the lowe,
part of the State from the stock law, which
I think would be one of the greatest bless
ings that has been done for the people since
'7G.
9Th. am in favor of the abolition Of the
homestead and lien laws, and let every
mans property stand responsible for al
debts he may contract after such repeal
This would have u tendency to make every
man more careful how he did business and
I think would bring about q better system
of trade.
7th. That the county treasurer's and audit
ors Offices be consolidated into one ctfice
1t was so before the war and think it could
be so again and save the tax payers of each
county several dollars.
Economy is what we need: fewer Offices
and they better filled. I noticed at the sit
ting of the Legislature two bills, handed IN
by Mr. Eaton, which I think would have
been very beneficial to the State generally
one was to prohibit and punish all trusts o,
combines in the State; and the other was tc
prohibit the manufacture and sale of any
concealed weapon, such as pistols, dirks
daggers, metal knucllles, slung shots, &c
The people generally favored both bills. but
they we're both killed or tabled. I hope to
see in the near future some of the above
changes, which I think would be beneficial
to the people. W. H. CURRY.