The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-27
HASTY LEGISLATION.

The legislation this session has been
of the most hasty kind. All the i'm
portant matters were put of until the
last, and for period of ten days just
preceding adjournment hour after hour
was wasted in simiy frittering away
time, and the consequence is that a
cart load of business is left behind un-
attended to.
This Legislature will go down in
history as the sorriest that the State
has known since the days of negro rule.
The good of the State appears to have
been about the last thing that has en-
tered the craniums Of some of these re-
fawmers and their action is ccnfned
almost to executing the partisan and
political legislation that was cut
out for them by the powers that be-.
Throughout it all the finger of The
bosses could be plainly seen and in
dependence was almost unknown. If
it ever did lob up 10 assert itself it soon
succumbed to that superior judg-
ment" which sat down stairs and
pulled the strings while the June bugs
hummed and buzzed according to
order.
THE NEW REDIsTRICTING.
The new redistricting bill, whereby
Charleston and Sumter exchange
places in the Blsck District, has Of
course passed as the Tillmanites in
tended it should. The arguments for
the bill were that Charleston bad not
acted right and that she should be
punished. The Representatives from
Sumter declared that they did not
want the change and that the people
of Sumter did not ask for it. Despite
this the bill was passed by vote of
so to 80. This is the only change of
any moment that is made in the redis-
trictiDg. The Black District will 60 by
the name of the first instead of the
seventh.
WASTE IN THE ENGRossING DEPART
MENT.
Col. Haskell made an effort to have
the House investigate the fact that
there were % clerks in the engrossing
instead of from ten 10
fourteen as heretofore. He asked what
law there was for it aud pushed the
matter so that the House was COM
PEELED to adopt his motion that the At
torney General be heard from.
Attorney General Buchanan ad-
dressed q letter to the House to the
effect that he had supposed that the
code was going to be read and that be
had secured an extra number of clerks
in anticipation thereof and that these
extra opes had been discharged.
Col. Haskell endeavored to press the
matter further aud find out exactly
bow many clerks were put on, how
long they had served and what was the
amount of pay to be given them.
There was a high old racket over
this. The refawmers declared that this
could only have the effect of humil-
iatiug the Attorney General. Col.
Haskell called it to their attention that
The explanation did not explain and
that furthermore these extra clerks
bad been employed straight along
when there was no work for them to
do ana that they had been discharged
after the attention Of the Legisla-
ture had been called to the fact. He
added that the Attorney General and
MS friends could not afford to refuse
N explanation.
Several members stated that Mr..
Buchanan said thatshe would be glad
o have an investigations but the ma
erity did not see it thatsWay and the
notion was lost by a voteGf 81 to IS
md the House adopted resossstion to
be effect that the explanationMw was
efficient and satisfactory.
NO GREENWOOD COUNTY" ~
After achieving such big victory insE:
he House the advocates of the new
ountv of Greenwood suffered defeat in