The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-02-04
LAURENs, s. c., Feb. 4, 1896.
LEGISLATIVE DOINGs

terested In is moving with great delib.
GRAFTON and making haste slowly. The
old Romans had a maxim so advising.
1t now looks like a protracted sitting.
1t Is likely provisions will be made to
pay commissioners and managers of
special elections last year. No pro-
gress has been made on the income tax
bill. The schools are the big bugaboo
and much time is taken up tinkering
with them. Gentlemen Of towering
ambition that overleaps itself" hope to
win great place by way of the great
matter OF education. Insurance Is one
OF the interesting subjects of delibera-
tion. Salaries OF Judges and high dig
nataries command great -considera-
ton. a county Court will hardly be
established, and the two additional cir
cats will probably fail. Neal, Super
intendant Of the Penetientiary, invcs-
} tigated by a committee, comes out "all
~unspotted" by the committees report.
Representative Wallace introduced q
bill to reimburse Sheriff McCravy for
expenditures about the levy upon rail
o a property. Senator Fuller intro
duced a bill to repeal the Act creating
the Waterloo School District. That is
O neighborhood skirmish. Whether
Anderson should have q new Jail cost
much moneys in debate, and was finally
adjourned to be voted on by Anderson
"A lively time in the Senate over the
proposition to repeal the emigration
Agent Law which requires q license
Zee OF $500 to act as such agent. Wat
son, McCalla and Norris, wealthy land
lords, interested in agricultural labor,
handled the question. Watson favored
the bill and said he was willing for two
hundred thousand negroes to go. Nor
ris and McCalla opposed the bill and ia
vored excluding the agents, urging that
their business depended on the negro
labor. Mr.. Finley supported the bill
In the interest Of the white people"
in the State. BUST, of Charleston, op-
posed the bill. Archer of the great
factory county, and white mans coun-
ty, ~Spartanburg, favored the bill. We
are particular to name these statesmen
In embriotic training as they may be
heard from and seen Of men in the fu-
ture. The question Of right never en-
tered into the debate. In the mean
while, Ex-Governor Northern is the
biggest emigration agent in the
world, travelling the vast and woody
West and introducing tens of thousands
OF white %emigrants into the Empire
State OF Georgia, soon to boast her
hundred cities. Comparisons are
odorous, but look upon the two pic
lures. At this writing we can't tell
how the matter may gang and it is of
small consequence except to bring the
aforesaid great statesmen into view
Justice Y. j. Pope was elected to sue
ceed himself on the Supreme Bench
Ira B. Jones, the speaker was elected
Associate Justice under the new con-
stitution, providing for a trio Of these
-functionaries. Pope is elected for
eight and Jones for six years. They
are of the material Senator Tillman
describedin the constitutional conven-
tion. Tillman said that the present
Judges were the best that could be
done out of the material at hand.--
Apropos:
"The words are Southeys' every line,
For Gods sake, reader, take them not
for mine"
The reader will note that Pope gets
eight and Jones six years; that is to fit
the arrangement hat one Justice goes
OF every two years and thus three
Judges of experience are all the while
sitting. Frank B. Gary Of Abbeville,
was made speaker and this was Thurs
days work.
No appropriation bill yet and every
man, woman and child is watching for
1t since the fear expressed Of q big in.
crease for the State levy. Don't forget
that the proposed income tax, is an
artful dodge to keep down the appear
ance of a big increase in taxes.
Representative ]. G.. Williams Bill,
that convicts be used to clear the
streams, fell by the way-side. Repre-
sentative Fowler introduced q resolu-
tion In reference to Senator Tillman's
speech, that, 1--WE will sacrifice IL rlives
If necessary in resisting tyranny and
oppression, believing as we do that
resistance to tyranny is obedience to
Cod" 1t is clear indeed that while Mr..
Fowler evidences something of religi-
gious turn, he is ready with his fowling
piece, and while we are all getting
ready to twist the British Lions appen-
dtcitis, here we are threatened with
i~nternecine ock=a;doodle-doo with poor
dear old Uncle Samuel. That our
readers may understand that old Edge
field can still supply us with a Cicero
or Ben Tillman, upon occasion, that as
In the case OF the celebrated raZor-strap
man, there Is always one more behind,
we give a select extract of Mr.. Thur
mond's speech nominating Speaker
Jones to be Associate Justice, and
eulogising his record: "Should | en-
deavor to add to its lustre it would be
to file the diamond, whitowash the pure
flakes of driven snow, fling perfume on
May buds" Right here it should be
stated that the resolution to authorise
the lun9tic trustees to purchase the
Wallace property adjoining the lunatic
ASYLUM, with the Wow TO enlarge the
ea~tabliahment. Ia NOT untimnlv