The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-02
LAURENs, s. G., Mar. 2, 1897.
OUR sOLONs.

OUR SOLONS.
1t will be remembered that our Leg
islators declined to work on the 22d,
being most OF the lot, ''sons of the
revolution" In spirit, II not, in fact of
those who fought at Kings Mountain.
Tuesday last there was much talk. An
amendment to the Dispensary law was
holly debated in the House, the
amendment requiring liquors brought
into the State for personal use to be
sent to the State chemist for analysis
THAT no citizen should get under his
skin any snakebite stuff. The friends
Of the measure, some Of them, bolstered
their position with the argument that
the Attorney General had prepared
the bill and the Governor favored 1t,
while 1t was replied that the Attorney
General had blundered and the United
States Supreme Court had decided
against him already on this question.
The brother who urged that the Gov
ernUr favored O bill as @ reason for its
passage Is a dangerous person to be
loose--.as IL Congress we're told this or
that were o good measure because
Grover Cleveland or Bill Mckinley IA.
vored 1t. There was much more such
stuff, but the bill passed the House.
1t must take it's chances among the
wise mon OF the other branch. On the
same day q debate occurred in the
Senate on the bill to limit the hours OF
employees on city railways not cal
culated to elevate our notions OF the
character of this body. The debate
strongly savored OF demogogism and
having q tainted socialistic flavor (al-
ways provided n don't fancy this
sort OF thing.) Here too we take leave
to observe that for ability there is lit
tie room for comparison between the
two houses, the Senate being far below
the lower house, (f you will pardon an
Irishism.) A brave effort was made
in the Senate to reopen the free pass
question, which failed. 1.-THE republi-
cans in Congress and some democrats
threaten to abolish the civil service
law that political pot house hucksters
may reward their henchmen.) There
is no question but our legislators earn
the sympathy Of our people. They have
to look after the sinking fund fellows;
the ~dispensary gentry; see that we
have good hard roads: elect able
Judges and Senators; keep the taxes
down; manage great corporations and
a sight Of other important matters, as
wall no RI cao that M ,,,r5, Jos L.
molested. 1t is surprising that q mans
friends will impose upon him such re.
sponsible positions.
$50 a. new office has been c~reated-that
OF Bank Examiner. A pretty little
salary OF $1,000 with $4O0 besides to
defray travelling expenses. Sometimes
when a lated traveller is passing
through the SHOWS of Siberia the hun.
cry wolves cry from every cave and
neighboring crevice. So candidates
from the East and West and North and
South yelp for the place. May the
worthiest win. On Thursday much
speaking was had on the income tax
bill. 1t passed the House. We are sorry
for IT.. 1t will prove corrupting. 1t
cannot be enforced fairly and equally.
1t will prove to be a second Father OF
Lies and fruitful of perjury and litiga-
lion on constitutional grounds. 1t is
unequal. One man makes 80 bales of
cotton and 500 bushels of corr worth
$1,000 and has neither wife nor child.
Another makes 50 bales of cotton and
&&SSa bushels corn, but has a wife and
ten children to support. but the tax
gatherer gets him and eats him. The
whole system is against the genius Of
u people. At any rate the ecale
should commence at $500, If at ALL
The following shows the scheme Of
graduation as it left the House. (Arn't
you glad you are not rich)?
"a tax of l per centum on amount so
derived over and above $1,000 and up
toss, 600; II per cent on 5000 and over
and up to 81, 500;2 per cent on ST. 500
and owe and up to II $1,000; 81 per cent
on $4,000 and up to $4,000; 3 per cent
on $l5, 900 and over.
A tax on insurance companies has
passed and will become law. In this
case, it is the other fellows OK that is
gored-perhaps. But the rate OF in
surance will be raised, and still it Is
the quality Of fire to burn. Civilization
comes high, yet nobody wants to go
back to old times-a pot hook and pot
suanendad from I'm tho cbimpau ap5 a