The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-06
THE LEGISLATURE.
Some Respectful Hints to that Au.
gust Body.

gust Body.
and it Is " he hoped that tnat august body
may not friLter away It's lime IN foolish at
tempts At cutting anybody salary.
When member OF that body can think OF
salafles. including members OF the General
Assembly, the clerks and pages. That men,
Der, having just appreciation or his own
worth, at home on the iarD, excites the sy
pathy Of the MEMBERS, who may think that
the services OF . Legislator ought to be rated
with the pay OF q c0rn-held hand. Hours and
days are sometimes spent In discussing The
subject. but The pay goes on.
Tue Charleston Citadel always comes In for
q snare OF discussion. II that economic body
wound make an appropriation for the adVer-
tising agent OF the Citadel, which would
equal the profits which he ann ally makes
OFF country printers, there need be- no scnft1e
over the larger sum that now goes TO the
Citadel.
or course the advocates OF looser system
present. Delegates from the cities, supported
Uy the barroom element will possibly have
some pet theory with which 10 consume the
time OF the Legislature, In the nope OF lnjur-
ing the usefulness OF the dispensary law.
Then the purltanical PROM biLionist will ike
Iy want 10 give the dispensary law dig.
Nothing suits some people like free liquor,
and when we see The saloon men and preach
| ers OF the gospel, together with alleged prohl.
pitionists, consorting together we can hardly y
help from thinking that this is a strange com
oinatlon. A man Is sometimes judged by The
com pany he keeps.
The man who will propose new law on
The sale of cotton seed or cotton IN the seed
ought 10 be knocked In The head on the spot.
An able bodied policeman ought 70 be euI.
ployed 10 enforce obedience, 10 this sugges-
tIon.
The Legislature might, with propriety, at.
tend to the business for which II Is presumed
TO De assembled.
ary officers OF the stale or county, about
whose ability, fidelity or ready cash, there
may be any doubt, the Legislature ought i'm.
mediately TO make IL uLlaw 70 publish the
same. II this thing Of publishing statements
Of the financial agents o: Inc State and coun-
ty goes on there IL no telling how soon some
good Reformer might be the subject OF criti
cism.
| u penalty to the act OF shooting negro. The
olrds are protected for several months OF the
year. II seems that the negroes ought TO have
d season OF protection. In the season when ne.
penalty for shooting negro thus: lf ne Is
| shot In the back, In selfdefense, say $40 AM
costs. II he is shot while running, or eyad.
| ing arrest for robblng hen roost, fix the PEN
alLy at S. and costs. If he Is shot for impo-
Ilteness to a white man, make the fine lrom
50 70 $lO and COSTS, according 70 the mitlgat'
Ing circumstances. II u white man hnds IL
| necessary TO shoot negro because OF his fall
uT0 u pay d uoUL, udhc Luo uuc %. IL III MI
dition TO failing TO pay debt tho negro adds
| insult TO injury by doing little cussing, re.
| duce the fine In such cases 10 81.
Let penalties Ike these be imposed for
shooting negro after the first OF March and
| before the first OF September Of each year.
In October, November and December the law
ought TO stand as IL Is now, An impertImenl
| negro who wants his pay for his years work
ought TO be shot. The idea OF an impertimenl
| negro demanding pay Of the white man for
whom he has worked, or seeking for his diyi-
| sion OF the crop, deserves the severest punish
ment.
In order to preserve the dignity OF the Leg
islature while in session, law snould be en-.
acted forbtdding members OF the Legislature
from eating pinders and throwing hulls on
the floor while the body Is In session.
The parliamentary rules ought TO be amend
ed so that fellow who has nothing 10 say.
cannot speak oitener than forty-three times
on any one subject. The Janitor ought TO be
required TO take such men out and put their
| heads under one OF the city hydrants.
A rule should be adopted limiting the time
for discussing pay OF Magistrates 10 eight
days.
A similar rule should apply to the discus
sion OF pay OF the pages and clerks, but OF
course NO Limitation az to time should be
placed on the discussion OF the value OF
peanut statesman.
All representatives Of the saloon element,
| should nre into the dispensary law at the be-
ginning of the session.
The friends Of temperance. morality and
good order should stand TO the dispensary
from first 70 last.