The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-01-05
The Coming Legislature.

COLUMBIA, Jan. Next week this
time the hotels and boarding houses
of Columbia will be thronged will,
members of the General Assembly and
those connected with that institution.
In about Il weeks time the flags will
be hauled up over the Senate and
House chambers, signalling that the
lawmakers OF Carolina have assem-
bled to make the laws for their State.
There will be but few new faces in
either branch The Senate will have
q good many more new members than
the House. This curious condition
has been brought about by the Greg
lion OF new Counties ali not BY
deaths or designations. In the Senate
there will be Col. Robert Aldrich,
from old Barnwell; Senator McIlha-
ney, for Dorchester; Senator Jeffries,
for Cherokee, and Senator Waller, for
Greenwood. Mr.. Hydrick. who takes
tie place OF RIr. Niles, Of Spartan
burg, and Mr.. johnson, of York. are
about the only new members on the
House side.
The dispcnsary, tnapces, and the
general County government laws will
be the chief issues. About all the
vital legislation can be embraced un-
der these heads. Some one will, no
doubt, introduce bill against foot
ball and maybe some Legislator will
have an whistle bill. All
OF these sort OF measures arc to be ex-
pccted and the funniest part of Il is
that these ludicrons bills often pass
the House, only to be slaughtered on
the Senate side.
Ii there Is any one who can forctall
at this time what will happen in dis
pensary legislation he is a prophet.
The administration. the 3. Il. Till
man. the board Of control, the sub
dispensary and kindred influences will
be to let the dispcnsary law stand
just as. it is. The dispensary law is
by these influences regarded as .thc
best solution Of the liquor problem.
and if the status quo cannot be re-
tanned, then and then only it is pro-
posed to trim the law so as to bring it
within the scope Of police rcgula-
tion.
The General Assembly will have to
give serious consideration to the &
nancial condition of the State. The
tax levy does not promise to be any
lower than at present, and if running
business OH cash basis is to be prac-
ticed the levy will have to be larger,
counting the sources of revenue the
same as at present. The State has
not borrowed any money this year,
but, as usual, has used portions Of the
tax money just collected, which il to
be appropriated by the coming Gcn-
eral Assembly. In addition to this
way OF tiding over, the State has over
drawn its accounts AT several of it's
repositories. Nnintcrcst was paid on
these overdrafts.
The General Assembly will find i.
exceedingly difficult to cut down any
of the expenses for the successful con
duct of'thc State governments short
session will be the largest saving.
There will be an effort made to abol-
ish the office Of phosphate inspector,
and do away with the expenses Incl
dent to that office. Some alleged
friend of the cotton mill iaborcr will
very likely introduce a bill for the
supposed benefit of the laboriny
classes. 1t has been noticeable fact
that these measures have generally
come from members who know but lit
tie about the actual conditions. At
the last session.of the present Assem-
bly, thousands and thousands of oper-
ators pctitioned that matters be left
alone so far as they were concerned.
that they wanted no legislation and
that what was supposed to be in their
interest by tampcring with labor laws
would operate to their dc.rimcnt.
The fact of the nlattcr is the mill la
Dor in South Carolina is very we'll sat.
isfied, andiis saving moncy---which is