The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-01-19

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representation on the board. with due |
regard TO geographical divisions. The |
positions only pay 81 per day during
the sessions of the board and mileage. |
The only circuits in which there
will be any contests will be the lst
and 9th. Judge Bcnct will he op.
posed by Gen James T. lzar ana
Representative Bacot. AID JUDGE
Witherspoon 5 position. for which he
declines To run again, will be contend
ed FOR by Representative Gage and
ex-Solicitor Mcdonald. There have
been #aispcrings OF opposition to
Chief Justice McIver, but it Las fail
ed to matcrializc. The suggestion IS
that this opposition is being used as
4 threat in another of the ,Judgcship
elections, the idea being that if a GER
tain candidate be defeated. Justice
Mclvcr is to be sacrificed This is re-
gardcd rs il great bluff The trou-
bic is that the callers have nothing
but Il broken straight or flush. They
think they have made it, but when
the call is made will find it broken
The members of the Supreme Court
very handsomely and feclingly refuse
positively to oppose Justice NlcIvcr,
aud their friends naturally will not
care to see some ambitious lawyer put
over them on the Bench Several
prominent lawyers, especially on the
Senate side, have been approached
and asked to make The race, but de-
clined, and so there appears to be talk
OF but one lawyer as a possible candi-
date, and he does not appear to be
aversc to being known as sort of
sword of Damocles. Chief Justice
Mc1ycr will be reelected Chief JUS
&c, opposition or no opposition,
bluff or no bluff, elcrtion or no cleo
tion of judicial candidates. No mat
ter which Of the candidates is elected
the judicial department will not suffer
in ability or reputation. They are all
good.
There have been suggestions of
slapping at Governor Ellerbe in GER
tain respects. 1t was stated that the
passage Of the tax extension resolution
against the wishes of Governor FL
lerbe was slap at him. This is
mistake, and it may us well be so
known, for Governor Ellerbc is get
ting criticism enough without shoul-
dering on him imaginary 'slaps.'
The tax resolution was passed entire
ly without regard to the desires Of
Governor Ellerbe, and really without
most of the members knowing his
wishes.
1t is stated 'on the quiet that Sen
ator Tillman was coming to Columbia
to take hand in matters, and to look
out for the future. Senator Tillinan
is me- rushing into politics needlessly,
and is disposed to let matters take
their natural course. If he came
down to Columbia he woul2 find out
thing or TWO of special interest to
himself, but he is not likely to come;
why, it is unnecessary to state just
now. except that he has wise friends
in Columbia, who are not alto yethcr
selfish.
The una fashionable disposition is
manifest to have short session-not
over thirty days-and if it were not
for custom, it would not be that long.
Members have told me that they saw
no possible reason for more than a
twenty -one-day session. The General
Assembly has worked from the jump,
and has worked hard The holding of
night sessions the second week is un-
usual but on the line of getting
through with work. Those Of the
members who work honestly for
short session will stand better with
their constituents. It is al ali times
to be remembered that there is such
thing as wasting great deal Of time,
and at the same time voting on all
measures looking towards early ad-
journment. When the members ret
to the appropriation bill and argue for
an hour on cutting some poor clerk s
salary about $50, it would do we'll to
remember that the debate is worth so
much an hour at about 81 200 day.
On this line it may be mentioned
that the perennial fight will be made
to cut salaries and the college appro-
priations. Salaries and appropria-
tions are low enough, and Legislative
bodies have said so time and time
again, yet the effort to slash will be
made, and the chief argument viii be
five-cent cotton and The ddrivit, which
is nothing new. The ways and means
committee will recommend certain re-
ductious, and the unfortunate minor
officials will be the ones to come in
for the greater proportionatc reduc-
tions.
The ways and means committee has
already finished Il skeleton of the APP
preparation bill. but it has not been
agreed upon in details. The supply
bill has not yet been undertaken. The
impression among members of the
ways and means committee and the H.
nahcc committee is that the tax levy
to be collected next full will be 5 or 5
II mills. The graduated license bill,
which was remnant from last years
session, went to the wall several days
ago. 1t was companion piece to the
income tax bill. and it would be quite
the proper thing for the two measures
to occupy common grave.
The abolishing Of the office Of phos-
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