The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-02-23
LEGISLATIVE REVIEW.
What the Legislators Did at the Ses
sion Just Ended.
Columbia ,Sinfc.


Columbia resumed her normal con
dition yesterday and down about the
capitol there was nothing to remind
one of the fact that the General AS
scmbly which had been sitting for the
past 35 days had adjourned sine die.
The early morning trains carried away
great many Of the members who had
remained to attend the final session,
and during the afternoon nearly all
the others left for their respective
homes. A few are still here waiting
to 90 out on this mornings trains.
Yesterday the hacks and street cars
had a good thing Of it carrying the
several departing members and their
luggage to the dcpots. In Gov. Eller-
be's office were piles of ratified Acts
awaiting his approval or disapproval.
He has as yet vetoed only one bill.
and that was one duplicating another
passed at the same session. He has
not yet considered the separate coach,
the Livingston "Nichols Law or the
fertilizer Acts.
The members who remained in the
city over yesterday looked tired and
worn out with their last two days and
nights of work; all seemed to be very
happy, however, that they had man
aged to complete the business and get
away in even less than the 40 days
that will be allowed future sessions.
Some were still mad about the ''sam-
pie investigation matter, but their
ire will be dissipated in the course OF
tirs. If it is not, it will not be the
fault Of the quality and quantity of
the samples INDUCED in. Many mem
bers have gone home, too, not to re-
turn. A good many Of them realized
that fact. Not a few predicted that
there would be much new material In
the body that will next assemble in
the legislative halls.
Now that the session is over and is
a matter Of history it may not be
amiss to take glance at its features
and results. Elsewhere will be found
the list of the Acts resulting from the
session. There are 2O6 of them all
told. OF these 80 appeared originally
as Senate measures. The other Ia
bills that got through and became
Acts came from the members Of the
House Of Representatives. Three or
four of these were the Acts providing
for general and legislative appropria-
tions, supplies and for polling pre-
cincts-matters of course. Another
was duplicate Of an Act thatresulted
from Senate bill.
The evil which the new constitu-
tion hoped to do away with was a
feature of the session. This is the
matter of special legislation. Of all
the 2O6 Acts glance through the list
shows that only 62 are measures Of
general application; all the rest are of
a special and local character.
| The principal feature of the session
was the public printing matter. The
! tight that was made on the Reynolds
bill in the House created no end of
talk and no doubt will be heard from
for many days to come. When the
bill came along at first there was no
sign of opposition to it. Never, per-
haps, has such fight been made on a
bill when it came to the question of
ordering it to be ratified as was wit
messed when this bill reached this
stage. 1t is safe to say that had 1T
not been for the timely and forcible
remarks made from business stand
point made by Mr.. Cushman just be-
fore the vote was taken, the billnight
have died then and there. All through
the session the printing business kept
bobbing up and not few were expect
ing to hear much more of it on the
last day than was heard.
When the appropriation bill came in
and the committee informed the ''en-
eral Assembly that levy of more
chan five mills would have to be made
unless an adjournment was had within
the period that finally prevailed, the
members saw that it would not do to
exceed that amount and so back be-
fore their people, and from that mo-
ment every energy was beaded to Gem
pletc the work. The result showed
what could be done when the effort
was made. Up to that time the flood
of new bills seemed inc1haustible, but
then the faucet was hastily turned off
and the active work of the session was
begun.
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