The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-22
COLI MBIA LETTER.
The Latest News from the Legislature.


MP lis work tor adjur'nnrni which
can take place tn-Iiipl ,w night, but
which will prnbnbl, not take place be
tore Friday al Saturday. II depends
yer! largely upon thr condition Of the
Govcrnnl. wlini- sill confined 10 his
room and ma, not /" well enough to
rNaniIIl" AMI LpIInlr ihr large number
of bills NOW iralN ini h, signature
Should I.ilotIiiiucnt take place before
tlIc>, Ari- ar appln,rd. and. from amy
,IIi>'. they .u' neither vetoed nor Hl,-
proved. they would MOI have. The force.
! al llw uniil fhr nest General Assembly
ni''i- and las been in SESSION three
4 hiN-. II. lnW'lrI. t:cncill Assem-
! hl now beng held CONTINUES IN St>-
+ SION irynnd three day aii.I bills have.
i'rii ratified Us The Srnat, aud Il,u>,
| ili'h '"'nIir Law Wlihnui tir t.uvrin-
~ Signature. II rul vetoed J., INN.
!.s',i ids li..-' Air >rlr!al iimpuli:ni
measures. engineered hy >oiiic ni iln,
newly initiated n,nlln,l-. which should
| pas. :ti''. ~ an act at rnriii,,~l. the
"lhri members. though through with,
'''' - N'''h. " ~ ii''' iH~iSi liih'I ilIllif
'iiIic :ihi"liiilIrn.
llnr greater pali "i last wr.k wa
tak'n up III both I"li-,> bl di>cu>-Inn>
"n tli' liquor question. and there was Il
! -'"ai surprise III store ion tlin~c who
had planned AMI hoped to 81. The STATE
di>p"n>aiN carved up and DIVIDED be
tween the Various counties. II soon
Il a.
that agitation does not always mean
'li>>,:I faction of the majority. As
soon IL II vote WAS reached. which came
first on the Prince prohibition bill. il
WAS seen that The State i'iSIm'r>;ry had
an n\tIw lrlmimg majority. ami the
! twelve W NOR, measures making in
roads ul,un this great institution, were
killed lli>t IL fast us they came MP. or
wrr, indefinitely Im>ipnnrd The onl,
thin" left j. the Archer Srnutc bill.
which is NOW locked NJ, in the House.
and will prnl,ahly never be- Ilrar. of
again. II IS true hat Il bill passed ilm.
II"m-t last Thursday by Il decisive vote
of :; I" - denying the State Board the
right tn grant hotel and beer privi-
lc=rs. and the .Iack>nn bill prohibiting
the further ,lr>rcrnt!. ion OF lie palmetto
tree. nc emblem of the State. hy hay
Il Facsimile blown INTO bottles ar used
"l lal"l~. ais" passed but this !.rgi>
lIiurc L. loyal. and very Icridcdly so.
I" the State Disrrn>ary. II he voters
ni the State desire. 10 >,., !: clllI-c in
the STATE l'i>mn>;llN system. they will
l". forced ln make il Hn issue in The
irNt campaign. ',n>rrnnr Sheppard.
in hi~ able address in The Senate on the.
subject "i submitting the question to
tin people. among other things said
~ l"llcvc that the more it is let alone
he more. plainly it will demonstrate
that in its continued existence in this
State. failure will crown its efforts and
disaster will ovrrtakc those who .labblc
III IT. He referred to agitation in the
Legislature: he believes the people
should hr allowed to express their
wishes through their ballots.
There. wa> nu SESSION of the I.cy>la
tnrr Monday. Both the Senate and
House met. hut ,tnlainr, in session
only Il Short time. The Senate adj
.inmrncu because nt the intense cold and
the Inability of the State House rnri-
il,i tn l..a' The huilding. owing &.
frozen water pipes. ANA l,, llnll>.. adj
inllrnt,l n> :: nGlik at respect To the
d'rc:,>..,i assistant clerk. Nh C:l>nn.
lhr SENATE irrulivcir,l 1T :; o'clock.
but finding In. building l;,l not hrcm
heated. adjourned. The lln,s,. rt:l>-
>rmhlc'i III "rlnrk hul rnlli not
stand the cold anil adjourned also.
quite All interesting question wa>
raised in il,r House ,ullrhn- the. proper
construction ui section Is. Article 10.
lr", i. al ll Constitutions 1t is
claimed thar ;rr"i,ln- tn tlv above.
PROV l>lnm the General Assembly has
n"'hln" Mhai'Nrl /" Il" with the levy
at taxes Tor Count! puipu>,>. but that
the County commissioners. ai, required
I" make The levy. II might be we'll
iol niir commissioners To look into this
matter. The lrnrral Assembly has
gone, :ill,;iu making the levy hut with
the understanding tha, ii ,lur> not in
icrtcr with the rights al the Commits
>i"nsi.- I" make The levy il they really
have. hat right. The Legislature. does
not. hv maxim. the levy. mean tn con
>irnr the meaning ut the Constitution.
The! ar. giving the commissioners Il
guide only. and The commissioners
should ratiiy The artiumS ut tn, .cyi>-
laturc in order to offset amy claim of
exemption on The ground at illegal
levy.
y SUNDAY law has l".n passed To
prohibit corporations working their
employees in machine shops ON sun
day. The compulsory vaccination bill
has ais" passed.
The illmnr> charging irregularities
III the. management and condition nf
the State prnlttntiary have resulted III
tht. ulllmlII.tlnu hA Alr SIrult.uSuu nj