Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-01-18
TIE NEWS FROM COLUMBIA.
A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE SITUATION
III TmE STaTE Car;Tai.
THE CITY MOVING RAPIDLY h!HRiiAD,
An Interesting Letter from Major S. P. Dendy.
What tho Legislature Is Doing.

Nj. on Tuesday, 9tl, instant, pursuant to
tho mandate Of our constitution. Tho
call OF the roll by tho clerk revealed tho
presence of a quorum Of the members of
tho House, and tho proceedings wore
opened with prayer by tho chaplain, Rov.
}. G. Abncy, who, since the adjournment
of last session, had been appointed chap
lain of the lunatic asylum and state poni-
tertiary. On the ground that it was
thought by somo that he could not hold
both places, being offices of trust and
profit, he resigned the position Of chap
lain Of tho House, and Rev. G. d. Mann,
of the Methodist church, well and favor
ably known iii Oconcc, vas, witllout
opposition, chosen to fill tho place, to
the qualification of his friends hcrc and
elsewhere throughout tho State, where
he has laborcd faithfully in tho gospel
ministry.
Tho Speaker, Hon. Frank j. Gary,
after brief and appropriate address,
announced the House ready for business
The message Of his Exccllcncy the Gov
crnor WA then presented and read, which
you have furnished to your readers in
full; and viii only say, by way of com
mcnt, that the CONSENSUS Of opinion hero,
as far rs have heard an expression, is
that the message is Il very commonplnco
document, and amounts to little moro
than a calling from the reports of tho
different officers of the State government.
The time was in the HISTORY of our State
when the Governors presented strong
State papers as messages. outliuinu the
policy Of the State and recommending to
the General Assembly thc enactment of
broad measures for the good of tho
whole State, but such custom seems nnt
to obtain in these latter days,
There remained over from last session
on our calendar a larrc number of hills
Of more or less imnortanrc still und;s-
posed Of.
Among the first new measures of the
session was a concurrent resolution pro-
vidiur for the appointmcnt of y commit
tee, to be composed of three members of
the House. TO h, dcsirnoicd NV thc
Speaker, and two members of the Senate.
by The President of the Senate, to invcy.
tigatc the affairs Of the State disponsary,
and to make a report, if practicable.
before the adjournment of This General
Assembly. The fact of the Introduction
of this resolution in both the House and
Senate on the same day by gentlemen,
each in favor of the State dispcnsarv. AS
am informed. is thought by some to hc
a concerted movement tn fnrcst,u and
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regard t" the diSpcnSary system at the
present session of the General Assembly
but, nevertheless. two or moro hills h,vo
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''',' '"'''''''0'" III '"e i'ouSc
anu one III the senate, proposing radical
changes il the law regulating the same.
and ho,c nn dnuht ,ho ,,,,o,o s,,,,;oo,
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adjournment otherwise it will TIC carried
into the State tcramDaiun thr nrrscnt vr,r
which wa ,,;r,, ,,,,t,,1 =, 10 ,,.,,,,;' -
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l'ul tcW biilS OF general Importance
have been acted ne vct
4 hill ,,,,n, ,,,t;o. :, o g
f '' >''0 VI
''" VI P''lc''S ''S"Ie"' ny ire, inc
ilEht To proceed, 10y suit in con,t 20 col
lcct insurance without the delay somc-
ti,nre inc;,lrnt un,lo,, ,L, o,i;,,o,;
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'''"He '""'u III most l're insurance poll
cicS, passed in the House.
The succession tax mcasurc which
wos ;u,nud,l T., c,tol, ,,,,ut,.,,
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'''r"''' '"r 'aAa'l"h IN the lifetime of the