The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-02-21
OUR COLUMBIA LETTER.
COLUMBIA, Feb. 10.

tiHc DOuy. IL mas broken the record Ill
Il good many respects, but in none so
acceptable to the people as that of
having passed the least number of
bills of any assembly of late years.
The total number of bills passed was
17S. There were quite number of
these etiecting i'll more or less degree
the procedure i'll the courts. The most
/! important matter wns the dispcnsary
legislation, and the whole State is now
watching with cagcrness the fresh at
tempt to purify great moral institu-
| ton.
Biennial sessions and the wide tire
bill were killed after all the enthusi-
asm they evok d on the first half of
tho run. The State House will be
finished according to the original
plans, but.the public schools will not
get their 100000. The Senate stood
the House down on this. Tho State
Colleges get a liberal appropriation,
will be we'll cared for.
| Among the most important bills re-
lating TO changes in the judiciary was
the Gruber county court matter, and
once it is tried in q few counties, and
the fact that there are new offices to be
had, and money to be dsburscd out Of
the public purse, the chances are that
i other counties will want to come in OH
the disbursement and the system will
be extended, to the cost of the State
and the lowering of the standard of our
courts and the judiciary.
Among the other Acts Of general in
tcrest were the following:
Providing that any purchaser of COM
mcrcial fertilizers shall have the same
testedat Clemson College without cost,
and having n punishment for falling
below the standard.
Providing for constitutional
amendment allowing the drainage of
swamp lands.
Requiring the burning of dead swine.
Doing away with the second class
fare on the railroads and providing
separate coaches for the two races.
Providing for the registration of the
births, deaths, and marriages in the
State.
Providing for a homeopathic board
of medical examiners.
Providing for constitutional
amendment by which certain citizens
may issue bonds in excess of the pres
ent constitutional lim:..
Providing for juvenile rcformatory
in the penitentiary.
Regulating reinsurance by others
than residents in this State.
Providing for the State carrying the
insurance of public buildings.
Among the other Acts amended and
added are the County government Act,
which got its usual number of stabs
and cuts. The concealed weapon law,
She matter of the adoption Of ;llegiti-
mates and children, the matter OF bail
by magistrates, the law us to the dis
tress for rent, the limitation of the
liabilities of partners on dissolution,
the provisions for the incorporation OF
towns, the holding OF special courts,
the holdings OF lnQucsts, the Act to
prevent drunkenness and shooting on
the highway, the settlement OF estates,
the keeping of criminal records, and
the Investigation of trusts.
An Act which will have far-reach-
ing effect in this day Of railroad dcvcl-
opment will he that permitting the
County of Chesterfield to use the Coun-
ty chain gang In the construction of q
railroad from Chesterfield to Lancaster.
The event CT the week liz the Capital
was unquestiOnably the visit of Bryan.
1t was u great stroke ON the part of his
friends, and it was equally enjoyed by
those who are a t variance iii their no
litica] oplnicns from this great com
moner. MI. Bryan is strictly and truly
and for the people. He is man with
q mission in the world, and he is to
some extent n fanatic on tho subject.
1t is very evident that no discourage
ment or no failure can dampen his
ardOr.
There has been no end of speculation
in the matter OF the successor in case
McLaurin resigns from the Senate. The
general qualification that was exhibited
when it became probable that McLaurin
would resign was anything but graft
flying to his friends. 1t seems to be the
general impression that he has gotten
out of touch with the people in this
State, and that he is 'tmisreprescnting"
his intimacy with the Administration,
and it is hoped on every hand that the
Administration will do something for
him, on the assumption that he belongs
to them I 0w, and that the bridges are
practically burned between him and
his people in this State.
Among the names mentioned for his
successor is that of Judge Wallace.
which name is heard with profound
reverence wherever it is mentioned.
There have been number of members
of both the Senate and the House
spoken of in cOnnectionlwith the office,
but mono OF them with the warmth
that Judge Wallace evokes. Gov. Nc
Sweeney, Attorney General Bellinger,
Senator Henderson,, Congressman Lat
mer, representatives Gray, Stevenson.
Prince and a number of others have
been mentioned. If McLaurin does
resign, and there seems TO be no doubt
rendered him in the Philippine com
NILSSON at $25, 200 year, the election