Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-02-08
HOW LONG, 0 LORD, HOW LONG
WILL THE LEGISLATURE REMAIN IN SES.
SION AND ACCOMPLISH NOTHING?
OUR REPRESENTATIVES IRE ANXIOUS
To Get Down to Hard Work-Maor Dcndy
Gives Resume OF tho Weeks Work.

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C"'IMnIA, February 5.-Etlitors Cou-
ricr: Another Legislative week is now
past and gone. and it docs not seem to
me that VIC have much in the way of sub
Stantial results to show for it. Tho
whole of the law making machinery
drags heavily, and the session draws it's
"wcary length along' and accomplshcs
but little. Some members do not like to
be reminded that wo are doing littlo or
nothing, and become quito indignant
! when cxhortcd by somo restless and
inpatient fellow -mombcr that we arc
killing time.
My colleague, Mr.. Werner, one night
during the past week, in an appeal to tho
House to use greater diligence in prose-
cutting the work Of the session, made use
of very strong and forccful language on
the subject, and the next day in Il parlia-
mcntary tilt over some question that
arose in the proceedings Of tho day, he
was taken severely to task by one of the
most promincnt members of tho House
for his assumption Of dictation of method
in tho progress of business. MIR. Ncr-
ncr, however, did not rcccdc from tho
position hc hal assumed, and maintained
| himself we'll.
The motto Of tho Assembly seems to
| he "to make haste SLOWLY and some Of
| the statesmen here seem TO think that
'hroad tires would help the business
| along. These are usually gentlemen from
| the middle and lower sections of the
State, while the members from the up
country--thc Piedmont section of tho
Statc-arc almost unit against the
broad tire buSinCSS---at least for our sec
tion Of the state.
The Senate, during tho past week, had
passed the bill to regulate the width of
the tires of vehicles in this State, and
refused to allow any counties to bc
! excepted from the operations thereof;
and coming mp in the House Il motion to
strike out the cnacting words was suS-
tanned by a vote OF j3 yeas to I5 nays,
whcrruron the friends of the measure in
the House called for division uf the
question, and were then willing to allow
such counties as desired to be exempted
from the operation of the law; and so
tho matter StandS-not yet finally dis
posed of. We did not think it would
suit the clay road beds Of Oconcc, and
recorded our votes against it. At the
same time we were willing to allow the
middle and low counties TO experiment
with i; if they desire, but refused to have
il forced upon our people against their
consent
Prof. Holmes, the State Gcologist of
North Carolina, who delivered a lecture
on ''Good roads, here recently, did not
claim for broad tires any very great
advantages over the narrow, except upon
the McAdam road bed, and the trend of
his talk was that the counties should
first prepare the road bed and then use
the broad tire for all vehicles TO con-
Struct the McAdam road bed it requires
clay sand and the crushed stone, which
he admits is very expensive at first. but
will pay i'm the end. All of which is, no
doubt, true, but not adapted to the con
dition Of our section Of the state.
The senate has also passed and sent
over TO us the Mayiicld dispcnsary bill
us substitute for the Glaydnn hill
which mentioned heretofore. The bill
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