The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-20
LEGISLATIVE CORRESPONDENCE.

The General Assembly for 1901 is
now thing of the past, and am home
once more to attend to my private af-
fairs, which have beer neglected. The
TIMES will from time to time give the
people the laws enacted at this session,
but for the present simply confine my
self to a continuation of what was done
by Clarendon's representatives.
\ bill to repeal the free pass act was
supported by the Senator and Repre-
sentatives Richardson and Woods. Mr..
Galluchat opposed it. The act was re-
pealed.
Representative Woods and Richard
son voted against bill providing for
the election of county dispenser by the
people and Mr.. Galluchat voted for it.
This bill was killed in the House. Had
it reached the Senate I should have
voted against it also.
The House reduced the bonds taken
by magistrates in criminal cases from
5000 to 500. The act makes it discrc-
tionarv with magistrates.
An attempt was made to do away
with the signing of request blanks"
10 obtain liquor from the dispensary.
DR.. Woods fought the measure as IAN
insidious attack on the dispensary law"
The present landlord and tenant law
WAS amended by Mr.. Galluchat 50 as to
provide for trial by jury before issuance
of writ to eject tenant.
a measure to permit eX-Confederate
soldiers to pedGle drugs and medicine
without license was supported by the
entire delegation.
\ joint resolution providing for an
investigation of the offices of Clarendon
county for the past ten years is now a
law and will be put in operation at the
next meeting of the Board OF Commits
sioners who are to select the expert and
to fix the number of days for said in
vestigation.
The only matter of political signif-
cance during The session was the at
tempt to convert the Legislature into
political caucus to condemn Senator
McLaurin for voting in favor of certain
measures which 10 not meet with the
approval of the political leaders. For
two hours the condemnatory resolutions
caused pandemo1lium and a great deal
of feeling was exhibited. Some who do
not agree with McLaurin regarded 1t
unfair, and others contended that the
members were elected to make laws
and not political fences; that when Nc
Laurin comes before the people IS the
proper time and place, and others
claimed that this matter was not for
the Legislature, but for the Democratic
Executive Committee. Messrs. Rich
ardson and Woods took this view OF the
matter and voted to table the resolu-
tions. Representative Galluchat voted
for immediate consideration, claiming
that the Legislature and not the Demo
cratic party had elected Mr.. McLaurln
who was elected in primary on a free
silver platform, and is answerable to 1t
for violation Of its mandates; that
when he voted to destroy State sover-
eighty he made it the duty OF the Leg
islature to act. differ with Mr.. Gal
luchat and agree with the others that
the Legislature has nothing whatever
to do with aiding or destroying the po-
litical fortunes of any set OF politicians.
Mr.. Galluchat favored limiting ses-
sions of the legislature to 30 days, Mes
srs Richardson and Woods voted against
the proposition, and I should have done
so too, had the opportunity presented
itself.
The free school hypocrisy, processing
to appropriate 500, 900 for free schools
was Killed and it was my pleasure to
aid in It's destruction, because it was
not a direct State appropriation, but
one forcing the people to an additional
consent
the guise of an appropriation.
The Senate reduced the House ap-
preparation for pension from SOU, OOO
to $3.50, 900 which is a raise or SoO,O00
more than ever before given. op-
posed the 100000 appropriation be-
cause the veterans only asked for $780,
600, and the additional $50, ,0G0 was put
on for political effect. made a speech
in favor of the S15O,000 and took the
position that the State could comply
with the request of the veterans aud
not raise the State levy. That the
people were willing for this, but they
were opposed to any raise OF taxes, and
that was there to resist with all OF
nv might any increase of taxes.
Clarendon has been again compll-
mented by being selected to have a
place on the Exposition Commission.
The General Assembly appropriated
$4,000 for the erection of suitable
buildings for the exhibition of the re-
sources of this State and to pay for the
transportation of exhibits. was hon
ored with place on that commission,
and while the Act expressly forbids any
compensation, I feel that the honor is
a greater compensation than any money
consideration.
was able to secure from the Secre-
tary OF State, McCrady's and Land.
runs history, and I have presented
them to the library of the Moses Levi
Memorial Institute. l.. a.