The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-03-27

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little OF consequence for his district
except to speak and vote Oh question,
Of general interest to the people, ike
the tariff. But Representative La,i-
mcr has clearly proved the fallacy Of
that idea, as brief summary of
MS WORK IN CONGRESS
will show.
One Of the first measures in which
he became interested after taking his
scat was the long deferred appropria-
tion for Ncwbcrry College for dcprcda-
tion, committed by Union soldiers
during the civil war. Several attempts
had been made to pass this appropria-
tion by former prcscn.ativcs Of the
Bird district without success. After
much hard work he obtained an ap-
preparation of $l5, 900, which has been
OF great benefit to that institution and
to education in that part Of the State.
Similar institutions in the South suf-
fcrcd in the same way during the war,
but this is the first Of them to receive
compensation in tho extreme Southern
States.
ALLOTMENT OF PUBLIC LAND.
lie introduced bill about this time
providing for the allotment by the
Government of South Carolina s share
Of the public land, to which she is en-
titled as one of the original States, to
be used fer common school purposes.
Great Injustice has been done the
State by the failure Of the Govern
ment to make this allotment. Had
this bill passed several million dollars
would have accrued to the State, as
the original States would have gotten
twenty seven million acres of land,
South Carolina 8 share being one and
a quarter millions acres. About this
time, however, the Public land IIoIue-
stead Act was passed by Congress
and it then became impossible to al
lot the shares of the several States, as
settlers were enabled to enter on tho
land and, by paying the taxes, obtain
homestead.
1t will be remembered that when
Judge Simonton refused to order the
railroads in the hands of receivers TO
pay taxes Mr.. Latimer Immediately
introduced bill in Congress to com
pei the payment Of the taxes. 1t pass
cd the House and would have been
pressed to its passage in the Senate
had not Judge simonton ordered the
taxes paid, thereby bringing into the
treasury of the State ever two hun
dred thousand dollars which had been
withheld.
ANTI wHIsKEY RESOLUTION.
Mr.. Latimer obtained a favorable
report on the Senate resolution provid
ing for taking whiskcy out of tho arti-
clcs Of Inter State commerce and plac-
ing it within the police power of the
States. This resolution would have
passed the House lad not the Supreme
Court decided that whiskcy could not
be sold in the State except for person
al use and in original packages. This
decision settled the question and the
resolution was dropped. In this con-
nection it may be said that Represen-
tativo I.atimer, while supporter Of
the dispensary system, believes in al
lowing the people to control the sale
of whiskey to suit themselves. His
resolution contemplated that very idea
placing the control of whiskey
entirely within the power of the
Statcs.
THE CASE OF LIEUT.. PARKER.
One of the most striking illustra-
tions of his influence in Congress is to
be found in the reinstatement in the
navy of Lieutentant Parker, of Able
Vile. Lieutenant Parker was cducat-
ed at Annapolis and served in the navy
several years, resigning to enter other
lines Of work. When the war with
Spain was declared he became anxious
to be reinstated to lis former rank.
Such thing had never been done in
the history of the Government. I.
vas natural for members Of the House
to oppose it, for the reason that such
reinstatement meant the displacement
of their appointees to the Naval Aca-
deny. In order to re.enter the navy
Lieut.. Parker must ordinarily have