The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-02-26

MS N'uhty cupcINISolS 10 care lOf IN
! digcnt CoIfcduratcs at the Veterans
homes instead Of putting them in the
| County Aims Houses
/ ELLIS KILLED.
When we come to consider the bills
rejected the number is rather large.
The most prominent of these are: The
child labor bill, the compulsory cduca-
ton bill. the biennial sessions meas
lircs and what has become famous as
the "chickcn bill"
The child labor bill passed the Senate
last session and this time received
more support in the House than before.
! 1t will no doubt be heard from again.
The compulsory education bill was
introduced i'll the Senate by Senator
Rays0r, Of Orangeburg, until recently
a member Of the State Board of Edu-
cation. It's support in the Senate was
strong. but it did not receive enough
votes to pass.
The biennial sessions bill passed the
House and was killed in the Senate,
which also rejected the several bills
presented on this subject by Senator
GruDcr, OF COlletOn.
The chicken bill'' passed both
Houses and its neck was wrllng by IL
conference committee. The bill sought
to include domestic fowls under the
provisions Of the general stock law.
The House wanted it to apply to tur-
keys, geese, ducks and guincas and the
Senate wanted to include chickens.
The two Houses could not agree on the
chicken bone of contention and the bill
thus failed of passage.
CONGREssMEN.
The redistricting bill is one of the
most important bills passed at this
session. 1t has already been published
in this correspondence. The Congress
men most affected are Messrs. Elliott
and Lever. Col. Elliotts county, Beau
fort, is taken out of the First and put
in the Second District. If he runs in
this District, composed of Aiken. BAN
berg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Edgefield,
Saluda and Hampton, he will have to
oppose Attorney General Bellinger, of
Barnwell, and Representative Croft, of
Aiken, both strong men. Col. Elliott
has been in Congress almost sixteen
years. Some Charleston man may come
out for Congress in the First and Sena-
tor Gruber, Of Colleton, is also q possi-
bility.
Congressman Levers county, Lex
lngtOn, is now in the Seventh District
with Richland, Sumter and Orange
burg. So. far no ono is announced to
oppose Mr.. Lever, but Senator Raysor,
of Orangcburg, will doubtless be urged
to run, and Sumter may have n candi-
date. No Columbia man is spoken of
| as yet nor is any likely to run this year.
STATE CANDIDATES.
There will be general shifting
around of State House officials Mt the
next election. Attorney General Bel
linger. as stated, will run for Congress
and his present assistant, Col. U. A.
Gunter, Jr., and Speaker Stevenson
will be candidates for Attorney Cen
cral.
Secretary of State NJ. r. Cooper is in
bad health, but if he offers for any
Office it will bo for Governor. His as
sistnnt, Mr.. James T. CAN'T, will run
for Secretary of State, as will the Gov
ernor's private secretary, Col. E. H.
Aull. Representative j. Harvey Will
son. of Sumter, Col. j. Thomas Austin,
member from Greenville, and Capt.
j. II. Brooks, representative from
Greenwood, are also mentioned.
Comptroller General Derham will be
opposed, it is said, by Senator Sharpe,
OF Lexington, and it is possible that
MIR. N. w. Bro0ker, who made the race
two years ago, will be q candidate
again.
Adjutant ard Inspector General j.
w. Floyd will oppose Congressman
Finley. and the present assistant Adju-
tant and Inspector General, Col. John
D. Frost, will run for his chiefs place.
Col. Henry It. Thompson, captain of
the famous Darlington Guards and
later Lieuter mt Colonel of the Second
South Carolina in the war with Spain,
is being urged to run for Adjutont
General. and Col. j. C. Boyd, of Green
vile, commanding the first regiment of
militia, may also be candidate, as
will Paul f. Aver, of anderson.
For Railroad Commissioner Will
born's place the aspirants are too nu-
merous to mention, but somo Of them
are Mr.. Wilborn, Senator Blanks"
Ceughlnan, w. Boyd Evans and "Jim''
Cansler.
These nTo some OF the candidates for
State offices that have cropped out
thus early in the season. Besides there
will be five or six for Senator McLau-
rims seat, as many for Governor and
several for Lieutenant Governor. Many
Of these have been in Columbia during
the session making themselves solid
with the politicians. but for about
three months there will be rest from
politics.