Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-09-24
THE NEXT LEGISLATURE.
Over Hall OF Members OF Next House are
New-Many are Young Men.


bly,, 81 will be new blood next time.
AT least some of them are entirely
new to the Legislative halls, and q
very few were here before the last
session and were defeated or did not
offer for reelection last time. In
the Senabe there will be Is new
faces, although the terms of only 81
members expired this year. In the
House but 48 of the 124 were re-
elected.
Three Senators were defeated for
re-election-Gen. Moore, of Hamp,
ton; Mr.. Applet, of Clarendon and
Mr.. Sarrat, of Cherokee. Their
successors will be, respectively, Mr.
E. E. Warren, Mr.. G. M. Davis and
Col. Il. B. Butler.
Senator Henderson, of Aiken, re-
signed to enter another contest and
w. T.. Johnson was elected his sue
cessor. Mr.. johnson is the Baptist
minister who killed Willie Bellinger
at Bamberg. Senator Caughman, OF
Saluda, having been elected Railroad
Commissioner, there is vacancy
from that county.
Senators II. j. Douglass, of Union,
and George w. Brown, of Darling
ton, were elected over opposition
and the following were returned
without opposition J. It. Hay, Ker,
shaw w. @. Hough, Lancaster j
Q. Marshall, Richland John G.
Sheppard, Edgefeld !; r. l. Man,
ming, Sumter A. II. Williams
Williamsburg; E. J. Dennis, Sr.
Berkeley.
The following Senators retired OF
their own volition Barnwell, OF
Charleston ; Blakeley, of Chester.
field Glenn, of Chester ; Graydon
of Abbeville ; Gruber, of Colleton
Ilderton, of Florence Bowen, OF
Pickens /; Livingston, of Marlboro
and Sullivan, of Anderson.
Their successors are, respectively
George f. Won Kolnitz, Edward
McIver, p. l.. Hardin, J. r. Blake
j. E. Peurifoy, j. w. Ragsdale, g
II. Carpenter, G. S. Mccall and j. X
Hood.
1t is rather remarkable that
Messrs. Hardin, McIver and Peuri.
foy had no opposition.
Mr.. II. G. Mcleod is Lee county's
first Senator.
The following hold over for two
years: Robert Aldrich, Barnwell
}. f. Raysor, Orangeburg; A. IL
Dean, Greenville; j. M. Gaines
Greenwood O. p. Goodwin, Lau,
rens; E. L. Herndon, Oconee D.
E. Hydrick, Spartanburg; S. G.
Mayfeld, Bamberg; J. A. McDer-
mott, Horny George S. Mowry,
Newberry; G. w. Ragsdale, Fair
field; w. Fl. Sharpe, Lexington
James Stackhouse, Marion; RI. w,
Stanland, Dorchester; Thomas Tai
bird, Beaufort LeGrand Walker,
Georgetown.
The House will be new BODY
this time. The Speaker, Mr.. Steven
son, who as the leader in debate was
a valuable legislator before becom-
ing Speaker, has been retired from
politics for season, although his
friends are more than ever confident
that he will some day come to the
top. Col. j. Harvey Wilson, chair
man of the ways and means commit
tee, was always one of Charleston's
best friends, yet Charleston gave
him poor support in the race for
Secretary of State. Mr.. Bacot, of
Charleston, will no longer report as
the chairman of the judiciary COM
mittee; and there are other impor-
tant committee positions which will
60 to new men this year.
Among the well known members
of the former House who will not be
In the legislative councils for at least
two years are "Citizen" Josh Ashley.
MIR. George w. Croft, Mr.. Domi-
nick, Mr.. Kinard, Mr.. Ivy Mauldin,
Mr.. Pete Hollis, Mr.. f. II. McMaster,
the elderly Mr.. w. II. Parker, OF
Abbeville, and the venerable Mr.. r.
A. Thompson, of Oconee, Mr.. Prince.
of Anderson, Mr.. Sanders of Spar.
tanburg and Mr.. Francis III. Weston.
of Richland.
1t is hard to make any predictions
from the facts in hand, but it can
hardly be supposed that this BODY
will do much with the trust question.
at any rate not until the second ses.
sion. There are some very bright
young men in the Lower House, as il
is to be constituted, but thew will
hardly take positive stand on issues
until they are forced to do SO.
To ambitious men seat in the
House of Representatives has not OF
late years been considered desirable
except for the fact that it was
thought to be good stepping stone
The last primary has in measure
disproved this belief. OF the nomi.
nees for State offices not a single
one has served in the Legislature
OF the three nominees for Congress
and Mr.. Latimer, too-but one
has served in the Legislature, Mr.