The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-15
THE LEGISLATIVE OUTLOOK
What the General Assembly May or
May Not Do.
NSa,s, and (ynnriar


News and Courier.
co,nmbla. 8. c., January r.: A brand
new Palmetto flag ID Lo day floating over lh'
lantern OF The new State House dome. rugs
, day morning Two addltlonal nags VIII ~ w
One will mark lne opening Oh the SlaS'
S,nate and the other that OF The House 10
R.presen tatives is ready TO begin lts VOTE
of makipg laws Tor the people OF the state.
Tuere are q great many things that th'
General Assembly Will De Called upon W ~
aud u greater proportion VI tneoo 'n'Hes W."
noL be done. ,,o, ho,,
who does not know Mat there 10 now pient9
or law on the statute BOOKS and tnat the ues
ming that can be done is TO have as short
. sesslun as possible; pass only the rtqulslte
legislation; adjourn and go home. IL III, now
ever, useless " hope that sucn thlnss are pos
sible, as mucn as Lne ioieo VI suo '"~s' "'
IL. one hUpe that this will be short see
siun and thai there will be no delays on ac
count of useless Legislation IL lnat anis year
is the time tor holding another primary.
There IL great deal oi work LETT over from
last session, and ON the House ana SENATE
calendars there is now 10 oe louno atnpie
work Iur the two houses, VIII Ine eacepoiI}u pu,,},
OF the necessary appropriation and supply
On he adjournment Of the General Assem-
bly, last year 1t was my pleasure 70 VIII VIII
uThere " as no radical or grandStano leglsla'
ton aL this session. Most OF the Issues hoou!
which lhere was most contention and hosi
DISCUSSION were either killed OF cohtinueo
Thati ss ,ssying a great deal and If the
emplation to pass radical aud gran dstand
legislation" can again be avoided, sooo
years work Will again have been accomplish
cd II ~ q great, very great tefnptation, ~
assist in the passage vi radical or grand
stand legisiation,' and very often IL IL pain
fuI 10 see the 10y and glory some VI Inc mem.
bers have In whacking some orgapizauo5,'
institution or corporation over tue sneao
simpiy because of Inc power to doso.
There was q day &ilen a great mauy ap
plauded this rauical policy, ont to-day the
people realize mat lhe lndustrlal anu cotn
fnefclai interests Of The Stale have 70 De pro
tsoted and that tnere Is merit In The "IlVs
and let i've" policy.
-. A BAD YEAR FOB BIG PENSIONS. g
TIE Genera Assembly at Its last session u
WAS liberal and public spiTitedF This gooa
3 feeling and generosity was shown 10 mans
sways and in numerous bills IL was the un
misiakable Intention OF the General Assem-
bly, that the annual appropriation ior Con-
federste pensions should De increased ~
$4,000. The Supreme Court OF the state neIo
iuai the awmakers did not carry Into enec'
. wnat was meant, and SO ibis year tne PEI
sioners received only siOOo. IL h,1 10 se:sinn
There Is y we'll defined purpose 10 nave
Confederate Home estabiisht d. The GENERA
Assembly is disposed 10 sraf9 ar ,bs confedeI
ac, anu AZ the request Will come through tn'
Tilted Confederate Veterans, The measure j.
likely 70 pe adopted, There Is, nov ever, oe
any aesife 10 deny tha7old soldiers anytnins
in the yofld,y bui pycanse " iS-urgeQ Ina
mole IRood can 6e -acc6mp mplished by ,fettint
the old soldiers have their money and sPeno
IL at home with their friends ana K'hsioiA'
ArYEAR FOR ECONOMY. 2
ordinarily thefe are mem bers WHO chron
fcaliy CONF plain OF the hard Times, ont I'M
wear that complaint will come Win oellei
grace. There will be but n.ae a cnaaie ,hai N. r
mem bers will be disposed to grant VIII % tne
necessaries. The members will bring WIFE
them pretty much from all parts Of the Stau stat
tidtngs OF poor crops, and the nnanclai cnlh
will be heavy indeed. t,-sa 4,,.g
I MILL 'IiiEsa1sIAr1os. :. - -
Naturally there will sbe a great deal salo
about the child Ia bor bills, and there az,
Iikeiy 10 be! sgreat many records made ano
unmade on Inst question. The Senate ha'
,nsssed a measure On this subject, and thai
bill is now on The House side. Last year th'
House Killed all pills relating to me isotoIs
lanor Question. Tbereis bo1nd' To- be con
test and plenty OF talking upon the subject.
but what VIII oe accomplished IL is haiu &c
say. .-.t.f. a.. s,,,,
w here there are The most factories and The
largest mill votes, strange as II may seem,
are pretty Sgeneraily opposed TO any inter5
ference With the mills, their LABOR, sor. tne
prUpoftion Of the votes- locking towards tn
reference comes from those Counties Wher.
there are not now and have never peel
hractories, and where the conditions are no'
subject 10 home sentiment, aud the member
are not ex pected 10 know as much about tht
actual conditions as those who live In th'
very heart of the conditions sought TO o'
remedied. s'9s2 $500 - .'s'.
HAVE WE ANY U s. SENATOR'S g.
The Tillman.McLanrin contention is GER
tain 10 come up 1t This session, and ~ VIII
occasion more or less amusement ana may
lead 10 serious com mplications. ~
There will be- renouli looking into tht
legal phase OF the question, and the Judiciary
committee will be asked 10 Kettle wnether VI
not the state has any United States Senators,
both OF them having reJgned.' IL Will Ut
remembered that Senator Tilman, Senator
Hoar and others take The position that GOV
ernor McSweeney had no legal right TO refus.
70 acceptthe rtsignations, ano mat an pre-
cedents are that where resignation is once
sent 10 q Governor IL cannot be recalled. The
judiciary committees, IT 1s said, Will bt
ask ed 70 look into the matter. and II they
the ioipt Assembly will be asked TO elect
two United States Senators u ill the Vi.
cancies heid 40 exist. II the thing. goes thai
far and the jofnt Assembly elects two United
credentials and sent 10 Washington, and II
: wllI be for the Senate 10 pass upon the ques
tiou as TO who SHOULD occupy the seats, and
whether those who sent their designations I"
the Governor or those elected by the General
Assembly are entitled 10 the seats.
The general presumption Ia that Senator
TiIlman would have NO difficulty In being re-
eected. and, VI course; % sne iasa Ms, rs tnat & ,he
II may all result in f1asco, or II may bring
about q serious national Issue.
RHDIsrRIcr1NG THE STATE.
the general impression ID that something Will
bs done relative 10 rearrangement or the
districts. The disposition is 10 let this sub
feet alone, but the feeling OF dissatisfaction Is
thing will have to be done II IL be no more
than to put the counties az whole in one dis
trict or another.
Riehiand County. Colleton, Williamsburg
and other coun Ties are 80 badly divided that
= they do not know exactly "where they are
II IA urged that Richlaud County would
much prefer an alliance with Orangeourg
Sumter Lexington and Clarendon counties,
than with GreenviIle. Spartanourg and Union
tits also stated that the effort will be made
TO have Charleston and Beaufort put In sepa-
rate Congressional districts. There will no,
be much trouble to settle the whole matter
II the members only agree that redistrlctins
bill should be adopted.
.a THE JUDICIAL ELECTIONS.
There will be number of elections duripg
the season of the General Assembly. There IL
great interest in the election OF Judges. The
only contest now indicated is for the position
now held by Judges Benet and Buchanan
There are several candidates out for the
places and the contest promises 70 be inter.
esting. The talk Ia that there will be sur
prise 10 tn contest In the 3d-Judge Buchan
ans circuit 4 = - .'
..t& ~ PROSPECTS THIS WEEK. 49,.
There ia little Likelihood much will be done