The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-02-05
REVIEW AND FORECAST.

and May D0-NO Bill Has Yet Be
come AN Act. but the RedristlnG
Bill, the Code, the Jury Bill aud
County Officers Salaries Bill are
Almost Ready for Ratification
Child Labor Legislation and Anti
Trust iLegislatiOn Will Probably
FaiI-Com mi issiOn Imsurance-And
Other Maftors.-August KOhn In
News and Courier.
Columbia, February l.-Special: The Gen.
eral Assembly IL getting along with It's Work
very well. 1t could easily get through with
its session In ten days more, but it VIII not
do 30 The why's and where1ores" are many,
but there does not seem TO De mucn oouot
10 take the full limit and draw their iorty
days' pay. The House and Senate have both
done q great deal OF WORK, and II tne Chleu
dars were sift ed. 1t would be found that there
liz really very little necessary legislation penn
The House has sent over to the Senate the
redistricting bill and that measure has been
made special order In the Senate Tor Tues
day. The jury dill has heen practically
agreed upon Tne Senate threshed over the
whole matter nnd finally framed bill tha'
was acceptable. Then the ,nse l2aiclarS
committee report ed on the Senate hill and
Yesterday the House adopted the Dill win
ouIy one unimporian amendment, ana NE
iury hiIl will be ready for ra'lnrHt,"n o. h,'f
the trip 10 the Cnafleston EAP'eiI'oo-'h'
first act OF the session.
The general salary bill has been about
agreed npon by the Senate and II VIII oe very
much like 1t was With The jury olii. Inc
salaries that have been put 10 tne olll iu
the Senate have been pretty generally
agreed upon at meetings OF the various coun
ty delegations, so that when the olli cnines
over from the senate with the salaries NIX en
they will he generally acceptable tn me
House, especially where there have bee DEL
egation agreements. Thus IT. will he .een
that The redrsting. the adoption of The Code,
Jury ard county officers salaries ulils are
already practicA Ivy out OF the way.
4 number OF matters that might nave oeen
OF great importA nee have been disposed OF In
one oflhe Two branches. Tue senate Is n"
Of the child labor proposition. me HOUSE
com mittee has agreed upon SUBSTITUTE Dill
which Will have n rough time TO get through
the House IN any shape. The advocates Oh
child lahor legislation say thai they "oulo
be satisfied win almost any klnu ol ieglsIa
tinp lust SO that they can make START ana
get la 40 entering wedge. Those who oppose
any parental Interference orlegislallon prt1n-
dicial to Inc growing ttStlie lnlereStS ot tne
State are equally asanXlous mat nntnlng oe
done to interfere with the prosperity OF Tue
cotton mills.
THE WAR ON TRUSTS.
There has been great deal OF talk, excite
III. nl and hurrah ABOUT corporation ana anu
lrutl legislation. II aeems 10 have ABOUT
petered out SO far as results are now expect
ed.
The hearing at which Attorney General
BeIIluper and Judge Hudson appeared seems
to have put tue tinlsnipg touches OIL the mat
ter, and Judge Hudson's emphatic position,
acquiesced In and agreed TO by Attorney Gen.
eral Beliipger, that the Virglnla-Caroilna
Chemical Company SHOULD not be revoked
pen dug The nLgaLlon against the virginia
Carollna Chemical Com pany, seems 70 nave
settled the outcome on the Grayson Senate
resolution and the D5Bruhl House Dill, whlch
IL about the same thing.
The main feature of the DeBruhl resolution,
IL Will De remembered, reads: ~
"rbat from and alter the approval OF this
Act no permit or license shall be granted 10
any foreign business corporation 10 locate or
do business within this STATE; and any or all
per mlls or licenses heretofore granteo 10 any
Ioieign business corporations 10 iocale OF 40
business within TINS Slate are hereby declar.
ed 10 be Withdrawn, revoked aud declared OF
no effect from and alter The lst day OF April,
A. u. 1919.
The Graydon and the DeBruhl bills have
not bel been reported by the com mmiltees.
The NJ. l.. Smith cUf poIatiun Dill mas not
vel been seriously considered, snd II IL haro
10 say how II will COME from the commillee,
as many maternal amendments are In con-
temptation.
INSURANCE MATTERS.
The House does u great mAny snrprlelng
things LuL Que OF the most unexpected was
the n sppIoval vi The Uill 10 provide Tor AL IN
evident Tor u long lime that Such an omcer
Was needed, but Inc House nas been Dut little
dlspuseu ~ eslabilsh new office, although IN
this caAe the Insurance. companies pay Tue
piper. n.,dr,
Insurance Act IL OF more Iarireachlbg snu
general Importance. 1he Mauulln OiIl. as
VIII be remembered, Was dliected against the
making OF rates and insurance supervision
by Lne Southeastern TarIh Association, oI
Atlanta. Unuer the Act ageuI nave To make
athdavlts that They DO Lot receive or use
rates made by an association or coinplnatlon.
rns Insurance COIL paulee otter as all Induce
mem 70 The sepeAl vi lbe Act gentlui le-
uucllon III rales vi lrUm 20 ~ ~ per cent.
Exactly how this IL 10 be cailleu Out ID DOL
snuwu. The Dill has tne approval ana sup
vuIl vi lhe com mmlttee on LauklDg ana liz
surance. ~
COMMITTEES ARE USEFUL.
Anolher ILslanee of the iurce anu Welgut
OF c,.Iu uInlttee reports " AZ Lhe adOpliou oI the
Cvut, TueIe WAS great deal vi lear anu
trepldallon about Tue manntr In Whlch the
Cuue as tu Oe adopted. uuL The Whole trouoie
o, sIus " have ueeu b Glued III elugie llllie
leu IIle bIII by wuIch Tue report OF Tue Coue
CummlssiureI was adopted as The statue laW
q, Lue Stale cor The utXl ten years. lhe
House has already adopted Tie Dlll ana Int
osuale's u, ton is almost more certalu Lhap
Was that vi The duuse.
THE STATE FARMS.
The House went through The perenuiAi
uuIIy avuul tne sale OI Tie State larns ell
,e!tIg iuio cUmpclltIuu WIN ".hEr lain
:,as U,eu tLtue.y expiUueu, Lnu now Tue
.,I.iu LIEl al III. tpk> neEte ul The Siatt b fe
,u,t II ,I ,Le iaI lbs ID that The COnNIcLs
cou u te u.eu " ueLter ad Nudtage On the pun
IL cIIaus.
The locl seems 10 be that Greenwood and
B.muerg anu other counties that haseap
pIltu Iur cunylcts ior road Work have gotlen
The u, ON the Peuilenuary. All tbe coun'
lies have to pay "a per month aud L1e Keep
OF lue con ,icls. aud Lhe IacL remains tnat Tue
uetnanq ID Iackipg tor the prlsoneIs, ana IL
sllupiy resoI> 70 lleeif to an econom &C ques-
III u as u whether II IL best 10 have Inc COLI
.icls make their own stuff or buy.
NO SOLDIERS HOME.
Tue recent debate on the pension bill de-
seloped marked aud deathdeaiing views as
70 The soldiers Home proposition. The
House by u decided majority voted 10 inGrease
The Con Iedernle pension Iund 10 S2OO,OOO-tbe
sum oI 100000 WAS available this ear, al.
though The pui pose WAS 10 vote Sl50,OO0. The
InemUers oil the House are OF The opinion
iToiu their de bate and vote, that the Increase
vi the pension lund IL all that ought TO be
dUpe this Year and that b. lip OF this kind Is OF
more use al the homes OF the needy veterans
BIENNIAL SESSIONS.
The House Ia even more strongly than ever
In favor Of biennial 81 ssioDs OF the General
Assembly. AS matters sioUd IL was SIMPLY
question Of getting sufficient members in