The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-01-28
Legislature.

lature of South Carolina hss entered
upon the third week of its existence
and in that time only preliminary
work has been accomplished. Bills
have been put in shape to be intro
duced, vacancies in Offices have been
filed and the members have thrown
out their skirmish lines preparatory
to the battle of words in defense of
their pet measures.
If We have not before stated that
Hon. John G. Sheppard, of Edge
field, was reelected President pro
tenn of the Senate, We DO 80 now,
and that he presided over the delib-
erations of that body from the time
of the arrest of Lieutenant Governor
James H. Tillmap, until the swearing
in of the new Lieutenant Governor
last Wednesday.
Our report ended with the pro-
ceedings of Tuesday of last week.
On Wednesday Governor elect, d.
Clinch Hayward, of Collector, and
Lieutenant Governor elect, John T.
Sloan, of Richland, took the oath of
Office and entered upon the active
discharge of the duties of their
respective offices. The election of
these two Carolinians, to these two
highest State Office, both having
been align with that element in State
politics known 90 "Conservatives," is
an evidence that the bitterness of the
great political revolution of 1890 has
spent it's force and that while princi-
pies and measures to which that
revolution gave birth are yet active
factors in State politics, they have
been accepted in good faith by both
factions and the new century wit
messed practically reunited Demo
cracy in South Carolina.
The inaugural address of Governor
Hayward dealt with all tie leading
questions now agitating the public
mind education, the dispensary,
child labor in cotton mills, taxation,
the industial interests of the State
all received thoughtful attention and
were discussed in spirit of patriot
ism and from the high grounds of
broad minded and liberia! statesman.
His Inauguration witnessed new
epoch in our history and he starts
his public life with the prayers of
all classes of the people of the State
for successful and brilliant admin
istration.
With the exception of holding
memorial services in memory of the
late General Wade Hampton nothing
was done by either branch of the
General Assembly until Monday,
when six bills were read the third
time and ordered sent to the Senate.
Two of them had reference to local
affairs in Charleston county; two to
Saluds affairs; one was bill relating
to the qualification of the County
Superintendents of Education and
the remaining one to amend Section
29S of the Criminal Code of 1902.
Many new bills were introduced
and referred to appropriate commit
tees. The bills which were discussed
at length were: The bill providing
for ten year convicts to serve SEN
tences on the public works OF the
! county. The House refused to kill
the bill and it was passed to it's
third reading. The bill to secure
throughout the United States uni
form classified assessment of live
stock. This bill WIS passed and it
simply provides that taxpayers in
making their returns should give
exact information ss to grade OF
stock, etc. The bill to take the dis
pensary profits for cities and towns
and place it to the credit of the