The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
Oar Delegation.

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Lanham introduced ga Bill'' to repeal
the law which requires citadel gradu-
ates to teach in the free public schools
two years. Our views upon this scheme
are expressed editorialy, because 1t IS
a measure OF more than local interest.
Thursday Mr.. Lesesne was appointed
on q committee to ascertain the exact
status of the trustees of the state col
leges, and he also made a speech IN
favor of additional judicial circuits
The lawyers in the House, like doctors,
disagreed upon the means necessary to
relieve the congestion OF the court
dockets: each had different formula,
one set claimed that our courts as now
constituted are unconstitutional, mas
much as the Court of General Sessions,
and Common Pleas are two separate
courts and the Constitution forblds the
holding of two Offices but all the same
these lawyers are very solicitouS Tor
the comfort of our over-worked judges
and are anxious to curtail their work
by creating more judges, solicitors ana
circuits. Mr.. Lesesne disagreed with
some of the speakers that preceded
him, and said: The Constitutions OF
'68 and '95 are in accordance with the
present system. If il was not, the Con-
stitution for a period of thirty-hve
wears has been violated. Nothing in
the Constitution prohibits a Judge OF
one circuit holding court in another.
He made the point that it was impract-
ical under the four-circuit proposition,
because it meant entirely too much
work for the solicitors. upon whom
the greater work devolved. He quoted
the increase in population to show that
the work now done was far greater
than ten years ago, and this work is
being done by the same number OF cir
cults.
LET us create more circuits; let US
tighten the work, and have more men to
do the work as efficiently as it was done
ten years ago. But for the present, he
submitted that two extra circuits were
sufficient. Its physically impossible to
create the ten circuits without lncon-
venience to some, but he held that the
bill before the House was the best one
that could be gotten. He enjoined upon
the gentleman OF the House to stand by
the committee which had reported the
bill"
But as is often the case ':too many
cooks spoil the BROTH" the lawyers all
wanted more circuits, which incident
ally means more jobs for those who
cannot make fortune at the practice:
each one of them had a superior meth
cd to reach the desire, and as one law
yer's opinion is OF more weight than
any other, neither would relent and IN
the great contention and disagreement
the whole scheme was killed, and the
people saved the expense of creating
additional Offices for one special class.
AS layman we do not agree with Mr..
Lesesne and his colleagues in the belief
that the congested dockets are caused
by increased litigation: in our opinion
it is caused by the dilatory tactics Of
of the lawyers who have their causes
continued from court to court purposely,
and are frequently employed to play
this very trick. Go into court when
YOU will, and as His Honor sounds the
docket. lawyers rise and ask that the
cases be continued, often without even
giving a reason why. In our opinion
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is law to enforce the trial Of cases OF
have them stricken from the docket at
the expense OF those responsible for
their being on the docket. No case af-
ter having been called at two success
sive terms should be allowed to remain
on the docket If such was the law,
cases would be tried, the laws machin-
ery would not be clogged, and shysters
could no longer work their delay
schemes.
Mr.. Lesesne also introduced "a Bill''
to provide for the purchase and conduct
of a poor farm for Clarendon county.
Senator Davis voted against "a BillH
to fix the hours of railroad employees.
The measure was killed as it should
have been and we are glad to note our
Senator among the number who voted
to kill it.