The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-02-03
COL( NbIt LETTER.

" hiI" tl,etr iavc been Il good many
H"n-l!ic- lpl>cd Ol this Last wcr.
ti,ir uIc >tl.l dbuut 900 bills on tlir
Nuu>" r.;!cndu Very few OF TIA, -
TIi! hc pa>>cd dnrluE the nest tiioc
"'"h- az the session and many oI them
al" 'nri"iy campaign material iUi use
hoAt summer. 'Dnc oi the surprising
results Oi last week was the refusal ui
the House to accept any oi tie meas
urcS Hooking towards relieving the con
gcstcd cOndillotI ~ the courts. Tins
matter was Last SESSION referred 10 Il
special committee Oi one lawyer from
each C!Icu!f, and tins committee re
ported / bli! creating TWO new circuits.
Iii,Tr "a, II r!inIlai bill on the culcn-
dian ANA l'pth were considered al TIC
s.,iiir lliiir, together with one Iutlu-
dnrrd ~ Nj! Deiiruhl propO>lnga urW
arrangement nl the cuui.. Alr. he
Hiull idea Is To separate nr cINI! aud
cliinlnai courts, proyldInk eight cir
cunts Df the courts Oi common pleas lis
now, ANA Tour lOI the general SESSIONS.
lie contents That the present system Is
unconstitutional aud that the Judges
and solicitors are holding two Offices
when they cor duct both the common
pleas aIiu gene I'll sc>siOnS courts. Ihc
lawyers were divided uDOm he validity
ol ST. l)ci!Iuii pnhllonand they could
before the House. Having also klilru
tie bill to repeal the statute plovidinS
Tor special judges, the prospect now l'
that iilc court siti;htiun Viii be iIl-
touched at this sr>SlUn, and II the pcO-
Pic want relief they wlll have 10 de-
manu it IN the summer campaign.
There is il bill pending IN the senate
similar to Mr. Dc!iruhl's, which Is faith
cred by Senator Mcivcr, the soH of The
t.t.f 4 l...t lsy
pUssiblc that this may get through
both houses.
The only other measure of tho week
which IL attracting attention cOnspicu-
Ously was Mr.. Ilerberts bill to provide
ia additional scholarships in Clemson
College. The bill originally stipulated
that these scholarships should be con-
fined to the agricultural department..
the object being to increase the atten-
dance upon that department, but after
long tight it was 30 amended rs to
include the mechanical department
also, and in that form passed the
House. This bill gave the opportunity
of quite q general discussion of Glenn
son College and the fnct was brought
out that very few of the students are
taking tho agricultural courses. The
bill has not yet been considered in tho
Senate.
The bill introduced by Mr. Morgan
to place telephone companies under
has been amended beyond recognition
and it's passage through both houses ID
now very doubtful on that account.
This is u favOrlte method OF killing
bills. Their opponents, knowing that
it is impossible to kill them by a direct
fight, seek to insert amendments which
will make the measures unacceptable
even to the originatOrs thereof, and
thus succeed in bringing about their
rejection. The telephone business in
tins State ia gradually getting into the
hands OF tho Bell monopoly and the
Trainer of this measure doubtless in
tended to meet this situation.
The corporations are usually hit very
frequently by all kinds Ot bills in the
session preceding an election, but there
have not been 80 far very many anttg-
Onistic measures. The special com :
mission appointed to devise some
means of increasing thcStntes revenue
has reported in favor OF placing a
small commission tax on corporations
in addition to the tax which they may
pay upon their property. While this
is t. only measure proposed for in
creasing the revenue and there are nc
propositions looking to 'nc ease in
the appropriations, this b. .e, by nc
means sure of passage. Nj. Moses, il
should be mentioned, has introduced q
bill levying q tax on inheritancea. and
while this is in line with other States
it would not bring in great deal Of
money to South Carolina, where large
fortunes arc by no means numerous
nor undivided.
The Legislators have been visited
this week by a delegation from the
Dillon sectir1 In behalf of the new
county scat, Dillon, which is in Marion
county, has for some years been desi
rOus of becoming IL county seat, and its
people charge that in the two elections
already held tho now county scheme
has been defeated by fraud. Senator
Stackhouse, of Marion, has introduced
bill to change the constitution 30 as
to make the required distance of q neW
county line from an old court nouec
ten miles instead of eight. This prOpo.
sition is locked apcn as 9 scheme tC
defeat the Dillon project, which would
be its effect if that is not it's purpose
The Senate mas not acted upon this
resolution, and when it does come ul
there will be hard fight. There il
an unfavorable report on the resolu-
ton.
The Senate has accepted Senate,
Warren's resolution for q commission tC
inspect the phosphate deposits. Thif
ls Il preliminary measure to the estab'
lishment of State fertilizer factory
but it's passage does not indicate the
seDtimc22.. Of the Senate upon the maiu
prnposltiOn.
The work OF the Senate 30 far has
not heen spectacular nor interesting to
the general public. Its sessions each
day have been short and devoted al
most exclusively to the consideration
Of minor and local measures. There
is never much debate in this body and
the conditions are very different from
those existing in the House, where it
Is talk all the time. 1t ought to be
possible for both houses to transact a
great deal OF business in the next three
ample time to consider ali measures
and put them in shape for consider
alton by the larger bodies. Thursday
there will he held memorial exercises
in honor of the late MIR. John McMas.
ter, of Richland county, who died
during the last year u rilembcr of the