Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-29
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Brief Summary Of the Doinss OF the
Lawmakers.
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Lawmakers.
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COLUMBIA, Jan. 26.-The most impor-
tant action that the general assembly
has taken during the entire session,
and which will mark the record OF the
present body more than any otner
one thing, was the passage today oy
the house of the joint resolution whlcn
will give the people Of the state next
winter the opportunity Of voting upon
the subject Of having biennial sessions
This has been a fight for a generatlon
ant, the question has never yet gotten
to the people. 1t now lacks only Two
more steps in getting to the ma,
stage. 1t will have to secure lts lnir9
reading tomorrow in the house anu
then II will have to be ratified, and, II
goes without saying, that the JOINT
resolution by which the people are TO
vote on whether or not they want bien,
nial sessions, will receive the approval
of Governor Hayward. The entire
York delegation favored biennial ses-
sions of the general assembly and MT.
Beamguard took quite an active par'
in support of the joint resolution IA
vuring this measure.
Another important matter acted up
on today was the exemption OF tne
stock of building and loan ASSOCIATIONS
from taxation. For a great many
years, building and loan ASSOCIATIONS
have not paid taxes upon their STOCK
hut upon their property which was ac.
ouired by the money that was loaned
through the building and loan associa,
tions. Last year, Comptroller General
Jones thought that they ought to pay
taxes, and, there being no law to the
contrary, all building and loans nave
been forced to pay the tax and TINS
has been a very severe tax upon them
and. in fact, it seems to be generally
admitted that new associations VIII
not be able to thrive in Charleston OF
Columbia, where they have done mos'
good and where the taxes are partlc-
ularly heavy, unless the law Is more
favorable.
The general assembly really has but
little to do. but the members are goine
to stay out their forty days and take
u for granted that there will be sufh-
cient work for them to do in that time
-There is a great deal Of interest just
now in the bill providing for additiona
circuits. This bill would pass the
house, and certainly the senate, II II
were not for the fact that the lawyers
are so terribly split up about the meth
cd of relieving the alleged congestion
of the courts. AS long as the lawyers
are so badly divided, there Is abso-
lutely no prospect Of anything being
done.
There is a great deal Of interest just
now in the bills which seek to place the
telephone companies under the rail-
road commission and decidedly inter-
esting fight Is going on.
Thursdays Proceedings.
COLUMBIA, Jan. 2S.-The general as
sembly will have to elect a successor
to DR.. T. A. Crawford on the board OF
trustees Of Winthrop college, In view
Of his resignation to Governor Hey
ward. The chances are that Senator
Tillman will be the only nominee fol
the place and that he will be elected
without opposition. No one could de-
feat him should his name be presented
The action of DR.. Crawford Is gen
orally commended and should there al
any time be a bona fide vacancy ne
could get it without the slightest trou'
BILE. There Is general and genuine ap-
probation Of the work Of Senator Till
man for Winthrop college and 1t Is
conceded that but for Tillman there
would not today be a Winthrop COL
lege at Rock Hill. There is however
a feeling that he has enough OF glory
and office and that he ought to give
the "other fellow" chance and be
content with his work as a United
States senator and life trustee OF
Clemson college. There is no money
in being a trustee and with the I'M
mense amount of work that Senator
Tillman has to do there seem to be
some who think, that In view Of the
recent confusion that he will indicate
that he does not care to be candl
date for the position. OF course all ad-
init that if he Is a candidate for the
trusteeship that he will be. elect
ed, although it has long been ad-
mitted that the holding of this trus-
teeship is contrary to the constitution
AS far back as the time OF Attorney
General Barber, he decided that Mr.
W. D. Evans could not be a trustee ano
be railroad commissioner, and the
same rule applied to others and recent
ly the members declined to place the
name of Congressman Lever before the
joint assembly for a vacancy on the
Clemson board, although he was very
anxious for the place. The only objec-
ton to Mr.. Lever was that he already
held one office and that he could not
legally be a trustee and about the
only exception is that Of Senator Till
man.
In the course Of his argument today
on the bill to establish two additional
circuits, Mr.. Beamguard raped the
lawyers pretty hard when he told OF
Judge Mccullough going to Yorkville
a few days ago to hold a special term
Of court and not finding any work to
do and that the court had to be ad-
journed without doing anything and
the county had to bear the expenses OF
the witnesses and other court expenses
The reply to Mr.. Beamguard's state
ment was that the special term OF
court was called to try the Fishing
creek cases and the calling of the spe-
cial term induced the railroad to set
tie the cases without longer delay.
There is no general interest in the
Cause shad bill, but it has worked a
complete change in the shad industry
The shipping Of shad has been source
of great revenue to the people OF
Georgetown, and after the Goth Of Feb
ruary no shad are to be sent out Of the
state. The shad season is now in full
force and the shippers expect to get
something out of the business for the
present year.
Biennial sessions now seem to be
pretty certain, if the generally accept
ed theory proves correct that the people
favor such a change If they can ever
get chance to vote upon the subject
They will have such a chance next No
vember and this question being before
primary ought to induce large vote
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CLEMSON.