The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-02-10

AE, Mug Ulil 10 require riders or BIZ
cycles or automobiles to get down or
veyanCe; Mr.. Richards bill to increase
the value of each scholarship at Win
throp from $44 to 500; eir. Kibler's
DILL TO provide for the Office Of insur-
ance commissioner. and MIR. MnnIdin's
bill to repeal the law which drove the
Southeastern Tariff AZ sociation out of
the State. Tms repeal is conditioned
upon certain requirements.
HITTING TIE SOUTHERN.
There was an interesting and i'm
portant discussion over the bill
in the Senate introducedby Sena-
tor Maytield to require the at
torney general to enter suit to test the
South Carolina and Georgia Railroad
by the Southern Railroad. The bill
was attended, so the author explained,
to bring au end to constant suits to
test the constitutionality of leases of
railroads by others. Under the pres.
o2t law: whosoever brings suit on
the constitutionality question is given
half the penalty which may be impos-
ed. The bill intends that the whole
matter shall be definitely settled by
the courts and prevent constant ltiga-
ton. Much interesting discussion Oc-
Cured and the bill was passed with
only one dissenting vote.
THE TELEPHONE BILL.
The bill originally introduced by
Mr. B. A. Morgan to pla1o telephone
companies under the supervision of the
as much interest as any other measure
this session. AS is we'll known, the
Bell Telephone Company has within
the last two years bought up number
OF local competitors. Since the intro
ductlon OF this measure it is said that
companies up to that time independent,
have been absorbed also, 81 that at
present the Bell has practically mo-
nopOly in South Carolina. This pros
pect was the justification of the bill,
and as it ia natural proposition under
the circumstances, it might have been
passed without much interest being
manifested had it not been for the ex-
ceedingly active efforts of the agents
of the monopoly to defeat the measure.
1t is probable that more "lObby work"
has been done in opposition to this bill
than In connection with any other
measure this session, the Bell having
here some very agreeable and genial
representatives.
Nevertheless the bill will, it seems,
become law. 1t has passed second
reading in the House, and in tie Sen
ate 1T has been amended 80 that it now
provides that telephone companiee
must he subject to the railroad COM
mission so far as regulating their busi-
nees in this State is concerned; the
amendment to the original bill pro-
viding rates being eliminated, leaving
1T to the commission to fix rates, it ia
further provided that further connec-
tlOn should not be made except when
reasonable and practicable; that where
contracts exist now between city or
town councils with telephone COM
panies as to rates, the rates cannot be
increased. The telephone is utility
n0w iii general use, UUGI IN town ami
and this measure is one in
which the whole State is very much
THE HEARST BOOM.
There has been some little mention
of politics in this go0dly city lately
national politics at that. Very many
of the Legislators don't care rap who
is president just 30 Crane creek is
bridged or Walkers Cross Roads has
sign post, but there are others.
Mr., M. F. Tighe has been here in
the interest of Mr.. VIM. r. Hearst.
Now Mr. Tighe has been about the
South Carolina Legislature before-15
years or more ago when he was with
The News and Courier. At present
he is in the Washington bureau of Mr..
Hearst's combination of papers The
New York American formerly. the
Jou-raU, the San Francisco Examiner
and JH earst's Chicago American. OF
late a,n 2ths Mr.. Tighe has been travel
ing through the South looking after
Mr.. Ee8rsrs boom for the Democratic
With what success or
ho has met is not
for Mr. Tighe knows too
much about the business to talk much.
He is exceedingly diligent in collecting
CD" 1idacy and those may help some.
The editOr-son of the California mil
iOnaire-Senator-ha not been re-
garded very formidable or favorable
candidate down here bnt he is not
without strength: He has plenty of
money and spends it, he must nave
some ability to be able 70 conduct sue
cessfuiiy three great newspapers at
three distant points. and it is suspect
ed that he has a silent interest in still
nthers-perhaps one or two in the
South. He has recently consented to
establish newspaper at Los Angeles
to take up the fight for the labor unions
which have been warred upon so long
by Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, particu-
lars Of which may be had from Ray
Stannard Bakers article in this months
issue of McClure's magazine and Frank
g. Carpenters syndicate letter in The
State and other papers of yesterday,
Hearst is doubtless counting on the
support of the labor unionsSand that
means good deal in the presidential
election. South Carolina may be more
brought out by the Greenville Noun
taineer and the Newberry Observer.
that he Is Sf South Carolina ancestry.
The MOuntlineer says he is related to
the Whitmires, 80 numerous in Green
vile and Newberry, and The Observer
adds:
william Randolph Hearst, can