The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-02-08
THE LEGISLATURE.

The legal fraternity has at
last secured the passage Of a bill
in the House creating two addi-
tional circuits, which means two
more Judgships, two more So
licitors. and two more Stenogra-
pliers, nice, fat, juicy jobs for
lawyers. There is saying 1.-The
devil takes care of it's own" and
the lawyers being numerically
strong in the legislature have
taken advantage of their power
and forced upon the taxpayers
an additional expense which
could have been avoided. The
argument to make this official
lob opening for lawyers, is con-
gested dockets all over the
State. and that litigation IS OBJ
structed because Of accumulated
suits. Our observation is that
the accumulated suits are not
due to a lack of Judges, but it IS
because lawyers very frequently
play for position and have their
cases postponed, some times,
they do not want a certain Judge
to hear the case, other times
they are not disposed to let
their causes go before the jury.
There are several reasons why
the lawyers hold back their
cases. But if the law was made
SO that suits had to be tried
promptly, and the Judges forced
the lawyers to have their cases
tried or stricken from the docket
with costs to the postponing
party, the dockets would not
become congested, and the tax
payers would not be called upon
to pension lawyers who are not
making living at. the practice.
The Clarendon delegation on
the creation of two additional
circuits stood, DesChamps voted
No and Bradham and Green
Yes.
The compulsory education bill
was killed, and We are glad of
it, not because we are opposed
to compulsory education, but
because, we think no such law
should be enacted without first
discussing it with the people,
and we favor the question Of
compulsory education being
made an issue in the next cam
paign, and that each candidate
be required to state how he
stands and give his reason.
Bradham and Green vote d
against the bill and DesChamps
for it.
We were mistaken in saying
last week the DesChamps ex-
perimental station bill had pass
ed the House, it was SO stated IN
one of the daily newspapers and
misled US, but Notwithstanding
it had a favorable report from
the committee, and Mr.. Des-
Champs worked hard to get it
through, the bill was killed by
a vote of 49 to 56.
Captain Bradham has intro
duced a bill to create an addi-
tional magistrate. for Clarendon
county. We cannot tell from
the title of the bill which section
Is to get this additional magis-
trate. We presume the tax
payers of the section to get this
magistrate have petitioned the
delegation asking that the office
be created, otherwise we hardly
think our Representative would
have put this additional expense
on the county.
The effort to have widows of
confederate soldiers Of the age
of 50 years put on the pension
list was defeated. Captain Brad
ham was among the opposition,
and there were so many pension
measures, every fellow trying to
tickle the "Old Confed.'' that
they became somewhat confused
and the pension bills were re-
ferred to a special committee of
which Captain Bradham is one.
Perhaps this committee will be
able to get in something which
will satisfy all sides.
On a bill Of Mr.. Richards to
encourage the erection of ade-
quate school buildings, our dele
cation voted solidly against
striking out the enacting words.
AS we understand the bill it pro-
vides for county aid to erect
school houses.
The work of the past week has
resulted in killing compulsory
education legislation, and the
passage OF a maEe-snltt dlspen
sary bill in the Senate, intro
duced by Senator Manning. His
bill is to our mind no better than
the present law, and if enacted
into law will only add fury to the
flames now kindling under State
liquor control.
The Investigation to be made
Of he-dispensary is already be-
ing looked upon as fixed" and
why should it not be so looked
upon. The board Of control is
composed of three members, the
chairman lives in Newberry, one
member in Kershaw, the other
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