The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-02-15
pElAuI Politics.
yEsISI.ATURE LARGELY MADE
up OF sDRDD SELF SEEKERS.
Caustic Review OF the First Thirty
Days of the Session OF the Genef-
s. Assembl The Day Of Adj
iournment VIII Be It's
Best Day

5 he aatecsed In the eloquent speecnes
hreathine broad patriotism from great
hearts hut tits nevertheless fact tnag
J, q annarert TO all who are compelieo
"a watch legislation, that pea
mt politics and little, marrow, SENS, seAnsn
nnlitscaI ambitions have more toSoo
with shaping legislation In the present
general assembly of South Caroiina
than ali other Influences combined, SO
4 far as majority OF the moss lmpoI-
fant matters are concerned. 80 mucn
a tisat one who has watched the thing
90 on for SO days becomes disgusseo
and longs for the end. fhe 1acs tnae
there is only one week more oi enis
! legislature, which has been cai.eo upon
I'd consider thousands OF Dllis puG
: wfli.h has sc far passed less tnan nan
q uozsn measures of any genera1 I'M
portanesR Ror interest, Will emu py con-
stitatrsnal limitation next SATURDAY
.aarni Is. Is cause for congratulat1ng
! tha neople generally. OF course there
are uumber Of good, level-headed,
snatriotic and unse1fsh men among
shem, but these have not the weight
.an,nno the coarse grained and sor-
diflly Sal fish members that they snoulo
have. However, there IS this 60 pe
thankful for there has noG Deen ano
Hkal3win not be any radical, vicious
or generally harmful legislation.
So far nothing has been acompilsnsa
touard any change IN tne oispensa.y
system, IN the see-saW over sng mLe1. nao,
te. between the two houses. ne.e
has been a deal of lobbying over enls
matter on the part OF the pfsssne us
pensary dministrataon. Inis aes9:ses
condemna tion, and on anyother sun3eee
& world have been promptly resented.
But This dispensary 5as q mucn
STRONGER hold on South Caroilna
politics than many of It's strongest op-
ponents imagine. The machine nSs
! so a. far succeeded in blocking every
effort as a change, and the session
will end without SO much as the cross, $,
ING nf t., or the dotting OF an
a taa present law, in all likel!nooo.
.sf course the Rsysor- manning Dill was
s;lly. and the house was not TO oiaue
sfnr killing it, and there was no ois-
cretion in the manner IN Wiz a4a sao
Brice bill was urged before 5ne senas1,
which killed, it. But that the people
were expecting and desareo Ghans
there can be no doubt, ana aitnoogn
the failure Of this legislature 20 NaAe
any change. was due more 60 lacA ol
iindicious leadership combined WIFI a
strange sort of mixture between VIC
( ;ona and shortsighted politics than 90
sry ssrss, stubborn resistance to any
change at all, this will not be fasen
80. an eyeuse. This legislature at It's
nert - session mag be able to see the
.wTitinp on the wall and so
ssrengthen the system by making con-
csss;nns s;,,s and changes as to preserve It's
lie many wears longer. But IN the
ansn;on IN, Of many the thing IS TOO
fhnronchly permeated with poi1slcs
for s.s This They think that those IN
chaIoa will stubborniy resist any
chance and will be able to carry their
point long enough to allow pnoIie sen SEN
fimeut to we'll up against 1t untii nel9
is q political csoudburst That VIII
sweep the entire system out OF tne
49, nctbar matter that is full of poll
= sshis Pollock bill which has pass
"a "a ts,a l,onse to give Winthrop college
8 tsa 8, = rema,nder of the fertilizer tag tax
ssto- s..s Clemson has gotten S75,o00
s.eu E. this source. The matter is no"
Lafa,s the senate in adjourned debate
form ru The Pollock bill seeks 70
aonaiize conditions in the matter OF
;Ieoma a,, bet,. ZEN the two institutions
II Is not 8 slap at Clemson IN Ine ;e, IN, n
tsrast = Is 10 Of winthrop, because as will be
readily seen winthrop does noS benens
inasmnch as her regular approprlatlon
from the State will be cut oy 1uss 81
so many dollars and cents as sne ,, IS
benefited py the tag tax-tnae Is enS
snrd ing and effect of the dempniii
smandment in the bill as it passed tne
honse. What Clemson loses IN case
.4ha bill passes will therefore be saved
~ 8, the tax payers. Clemson has there
fore 81 a. found little difficulty in interest.
mo mo the Winthrop authorities agalns!
the hill. The executive committee OF
she a winthrop board has been before the
..ononittee a., In opposition to the bill.
{ certain prominent Charleston law
f;rn has a member on each of the two
boards of trustees, and the taik Is
tbat the Clemson member has inter-
ssted - the Winthrop member to re-
oroanize his forces against the bill,
ana that the executive committees
visit TO Columbia IS due to work
which transpired in Charleston. All
l. IL