Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-02-27

ments to such bills in an effort to de-
reat their purposes. For instance Re-
| preventative Bolich of Polk county
introduced a bill to prevent trespass-
ing on railorad tracks. It provided
that persons could walk at the end of
the ties, but prohibited their walking
i between the rails, habit that has
cost the lives of many persons. In
order to defeat the bill a. azRepresenta-
I've offered an amendment to compel
the railroads to build concreate walks
alongside the tracks for the use of ped
| estrains.
A bill is now resting in the house
! the purpose of which is to place
tax upon the males OF the lower beasts,
/, at least to tax the owner of the same,
Such things as this go on daily. One
fellow wanted all bee gums moved fur
ther from the public roads.
Some Of it is good IND nesessary, for
body OF hard-Working men cannot
be serious at all times; it would not
be good for their constitutions and pro-
bably not good for the constitution of
this Commonwealth. During the first
half of the session they would be doing
nothing else, SO probably a little fun
mixed with the seriousness is well, for
it was said Of old that "all work and
no play makes Jack dull boy"
1 The bulk of the time of the Legisla-
ture is taken up in dealing with coun-
ty local affairs, that it would seem
could be disposed of to much better
advantage by the county authorities
! as they are familiar with local condi-i
i tions of which the lawmakers on the
j MI fhnVs cfH do Of RaRo
about. Often such bills are not oppos-l
i ed unless they contain some drastic
measure. therefore there is little
trouble experienced in getting through
local measures. All you have to do
is to drop them in the hopper and let
them grind out in the course of time.
| That's all there is to purely local leg
islation when 1T is unoppesed by the
dear people back home" where the
bill is usually drawn and forwarded
/ to the Representative or Senator. The
Legislature is showing disposition to
discourage the introduction of local
bills that county commissioners could
dispose of. The superabundance of
these has made the business more of a
nuisance than ever before. They seem
useful. however, in filling out the time,
while legislation of State importance is
being prepared for action. 1t is pro-
bable that the way may be payed by
this session for the wedding out of
4 these superfuous bills by the next
Legislature.
The Calendars of both branches are
now congested with purely local bills,
4 which are occupying the greater part
}sof the time Of the Legislature. In
order that the reader may have an idea
Of the large number introduced and
what a hurried disposition must be
made of them within the next two
weeks of the General Assembly, the
writer will present few more figures
The House Calandar shows that when
the House adjourned Saturday 1494
bills had been introduced, this includ-
ing of course those coming from the
Senate, there being two or three hum
dred of them. The Senate Calandar
shows that 983 bills have been under
the consideration of the Senate, many
of these coming from the House. Pro-
badly more than a thousand have been
introduced during the present session
and of this number only 800 have been
ratified. It is likely that 100 have
been laid out on the cooling board" I"
much to the sorrow of those who in
troduced them. Anyway, they get q
good deal of notoriety out of the tran
saction. The remainder of the bills
are in the hands of committees, or
on the Calandar for disposal immed=
lately. Many more will doubtless be
introduced and in order to pass all
these bills the General Assembly will
; have to get up and do some of the
old timey hustling. During the past
1 IL - 6oa aST 70 6n
highest speed on the big pulley so to
speak. If you have ever been into q
grist mill and felt the thing shaking
!, from the very foundation in the mighty
whir of the big stones, and you have
seen the meal pouring out in big
steady stream, you have a faint idea
of how things are running at the State
Capitol. The old gigantic stone struc-
ture is almost trembling from the
] heavy, ceaseless grind under the big
dome. The poor clerks, well it is
left to the Lord to bless them for they
! are just as happy as II they had half
sense for coming here; they are just
; grinding away on the typewriters un-
, til the running gear gets almost hot
!. from use, and the penpushers are
bending and breaking the best of pens
D + in the strife and turmoil. At late
. hour Saturday night the poor fellows
: we're grinding away in vain effort
to finish their work before the dawn Of
! Sunday, while some of the lawmakers
, were hurrying home to their loved
ones. The mill started at high speed
[ again Monday at 10 o'clock A session
u OF about four hours was had. The
} lawmakers went home for dinner and
| returned to the committee work. for it
| is the duty of the committees to ex-
/ anime the big batch of bills and re-
port back to the Senate and House
y whether OF not they think the bills
2 should have further consideration on
: the part of these busy bodies. They
} went home and got their supper and
/ returned at o'clock for night ses-
t sion, say until IL o'clock. That's the
cS4o&o,c t,|rr mill ic 1s11pn I'm or and