The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-02-13
SAYS NAME SHOULD
Be "GRAzY HOUSE"
Representative Mcdonald Writes
That Name OF State House Is
Misnornsr; Wants Change


The following is letter which has
been written from Columbia by Rep
resentatiVe M. r. Mcdonald and deals
with conditions In Columbia: J
Columbia, s. c., Feb. 8, 1914.
Dear Editor:
Ii is very discouraging to see how
some OF the members OF the house Of
representatives waste the time Ii.
their attempts to defeat legislation,
About one dozen members of the
House have been carrying on a fiji
buster in their attempts to defeat
the Sanders bill, which attempts to
put an end to. house of III fame and
for immoral purposes. The bill will
become law, or rather 1t will pass
the House IL q vote is ever reached.
On Saturday L succeeded In getting
through the House n motion to
limit all speeches to ten minutes.
This Will be OF much benefit toward
the bringing about OF much effective
work.
I have introduced a bill to abolish
and discontinue the Confederate
Home" which. is situated in the city
OF Columbia. The reason for SO dr
ing Is, becanse Ii Is a waste OF mon.
ey to run this institution. When
the Legislature passed q law. auth
izing this. home for the aged and In
trm soldiers and sailors of the Civil
War. It embodied in 'th6t law that
none f'the' otFfcers in that home
should. receive pay, and that only two
soldiers In each county be allowed to
live there. In violation of this law
some, counties have more than their
share, and the superintendent, rda1.
n. w. Richardson. gets one hundred
dollars per month, DR.. Butler sew
enty- five dollars per month and sew
eral others are receiving salaries. II
costs the State from $4,000 to $780,
600 per year to maintain >this insti-
tuition. The place is nothing more
than a place for favored politicians.
For this reason, think 1t should be
abolished and the money distributed
among the soldiers deserving 1t. is
1t right to tax the people to spend
from twenty to thirty thousand dol
lars per year to keep up eighty-fouf
men, yhhn many good soldiers nev-
er dfaw eohe cent for their services
In the wary f8.i
The House failed to bassi the. bill
renb the asylum t5s State park
|propefta 4 think itniasis a5'nitstake
TAe asS4nfI slionld' fdt eBe In th4
city with 365 acres of gag.s gag.s s;:=;rsif, g.: II Il,
landa PARTLY iti ana partly outside o.
The hn1lE dthl land III watth
too niuchaFo Keep 'sfotif fSfniing btirS
poses! The State, o&hsS $500 acres
of 1ene hfRfAning IaaS' atG State Park.
I've dmilesi above TIE ely, and that
y the proper place for 'the State Hos
4 pftafj fp1O the Inaniik..yoac JI.s9 ss5lS
q 'thinlE steat instea9 oflteailins the
State house the statd house for the
otH Hcialsss 1t 2 should be called s'T'he
state house for the insane" for
some mighty foolish things are done
issre.
Mr.. Zeigler passed a bill through
the house =eGnie.as fiuIitsrs 4, isEs
out q lieense for that purtnse Asr
McQueen's bill 70 selR {he state
Iarms in Sumter and Kershaw coua-
ties, and to place ali ahle-badied
eongicts ON the public roads, passed
The house by very heavy majority.
The house passed the Harhes4Me-
SEssTIseJ ooT9puisuEy education i piii.
This bill, III passed into the aet. VIII,
not be q Compulsory education law.
for II only gives shis Fight: One
third 1of the qualified electors In h K
sehorl district may petition for m
election to be held Tor the putpose
of voting for or esainat confuulsory.
education. II ihaajefify vote n 60
svor Of 1t. that district which yotel,
shall 3then have tcpmpulsory alileaa
ton. and all pateats or cuhtodiana
"t, children that are between the; ages
ht.eigllt and twelve, must send itSeir
cellusen TO, school. or be subject to
me Of ten doliArE provided ibaf
such child does q6t live more dian
two miles from Tie school honses a.
sc the fhild's ssrYices are neafia6 ~
nome, then such parents shan be
exsased from th~ penalties of The
don't think this much or a law
end dont think Il can he enforced to
eny matersl adyaat age, and person.
allys = am not 81 favor Of con,nrI.
soEX education at present, but fI1
Laer resy voted FOR this bill in oydar
70 give the peopl6 d fikht ID vosa
on The law. No one can make 4 s,,s. ,,,ss
seSe .a, eg trusting sueh things to the
Ene house has passed two cent
tne primary Bsll Is now upderI
cops ueTation.' It Is probable thatI
some law on this aebiaet viii te
passed, but 1. Is not nroBabia that|
= VIII be very ssFln ent. II sbSiiI
not be my purpose u vote for n bjIil
that VIII disfraneh hlse ANS wh5tsI
man. but shall So,s far t,;.i :
prevent Analx Z. on :. 80.