Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-22
FRIDAY, JANUARY ~, 1915.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Advise as to Lesislation-What the
county's Representatives are Doing
The Elections Yesterday.
Correspondents The Yorkviils Enquirer
Columbia, January 21.-Scrouging,
pushing, showing, elbowing for van
tage point-not within the memory Of
the oldest inhabitant, who Is usually
on hand to tell one what happened In
years agone, has anything similar to
the scene that were enacted at the
Manning inauguration occurred in Co
lumbia since Capt. B. r. Tillman dis
carded the plow handles away PACK
in 80 to become the governor or Soutn
Carolina.
It was an eagerly interested crowd
that was on hand to see and near the
new chief executive indicted into OF
flee on the 18th; the applause was gen
erous and apparently sincere, and II Is
doubtful If as many ladies ever before
witnessed a similar event in the Capt.
tol. The galleries were crowded and
the great corridor Of the building was
packed and jambed with a mass OF
humanity. There were lots or rolKs
present and nothing untoward happen
ed further than the breaking OF a
plate glass In one OF the house loppy
the corridor and II looked for time
as IL some one would be hurt: but airs
we'll that ends well-the Manning IN
augural Is a thing Of the past ana no
one seems to be worse Of body or limo
for 1t.
But take 1t from one who knows-as
a thriller, as an event that people
talked about before, during and atter
its occurrence, it wasn't In 1t with the
Tillman inauguration. There was, In
the old days something about I1iHan q
that made his partisans shout LOT anu
cling to the man like cat at the heeis
of a woman cleaning fish; they huns
on his every word and deed and were
ready almost to do or dare anything
in his behalf. Perhaps South Caro-
linians of today are little saner In
political way than their forbears OF a
Quarter century ago were; but at least
It can be said in all truth, that tnelr
way of doing things was more inter-
So much for the Manning Inaugural
tion. What he said and recommended
already has been published In The En-
and 1t would be waste or per1ect-
ly good white paper and Al news INK
to recount them here. Twice tolo tales
are not very interesting anyway.
Cured in either the house or senate
during the week. True, there nave
been introduced a number OF measures
about which a difference Of opinion Is
sure to break when these measures
are out Of committee with either a raw.
orable or an unfavorable report; put
the cussing and discussing has not pc
gun vet. Several bills, nearly all OF
local nature-local to the counues
whose representatives introduced them
have gone from the house over 70
the senate. These bills created little
or no discussion in the house. Mean
while, however, the committees are
meeting with more or less regularly
and pretty soon the newspapers are
ant to tell of the headway this or that
compulsory school attendance bill, pri-
mary reform bill, tax reform bill, med
ical INSPECTION bill, etc, Is making.
AS to the statewide school attend
ance bill, one guess, herewith record
ed, is that 1t will never run the gaunt-
let Some sort of attendance bill, one
probably with a local option feature
tied to it, will get by. but the simon
pure statewide bill-well, it'll hardly
60 in the statutes.
Wednesday the legislature spent the
day at Winthrop and was royalty en-
tertained at the great Normal colege
of the state, and unless expressions OF
Appreciation Of the invaluable work
being done there in behalf OF the Wo-
manhood-and manhood, too-of the
commonwealth, are misleading, many
friends for the institution were maze
among the legislators. But there is
one phase Of the legislative trips 10
Winthrop and the other state-aided
colleges that is poorly regulated-too
many tickets fall into the hands OF
people who are in no wise interested
in the institutions. This year the
York delegation tried hard TO guara
against this imposition; but after all
a good many made the trip ana got a
Iege, who were hardly entitled to what
they received.
The York delegation has put in sew
eral days this week considering county
matters. Presently the county supply
bill will be taken up. Tomorrow a
subcommittee Of the ways and means
committee, Of which Mr.. Bradford Is
q member, will grant hearing to the
representatives Of the Catawpa In
dams. The Indians this year are ask
ing the state for an increase In thelr
appropriation and they seem greatiy ~
interested in having Mr.. White or
Rock Hill re-appointed as their agent.
II is understood that Mr.. White Will
be recommended by at least a ma5o
ity OF the delegation for re-appolnt-
ment.
Today Superintendent Carroll, Su-
peryisor Boyd and Treasurer Neil move
been in the city and each discussed
with the York delegation the legisla-
ton in which his Office is interested:
Mr.. Neil, so Senator Beamguard
stated, helped materially in perfecting
the new bill the delegation will intro
duce to try to right the inequalltleS
which slipped into the hail-storm Dill
at the special session last October.
Mr.. Num- has introduced a WORK
mems compensation bill and Mr..
Cherry is preparing bill affecting the
selection of school trustees for the
public schools of the county.
Monday night Mr.. Bradford intro
duced a resolution which the house
adopted unanimously inviting william
Jennings Bryan to address the house
tonight. Mr.. Bryan wired today that
he hoped to be able to come at later
date during the session.
Mr.. ]. r. Halle Of Fort Mill and
Mr.. o. l. Sanders Of Yorkville were
nominated in joint assembly by Sena-
tor Beamguard and Mr.. Cherry, res
pectlVely, lot ulrector VI the pehA'e
tiary, but unfortunately neither was
elected. All the York delegation vot-
ed for both the home men. The elec-
ton Of today resulted as follows:
Superintendent Of state penitenti-
ary: D. ]. Griffith, reelected without
opposition.
Three directors of penitentiary:
Jasper M. Smith, o. c. Scarborough,
P. L. Bethea.
Code commissioner: Marshall z.
DeBruhl.
Two members Of the Citadel visit
ing board: D. E. Spivey. John r
Thomas.
Four members of board Of directors
of South Carolina Medical college:
Phillip H. Gadsden, T. G. Croft Skot-
towe B. Fishburne, c. \. Wyatt.
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