Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-03-26
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II LEGISLATIVE WORK i.
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(Second Article.)

IN the campaign or 1919 l
promised, IL elected, l would nitro
uuce Il bill which, If passed, would
save the county $1,000 p. annum
IN police expense. put this bill
through the General Assemble with
the assistance OF your patriotic mem
bers, Messrs. Hughs and Mason, and
it became a law The blu passed the
Senate and went through the House
without change. What wa the re-
suit? The first year the law saved
the county more than $5,00o Fines
and forfeitures collected through
The work Of the rural conetGbUilry
! each year since have paid .ha whole
cost of the constabulary, the Sharif's
salary and put money into he
treasury besides. Nevcrhel2Ss to
insure the full success OF tNUt law
| saw it needed amendnCr,s low.
so l introduced bill for t,'.lt pur-
nse, and should have been lAorti-
fed at it's failure. The bill waB so
framed as to meet the dang. ! saw
ahead. The bill went easily rough
the Senate, but met oppos ton in
the House, and was held up TOR
raany days till l feared It's defeat.
After so long a time l learned from
lie House Journal that Nr. Nc
Donald had passed through the
House u substitute bill which, should
it become a law, no system Of con-
stabulary could protect this county
flom raVages of crime in the rural
districts. The substitute bin vas
so framed as to invite all kinds of
legal assaults and litigation against
almost every imaginable act Of The
rural constabulary, which would
virtually paralyze the arm Of the
law in enforcing order in orr eoun-
try districts. l at once made Up
my my mind that whiskey WAS be-
hind this change of my Act and
rather than let the substitute. II
any part thereof, become law.
would just kill the whole thiGa and
risk the old law. Fortunately now
ever, light appeared. On tn" alst
Of February, received let1.r rom
supervisor Foster asking me . az
*ist in getting a bill through wing
him an increase in salary, aIting
that he found it would take the
very least, one dollar per dar 10
pay his gasoline bill, and tha With
such expenses on him, he could
hardly eke out living. fl chat
really the statement OF Mr.. oster
! had merit in it las we'll s o.! a
/ ity) and thar in I'll probnG,ts2y his
! salary ought 10 be Increased en-
, cracei .H@ opportunity, aud wrote
MIR. roster on February .Id (Sutur-
day., stating that, in ny oph uu,
his and one other Off ;er'a sally
"lght to be increased, but ;ha |
mad been informed that Mr.. Me-
donald had said he intended TO ia-
troduce Il bill increasing all salaries
| 'such bill he did introduncl, and
| Just put it up TO Mr.. Shelor, ana
that should be true, | would certai.-
iy assume the responsibility, that |
| could not be bluffed. stated D
Nr. Foster that | could not sec WY
Mr.. Mcdonald would not meet me
and confer On the 25th oi febru-
AIRY tTuesday) Mr.. Mcdonald came
TO me at my desk in tho Senate
Chamber and proposed that We com
promise, proposing that If would
allow bill he had introduc.t to Gx-
lcnd the present term OF o., Offices
OF Treasurer and Auditor 70 term
Of four years, and increase tn salary
Of the Supervisor and his cinrk, no
would agree to allow any Of my
bills then pending to go through III.
cluding my constabulary bill. |
here said to him that | held nothing
in the world against either the
Treasurer or Auditor, but that /
would never legislate them. or any
one else, into office; thar thHL was
what was fighting againal. and not
against the persons, but that J did
feel that the constabulary biU waa
Sc important to the enforcement Of
law in our country districts, that If
he would put the bill through The
House | would consent to allow his
hill increasing the salariea men
toned to 90 through the Senate,
and that we would also make the
Sherif's salary $1,000.
The supply bill Can Act 10 raise
finds for tho oynnpcoo of no gnultE