Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-02-22
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(Greehville .Piedmont.)

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(Greehville Piedmont.)
with entdre and emphatic appro-
lowing editorial from the Columbia
State:
1.-The people Of South Carolina
are more disgusted with the habit
INDUCED by Legislatures of electing
their own members or attaches to
other offices than members and Sen-
ators imagine.
Everybody knows that when
! membtrs OF a board are to he chosen
by the Genera. Assembly, citizens
lack in the counties, MO mlauter what t
their public and private services and
achievements have been, too often
have small chance in a contest
aga iltslt member, a Senator, a COM
miNtee clerk, or soldier, or other
person whose work brings him into
association with the body while it Is
in session.
prominent South Carolinian the 9TH
er day characterize as outrageous,
'the present Legispa ture Is no worse
sinner ,than some Of it's predeces-
sors. The evil is not confined to the
election of members to Offices; it
extends often 70 the election of Il
40 icJl0 10 1,a ~
in viola tion Of the spirit, or the let
ter, or Eotlh, Of tlnt Constitution. he
holes a comm missionership or ,trus-
teeship as well as membership in
the Legislature. AS the fruit of this
practice various boards will in time
re packed with legislators and ex-
Legislators, and hangers-on about the
Legislature, an undue proportion OF
them being citizens Of Columbia, as
State House attaches for the most
part reside in this city.
1--WE do not know that more elec-
tions will be htld by the General
Assembly during the present session,
but we point 10 the abuse and hope
't'hat the people will turn their eyes
upon It. A Legislature that ,gobbles
, the 'smal II positions for Its own men,
Ibers and those of it's friends so near
scarcely one having correct sense
of its responsibility to Its constitu-
ents. When a.tudge Is to be chosen,
a second rate lawyer. In the General
Assembly - especially If he be a
member Of the lower House = is
probably able to defeat the leader
of the bar of the State.
'.For a legislator of vision broad
enough to peroeiwt tha't Legislators
represent the people, not them
selves, and hold their votes in trust,
tthe opportunity Is excelltnt to take
the lead in putting an end to this
'wretched misuse of power"
The Piedmont has repeatedly de-
enough no perceive that legisla to rs
lature as unfair, unconstitutional
and undemo cratic. Dvery legislator
who by his ballot helps elect fell
kow-legisrator TO another office, and
SO gives him two offices, Is violator
bf the spirit or letter Of the State
lla;w. EVERY legislator who accepts
ano ther office without resigning his
seat in the Legislature Is simila rly
a vFolator.
When South Carolina public
serva MT some time ago was told
that many of the people were crLti-
| nising his official conduct, he re-
piled, with oontemptuo laugh
"Werl, what in the he'll can they dc
about IT." THAT. we trust, will moi
be the ATTITUDE Of the legiIlra)tors
upon the question. II 1t Us. the peo
pie can do something about 1t. W1her
Legislators who participate lin thl'
disregard of the State Constitution
come up for reelection, the people
can make 1t an issue against then
and defeat them II they desire to dt
SO. This win apply ITO legislator
who hold two Offices as we'll as Il
those who eledt them. If the hegis
lature cannot stop ''his outra'geou
discrimination and viola ton OF TIL
highest SUate law, the people can.
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