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I l1 *j - -1""35 c c. cm lii *em 8a E STIABLISHED 1865. ___ NEWUERRY, S. 0., T UESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1898. E A A LEGISLATIVE REVIEW. WHAT TIE TWO VIOUSES HAVE DONE AND ARIP LIKELY TO DO. A Upunendable Spirit of InuurtVly, is w*4 on of Good Feeling, DIIsplAye4 6o Far-The LegislaturO thin Year Dis posed to do t4 Own"TItinkI.'g. The Dispensary tho Ouly Matter that can Provoke Partisan Dlecussion. 411ior Justice Mo. Iver ha% Virtu ally no Oppc aition. [Special to News and Courier.] Columbia, January 1.-The Gen eral Assembly of South Carolina has done more actual work in the first five days of a session than has evor before boon done. It has not only done hard, but effective work, and not content with a good beginning has mapped out abundant work for the future. Night sessioni have al ready been started. The legislation up to this time has not been radical, it has been far from that. There have been an abundance of minor matters acted upon and bills that contemplated useless laws have been killed, be cause they ought to have been and have not been passed simnply out of courtesy to some member. That spirit seems to be fast dying out. The continued lack of political feeling and the disposition to work are thus far the two most conapicu ous f %turs of the legislative session. At tii last session it was quite the unusual thing to ask that anything be done because it bore the stamp of "Reform," and that old time slogan was a thing of the dim past. Measures were considered on their merit, except perhaps the dispensary and income tax bills, which came from "down stairs," with the Execu tive blidge. Let'it be said, vith rojoicing, that not a single member has thus far this sessiou -pleaded for the passage of any measitre because it was prom ised by "Reform," or because it, will help the movement. That day is fast fading away, and the sensible members see it. There is one Son ator and one or two members who seem to b'e ignorant of this condition if report be true, and the first thing they kuow they will be loft high and dry, with the possible satisfaction that they have beei of use to some one else. If members could hoar the free comment on the Gubernatorial situation they would appreciate the fullness of the new era. Something -the dispensary is about the only thing-mily provoke partisan dis cussion, but I doubt that. Memn bors, influiential ones, have told me her '>fore they have accepted on faith bills thnit have come fron) "down stair's." They say they have done this long enough, arid the Governor have not been successful with the bills they have asked be passed. DIsPEN5ARY LEoISLATJoN. Naturally the fir.st inquiry is, wvhat will como of the dispensary ? Nowv this is a quoshon thait should be more properly directed to a prop)het. Gov. Ellerbe (loes niot know. Senator Tillman is ,going to a gain keep "mouth -mad hands off." ~Senator so and-so and Represon'tv yehu~s-and-so know as little about results as the Lon looker. It is a curious but a help less situtiont of not being able to solve a riddle. If tho members could close their eyes and kick the wvhole dispensary system overboard, with Nout be1ng held responsible for it by some of their constituents, they would no doubt so do. The dispen sary is a political incubus, except to those on the inside. There are just now five contending elements, first and foremost for. the undisturbed dispensary system; second for the ~; elimination of the, profit feature--a mere subterfuge; third, for prohibi tion; fourth, for licensmng under the restrictions of the Constitution; fifth, * for opt,ion betwveen the throe sys tems. The high license elemont gives no evidences of making a tight at this Sjuncture; they prefer to lot the other ,schenies be tried and fail. Glover-nor Ellerbe's plan will not be successful, unless it should be shown to the dis thing lassible, and they are not i disposed to behove. The legal mov bers insist that it is farcical a-a aid again to pass laws to havo the perforated by the courts, and to a ticipato such a fate. Attortiy Ge oral Barbor has all along hol tii the boNo:age (jIntion, and iot i profit feature, is the cru:al test, an lie has very properly declined to 1 a party to the preparation of a bi based on the elimination of the pri lit feature, because he, as the legi force of the Assembly, realzed thi the profit feature of the dispensar is not now and has never been t1i determinieg issue.. Mr. Skinno when he proposed tho tosolutio that. Mr. Barbor be called upon t propose a bill that would in his opit ion hold its own in thi Courts, an drive out the "or'ginal package people, did the very best thing poi sible; whether it will be passed quite another thing. The situation is just this, the mc i bors do not feel inclined to take an radical stops, and so the chances tit that the dispensary law will in a probability be as little changed - possible. Mr. Mayfield's bill, whic leaves it for the people to decid what they want, wi. '.3 pressed, an would be a sensiblo way out of ti whole trouble. THE STATE nOARD OF CONTROL. It may not be the proper t.hing t say, but, there is a.groat deal of log rolling going on about the hotel lot bies. It is principa ly in connectio with the two vacancies on the Stat board of control-as much sougl after as the Governorsuhip-and little as to other elections. The car vassing for membership on the Stat board of control is active, onoregoti and persistent. It appears to be a issue as to whether the board shoul .r should not bo reorganized in h intorost of the chairmanship of Mi Leon J. Williams. This woul mean the election of Messrs Hasol lon and Timnerman, who are cre( ited to h) favorable to the chairmat ship of Mr. Williams. Mr. Tim morman's election would mean t h lofet of the incumbent., Mr. Mm ion R. Cooper, who has been inimic to tio Williams-Douthit interest. and Mr. 1-asolden is to be opposo, by Mr. J. 0. A. Moore, and perhap formor Senator Brico. The intentio appears to be to divido up the Stati as to representation on the boar' with due regard to geographical di visions. The positions only pay S per day during the Sessions5 of th beard and mileage. TnlE .JUDICIAI. ELlTIONs. The only circuits in which them will be any contest will 1be th lirsts and sixteenth. Jurdge Blent will be opposed by Gon. James l< Izlar and R?epr'esentative Bacot, ani Judge Withorspoon's p)osition), fo which ho declines to runn again, wil be contended for by Ropresentati v Dage and Ex-Sol icitor McDonali There have been whisperings of o1 position to Ch?ief Justico Melvor, V it hams failed to maiteriahize. Th suggestion is that this opposit.ioni being used as a throat in anmothmer the Jndges hip elections, the idona be ing that if a certaiun caindidaito b dlefeated, Justice McIvor in to b~ sacri(iced1. Th'lis is regarded as great '"bluff.'" The1 tronblo is t hr the callers have nothing but a brola en straight or flushl. The1&y thbin they have made it, but when the ca is made will find it broken. Th members of the Supreme Court vor handsomely and foolingly refnse posi tively to 01ppos8 Jlustico McTver, an their friends nturally wvill ntot cair to see some ambitions lawyer p)r over them oni the I3onchm. Seven prominent lawyers, esp~eciially on tLI Senate side, have been anpproache and asked to make thme race, but at clined, and so there appears to lI talk of but one lawyer as a possibi candlidatn, and lhe does not C'ppnar I be averse to beiing known as a no of sward of danrocles. Cheif Justin McIvor will be re-elected Chief Juli tice, opposit.ion or no opplosit.ior bluff or no bluff, election or 1r election of certain judicial enadidate No matter which of the candidat is eleted the jicllartnel -o will not suffor in ability or reputa i- tion. They iare all good. n NO sLAP AT THE OOVERNOR. There have been suggestions of slapping at. Govoror Ellorbe in cor tain respcts. It was stated "!jat the passage of the tax extension ro d olutio against the wishes of Gove ornor Ellerbo was a slap at him. This is a mistake, and it may as well bo so known, for Governor Ellerbe i-i getting cliticism enough without t shoulderingonLimimaginary"slaps." i Tho tax resolution was passed en tirely without regard to the desires of Governor Ellorbe, and really with out most of the members knowing his wishes. 0 SENATOR TILLMAN's POSITION. d It was stated "oil the quiet" that Boniator Tillnan was coming to Co . lunibia to take a hand in mattors, s and to look out for t he future. Sun ator Tillinni is not rushing into politio nei:ssly, and is disposud to let 'it t i ' - their natural course. o If he C :11 a to Columbia he iv v lh 1 nut i Ciig or two of s iwud intrw. ti, .im,elf, but he is h n1ot likely to (,inwi; why, it is unno o c1ssar to i. tito jt1st nlow, except that dI( he ia wiso friends in Coltumbin, who Sare not alt1gether sellish. A SHORT SEsSION PROBARLE. Tho unquestionablo (lisposition is manifest to have a shurt sossion 0 not over thirty days-and if it wore not for custom, it would not be that long. Members have told me that they saw no possible reason for more o than a twenty-one-day session. The General Assembly has worked from a the jump and has worked hard. The holding of night sessions the second 0 week is unusual, but on the line of C getting through with work. Those of the members who worked honest. ly for a short session will stand bet torlwith their constituents. It is at all times to be remiombered that there is such a thing as wasting a great doal of time, and at the same time voting on all measures looking to wards early adjournment. When the members get to the appropria. tion bill und argue an hour on cut ting some )oor clerk's salary about .00, it would be well to romembor that the debate is worth so much an hour at. about. $1,200 a day. s ECONoMICAL lILLS. On this lino it. may be mentioned that the petniil ight will be made to cut salaries and tho collego ap propriati ions. Salaries and appro 9riations are low enough, and Jogis lat ive bodies1) have said1 so time and time again, yet thle effort to slash will be made, and the chlief argu e ment will be five-cent cotton and the o~ delicit, which is nothling now. The t ways and1( mneans committee will re .coiimmend cot tain reductions, and the I unfortunate minor officials will be r the ones to come in for the greater I proportionate reductions. ..V ~ FIsH LAws YET. It w h and rem)arkable, t i .fat :Mudium, thant there have b,m an no biu a: po posed this ses sn.i Th'i~ po a and stumigeon and terraIpin, ifthey only knew how much1)L has boen done to keep them alive, wvould be (duly grateful; bnt the law books( have been filled by sp~lecial A ets until it got demnoraliz tug, and whenm Mr. Shad or Mr. Sturgeon we: t from one county to k another ho had to ask the best con Ist itutional lawyer "where he Was at." The Supriema Court's hlolding one of vthe sp)ecial laws to be unconstitution al may have checked the flood of 1fish legislation, but the session is not old anmd fish bills may yet come tin their old tieio glory and multipli APPoPIATION AND BUPP1LY BILLs. d The ways anmd mneans committee -has aliready fin ished a skeleton of e the applro[priaLtion bill, but it bas not 1) beenI agreed upnon ini deOtails. The n0 impression amlong members of the rt ways and me(ans commlfitt(oo aind the 0 finarcco comnmittog is that the tax levy P- to be0 collected neet fall will be 5 or 5, 1-4 mills. The graduated license o Wil whlich was a remnant from last 5. year's session, wenit. to the wall sov '5 oral dauys ago. It was a comlpanlion it n iee to t.he inbome t.nw bil nnd it would be quite the proper thing for the two ineasures to occupy a com mon grave. The abolisti :ng of the ofilce of phosphate inspoctor, at- suggested by Governor Ellerbo, will save no money if it means the reation of another clerkship in [the Comptroller Gen oral's office. LEGISLAVINE NEWS NOTES. Messrs. Aldrich and JotTories are the only members of the present House, who were members of the Wallace House. Clerks Hemphill and Gray were also members of that body. There wll be no logislative session next Wednesday, it being Gen. Lee's Birthday. * There is an unusually good attend ance of members in both Legislative branches. A. K. sILVItM FORCES TO UNITE. Appeal to Hilver Leaders of the various' Parties. Washington, Jan. 14.--As a result of conferences held in the last few days between the silver leaders of the various parties, it is understood Chairman Jones of the National Democratic Committee, Chairman Butler of the populist national con mittee and Chairman Towne of the silver national republican committee will issue a joint manifesto the early part of next wook, with a view to se curing common action by the three organzations in the political contest of 1898. The draft of the document is now in the course of preparation. It will appeal to all thre interested in the cause of silver to work in the union aind to avoid rival organiza tions by which their common strength will be dissipated. The talks among the silver men continued today, but they did not take the shapo of a formal confer. once. Chairmin Towne had re turned from the contest at Colum bus, where he assisted in the opposio tion to Mr. Hanna. He was about the house of representatives talking with Representative Bland andother silver exponents. The feeling developed was gener: ally in favor of common action among all the silver elemonts. Messrs. Jones, Butler and Towne will confer further during the next few days and the address will then be made public. On the 18th inst. the American Bimetallic Union holds its meeting here, and this is expected to give further cohlesion to the joint move mo n t. Take JOHNSON'S CHILL &t FEVE~R TONI.-MeQ Literary Notos. A NEW "GIBSON olaL." A new "Gibson girl," drawn by the famous society artist, C. D). Gib.. son, will make her debut in print as the cover design for the February Ladies' Home Journal. The now "girl" is the artist's own little daugh. tor, who, at one year of age, will bo shown as drawn by her clever father. The legend under thme picture is "My Valentine." A NEw FOaM OF PERSONALI'TIER. The old style of portraying famous peoplo through a "sketch" or "biog raphy" is to be modernized in Theli Ladies' Home Journal during 1898, Five of the most p)romnelnt Ameri cans have been chosen for the de p)arturo: President McKinley, Mrs. Cleveland, Mark TIwai n, Joseph Jefferson, and Thomas A. Edlison. Each will have a special article, which will consist of about Ijifteeni or twenty fresh, unpublished stories and anecdotes strung togethem, each anecdote showing some characteristic trait or presenting a difforont side of tile subject. T1he idlea is to show famous personalities through t heir own doiugs and sayingr, anid make these articles accurate the relatives and closest personal friends of the subjects hivoe assisted and given to the Journai the best stories and an ecdotes within their own knowledge. Each article will thus represent the closest viow of the one s';etched. No authorship will be atta med to any of the articles. THmE LADIES HOMiE JOUIaNAL, Philadlphin. good men could not be induced to go through the worry of an election to btain these ofiloos, which paty noth ing -and enta.1 loti of trouble. A bill to abolish tourist hotel privilegos was introduced and ro lerred to the special disponsary com nittoo of Ono from ecteh county, wvhich has charge of all measures re ating to the dispensary. The Thomas's joint resolution to ,)rovido for the sale of native wines >y county dispensors was killed ,vithout dobate. The house passed a bill to pro rent and punish loitering at railroad Itations. What The Legeslature lo Doing. Columbia, January 14.--The ses tion of the house today was a brief )no. Before noon the body adjourn )d for the day, having gone through Jhe calendar of bills on the dosks for Pwenty-four hours. Mr. Millor's dispensary bill was -ecommittAd. Mr. -John P. Thomas's oint rosolution to provide for the ale of native wiines by county dis )onsors was killed. Mr. E. 1). inith's bill increasing the ponalities :or wrecking, roeking and interfor ng with railroad trains passed its econd reading, so did Mr. Graham's >ill to amend the law licensing eii ;rant agents. Mr. C. M. Davis's hotel dispensary 1ill was recommitted. The house in lefinitely posponed the sonato bill to provide for the election of boards of township commissioners. The com mittee bill relating to wages of opor tiv - was killod and without t he 3light st debate the commit too bill to provide for a graduato license on oc -upations and business which created uch a stir last sessiont was givon its death blow. Among the new house bills intro auced today Were the following. Mr. Magill to include portions of Abbovillle and Edgefield count ies in Greenwood county. Mr. Banks, to abolish county boards of control and devolve their duties on the county supervisors of the several counties. Mr. Strkie, to do away with life imprisonment for murder upon jury recomendat io-i to morey. Mr. Timmerman, to requiro firo and marine 11is1ranica policies to be written by agents resident in this state. Mr. Reynolds int rodnced a concur rent, resolution calling upon this state's members of congress to induce the passage of an act by congress to submit to the pe~ople of the United States an amendment to thie conistitu Lion requiring that United States senators be chosen by a vote of the people of the several states. By an aye and nay vote of '2l to 17 and '20 to 18 respectively, the senate killed Mr. Itagsdlale's two con stitutional r.mondmnents to p)rovide for the olctioni of judges and sur preme court justices bty a p)opular vote. E. .J. WV. Johnson's Chit: and Fever Tonic Cures Fever In One Day. Why does a man wvho is relly good usually look so sad(? Why does nearly all the milk o human kindness taste of the can ?' Why is it that a wvoman can novel throw anything straight but kisses WVhy does the average mfhan alway: want to open a door marked "pri vato'?" Why is it that your shoestrin never breaks unless you are in hurry? Why is it that about tw~o-tirdi of a doctor's bill is for guessing a yovur comnInlint A.-(thano New. AT A LIVELY GAIT ll1.U%I.AIiON IS PiIOVIEEDING Wil1f DISPAToi. 'ubtle 'rtoting 11111 Ioem the House Tw-enly Fer Cent. plalary Ige(luct. tion Proposed. (Record, 15th.) The session of th legislature to. day was strictly of a business charac. ter. If the gait struck during the first wook is kept up, the Legislaturo can easily adj(u-n by February 12, or sooner. Mr. Toole introduced a bill in the house to cut all salaries 20 per cent. after the terms of the incumbents expire. The low prico of cotton makes many friends for the salary reduction idon. The lawyers of the House had a lively discussion of Mr. McCullough's bill to amend tho law relative to ser vice of summons by magistrates' constables. A (lay for tho hearing is now set in the summons and M. MlcCullough wants the law changed so that the hearing shall be had upon the t wontieth l day after service of tho summons. This being a legal question, a ma. jority of the lawyers in the house had1 to air their viows about it. When Mr. McCullough saw that his mn. sure was doomed to defoit, h so cured its recommittal to the judiciary committee, which had already acted unfavorably upon it. The public printing bill passed its third reading without opposition. Tho following bills were killed. To amend section 927 of the gen. oral stat ute.' as amonded by an act entitled "an act to amend sections 9231, 925 and 927 of the general stat. utes of the State of South Carolina, relating to apothecaries," approved January 4th, 1894. To miamnd sections 2547 of rovised statutes and 323 of codo of civil pro. cedure, 1893, relating to the taxation of costs. To amend. section'32 of an act on titled "an act to declare the school law of the State," approved 9th of March, 1896. Tho following bills woro with (Iraitwn' . To regulate mot ions for contihlu an1CPS ink circuit court.. To amend Section 1300 of tho ro. vised stlti4 1893 relting to inter IN TIE 4ENATE. The Sonate went through its cal. eoidar today like a buizzsaw t,brough cream cheese. Tfhe joint resolution to adjourn oni F"ebruary 1 2 was passed over for the presenmt. Senator L~eosne introdluced ax bill to make public advertising algain payable by the inch, instead of by the word, anmd forbidding use of large type or leads in such advertise imonts. Governor Ellerbo transmitted1 to bo0th Houses the favorable repiort of the spOciaLl coatmmission up jon Judge Mackey's claim for $.2,500) for ser vesisecurling palymnit for ceni p)ationi of t he cit adol by Fedloral troops. T 1her was5 uo0 opplosition to Sona-. tor' Norris' p)roposition to aimend thme bill to authorize uniiversities and col logos of t his State t o provide a course of study and confer the degree of licentiato of instruction, which shall aut horizo thei r gradlutes to teach in th freo public schools of thme State withont examrination), so as to allow tIht degroo to be .conferrod upon women as well as metn. The bill to elect mix trustees of Clemson, three for t wo years andl three forj 'our years, all succeeding terms to be for four years, was aimndedl so thiat t be Legislature will elect si ttixtm i an Ihoy will dleterm'ino by lot who shaxll have the long and1 who the short terms. Wnlii Not Outgrow i. "Ella, you have been playing all the afternoon with these toysoldiers. Thait's not a propor~ amusement for a big girl like you,'" said her mothoe. "lIbt, mamma, I am nIot playing with tIhe soldiers; I picked out the oficers and played with them."-Tit-. Hits. THE LEGISLATURE. Wtnt Is Being Done-Acts Proposed and Isposed Of. [Coluiubia Record, Jan 14.] The session of the Senate this morning was signalized by tho open ing of the debate on Senator Rags dale's joint resolutions to submit to the people the questions of amending the constitution so as to provide that supreme court justicos and circuit judges shal! be elected by direct vote of the people, instoad of by the legislature, as at present. Senator Ragsdalt, the author of the resolutions, opened the debate in a carefully proposed speech, which was at all times forceful and occasionally even eloquent. As he is a Conservative, the open ing utterances of his speech were all the more remarkablo. He turned attention back to the days of the Shell manifesto. le pronounced it a most re markablo document, which had in augurated a great revolution in South Carolina. Some of its state monts may have been reckless and too harsh, but its undying truths were responsible for the strength it attracted to the movement for which it was the bugle call. He picked out as its keynote the declaration that South Carolina had a republican form of government, and demonstrated that it was at least not without foundation. He referred to the fact that up to 1735 the chief executive of South Carolina was elected by the legislature, and not by the people, as one instance con firmatory of the charge. He condomned that conservatism which opposes any and all changes, holding that the things of the past are ever best and should be clung to. Some people hate a governmental change of policy an venomously as. anarchist does the flag of his coun try. To spch it is usoless to speak, for having ears, they bear not, and eyes, they see not. lie then addressed himself to a close and careful presentation of the reasons why he thought the change he advocated was advisable and should be made. He called atton tion to the narrow majority by which in the constitutional convention the proposition to have judges elected by the people was defoted and expressed the opinion that a vote of the people on this question would make a different result. The debate upon this important measure is hikely to be lengthy and very interesting. Senator Moses introduced a con current resolution for the appoint ment of a committee of two Senators and three Rtepresentives to consider what attaches are needed to conduct the business of the general assomn b)ly and what is adequate compen sation for their services. Whatever changes may be recom mended, if the report is adlopted1, will not go into effect until next session. A bill has been introduced in the senate providling that the systomi of county government shall be chianiged so that instead of a supervisor and board as at present, three county commissioners, at a salary of $500 each, sh all manage the affairs of each county. IN THEK HOUsE,. Thn house worked so systemat ically and rapidly to-day tl.at it ad journed at noon), havirig by that time considered all bills on the cal endar the p)rinted cop)ies of wh ich had b)een on the desks of the mem bers twenty-four hours, as the rnle reqm ires. An unfavorable roport was made upon the b)ill to repeal the metro politan poh1cc law, b)ut its considera tion was deferred. Mir. Gage's county government bill was muade the special ordler for Thursday, tho.20th inst. Tho) bill p)roviding a graduated li cense tax wvas killed with scarcely a p)rot est. After am snappy debate, tihe senate bill providing that township comn missioners be elected was put to slenp. 'The nrevailing idlen wva that