Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-12-08
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From the South Carolinian.
WEDNESDAY,, November %, 1910.
IN SENATE.

lhcN SlOOu uVJoulueu, tltc IOll WaS Cttllcu,
and the proceedings Of yesterday were
read and approved.
At | o'clock the Senate proceeded to
the special order, being the reference to
appropriate committees OF the Governors
message.
A series ofresoutions were moved by
to refer the several parts to those c,m-
mittees having such subjects in charge,
as their special duty; when
Mr.. Mazyck moved 70 amend, by re-
fcrying somuch of the message rs relates
to the winding up Of the bank of the
State of South Carolina to a special Joint
committee, and that message for con
currcncc be sent to the House.
Ncssrs Wilson, Buchanan, Moses,
Memingcr and Allston opposed the mo-
ton, and urged that it shoui be referred
to the usual committee, the committee
on finance Mr. Mazyck, (thc mover of
the amcndment,) and Messrs Fielder and
Quattlebaum who spoke for it, disclaimed
any disrcspect to the finance committee
and urged that it was not unusual when
standing committee is known to be unfa-
vorablc to measure to refer it to spe-
cial one, and the standing committee, in
this instance, was known to be favorable
to the bank.
The question being ordered on the a.
mcndment, the yeas and nays were called
for by the requisite number of Senators,
and resulted in the affirmative, as fol-
lows
Yeas-Messrs, Patterson, B G Allston.
Barnes, Bull, Cannon, Cooper, Eavcs,
Evins, Fielder. Gist, Griffin, Grimball,
Hibben, Johnson, Marshall, Mazyck. j.
S Palmer, Quattlebaums Williams, With-
crspoon-20.
Nays-JFcssrs r F w Allston, Black,
Buchanan, Caldwell, Ellerbe, Cause,
Goodwin, Hanna, Irby, Manning, Moses,
Perry, Porter Skipper Taylor, Walker
Ware, John Wilson, Isaac D Wilson
10.
!. SO the subject was referred to a special
Joint committee.
Some efforts were made to reconsider
the motion; but they were unsuccessful,
and the President announced the follow
ing as the ,Scnatcs committee on so much
of the Governors message rs relates to
the bank, viz.
Messrs Mazyck, MARSHALL, Hanna,
Black, Williams.
ar Marshall moved n resolution to re-
fer so much of the message as relates to
Il penientiary, to special committee !;
which was adopted, and the President
appointed the following, viz: Marshall,
Black, R Z w Alston, Witherspoon.
The reference having been completed,
On motion of Mr. Noses, so much of
the reports of grand jurics us relates 10
the establishment of pcnitentiary were
Withdrawn from the Judiciary committee,
and referred to the committee on peni-
Tertiary.
On motion the Senate adjourned till
~ o'clock tom rrrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House met at IL o'clock, M, the
roll being called by the clerk; when the
Speaker took the char.
NUMEROUS pctitiOiiS, memorials, pre-
sentiments of grad jurics, and free school
returns we're made during the morning
hour
On motion of Mr. Seabrook, the House
took up the order of the day, being the
reference of the Governors message to
the usual committees.
blr Mcmminger moved to amend, by
referring SO much of the message as re-
latcs to the bank of the State to a special
joint committee of both Houses; which
was accepted by Mr. Seabrook.
Mr. Henry moved to strike out Mr. Mem
mingcr's motion; which was decided in
tho ncgatiyc-aycs So, noes So.
Many amendments and motions were
made, eliciting some debate, before the
above result was attainnd.
Afterthc disposition of some unimpor-
tant business, the House adjourned.
Thursday, NovsmJer 20, 1910.
SENATE.
The Senate met at IL o'clock, pursu-
ant to adjournment; when the roll was
called by the CLERK
Mr.. Noses Introduced resolutions rcla-
tive to preventing the circulationof aboli-
tion documents.
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