The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-08-06
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FROM o JR OWN REPORTER
COLUMBIA, August "A few minutes after
high noon. The Legislature has been in ses-
sion little more than an hour; the current bu-
siness, consisting of reports from committees,
memorials, claims, resolutions, and notices OF
bills yet to be, has been disposed Of; the Speak
er's table is cleared of work; the calendar is
swept, and an audible pause announces that
the House of Representatives, in this the most
pressing exgency of our State. has-nothing
to do. Somebody suggests recess for half an
hour. Happy thought! The members 60 out
to stretch their legs and moisten their wind
pipes, the crowd of spectators disappear to the
lower House to level their eyebatLeries there for
awhile, and the Speaker adjourns to his private
apartment to enjoy his sandwich and coffso-
BY and by they stroll back; the House is
called to order; q committee makes brief re-
port, and there is another halt. The MEM
bers look at each other for while, and at last
Tomlinson, sharp, springy black-eyed, broad
browed little round man who represents
Charleston and Philadelphia, rises, fan in
hand, and moves an adjournment.
Jenks, who is par e1cellence the fat member
Of the body, opposes the motion, and, with in
dignant. virtue, suggests that recess until
four o'clock would be far more consistent with
the duty which everybody owes to his constitu-
ents.
In this proposition Whipper smells very
loud rat, and determines to set trap for the
obnoxious little beast, which he finally cap
tures. jerks, with that lazy plaintiveness
which can only emanate from one who is a
martyr to two hundred and fifty pounds avor-
dupois, confesses his object in wishing a re-
cess to be the consideration Of BILL which
will not be ready until later in the day, and
which particularly affects the City of Charles
ton. He says the old town is in chaotic con-
dition-can't everybody see it by reading the
newspapers don't everybody know that the
city government is entirely unsettled, and,
therefore, demands of the Legislature that it
shall take a recess until four o'clock for the
purpose of hearing the report Of the Commit
tee on Interpretations, which, between you and
me, reader, is expected by jerks to mean just
this: "Pillsbury's me man."
Whipper attacks the impatient fat gentleman,
horse foot and dragons. Don't the member
know that the whole country is in just the same
condition as Charleston? Don't all the rep
resentatives on the floor ask relief for their re-
spective localities with as much pertinacity as
the amiable man from Charleston? Wasn't it
the duty of the committees to be just and i'm
partial, to consider what they ought to do
without unseemly haste, and to make their
reports even at the risk Of disturbing the
equanimity Of the sensitive, jealous, calculating
and interested member from the "City by the
Sea2" Was there any reason why the House
should come back at four o'clock to do that
which could be as well done tomorrow?
Whipper now goes off at tangent. He says
the committees have not sufficient time in
which to prepare work for the House; remarks
that many Of the members being inexperienc-
ed, require opportunity to make Investigations,
and confesses that the Legislature is, there.
fore, ahead of the committees, and will remain
80 unless it takes upon itself the solution Of
the knotty questions which necessarily come
before those specially selected TO consider
them. He therefore moves that the rule of
the House be amended so as to make the future
hour Of meeting twelve o'clock NJ, instead Of
eleven.
This brings out Bozeman, who strongly op-
poses any such innovation. Bozeman is a
good talker. He has not only fine voice,
but uses it dramatically and to the point.
He is colored man With strong infusion OF
white blood in his veins, and is fine type Of
the most cultivated individuals OF his race. A
graduate of medical college, and for several
years physician, he has mixed sufficiently
with the world to be able to rise above the
prejudices Of the hour and avoid extremes. 1
therefore write him down as moderate Re-
publican, to whose prudential advice very
considerable portion of the colored men of the
State will one day yield.
Bozeman, however, failed to carry his point
in the present instance. Whipper badgered
him until he backed down, and then the mo-
ton to amend the rules prevailed.
During this discussion, which vas continued
more to kill time than anything else, Ransier
doctored up the following resolution:
Resolued, That the Committee on Military