The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-11
THE LEafsLATURE.

lHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
CoIUMBIA, August 1O.-Immediate-
~ after the reading of the journal, DR.. !,
y. N. Neagle, Comptroller. General
elect, rose to question of priv 'ege,
and sent up to the Clerks desk the
following paper, with the request
that it be read:
Whereas certain nffidavits have
appeared in the Charleston Neus.
omanating from certain Rock Hill
Conservative Club, making the in
famous attempt to fix upon me an
infamous crime; therefore REQUEST
the appointment of five members of
this House rs committee, with in
structions to examine the evidence
propose to produce, and report to
this House rs to the correctness of
said aflidavits.'
He stated that these affidavits were
made by persons who would be mid
night assassins, but who, failing to
sacrifice his life, were now attempt
ing to destroy his political reputa-
ton by UNANIMOUSLY false charges.
In accordance with his request.
the House ordered the appointment
of the committee
DeLarge offered joint resolution.
that Joint Committee be appointed
from the House and Senate to inves
tigate and report upon the feasibility
OF reducing the expenses of the
printing of this General Assembly;
but subsequently modified it so as to
refer the matter to the Printing Com
mlttecs of the two Houses acting
conjointly, in which shape it was
passed.
In presenting it, DeLarge said,
that he desired to impress upon the
members the necessity of making
this nvestigation. As chairman Of
the Committee of Ways and Means,
he had some time ago introduced n
bill to make appropriations, and in it
had provided for the expenses of the
General Assembly, including what
was then supposed would be sufIi
cient amount to pay for the printing;
but had since discovered that at the
rate the cost for this feature was ac-
cumulating. that amount would not
be enough. He had found that the
printer had large quantity of pa
pers in his hands, he knew not from
whence coming, or by what authori-
ty, for the printing of which there
was no more necessity than for a
ladder to the moon. Amongst other
things, he found that he was prepar-
ing to print in full n number of
extra copies of the message of late
provisional Governor Orr, Including
all the details of the trial of Major
Lee, Superintendent of the Peniten-
tiary, the particulars of which were
OF no more importance to the mem
Der than was the price of land in
Australia, and the re- production would
cost between 5000 and $500. He had
also learned, on good authority, that
the Legislature was now paying as
much for blank as printed pages
These things he desired remedied,
and the expense of the printing
brought within the means of the
General Assembly.
Boseman, the chairman of the
Printing Committee, said, in this
connection, that he was utterly igno-
rant of the cost at which the work
was being done, or the terms of the
contract, inasmuch as the printing
had been awarded in joint resolu.
tion emanating from the Senate, and
which had never been referred to his
committee; nor had the matter ever
been brought officially to his atten-
tion as chairman of the committee,
or to that of the committee. In
fact, the committee itself had been.
and still was, a perfect nonentity to
all practical purposes.
a resolution was adopted, instruct
ing the Committee of Ways and
Means to report whether or not the
Comptroller General shall instruct
Sheriffs to continue the sale and pur-
chase of lands sold for taxes by order
of General Candy.
Also, q resolution instructing the
Committee on the Penitentiary to in.
vestigate the causes and circum-
stances connected with the imprison-
ment of 'convicts in the Penitentiary.
and to report to this House as soon
rs possible.
Mcintyre offered a resolution, pro-
viding that in Wow of the arduous
duties imposed on the Speaker, he
should be allowed an extra compen-
sation of 81 per diem. to commanca