The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-13
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THR B9Nnn0IpEns' VICTORY
As the readers Of THx KEwa have been In
formed by telegraph, the bill .'providing for the
payment Of the principal aud interest Of the State
stocks and bonds In coin" passed its scrond rcu,i.
INC In tho House Friday. The opponents or the
bill fought hard, aud thongh defeated, succeeded
IN having 1t amended.
Shortly after the House was called To order,
Drinlc, cnorcd, moved 10 reconsider the vote OF
tho day before whereby the cnarting clause or a
bill TO provide for the payment Of the principal
and Interest Of bonds and stocks OF this State in
soin was stricken out Ierycy, co0red, moved TO
lay the motion on the table, and Oh this motion
Feritcr called for the Jeas aud nays, which was
agreed to, mud resulted In Buseinon, Brodlc Ros-
we'll, Bryant, l.. Cain, boyle, Fcrltcr, Hagood,
Humphrics, Hyde, u. ]. J. Johnson, B. James, der
way, Kuh, Littlejohn, w. McKinay, ". McKin-
lay. Mcintyre, Aoorc, Mays, Mead, Stewart, Stoi-
brand, II. N. Smith, Shrewsbury, Smiling, Tins
Icy, Turner, Wilson. Wilder, Waller and Wells (32)
voting In the affirmative, and +. J. Moses, Speak
G) Adamson, BoploJ, Brown, Burton, John Bos-
ton. Joseph boston, R. j. Cain, Cook, Collins.
shestnut, Crews DeLarge Dennis. Drnle, Elliott,
Ezekiel, Farr. Gray, Gardner Grant, Goodson,
Esycs, @. ID. Hayne, J. N. IIaync, Hoffman, Hut.
son, Henderson, Harris, q. JOtnsOn, Jackson, II.
James, y. J. Lee, Lang, Mickey, NcDanlcls, Mobley,
Miller Eucklos, Rcagle. 0'ConnclI Perrin, Prende.
grass. Ramsey, Richardson, Rush, Rivers, Smals,
A.Smlth, Saunders, Smythe. Sasportas, Scott, Sui
hvan, b. A. Thompson, 8. n. Thompson, Tomlin-
son, Hhinpcr nnd White t59) voting In the mega
live.
The motion to reconsider was agreed to, and
Pominson offered as q substitute to section frst,
"thnt the intcres. OH the bonds aud stocks Of this
State, except those issued during the period from
pccenbcr lsr, A. d. 1850, to April lo 1885, Shall
be paid In gold or silver coin,n which was adopt
cd. Then DcLarge moved TO amend section !
by adding after the last word in the section the
uords, "pruvided that Interest OH The bonds IL.
Hned Tor the building or the new Stuteh0use shnll
mol pe excluded from being pail In coin by any
provision or this act" After considerable dis
eusslon had cnsucd upon this amendment, DE.
Large withdrew IL aud Ncasic renewed IL.
HcKinay, c0lored, moved further 10 amend Sec
dop by inserting between the words .'conn
and "proyiie,l," the words "imineaia,cIy after
she resumption OF specie payment by the general
government, or as soon thereafter rs practI-
cable" D:Iarge novel to Indefinitely postpone
the amendment, which, after con siderable discus.
e4oa, was carried-yeas 50, nays 81. Absent ant.
NOT voting. II. motion to reconsider the vote
was met by y motion to lay it OH the table, which
was carried-yeas 81, nays 80. Absent and not
vo'ing. 2e. The sections were then vcied upon
and passed, and the bill Wns ordered TO be en-
crossed. Elliott, colured, moved TO amend Ike
slide or She bin by striking out the words '.prmci
pal and," which was ngrced to. The bin now
only provides for the payment Of the Interest OF
tho stocks ana bonds OF the State in coin.
There was The utmost confusion in The House
during the light over the bill. The yeas and ns VS.
w.re called for and taken thirteen timcs Tic
highest vote OF the supporters Il iiie bill was six
J'thrce--Boswc, Gnnn, $. Johnson, Morrison,
ntnI trtIl 4,
ing IN the negative on The motion to reconsider
the vote OF the day before which laid out the bill
for that day.
MANLY AoriaN.
Af1r the vote WAS taken, james Smiling, J. t.
Hng0od Democrat, w. q. Stewart, Democrat. f.
DcHMs, John II. Fcricr, II. l.. Shrewsbury, Law |
renee Cain, b. James, r. Ia. Smith, Democrat. J.
Wilson, Democrat, q. q. Turner, Democrat, j. D. |
hoore Democrat, J. u. Hyde. ID. J. :. johnson,
SamuA Tlnslcy, o. b. Doyle, signed IL paper and
sent IL up 10 the chair 10 bo entered OH the Jour
Aal, In Which paper they stated they "yotcd mo-
on tue bill to pay Interest on the bonds and stocks
~ this State In coln," because they considered
me bin gotten mp and loDbled through by a COM |
hanation Of Interested speoulators,' and because
thoy considered ut an outrage upon O now over
hardened and distressed peopie.n
The bill will go through the Senate like as q |
senstor eoquently expressed 1t, shot shot ont OF |
. shoyel.n
ANOTHER STRUGGLE.
To-day the coin bill was taken up for its third |
reading. Hyde at once moved ttnt tho enactIng |
s1Anse be stricken ont. 1t was voted down, and |
mo siruggle over tho passage OF tho bill com.
nenccd. It was more exciting and Interesting |
ehan on yesterday, though like that OF yesterday
was mere "6libusterng" DeLarge favored the |
R1ssage OF the bill on the ground that It would |
fNr
l87o would exchange them for the new bonds,
and therehy tho State would make money. Feri.
tor denounced the bill az the work OF the bond.
holders, who just after tho close Of The war, had
purchased bills of the banks OF tho State nj from
'en 70 fifteen cents and State bonds at twenty.
sven cents and now they attempted TO make the
Leysiature push their bonds up TO par. The bin
Vaae New York scheme. backed by New Workers,
ono whom tKim2tonI was on the floor In
ooacih{ion, PeriIcr advocated tho paying or the
pW Aep OF numbers In gold, saying that The !