The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-16

great deal to Ito; that IL would take twenty years OF
hard work to advance the free scluOls Of this |
State TO the height OF efficiency now occupied by
those at the North The Land Commission, in the |
person OF Leslie, began TO show signs OF all crup-
| ton. Finally the ",rathur" OPT .;l, and |
threw out n stream OF abuse OF the Democrats
| whom 1t believed never were nor never will lie
educated, tried Jilson ever so hard, and there
fore they shan't have any lani. In passing |
ic sail TIKI SEws "was the press OF the state"
This was intended rs sarcasm, but some of the
senators didn't see It IN that way, and cast III
tlignant looks lundiward rs much rs to say, Just
listen at II prnisng Democratic shect1 Further
IL was OF the opinion that the commissioners
| wouldn't work hard. In fact, there was one from
Barnwcll County who WAS Il noble fellow lie |
worked about three days in the year ana he
would not work any harder; he could draw
money, though lie Ind taken tho census, tint Ia,
he had taken II from the books OF the deputies,
ana had drawn $500. Tile land commissioner
wound up by limiting that the increase Of salaries
was not much needed hut would give good oiloes
| To some people, whcreupon Corbn arose anu suirl
| that probably he would take one. That state.
mcnt being within the range OF probability, Leg
lie replied, have no doub; OF It; thought SO.
motion for adjournment, which was carried,
| interrupted the discussion, which was then con-
| lined mainly to remarks about what salaries were
given to school commissioners in the Northern
| States. Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont and
| other States were heard from; In fact stranger
who should have happened 10 have listened to
the debate, and heard the senator's say 'In my
| State tNcw York, Vermont, or other Northern
| States, rs the case might BEL SO AMI go IL the
| casc,n would have supposed that the Senate OF
| South Carolina was the United States Senate, in
| which neither South Carolina nor any other
Southern State was represented.
| PUT riiEd OUT.
AS the correspondent OF THE NEwsovalkcd into
the House this morning, just before 1t was called
| TO ORDER lie surmIsGd from the "bucS looksn
| tblnckcr than usuall OF the members that some
I thing was wrong, that something unusual vas
| afloat. His surmisc was correct. Shortly after
the House was called to order, G. d. laync, the
postmaster OF Aiken, who has no nose, offered the
| following resolution:
Resolved by the House OF Representatives that
the reporter Of THE DAILY NEWS, and all persons
connected in any manner With said paper, hc and
they are hereby excluded from seats upon thr
noor or this House, and that the Speaker bc re-
| qucsted TO Instruct The clerks Of tla House To
withhold from NIL such persons all information in
| reference To the proceedings Of this body,
| Barney Burton, coored, from Chester. second
| 'dnt.r
II. N. Smith, tDcmocrat.) I call :or the yeas
and nays.
Wilder, coorcd. Mr.. Speaker, read that rcsolu.
| ton again.
'romlInson tsubstantlaliy.l Mr. Speaker, did
not hear the resolution on account the noise iu
the House; please have II read again. (Thc clerl;
read it, Now, Mr.. Speaker, trust such rcso-
| luton as that Will not be adopted. ! trust that
tile dignity and self-respect OF members will pre-.
vent the adoption OF that resolution. Only con-
slider, ask, how small and contemplate 1t would
he to adopt it.
DeLarSc, colorcd, hoped the resolution would
moi bc adopted saying substantially, zee 10
necessity for It. I am willing to accord To the
press that freedom and privilege guaranteed to
them under the laws or this State and the United
States. I am aware they sometimes carry abuse
to the extreme that MI good men condemn II. |
myself care nothing what any newspaper In this
or any other State says In relation to my official
actions. lie: them say what they please. II You
adopt this resolution, 1t vii. .ooS us though you
were afrnid of somcbody-it Is foolis,, TO act so.
lf you exclude this reporter from the floor thcrc
IL no power to prevent him from occupying n
place In the galleries, unless for dlsordcrly cou-
duct.
Sims, coloret, moved that the consideration Of
the resolution be indefinitely postponed.
lIaync, coorcd. withdraw the resolution
Il. NJ Smith. Withdraw my motion for q call
for yeas and nays.
Sims, colorel. | withdraw nv motion to most.
ponc.
|
ing resolution"
fssotHd by the lIonse Of Representatives, That
| ihe reporter or THE CliARI.EsroH DAILY NEw5 Is
| hereby expected FROM ills i!Oor.
Driilc, colorcd. l move that the resolution b.
| laid on the table.
I'urton, culorcd. "What for you do datfn
Drii!cs motion was put and carried, very few
Vol!ng against it, and Of them four-utihs were
colorGd.
| IL has bccn asserted that The resolutions to OK
! cl'tilc the correspondent OF THE NEWS were due
to Christopher Columbus Bowen, who stands be-
fora the worih charged with being Congress
maI from the Second District OF Sout, Curo!ina
n murderer from t;eorgetown, South Carolina an
incrndary and fobbcr from Jacksonville, FIori,.a,
anu pciJu.er, bsalnist ana coward "at large
A ROARING LioN.
| The bill To grant Mgssrs. Dickinson ct nj the
| rght.or way over the Charleston and Savannah
Railroad wa; taken up in he House again today
Dclargc Mt once took lie iioor and read u long
| memorial from the railroad company protesting
| against the right or way being granted, on the
ground That it would conflict with the interests
| or the road and OF Its charter Smalls, colorcd
next had the losr, and intimatca tlnt Elliott had
not acted as lie promised he would. Elliott
branded the statement as false whcrcupou
Smas said Elliott Was the roaring lion OF the
House, hut there was one among tho members
land that one was Smallsl who did not stand In
fear or him. The Speaker raped Smals into Ills
seat, ana tho whole subject under discussion was
referred to the Committee on Railroads.
aINanAL ELECTIONS.
Bowlcy's bill to amend the act providing for
| general elections nnd conduct of the same, was
read In the House today. Itproyides that chur.
tered bodies, which shall discharge employees
because OF their political opinions, shall have
their charters taken away; and II planters nnd
oilers discharge their employees bccause OF their
political opinions, they shall be fined $1,000 and
be imprisoned at the discretion OF the judge.
STRAY IrBMh.
IL IL reported that the agents OF the Chatham
Railroad ha'" bought lot OF Grape since the pas.
sage OF the bill 10 prevent bribery and corruption
hessrs. Magrath and Pcakc, OF tho South
| Carolina Railroad, Meredith, OF The Grecnyillc
RpilrOaN, IInrllee. Of The lyIninnfnn nn.1 Han