The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-07
THE CITY WATER BILL.
IT'S TRIUMPHANT PASSAGE IN TIE
HOUSE OF REpRESENTATHES.

IT'S TRIUMPHANT PASSAGE IN TIL
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES..
A Prospect OF Definite Action at Last
Tho Free-School Hobby.
[FRoN oUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE
COLUMBIA, 8. C., February S.
This has been perfect field day In tn,
House, over the Chareston water bill, whlcl
was drafted by the Chamber of Commerce
endorsed by the City Council, and introduced
some weeks ago by Representative Greene
and the result has been the sweeping triumph
of the bill and the utter rout and discontinue
otIthe small faction of members led by Re-
preventative Hurley, who arrayed themselves
In determined opposition to the measure.
The bill was called up at about two O'Clock
by Representative Bosemon, who made 6
brief and cogent argument in its favor, and
from that hour until six o'clock the
progress of the bill was contested al
every step by the bakers dozen who
opposed it with every species ol
parliamentary trick that Is known to the mo-
dern South Carolina legislator. There was
very little In the discussion that could b. dig
nifed with the name of argument, but there
was plenty OF fllibustering, considerable
amount of active lobbying. and no end ofper,
sonal squabbllng. Speeches In favor Of the
bill were made by Representatives Bosemon,
Brennan, Levy and Greene, of Charleston,
and the latter broadly intlmated that Repre-
sentative Hurley had been literally distribu.
ting stock In his opposition concern among
the members, and explained how, in accord.
ance with what he believed to be duty to bis
constituents, he had been quietly counteract-
ing the effects of this diplomacy. Mr.. Hurley
denied that his hostility TO the present bill
was caused by his interest In the project
chartered last winter, and made a partisan
lirade against the City Council, which, he said,
had refused to consent to his going on with
the work under his charter, and now came TO
the Legislature with charter of Its own
which 1t desired to have passed.
Representative Bosemon thought the men,
bera could Judge for themselves whether Mr..
Hurley was more anxious about the success
of "the party" than all OF his seventeen COL
leagues put together. he believed that this
charter would not Interfere with the one
granted to Mr.. Hurley last winter, for he was
satisfied that that scheme would fall through
any way; Just as the Enterprise Railroad,
about which he had made such brilliant prom.
ises four years ago to the members and to the
community, had fallen through.
Here Representative Hurley broke In to ask
if Representative Bosenon had not, while
director of the Enterprise Railroad, entered
into combination to clean him out. Repre-
sentative Bosemon replied that he mad
with the majority Of the other direc-
tors tried to get rid of him after
after he had by fraudulent means obtained
possession of Eve thousand one hundred and
forty shares of the stock. They wanted to
get rid Of him because they saw that in his
hands the enterprise never would succeed,
and he, having the vision OF that enterprise
before him, did not propose to entrust the
chances OF Charleston's water supply to Mr..
Hurley's hands. This, oil course, brought
hurley to the floor on one OF his questions of
privilege" and thus the squabble continued
until at late hour in the afternoon some sen-
sible member moved the previous question on
the whole matter, and the bill was passed by
vote Of 50 to ls. During the call of the roll
one of the opponents of the bill as last des.
perate resort obstlnately refused to vote,
slthcrgh his name was called by the clerk no
less than twenly-eight times, and for this Vio-
lalIon OF the rules aud OF the constitution he
was Sbrought to the bar of the House and re-
quired to apologize.
THE APPROPRIATION BILL
was finally passed by the House and sent to
the Senate to-day with the following amend
ments In addition to those already reported:
the sum of sl5, 600 was added for the publica-
tion OF the ac.s and joint resolutions OF the
General Assembly, and 1919 for back pay due
70 the auditor of Aiken County.
COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
Senator Clinton to-day introduced rather
important bill .'to compel the attendance at
school of children between the ages of six and
sixteen years." The bill requires all parents
or guardians Of children between the ages OF
six and sixteen years, not mentally or physl-
cally disabled, to compel them to attend either
q public or private school for at least three
months in each year, provided there be a
public school within two miles OF their resi-
dence. The penalty prescribed for neglect or
refusal to comply with the act without good
cause shown 10 The satisfaction OF the county
school commissioner, is Imprisonment Tor net
less than one nor more than six months, and
q fine OF not less than fifty nor more than one
hundred dollars. PICKET.
THE LEGISLATURE YESTERDAY.