The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-11
STATE LE0IsLATURE.
MONDAY, February 10, 1873.

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CHAIR. Prayer by Rev. B. 3. Bsbbitt.
The following papers. were received
from the House: Bill TO amend Sections
SO, 80 and 100. Chapter II, Of the revised
statutes, amended, which struck ont the
words "market value" and inserted 30
as that the same shall be published in
one newspaper in each Of the cities of
Charleston and Columbia. The Senate
concurred in tho amendments, which al.
lows United States bonds as vel as State
bonds to be deposited by insurance com-
panies. .c =
The President took the chair. and an
| nounoed that the Senate would inform
tho House that it insisted upon the
amendments. fixing the salary of certain
officers. A committee of conference was
appointed consisting Df Senators Whit
temore and J. NJ. Smith.
Mr.. Swails offered the petition of oiti-
zens of Ir.esville, Williamsburg County,
asking al act of incorporation. Notice
| oi bill ofinooTporat;on given.
Mr.. Whittemore offered resolution,
which was adopted, that our Senators in
| the United States Senate are hereby in
structed, and our Representatives in the
House of Representatives. at Washington
are requested, to use their Influence
against tho withdrawal OF the United
States troops from this State, and to re-.
present to his Excellency the President
of the United Stntes that the withdrawal
OF the same would be at the present time
| detrimental to the permanent establish
ment and maintaining of law and order
! III the State ; and that his Excellency
the Governor is hereby requested to
forward to each of them certified copies
of this resolution.
Mr.. Whittemore and Mr.. SwaiIs ad7o.
GATED the resolution, upon request from
Senator Mcintyre asking a reason for
tho resolution. Mr.. Whittemore.st stated,
in the course of his remarks, that he
judged what might be from what had
been. He believed that the gentleman
who asked the question now, should the
troops be withdrawn, would be compelled
TO ask for their return within sixty days.
He believed TINT it was necessary to keep
the strong arm of the government here
longer, for the moral effect it had and the
advancement as we'll as protection OF law
and order. He placed it upon higher
ground even than that The troops did
no harm. and left their money here for
pecuniary benefit remove the troops at
this time and another step towards nn-
archy would be taken. Senator Swails
|
had stated, and favored in strong re-
marks. the request that the troops be
kept here, considering their ordering
away at this time entirely premature
Senator Mcintyre said it made no diff
ference to him whether the same passed
or not. but he thought it would be da-
maging to business prospects. Senator
Jones advocated the adoption of the same
as necessarily e1pedieat at the present
time. Instances Of the present organiza-
ton OF the Ku-Kiux were cited, Mr.,
Hope believed he should vote for it;
theirs was never any use for them in
good old Lexington they were law
abiding people over there he wished
they were 30 all over the State. Senator
Jones wanted to know if the Senator did
not remember, once upon time, of one
hundred armed men putting in an up.
pearance at the polls. Mr.. Hope thought
the keeping of the United States troops
here conveyed the idea that the people
were nnrnly. MIR. Svails asked Mr..
Hope if he did not know that military
posts we're established in other States
North. Mr. Hope only spoke, he said,
to dampen the ideas that had got abroad
about Ku Klux, &c. The concurrent
resolution was then unanimously adopt
ed.
The same resolution was also intro
duced in the House.
Mr.. Whittemore introduced resolu.
ton, to allow Mrs. Francis Quirk to re-
deem certain forfeited lands in Darling
ton County.
Mr.. Jervey introduced a resolution,
authorizing the Clerk of the Senate to
return to the County Commissioners of
Charleston County all hooks, papers and
vouchers ordered in 1870 and 1871.
Adopted.
Mr. Whittemore, from tho Committee
to which it was referred, reported favor.
ably joint resolution to allow B. john
SOD. OF Kershaw, to redeem certain for
feited lands. Also. bills to incorporate
the Georgetown Cypress Company: to
incorporate the Greenville Agricultural
aud Mechanical Association, (amend-
ments sent to the House;) to incorpo-
rate the Aiken Real Estate and Building
Association; to incorporate the Reful.
gent Society, OF Columbia; to incorpo.
rate the Randolph Enterprise Assooia.
tlon; to amend the charter of the town
OF Chester; to incorporate the Grend
Lodge OF Abstinence of the State of
South Carolina; to revise and amend an
Act 20 reduce all Acts and parts of Acts
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