Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-20

second reading was the Senate bill to
amend the act to regulate the pay of
the members of the General Assembly.
The bill provides that each member of
the General Assembly. hereafter, shall
receive such per diem compensation
for each regular session as will amount
to, and not exceed, 5000, and the fur
Their sum of 20 cents for every mile of
ordinary route of travel in going to
and returning from the sessions of the
General Assembly. And when con-
veEed in extra session, each member
shall receive the same per diem com
gate three hundred and fifty dollars
and mileage, as are fixed by law for |
the regular session, and none other. |
Bowley moved to amend Ivy striking |
out the word ''six" and insert seven |
dollars per diem, &c. This caused |
the member from Orangeburg, Dan |
nerly, to rise again, his feelings being
too affected to allow him to sit still. |
His articulation by this time had be- |
come very husky and his patriotism |
under the influence OF bad whiskey |
dubbed over. He was called to or |
der, but refused 10 come to order for |
the CT damnation crowd" The
sergeant-at-arms attempted to remove
the honorable member, but he resist
ed and drew
A PE5EsUADER WITH FOUR BARRELS,
silver mounted and loaded with slugs,
by the assistance of which Incomplete
ly demoralized the sub-sergeant-at-
arms and & half dozen deputies, and
put them to inglorious flight. The
scene began now to get lively. Sew
eral members made rush to get to
the bellicose representative, but his
colleague. I'll. Riley, another colored
member from Orangeburg, rallied to
his support, and grabbing him by the
collar with one hand, kept the crowd
at bay with the other.
PISTOLS WERE DRAWN,
and sixteen dollars cuspadors, desks,
chairs and inkstands overturned in the
melee which ensued. For consider
able length of time the Orangeburg
delegation kept the floor, and remained
masters of the situation. The sergeant
alarms was not present, and his depu-
ties evidently entertained a wholesome
dread of the ''persuaders" which were
fiourisled around so promiscuously.
Ii. the meantime, the seats in the
vicinity of the row were hastily va
Gated, and those members OF the
House who seemed more inclined to
peace than to war made tracks for the
door. The speaker raped his gavel
induStriOusly, and called upon the
sergeant-at-arms to
Do HIS DUTY,
but the person who was acting in that
capacity was powerless to do anything.
Dannerly and his colleague, in the
! :
oalths, and still held their position In
this emergency, Bowley, the colored
chairman of the committee on ways
and means; Sam Green, of Beaufort;
Lilly, of Chester, and one or two other
colored members who We're evidently
not afraid of the Orangeburg per
suaders, made a rush at the belliger-
ent members, seized their pistols and
bore them bodily out Of the House.
This done, quiet was for = time re-
stored. Several OF the pale-faced
brethren, who had taken temporary
refuge beneath the desks, emerged
from their hiding places, and the
House at once addressed itself to the
subject of indicating its wounded
dignity.
SWIFT PUNISHMENT.
Minort, of Richland, introduced
resolution expelling both tie members
from Orangeburg. Hurley thought |
that they ought to be first brought to |
the bar of the House, and this was ac-
cordingly done. Riley, who is black |
man, and who seems to have been |
forced into the row by desire to pro- |
tect his colleague Dannerly, first came
up To him the speaker said: "You |
have been charged by the House with
conduct unbeconling a gentleman and |
a member of the Legislature. Do you
desire to make any explanation ?, Ri |
le5--efliri u1IaI ne had only tried to !
quiet his colleague when the members
crowded him. He knew that Danner- |
ly wasn't conducting himself right, bnt |
didn't want to see him crowded. If |
the House would take him at any other
time he could talk, but how that he |
was in the neat of passion, it was in
him and had to come ont. He was
sorry for what he had done, and !
begged pardon of the House, saying |
which he withdrew. The House decid- |
ed to take up each case separately, and |
considered Riley's case first. Bowley |
hoped that swift and prompt punish |
nent would be melted out to the OF
tenders.
Crittenden, of Greenville, was more
intimately acquainted with Mr.. Dan
nerly than with any member of the
House, and he regarded him as one OF
the most honest and highmlnded mem
bers of the General Assembly. He
knew that the demon liquor had caused
the disturbance, and many men
of higher intellect than the member
had fallen under It's influence
He hoped that the House uldcxcuse
the members if they came before the
bar of the House and apologized.
This apology from such an unexpected
quarter produced visible sensation
n. B. Meyers, of Beaufort, hoped that
the House would not allow the news
papers to say that this General Assem-
bly,, composed as it was of n maj oritY
OF Republicans, did not have the nerve
to expel two Republican members who
had disgraced it. Crittenden wanted
to know wEather the members consid-
cred it greater disgrace to be unfor-
tunately caught under the influence of
liquor than for one member to charge
another openly on the floor of the
House with having received bribes?
Duncan, the colleague of the members
from Orangeburg, didn't think the
action OF ms colleagues warranted
their expulsion. Dannerly had raised
the row. but Riley tried to quiet him,
and had been drawn into the fuss
Minort hoped that both the members
would be expelled, because their con-
duct was not only disgraceful to the
State of South Carolina, but to every
member of the House.
AN IMPORTANT POINT.
Sperry wanted to know whether eX-
pulsion would prevent the gentlemen
from getting their pay? The speaker
replied that it would not, as they had
drawn it already. The previous ques-
ton was then called on the resolution
to expel Riley, and the House voted
&c yeas, to - nays. Under the
Constitution vote of two-thirds
is necessary for expulsion, and so the
speaker ruled that the resolution was
lost, and the member not expelled n.
l. L.. Al. !