The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-12-20
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Sunday Morning December 80 Z 1874.
zAe ssiaty Appropr..sioa: B.,i Ia ,as
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EAe ssiaty Approprz=tioa: Bili Ia ,ns
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Tho Senate bill to- make 'appropria-
tions for the payment and mileage OF
members, OF the General Assembly aud
the salaries Of subordinate off1cera and
employees, and other expenses inci.
dental thereto. was taken up from tho
table, yesterday, and passed its second
reading in the House. It was amend
ed. on Friday. in the reduction of the
incidental, or. contingent expenses of
the Senate, from $4,000 to $4,000,
and in those of the House from Sig, 600
to $4,000. The clause of the first Sec
tion. which appropriates for the salary
and mileage, OF members $103, 900, was
also amended by the words ''if so
much be necessary" The second SEQ
tion provides that the presiding Of
hoers of the two houses shall furnish
pay certificates for the amount of
salary and mileage due to each mem
ber az assd by The Ac. to regulate the
pay OF the members, passed at the
cloae OF last session. The sum so
fixed ia $500 aud mileage. There is
another bill. which specially concerns
this part OF the Legislative expenses,
which is yet to be considered, aud
which, we learn, is not to be preju-
diced by the decision reached as to the
present bill. The third section. that
the payment OF contingent accounts
shall be made upon certificates of the
house in which they are passed,
signed by the presiding officer. at
tested by the Clerk and ooantersigned
by the Chairman of the Committee on
Contingent Accounts. gavo rise to q
spirited combat on The floor between
Mr.. Bampdeld, member from Beau
tort, and Speaker Elliott. Bampfeld
desired to amend it so as to have
she accounts audited by the Comp
troIler and made matter of record in
his Office. Tue Speaker decided it to be
not german to the subject and no: in
order. From this decision tue mem
Der from Beaufort did not appeal, nor
did he complain Of it. He continued.
however. under the indulgence of the
Chair, to discuss the subject, to show
the importance of throwing every pos.
sible safeguard around the public ex-
penditures, and to urge that the
amendment which he had proposed
would be in accordance with the recon-
mendations of the Governor in his in
sagnEa! message. He said that all
parties-Conservatives, independence
snd Regular Republicans-had given
those recommendation the authority
OF their sanction. They expressed the
opinion of the people, and should be
carried out in legislation and practice.
As a newly-elsotsd member, he had
heard upon the stump and everywhere
in the canvass, the severest and bit
serest condemnation Of the Republican
party OF South Carolina, as a party OF
SAAoSoo ouN SOI1uPtAoulStd. NOtuluR
so charged was aenied. and guilt Was
recorded against it and condemnation
written on its face. The General AS
senbly was the guiltiest of all, aud
the words Legislature OF South Caro-
lima were synonymous, in the judg.
ment of the world, with the word
thief. This style of speech did not
please some of his fellow-members,
and they repeatedly called him to
order. He continued, however, to in.
sist upon the necessity OF prscaution.
SoGle of thos5 who interrupted him
imputed to him the purpose of xe-
Hecting upon the Speaker, but he
promptly disavowed it. LIE felt no
distrust of the Speaker, but lie was, on
the contrary, merely in search of that
"correct systom" in taxation md ex-
penditure upon which tue Governor
had expatiated. Speaker Il. 3. Elliott
took fire ct this, and left tho
Speakers desk to engage in the de-
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