The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-02-25
Legislative biIIinisyssa,e.

That the people Of tho couutr,
may see for thcmsclyes, what kind OF
men conduct the fortunes of Soutl
Carolina al this time, we make some
extracts from the debate on the
salary appropriation bill on Wcdnes.
.day last, as report cd in our Columbia
correspondence. The speakers were
the leading members of the House OF
Representatives, and the question
was, whether the House appropropria.
.tion bill or the Senate bill should be
passed.
Bowlcy (the colored chairman of
The committee of Ways and Means J
"Evcry year the Senate has managed
to get the House under their control,
by holding the salary appropriation
bill in their hands. As matters
stand, the house rather has the Sen.
ate at II disadvantage, aud [ propose
to keep them So"
Greene (colored y The m>mbers
of the House are needy and cau't 20
into il fight with the Senate, which is
composed of men of means, who
could aiford to fight it out ou this
iine il ittook all summer,
llnn:bert (colured J "I de<pise
such wishyw"shy way cf doiog
things"
Smith (colorci y "1 want my
money, and am ready to comprise
with the Senate in order to get it at
once"
Mackcy "What is the cause of
the wonderful change in the opinion
of certain members 7 1t can I've
readily understood, when it is re-
mcmbcrcd that tho Senate bill pro.
vides for neariy forty-Gve thousand
iellars for incidental expenses. The
bill 10 "Ath;n" %.'"~ 49,
larceny scheme"
After somc further debate, the
House took up the appropriation for
the Pepitentiary, which :, Mpckey
moved to reduce from $65,OJ0 to
$45, 900, This led to general
indulgence in B'llingsgate.
Minort {colored:: "The proposed
preparation Is whit too large
Humbert (colored y "The pro-
'stitution ought to be self susta iniug.
The member ouiy wants grab at
the money!
Hurley (coming to Minorts re-
lief y "Mr. Speaker I rise -"
Humbcrt 10 Hurley } "You shet
you mouf, Sab " tRoars of Laugh
ter
Greene (cclorcd "That thief
from Darlington y delicate allu-
sim to llumbcrt.
Humbcrt "If [ have robbed
anything, I expect to be Ku Kluxcd
by just such highway robbers as the
member (Grccne) from Beaufort.
If l get into the Pcnitentiary Lwent
ask for $65, 600 to support me-"
Greene (to Hurley y "You know
as much about it as you do about the
Governor's contingent fund"
Hurley CAT least no one has
been able or ever attempted to re
flute my charges a against the Cover
nor, and his Exccllercy will not dare
deny them.'
Greene (colored J But if the
Governor were not such a coward he
would have cowbided you before this
or got somebody else to do it,"
Hurley If the gentleman from
Beaufort (Grecne) would allow the
weapon named to be sliced from his
cuticlc, might submit to the cas-
tigation.' u.
On Thursday, Greene, who had
probably seen his Excellency in the
interval, proceeded to explain thai
lie did not mean to say that Nose!
was n coward. Thus
Greene (rising to question o
privilcdge.) "It was not tho Governor
to whom referred, but his aides
What ] said was, that if the Cover
nor's aides were not towards they
would have cowhided Hurley, aut
if were member Of the Governor
staff | would have done it bcfor'
this"
Harley (risipg to n couhter-ducs
tion of privilege y "Nobody ON tho
Governors staff, nobody he could pu
on there, not the doughty geptlema,
from Beaufort, nor the valaiut Gov
ernor himself, dare undertake t
cowhide me.'