Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-02-17

ter county an act 10 recnarCer 8 Terry across
Broad River, in Fairfield and Union coun-
ties, and to vest the same in w. j. Shelton,
jr. an act to provide for the extension Of the
time for the payment and collection of taxes
for the fiscal year commencing November, l,
1874. and for other purposes.
The HOUSE was not in session.
The Governor sent message to the House
announcing that he had signed the following
acts and Joint resolutions An act to repeal
an act entitled can act TO regulate the ap-
pointment and salary of trial justices in and
for the county of Chester an act t. make the
survivors of parties to a transaction impeach'
ed for fraud competent and compellable to tes-
tify in certain cases; ; an act to punish persons
for obtaining property, &c., by any fraudulent
pretence or representation.
.- TUESDAY, February 8.
In THE SENATE, the bill to reduce certain
salaries passed its second reading and was or
dered to be engrossed. While few reduc-
tions have been made, the bill is not in &C.
cordance with the requirements Of the times.
In nearly every instance the Republicans vo-
ted solidly to retain the salaries at the highest
figures proposed by the bill. An attempt
was made to strike out the section which pro-
vides that the act should take effect immed.
ately, but it was voted down, and as it passed
the bill takes effect on and after its passage.
In THE HOUSE, there was no quorum.
WEDNESDAY, February 9.
In THE SENATE, the proceedings present
nothing of special interest.
In THE House, the bill to provide for the
redemption of the bills of the Bank Of the
State was under discussion. Paris Simkins,
the chairman of the ways and means commit
tee, made very strong appeal for the passage
of the bill, reminding his colleagues that un
less they made some provision for the redemp-
ton of the bills they would find their govern
ment swamped at the beginning of the next
fiscal year. DR.. Smith, Of spartanburg, and
Mr.. Meetze, of Lexington, both opposed the
bill, the last named gentleman holding the
floor at the hour of adjournment.
In relation to Whipper's protest, the cor
respondent of the Ne,os and Courier says:
"The Whipper business would havecome up
as soon as the journal was read, but it so hap
pened that there were two or three ladies in
the House at that time, and so it was post
poned until they left. shall not reproduce
the filth which this judge called his protest,
and which he desired to have spread upon the
journals of the House. An idea may be
formed of the character Of the "protest" when
/ state that before having it read the Speaker
instructed the doorkeepers to have the House
galleries cleared of ladies, and to allow none
to enter during the discussion Of the matter.
It was vile, filthy thing, and like the speech
which had been expunged, was characteristic
of the thing" which had been elected to 6ll
the bench of the Charleston Circuit. 1t was
creditable to Whipper and the thieves who
elected him, and who are now sorry for it.
After the decision of the Speaker, against
the protest, had been announced, Mr.. Barn.
we'll said that it was matter of so grave con-
sequence that he thought the House should
not vote upon it at once. Davis, of Charles
ton, thought that the "gentleman" ought to
have an opportunity of being heard in his own
defence, and he therefore moved to postpone
the whole matter. The Speaker, in reply,
stated that the only way in which the matter
could be reached was to take an appeal from
the decision ofthe chair This was done, and
the further consideration Of the matter was
then postponed until Tuesday of next week.
Whipper is absent on leave for two weeks, and
it is not probable that he will return to defend
his "protest."