Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-02-24

! In regard to. the evening session Of the
House, the correspondent Of the .Ne'ss and
Courier says:
II, "At the instance ofSimkins, the chairman OF the
waysand means committee, thesupply bill for 1877
was taken up. Humbert, saffron colored states
man from Darlington, who murders the king's a
English with regularity which can only be
his per diem, moved to strike out the enacting
clause Of the bill, and 'on dat made little
speech. 'Ef we are going to have supply bill, ,
said this patriot, let us have one, but he would
rather pass no bill at all than pass this one, which
would swamp de government It was too much
retrenchment and reform. There was something
coming behind the bill next winter which would
make some Of dem jump. Dat bill meant dat no
poor man could stay cen Office Dis government
belonged to de colored people, and de bill meant
means Of running de government: He was In
didn't want too much Of 1t. ,. ,...r g..
"Mr. Keith, q colleague Of this brilliant states
man, expressed himself as being In favor OF any
measure recommended by the Governor. 1t
warnt no use talking. Short crops and the hard
times made 1t absolutely necessary to cut down
salaries. He was determined to vote for the bill
got US where the hair is short, and he's going to
hold us there. He's master Of the situation, and
intended to remain so.' He (Mr. Keith) had cried
reform Z on the stump in the last campaign, and
this was the place for him to cry it now. y.a
posed to the bill. He thought the members had
better kill it, and then 60 home and let those
who come here next year make the levy. The bill
was simply move to defeat the Repuolikin
party. At this stage Of the proceedings the two
having withdrawn bis motion. Then the previous
question was called but voted down. and " hile the
third section WAS up motion was made and car
ried to adjourn" .n. .o- 'a -ri". ~.
,.lr, TUESDAY, February Is.
In THE SENATE, the House resolution to
adjourn siine die on the 23d instant was laid
on the table,. '-.'afs$. Sf'f l. 'l"..'''"'".
In THE HOUSE, the proceedings were main.
ly confined to the impeachment proceedings
against Judge Montgomery Moses, Of the sew.
enth circuit. Mr.. Couch, the chairman of
the committee appointed to investigate the
charges, prefaced his report with motion to
go into secret session, which was adopted, and
the House was accordingly at once cleared Of
every one but the members and sworn Officers.
The evidence taken by the committee was
then read, and the doors thrown open. The
evidence is to show that the accused was gull
ty of using iduciary money, and the report
recommends, that he be impeached. It vas
adopted by unanimous vote of ninety y.seven
ayes, and committees were appointed to pre-.
pare articles of impeachment, and, to notify
the Senate of the same. ii. q. -.,.,.o, f.....g T..
TheBlue Ridge Scrip swindle was revived
to-day by the report Of the COMMITTEES on
claims Of bill to provide for the relief of E.
B. Wesley, of New York, whose claim, con.
sisting of$475, 900 in Blue Ridge scrip, is or.
dered to be paid by tax levy of FIVE and a
half mills to be levied in seven years. 1t is
estimated that there are over two million dol
lars Of this scrip outstanding, and the door
being once opened, the hungry holders will
pounce down upon the treasury like so many
Mr.. Barnwell introduced bill to provide
for the payment of the bills of the Bank of the
State. Itsmain features are as follows: THE
Governor is to appoint, on or before the first
Monday in April, a commissioner well ac-
quainted with the description and character
Of the bills, who's shall ascertain as far as prac-
ticable the amount and character of the bills
outstanding, and shall stamp the "valid and
legal bills" These legal and valid bills are to
be received, FIRST, for the redemption of for
feited land, second, for past due taxes, and
lastly, for one-tenth of the current State taxes.
A tax of one mill for each consecutive year
for ten years is levied to take up the bills
which may come in for taxes None of the
bills which shall not be presented to the com.
missioner on or before the FIRST Monday of No.
vember next shall be considered as entitled to
Lill isya subssissts FOR one -faau on tine taDte
Friday previous: t1taE'@'. -" a.-tf p
The rest of the morning session and most
of the evening session was passed in discuss
ing the tax bill, which went through with on
ly one amendment. The levy for school pur-
poses was raised from ! ] mills to 2 mills,
which makes the total levy for State purposes
81 mills. An attempt was made by Jack
Smith to increase the levy for Legislative 'ex.
penses from mill to mill but it was voted
down. All the sections passed until the last
section was reached, when an attempt was
made to kill the bill. Burkmeyer moved to
strike out the enacting clause. This gave the
patriots an opportunity to get off a little Of
their bottled gas. Burkmeyer, of Charleston
meant reform, but he couldn't vote for this
bill. It was too much reform, and was in
tended to keep poor men out of Office. Jack
Smith, of Darlington, was also in favor of
killing the BILL The members had already
spent their six hundred dollars and "de boad-
ing houses were cen moaning" He would
show his manhood-he didn't live on the lit
tie picayune amount he got here he had bus
iness that paid him twice as much at home.
He was only sorry for those poor members
who didn't have anything to "pend upon cept
deir salaries" The bill sought to crush out
every hope we have as Republicans. The
whole bill ought to be killed it are not, said
he, of sound and shore basis. The bill was
finally laid on the table by vote of 49 to
80. Next they attempted to table the motion
to reconsider the vote, which is the parlia.
mentary dodge for putting it out of the pow
er of the House to consider the subject again
during the session, but Elliott blocked their
game by ruling the motion out of order. This
ended the performance for the night, and an
adjournment was had. q. 1.,..... .9l.a'..
In regard to night sessions, the correspon-
dent of the News and Courier says: = -...
'This may be regarded as the first fruits of the
night session business. Your correspondent has
had an experience Of some eight years as re-
porter in the Reconstruction Legislatures OF
South Carolina, aud is prepared to sustain the as
sertion that nearly ninetenths of all the rascaty