The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-20
THE State LEGISL1T 1TURE.
MONDAY, December II, 1877.
SENATE.

On tho assembling of the Senate
Mr.. Crittenden, the Senator from
Greenville, rose to u question of
privilege, and said
"Mr. President For the first
time during service of six years in
the Legislature I deem it proper to
riso to question of privilege in re-
lation to u newspaper article touch
ing my conduct as a member of the
Legislature. [ do 50 now, sir, for
the purpose Of branding the article
alluded to, SO for us it rolates to my
self, Us false and calumnious in
overy particular. Before suying
moro, [ desire the reading clerk to
read tho article to which I refer, rs
published in the Duily Register of
this city of yesterday, and copied
from the New York Times"
[The clerk then read an article
from the New York Times. in which
it was charged that bargain had
beon made between Patterson and
some leading Democrats of this
State.
Mr.. Crittei4lon thcn maGo d
speech of somo longth, concluding
as follows
81 desire to call the attention OF
the Senate and the people of South
Carolina to the fact that the editor
OF Democratic paper representing
the Administration" has seen prop
er to copy this article from Radi
cal paper in New York, md from
a Radical correspondent who is
known as one Of the most venomous
and disreputablo, Ho has seen
proper, [ say, to reprint an article
which says the majority of senators
on this floor are of the baser class.
l have nothing more to say"
MI. Meetzo reported from the
commission to Investigate the in
debtedness Of the State that the
committee were not ready to ro,
port to: day, and asked for an oxten-
sion of time. Granted until after
the recess.
Other matters of routine wore
disposed of and at l o'clock the
special order, the concurrent rcso~
luton (by Mr.. Lipscon1b) instruct
ing the Investigating committee to
report to the General Assembly all
the evidence taken by them, came
up. A heated debate followed,
lasting nearly two hours, after
which General Gary offered an
amendment that only that portion
OF the evidence relating to tho
bonded debt of the State be printed.
The amendment was ordered to be
printed, and to be submitted with the
resolution on Tuesday.
Routine business was then re-
sumed, md number of unimror-
tant bills were passed to q second
reading. The report (unfavorable)
on a bill to transfer q portion of
Edgefield county to Newberry was
adopted
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The feature of the day was the
concurrent resolution concerning
offences charged against United
States Senator j. j. Patterson.
After q long discussion tho resolu-
ton was adopted by vote of 85 to
8. This resolution is intended
to carry the matter before the Uni
ted States Senate.
The resolution for tho appoint
ment of committee to invcstigate
charges against d. T. Corbin, in
connection with his pretended cleo
tion, was laid on the table, and q
substitute referring the whole mat.
ter to tho committee on frauds was
adopted.
A bill to impose an additional tax,
and prescribe a mode for collecting
the same, on all persons licensed to
sell wines, ardent liquors, malt
liquors, &c, more popularity known
rs tho Moffet liquor punch, was
taken up, but in Wow of it's impor-
tance was postponed until after the
recess.
Adjourned.
TUESDAY, December 18, 1877.