Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-05-10
the same fix. He was reminded that the fate
of the Confederate leaders had been disquali.

the same 6x. He was reminded that the fate
of the Confederate leaders had been disquali.
6cation, not only from representing their
States in the Congress, but from even voting
for man of their choice. The previous
question was called at 3.15, and the minority
report was lost by vote of 81 to 81. Brad
lev and Petty (Dems.) voted with the Repub.
lcans, and Reddish and Keith (Reps.) voted
with the Democrats.
Mr.. Sheppard then moved the adoption OF
the majority report, which was carried by a
vote of 81 to 81. So Thomas and Strsker
we're excluded, and writs of election will be
issued by the Speaker to I'll their places.
WEDNESDAY, May 2.
In THE SENATE, after the routine work
had been transacted, Senator Nash rose to q
question of privilege, and delivered himself
upon the charges against himself, White
more, Woodruff & Co., made by the Ne.us
and Courier. Like Whittemore, he indig-
nantly denied the charges, and asked that
his remarks be placed on the journal OF the
Senate.
Nh. Crittendeu was then about to read the
reply of Captain Dawson, of the Ne'os and
Courier, but before he had commenced, Sen.
ator Taft, of Charleston, rose to the point OF
order that the Senator from Greenville had
no right to proceed with the reading Of the
reply, because he had not risen to question
of privilege. -,
The Chair ruled the point of order we'll
taken.
Senator Crittenden: "Then claim the
right to rise to question Of privilege"
Swails 'tYou cannot rise to a question OF
privilege as this matter has no relation to
yourself That paper cannot be read to-day
without unanimous consent, and l object to
its being read"
Whittemore then offered the following:
Whereas the Charleston Ne,Us and Courier has
published certain dispatches ref1ectng upon tne
character of certain members OF this BODY, ac-
&c. which were paid for out Of the public funds
to the amount of thousands of dollars, and that
certain senators upon this floor were privy 10
such transactions
ed by the chair for the purpose of investigating
the whole matter and reporting upon the same,
and that the committee be empowered to SEND
for persons and papers, .,
GRAFTON of the resolution.
Mr.. Bowen, (Dem.) of Pckens, offered the
following as a substitute for Whittemore's
resolution:
Resolyed. That special committee of five be
appointed by the president of the Senate to inves-
tigate and report upon all charges OF mlsapDro-
priation of the public funds by any OF the men,
bers or officers Of the Senate, and that the COM
Inittee have power to send for persons ana pa
pers and have leave TO report oy OIL Or o'ner-
wise.
Mr.. Meetze, of Lexington, offered, as an
amendment to the substitute, the following,
to be inserted after the words "and officers OF
the Senate" "And all parties implicated in
the alleged fraud" :,
After debate, participated in by Swails and
Green, and Messrs. Jeter, Meetze, Wlther-
spoon and Crittenden, the motion to strike
out the amendment, to include in the investi.
cation, all persons charged with being parties
to the fraud, was voted upon and lost by
vote of 27 to 5. The resolution, as amended,
was then adopted.
The Chair then appointed the following
Senators as the committee of investigation:
Messrs. B,wen, Witberspoon and Meetze,
Democrats, and Messrs. Marley and Cochran,
Republicans. Mr.. Marley asked to be ex-
cused, on the ground that he was not versed in
cross. examining witnesses, and the Chair ap'
pointed Mr.. Taft in his stead.
Mr.. Crittenden then offered resolution that
the reply of Captain F. w. Dawson, to the
charges made against him, be read and spread
upon the journals. The resolution was laid
over for consideration tomorrow.
The bill to further reduce the number and
regulate the pay of the attaches, clerks and
la6orers of the General Assembly, and to
provide for the manner of electing, appoint.
ing and paying the same, received a third
reading, and was sent to the House. Inns
bill, if passed, will save the State about S2OO
per day during the session Of the legislature.
The report of the committee on education,
on bill to require all school claims and
claims for teachers pay to be sworn to, passed
its second reading
In THE House, resolution was intro
duced instructing the Attorney. General to
INQUIRE into the legality of the two acts
known as the Big and Little Bonanza bills.
The bill to authorize the Governor to farm
or lease the convicts in the Penitentiary, and
the bill to provide for the protection of per-
sons paying taxes for others, passed second
reading.
The bill prohibiting the sale Of seed cotton
after dark was taken up and passed to third
reading. As passed, the bill provides, first,
that on and after the passage of this act, it
shall not be lawful for any person to buy or
sell, or receive by way of barter, exchange or
traffic of any sort, any seed cotton between
the hours of sundown aud sunrise of any day ;
second, that any person who shall violate. the
provisions of section of this act shall, upon
conviction in the Court of General Sessions,
or of trial justice, be fined in the sum Of
fifty dollars, or imprisoned in the county Jail
for period of thirty days, or both, in the
discretion of the court.
THURSDAY, May 8.
In THE SENATE, after disposing Of the
business of the morning hour, the resolution
of Mr.. Crittenden, to allow the reply of f.
w. Dawson, proprietor of the Neaos and Cou-
riey, to the charges made by Whittemore, to
be read in the Senate, came up for consldera.
ton. After some opposition on the part OF
Taft, of Charleston, M. Crittenden, of Green
Vile, was permitted to read the reply, the
substance of which may be found in another
column of to-day's ENQUIRER. After the
reply had been read, Taft moved that it be re-
ceived as information. Mr.. Crittenden moved
to amend so that the request of Mr. Dawson,
that the communication be spread upon the
journals, be acceded to. Swails objected, and
the chair ruled that it required unanimous
consent to have any communication, coming
from parties outside of the Senate chamber,
spread upon the journals, and so the matter
ended.
A House concurrent resolution to adjourn
F. l.