The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-01-24
Committee to inquire into. taxes due by

Committee to inquire into. taxes due by
the Blue Ridge Railroad was adopted.
The Committee on interpretations
made q favorable report; on a bill to re-
charter Newberry College, and they re-
commended that the two following be
referred to the Judiciary Committee !:
Bill to create, q marriage license law in
this State and bill to authorize the ap-
pointment of an official stenographer for
the Fifth Judicial Circuit.
Mr.. Compton, Of the Committee on
Grievances, submitted a favorable report
on bill to prevent steamers from deliv-
ering ffeights on the Sabbath day. r
Mr. Myers, of the Railroad Committee,
reported unfavorably on bill prohibiting
all railroads in the State from running
freight trains on the Sabbath day.
The resolutions of Mr.. Haskell in re-
lation to the bonds were the next. on the
calendar.
Mr.. Haskell said that since the resolu-
tions had been offered he had consulted
with some of the gentlemen who compose
the bond commission, and that one OF
them had suggested that it would be un-
wise to pass the resolutions at this time
he, therefore, made a motion to table the
resolutions, which was adopted.
The other resolution proposed by Mr..
Haskell, that the Governor be asked to
instruct The Solicitor of this circuit to
investigate the conduct of the officers OF
election. for Sumter in the matter of an
election for member of the House, was
then taken up.
Mr.. Orr moved to lay the resolution on
the table, and Mr.. Ferriter demanded the
yeas aud nays on this question, which
were taken, with this result yeas 81 /; nays
80. - ..-.......
The bill which is popularity known as
the Moffett whiskey punch law was taken
up, being the last business on the calen-
dar. ,.....s....-,,,....
It elected short discussion, but was
finally postponed until Wednesday, Feb
ruary IL ....:e -. 4..;s-
| The principal business OF Importance
in the Senate was the consideration Of
the report. of the Judiciary Committee,
recommending the passage of q resolu-
tion to declare void the election of Judges
held on the 18th, day of December, 1875.
This opened a very spicy debate between
Gen. Gary and Hon. j. B. Campbell
which gave the former gentleman an OPP
portunity to repeat his views of Judge
Willard. The Senate, however, had the
good sense to lay the whole matter on
the table, by the following vote: ,. .
,Yeas.-Bird, Bowen, Buck, Campbell,
Cannon, Carter, Coker, Collins, Counts,
Crittenden, Duncan: Fraser, Jeter, Kins.
Ter, Livingston, Manning, Myers, Todd,
Williams, Witherspoon, Wylie-21.
Nays-Butler, ], Gary, Howard, Lips
comb IF ,.:,,a s.a
IN the House, Mr.. Orr introduced q
bill to, authorize the appointment of q
State Mineralogist; bill to constitute the
Town Of Anderson q special Township
for all purposes. .....,. ,.:,.. ,.;>..s.,-i
The enacting clause of a bill to pre-
vent steamers on the Saftee River from
delivering goods. on the Sabbath ,Egas y
stricken out. ~. q. :.:.
Mr.. Aldrich, of the Judiciary Com.
:mittee, made favorable report on the
concurrent resolution to inquire into the
cause of the determination of fish in the
fresh water streams in this State.
Mr.. Simpson, Of the Committee OF
Ways and Means, reported favorable on
q bill to exempt from taxation the
grounds of the Furman University; un-
fayorably on a joint resolution to author.
ize the County Treasurers to pay out GER
tain moneys. go: s,....s,.f i ..s.
Mr.. Watts, Of the Committee on Agri.
culture, submitted a favorable report on
q bill to protect the growing crops from
being levied on and bill to amend the
existing fence laws.
a Joint resolution to amend the consti-
tuition as to the meetings. of the General
Assembly was next brought up for con-
sideration. This resolution provides for a
biennial session of the Legislature. 1t
was not we'll received by the members,
aud elected spirited discussion.
Mr.. Wells moved to strike out the re.
solving clause. >.
Mr. s. Allen objected to this motion,
and gave his reasons, some of which were
very strong, why. the resolution should
pass. He thought that once every two
years was often enough for our Legisla-
ture to meet.
Mr.. Wells opined that if this law should
pass the State would gain nothing, as the
sessions Of the Legislature would be twice
as long as they now are. He insisted
that the members ought to sustain his
motion.
Mr.. Haskell took different view. He
thought the resolution should be passed,
and addressed some cogent arguments in
its favor. He insisted that it could only
be productive of good results. That it
would save the State thousands of dollars
annually; that biennial sessions were
often enough; that this law had worked
we'll in other States, and that 100000
would be saved in one year.
AT the conclusion of Mr.. HaskelPs ar
gument, the yeas and nays were called on
the question ais to whether the resolving
clause should be stricken out, and the
vote stood-yeas ~; nays 25; thereby
killing the resolution.
~, MONDAY, Jan. 81, 1878.
In.the Senate, Gen. Gary rose to a
question ofprivilege. He read from the
Columbia Register, of Sunday yesterday, J
the following article, which appeared in
the editorial columns of that paper and
4 4 I -
Senate on Saturday last:
eff Chief Justice Willard is the corrupt
official Gen. Gary would make the public
believe, Why does heSenator from Edge
field not furnish the .proofq"
Gen. Gary said: "In reply I have this
to say: The information that Judge
Willard was bribed, while associate JUS
tice of. the Supreme Court, was commune
Gated to me as Senator. 1 reported it to
Senator John r. Cochran. the chairman