The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-12-12


and therefore the three dollars per day
ought to DC adopted in our opinion, be.
cause it will pay members expenses
and, if the session is long one, he would
not lose money by his expenses, while
on a salary OF one hundred and fifty dol
lars, if the session should hereafter reach
two or three months, rs it will in all
probability do next time, lie would lose
badly. a per diem Of three dollars is
low enough and is the fairc,t plan.
Therefore wc hope it will be adopted.
TIE BILLS or THE BANK
Of the State sill in MI probability be a
subject Of very grave discussion before
the session is over, as there is an evident
tendency on .he part of their holders to
rush them into the treasury for taxes in
every possible way. a bill authorizing
person 70 redeem forfeited lanus was
introduced i'll the House, and contained
q proviso that persons could pay off such
Indebtedness in Bills Of the Bank Of the
State at par. The last Legislature very
wisely passed IN act requiring these bills
to be funded into bonds ut fifty cents on
the dolla ~ il the present Assembly
had passed the act proposed, it would
have been equivalent to backing down
from the last act, and after discussion by
Mcssrs. Murray, Brown, Aidrich and
Cook, against receiving the bills, and
MtssIs. Simon.on, Miles, Haskell and
others in favor Of receiving them, the
House struck out the clause, thus show
ing that the sentiment is against recciv-
ing them 1T higher rate than was
agreed "n at the last session. We can
not yet tell what will be done with the
question Of providing for the retirement
of these pcrpexing bills, us the Ways
and Means Committee has not in any
way indicated its views of the subject.
TIE DIVORCE LAWS
of the State have been amended in the
House 30 Ms to strike out the ground Of
aescrton as Il cause for divorce, and also
providing that where divorce is granted
on the other grou.d, it shall only allow
the party who procurcs the divorce the
privilege Of marrying again. This
change was advocated by Mcssrs. J. VI.
Hutson, Miles, Murray, J. j. IIcmphill
and W. *. Bradley, and opposed by
Messrs. Brown, Blue and II. II. Hemp
hill. The bill was amended so us not to
include cases already begun, and is now
before the Senate for its consideration.
THE BOND DEBT
has been occupying considerable aticn-
ton, and the sentiment in favor of re-
pcaling the Bond Court is growing much
stronger than was expected. The Sen
ate voted against repeating it by IS to IT.,
but that vote was not test, rs side issues
entered into the decision, and when it
comes up again the Senate will certainly
go in favor of the repeal. In the House
the discussion has just begun. and the
advocates Of repeal, who were very few
in the beginning, arc gaining by the
time which is given for reflection, and it
is now certain that the vote will be very
close. When tho repeating resolution
came up, Mr.. Haskell moved to strike
out the resolving clause, upon which
motion Mr.. Murray obtained the floor,
and spose in opposition to striking out
the resolving clause. The following re-
port from the Register is fur synopsis
of the speech:
1st. That the act creating the Bond
Court is of doubtful validity, and was
adopted rs II compromise between the
advocates Of the consolidation act rs it
stands and those who favored an climi-
nation of fraud from that settlement,
with the implied contract, ut least, qthat
the whole merits of the question at issue
should be presented to the court for its
adjudication. That this mad not been
done, for the testimony of kimpton had
been kept from the court when that testi-
m0ny was the most important of any
connected with the case, for he was the
Financial Agent of the State who
hypothecated the State bonds and had
the documentary evidence necessary to
matter of the contested bonds. He ex-
pressed the belief that Kimpton had
heen kept out of the hands of the officers
of the law in South Carolina by n combi-
1ai:uii 0f :!:. !.onc!l,olacrs. who do not
wish to allow the court which is to de-
eide this case to have all the testimony
that ought to be before it for Just de-
termination of the matter. lie said that
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but that the conscience anu reason OF
the people of the State would convince
them that it is SO, and in support Of the
belief referred to the fact that kimpton
was defended by Chamberlain, his con-
tederate in placing the bonds of this
State on the market, and that the reason
the Govcrnor of M!assachusetts gave fer
refusing toIsurrender Kimpton was that
he was not wanted for indictment, but
to give testimony before this very court,
showing that the bondholders had the
ear of the Governor of Massachusetts,,
and that they desired to prevent the
State from obtaining Kimpton's cvi-
dence. He then claimed that the agree
ment for full hearing before the Bond
Court had not been complied with, and
That the advocates of the bondholders
now ask the Legislature to sit still, and
allow this court to render decision on
partial testimony, which hazards the in
terest of the people of the State.
I'd. He claimed that the Legislature
should not be controlled by the argu-
mcnt which appeals to their sympathy
for the bondholders, inasmuch as the
people who arc oppressed by high taxa
tion are also entitled to sympathy. He
claimed article g, section q, .: :!:o cen
stitution requires that registration of
these bonds should have been made, and