Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-12-22

amendments, which where adopted First
that until the next general election the duties
of railroad commissioner as prescribed In this
Act, shall be discharged by the present rail-
road commissioner, who shall be subject to the
liabilities and receive the compensation herein
prescribed for railroad commissioner - and
second, in case of vacancy, 1.-THE person ap-
pointed to fill such vacancy shall hold his ONCE
for the unexpired term" Mr.. Wilson, OF
Newberry, moved to strike out section 81,
which provides that all the expenses Of the Of
flee of railroad commissioner shall be paid by
the railroads. After short debate, the mo-
tion to strike out the section was lost. Sec
tion 80, which gives the railroad commissioner
power to say when repairs are necessary, when
any improvements in the stations, station
houses, rolling stock, &C., is necessary, and
enforce his Judgment by legal proceedings,
created some debate. The Senate added to the
section an amendment providing that the
commissioner shall have the right to make any
modification in the rate of fare for transporting
freight or passengers. MI. Parker thougnt
this section an outrageous provision. MI.
Hemphill said it would place more power in
the hands Of one man than ever was assumed
by the General Assembly. Mr.. Werner, IN op-
posing it. said more power had been placed III
the commissioner than in the Supreme Court
itself. Mr.. Haskell set forth the danger OF
placing so much power in the hands OF one
man. The section was advocated by Messrs.
Newton and Murray, and on the vote, the mo-
tion to strike out was lost
During the discussion of other amendments
to the BILL Mr.. Hutson said that as the whole
trouble seemed to he on account Of one-man
power, he moved to reconsider the vote where
by the three commissioners had been reduced
to one. This motion created great excitement.
Mr.. Haskell claimed the motion to be out OF
order. The chair ruled the motion to be IN
order. and pending it's discussion the House
took,a recess until O'Clock P. NJ. u
In the night session of the House over l0O
pages of the bill revising the General Statutes
were read The only amendment OF lmppr-
tance was striking out section 2,345, making
the issue of plantation checks to laDorers
misdemeanOr. - .''.
FRIDAY, December 16.
In TIE SENATE, the entire day session was
taken up with the supply bill, which passed to
the third reading. The most important fea-
ture of the bill as it passed to the second read
ing, is an appropriation of 81, ,000 for assist
ing the military companies of the State to
maintain their organization.
At the night session the bill providing a
general stock law for the State passed It's tlnrd
reading, and was sent to the House, after fur
ther amending the bill so as to exempt Ches-
terield and Orangeburg counties from @ the
operations of the law until October l, 1882
In THE HOUSE, the entire day was devoted
to the consideration of the railroad bill.
At the night session the reading of the bill
for revising the General Statutes OF the State
occupied portion of the time.
The committee of conference on the bill to
further regulate the sale of intoxicating liquor
in the State having reported that they had
failed to agree, a committee OF free conference
was appointed. The difference inthe commit
tee was over the Senate amendment to allow
the distiller Of any kind of spirits in the State
the right to sell it in packages of not less than
ten gallons without license. .a o.''a
SATURDAY, December II.
In THE SENATE, notice was given OF
number of bills that would hereafter he intro
duced, and number were also read the third
time and sent to the Senate.
At 2.3O the House attended in the Senate
for the purpose of ratifying Acts and Joint
Resolutions, and large number were ratlhed,
among them the bill to supply artificial limbs
to soldiers of the State who lost their lmDs
in the late war and have not yet been supplled,
to punish any person or persons who shall sell
or dispose Of any personal property on which
a mortgage of any kind may exist, without
the written consent of the mortgage; to es-
tablish and charter ferry across Catawba
River between York and Lancaster counties
and to vest the same in j. N. Ivy, his heirs
and assigns; to amend an Act charterlng the
town of Chester, by depriving the town coun-
Gil of the said town Of the right to commit
prisoners to the county jail. -
In THE HOUSE, after number OF private
bills had been reported by various committees,
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stock law, exempting from the operation OF
the law until the 1st of October, 1882 the
counties of Charleston, Aiken, Banwell, Col
Teton, Hampton, Orangeburg, Williamsburg
and Chesterfield, was discussed at great length,
when by large vote the motion to reconsider
The remainder of the session was devoted to
discussing the railroad bill.
sg- A Washington letter in the philadelphia
Times SAYS: Congressman are just now active.
ly discussing the condition of political az
fairs in the South There seems to be an
impression among members of both parties
that a general breakup in the solid Demo-
cratic South is imminent This is not the
expression of few, but belief that obtains
among quite a number of leading Democrats
of both North aud South. The curious part
of the whole thing is that Southern Demo-
Gratis are inclined to welcome such disintegra.
ton, while Northern members of the party
generally deplore it. In a party Of five Dem
ocratic Southern and two Northern men to-
dav every Southern man declared it his opin-
ion that the success of the national Democrat
ic party depended upon breaking the South
ern machine, and while some local political
loss might be felt it would inure to the ulti.
mate benefit of the national organization and
commercial prosperity Of the South. The
two Northern Democrats dissented. The
crowd of representative Southern people
shout the hotels is novelty not experienced
since the war, and the discussion of South.
ern interests is common topic ..
par President Arthur has certainly intro.
duced new order of things at the White
House. He seems disposed to profit by the
lessons of the murder of Garfield. He has
made the rules governing the admission OF
the public to the White House as strict as
they should have been made long ago. NO
stranger is admitted to see him now until he
has told his business to the private secretary.
Very few persons are allowed to ascend the
stairs and take their places in the waiting.
rooms, where last spring one hundred and
fifty to two hundred persons were often to
be seen at one time He proposes to abolish
the practice of seeing people simply tor the
purpose of shaking hands, and Will NOT 60
out into the ante-rooms, as Garheld used 10
do, and shake hands all around with Inc
crowd. The attendants at the White House
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