The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-12-08

beneficial to the people. H. gave some
wcishty reasons why the law should not
be defeated.
Mr.. Gray,ioa. not satisfied with he
way things !:ml bccn going, thought
best to make smother effort to defeat the
"in nSt and oppreSSiv" law" His OBJ
.irc,ionS assumed varied forms and were
made to tit every crrvice in the tangled
question. He reinforced the argu-
lncntS made so earnestly yesterday and
introduced some new ideas on the sub
jnci.
Mr.. Jones, Of Edgefld, to cut short
all further debate, moved to lay the
amendment on the table. The yeas and
nays we called and the vote was as fol-
lows yeas SO, nays 81.
Mr.. Gonzales, Of Charleston, one Of
the determined adyersaries of the bill.
with a view Of Staying it without mercy.
moved that the whole matter be indeii-
nltely postponed, and demanded the yeas
and nays. This was the close vote
yeas SO. nays So. SO the motion was
defeated.
Mr.. Stanyarne Wilson moved thnt tho
bill be ri committed to the judiciary
Committee.
"hi d Sdit Gttl tS Il fpDTeStnGO-
tive Of Abbcville he regarded the bill
OF the greatest Importance to that coun-
ty. lie said, after hearing the argu-
mcntS which have been made to-day,
that he was more firmly convinced than
ever that the bill IS Il wise and Just one.
re therefore strenucusly opposed the
killing of the measure.
The motion was then put and the vote
was takcn by The yeas and nays. The
following members voted to reconi,nit
the bill Speaker Simons, James Aid
rich, Afford. Ancrum. Ansel. Baker,
Baxter, Beckhann, Bellinger, Brawley,
&. W. Brown. Burke, Camlin, Chandler,
W. y. Clyburn, L. l.. Clyburn, Cooper,
Dcnris, Eaddy. Farrow, Ficken. Coma
les. Graydon, John d. Guiynard, Has
kohl, Hutson, Kennedy, Lay, Lee,
Macuskcr, Mason. Is. Fl. Massey, James
r.. Massey, Mcars, Nickel, Muldrow,
McCrndy, McHugh. Mckewn, McMastcr,
Nelson, Pope, Ray, Raysor, Richardson,
Riddle, Rucker. Shumpcrt, Seiglcr, j.
Ancrum SimonS, Simpson, Smith. Spen-
Ger, Ulmer, Williams. S,any arne Wilson,
w. i. Wilson. Jr. Withcrspoon, Wood
ward and Youmans-Gl.
The following members voted against
the motion TO recornmit Blake, Blue,
Boggs. Bower,sBoylc, Bradley, Bran
lett, Brice. Brooker, W. A. Brown,
Browning, Climckscales, Dantzler, Davie,
Dinkins, donaldson, Douglas, Doyle,
Folk, Gibson, j. s. Guignard, Hardy,
HrrnrhiIl, Henderson, Hickman, Hough,
Jones. kenrse, Kinney, Maher, Mitchell,
Mockbee Mclver, McKissick, O'Bryan,
Padgctt, Parker, Pct,igrew, Ready, Rice,
f.. ID. Richardson, Robinson, Rutland,
Scudday, Sheppard, Aaron S;mons,
Summers, Sarrntt, Tarrant. Thomson.
Watson, Wharton, Wilkes, Wilnberly-
SO.
The motion prevailing, the Abbeville
prohibition bill was for the present
defeated. In order to place it beyond
the hope of. resurrection. Mr.. Stanyarne
Wilson moved to reconsider the vote
and TO table this motion. The yeas and
nays were agnin demanded. After this
proliS proceeding the result was shown
thus-yeas So nays SO. The iron-elnd
method Of placing the bill in an nm
sthncly grave did not meet the approval
ofseven some of its opponents, AZ is
shnwn by the above vote.
M. Pettigrew. emboldened by this
result, moved to reconsider the vote
whereby the bill VAS recon m!ttcd.
Having voted IN the negative, the point
was made and sustained that he could
not make Il motion to reconsider. This
settled the question for the dny, and
the House addressed itself to other
matters on the calendar.
Only two unimportant matters. how
ever were disposed OF before the House.
at 2:30 O'Clock, adjourned, to meet this
morning at ~ O'Clock.