Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-12-24

easily influenced. Then when this
failed to meet the pub.
lie expectations they could say: "There /,
you've got your commission and what I
good doea it do you?" In order to
his objection tothis scheme
he moved to strike cut all after the
enacting clause Of the bill and insert :
the provisions OF Senator Moodyss
bill abolishing the commission abso. f
lutely.
Continuing, Senator Smythe said
that he perhaps more than any one
else was. responsible for the incorpora-
ton in the railroad law Of the feature
of three commissioners, and he de-
plored the action the Senate was
about to take. He saw whittier it led,
however, and he would rather tear
down the whole system than give this
great power into the hands OF one
man.
Senator Sigh had not en- idea that
the friends of this bill regarded it so,
but he considered that its success
would be grand victory for the rail.
roads. He deeply regretted theproba'
bility Of it.
Senator Moody stated that he saw
that his bill abolishing the commits
sion could not succeed, and as this
was the best thing he could get, ne
took it on the half loaf principle. He
took issue with Senator Smythe as to
the desire of the railroads to have
this bill passed. He thought they
would rather have three commission
ers than one. Senator Mauldin be.
lieyed that one honest man on the
commission could be as much relied
on as three.
The vote on Senator Smythe's
amendment to sweep away the whole
commission was:
Yeas-Benbow, Buist, Moore, of
Hampton, Reynolds, Sligh, Smythe
and Youmans-L----~-a;;-..,,.;'..-sn9,..-ss'' -; -, :; : :
-Nays-Bell, Biemann, Black, Byrd
8 Coker, Eg.le, Field, Howell, Izlar
Leitner, Mccall, Mauldin, Maxwell
Moody, Moore Of Anderson, Munro
g Patterson, Rsdlearn, Simmona, Smith
/ Todd, Talbert, Wallace, Williams
, Wingard, and Woodward-26.
r The bill passed its second reading
with an amendment made by Senator
< Mauldin that the Governor appoin
8 the commissioner by and with tn
4 consent of the Senate.
e On Senator Moody's motion his bill
k abolishing the commission was thel
J. tabled.
v The committee of conference on tn
D bill to regulate the admission OF pr
a vate bills recommended that the Sen
, ate recede from its amendments t
the bill which struck out the claus
q requiring payments of $75 to $40.
& for certain charters. Senators Maui
" din and Earle opposed concurrencei i
\. the report, while Senator Smythe fa
,e vored it. The Senate refused to cor
IS cur, and committee of free confer
re ence was appointed.
The privileges and elections com
re mittee has the following remarkabl
ID bill on the Calendar to day:
il A BILL to apportion and declare tn
number Of Representatives OF tb
d several counties in this State in th
e. House of Representatives upon tn
basis of the United States Censu
10 Of 1880.
ID Be IL enacted by the Senate an
:. House OF Representatives Of the Stat
of South Carolina, now met and sl
i ting in General Assembly, and by tn
* authority of the same:
of SECTION /. That in the next Houi
;e of Representatives of this State th
several counties thereof be, and the.
n. are hereby entitled to representatio
,g as follows: Abbeville5, Aiken 4. Al
/: derson 4, Barnwe,l 5, Beaufort
n, Berkeley G. Charleston, G, Chester r
', fchest5!s.4Z 2, c7EFsEdSG z;soSfesS
r. r. 5, Darlington 4, Edgefeld 6, Fair6el
e, 8, Georgetown 2. Greenville 5, HamY
Is, ton Q, Horny Q, Kershaw 8. Lancasts
2. Laurens 4, Lexington 2, Marion
n, Marlboro 3, Newberry 3, Oconee
n, Orangeburg 5, Pickens 2, Richland
b, Spartanburg 5, Sumter 5, Union
IL. Williamsburg 5, York 4.
Sec. .. That the representatic
provided for in the preceding sectie
is based upon the number of inhabi
ne ants OF the several counties Of tn
Mt State az ascertained and determine
a. by the United States census of 1873