The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-08-15
Wednesday, August Is. 1888
The Census.

The Press and Banner thinks there Is
numerus class Of dissatisfied people Ill Soutu
Carolina and that the failure OF ,ne IN ,arge appol
number of malcontents as any other single
act. Says our contemporary ,o,.
"The fact that Charleston's s influence a lew
wears ago was sufficient TO induce lhe requl-
Site number OF country Representatives 70
sacrifice to Charleston their own politlcal IN
fiuence. under q preteXt Of economy In the
taking OF the census, has mace, perhaps, ,as as
single act" s, J.. ,o e,,r IN
this matter, because from first to last II urs,
ed in the most uneqivocal and solicltous
manner upon the Legislature, upon the Gov
ernor, and all concerned the plain and posi-,
tive duty imposed upon the Legislature anu
the Executive Department by tne PAN pio,, and ~
Irresistible commands Of the CONSTITUTION OF
the State. The question is VINO alu tnis
wrong to law and order, and who refused 70
grant the appropriation necessary 70 ena1iee G
omission OF the Legislature? The Governor
asked for the needful appropriation: Alter
an earnest debate the bill granting the ap-
State. son..s 70.
;vnsably by the committee in charge, and we
lind the following record OF the actlon Gi Tue
Senate, which resulted in hopeless!y Kiliine
the bill. See Senate Journal, page 3o1, 1851
aThs report was read. the bill received us
second reading, and was considered as IN
committee OF the whole ann by of the whole
recommended the following amendments:
Add to Section the following woros: " itn
two extra columns, headed respectively, ta[,
mer on His Own Land. Farmer on Leased
Land Also add TO end Of Section sectlon
10 be known as Section D. ,x,.
'tSection 8. That any census taker. appoint
ed under authority OF this Act, that snail ln,
clude In his schedule the name or names CT
persons not being in the County OF when ne
takes the census, shall be guilty Of misde-
meanor, and on conviction Thereon snail pe
fined In q sum, for each offense, not eAeeeu.hs e
five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for
period not exceeding one year, or ooth, at tne
discretion of the Court. ,rorr
1.-THE above amendmel were seVeFaiiS
aMr. Maxwell moved to strike out the en-
acting clause Of the bill. s.,
%Aftsr debate by Messrs. Mauldin, Smythe;
]. B. Moore, the question was taken on agree
ing to the motion OF the senator from ma AoIe- de
vile, on which the yeas and nays were oe-
AND 1oes a the a1 Ito
the bilD were Bleman Of Oconee,, Btack o.
York, Coker Of Darlington, Maxwell! OF Ape 1!2t
Munro Of Union, Wallace OF Elch5ana, ~
Benbow OF Clarendon, Byrd of Williams
burg. Buist Of Charleston, Howell OF Colle-
ton, izlar, OF Orangeburg, Moody OF Marloa,
Of Beaufort, Simmons (colored) OF Berkeley,
Smythe OF Charleston, foumans OF barn-
welI-l1. Total 10.
Those who voted In the negatSe Sto Rnho ~
Spartanburg, Clyburn Of Lancaster, fieiE M} ~
ckens, Leftner Of Kershaw, Mccall OF Mari,
Hauldin Of Greenyille; j. 3, Moore TO- rx OF O.,
4rfieid. Sigh of Newberry Todd Of Lau.
5ps, Talbert Of Edgefield, Williams (coloreo)
6eorgetown."
= It will be seen that eight up country Se,as-
] tors voted to refuse the appropriation requi-
site for taking the census requisite TO the re-
apportionment, whilst eleven low country
Senators voted with them. II Messrs. BEL,
OF Abbeville, all of the Piedmont belt, had
voted for the bill, the vote would have stooo
eighteen for the bill to sixteen against II. 40
say that Charleston tnese tbeg egne evep
ia scarcely respectful to these gentlemen
whilst, in fact it is manifestly absurd.
Right or wrong these up country Se1aSUas sen Sss
not a sufficient moment to undergo the eX,
pense OF having the census taken. VI course
the Re0tster thinks this position utterly un-
tenable but these gentlemen }%Tso o go G ibera
as 10 suppose that they were trottea out at
the bidding of the two Charleston Senators,
or in the service Of Charleston, ana Sspeoially
Relocation supporting the bill in the House,
Where IL passed. We beg here to correct
statement we have previously maze Inat ra Tue
Richland Senator voted for this b,il: Inc re,
cord showg otherwise anu our inenhofS al
this matter was at fault. ,,s
Before we dismiss this subject, we. we w1aIa pera
beg to call attention to the fact thet tnere
were seven low country and middle country
Senators that voted for the bill and aPPor-
tionment, viz: the Senators Of Aiken, her-
shaw, Marlbough, NewberIy,, Horry, EGgeg g.g,
field and Georgetown.or Withln one Va nan W
the votes cast for the bill, and within one OF
the whole number of up country Voles cast cast
against the bill. II is thus plain to see tnat
there was no injustice TO any parG oa Sns SnS
State contemplated, however wrong -neaosu
we may esteem the action Of those senators,
who very surely are as good citizens as any VI
us newspaper men, and have as much tne IN
terest of the State at heart as any other men.
In the record OF the votes there was no rose os
cast by the Senator Of Sumter, VINO quite pos
gibly was ABSENT Columbia Register.
1t matters nothing which Of the honorable
Senators voted against the census. The Con-
stitution required that census, and each OF
the Senators took an oath to support that
Constitution.
We repeat. that Charleston's influence de-
feated the taking Of the census. This IL
proven by the Registers own statement, that
both OF Charleston Senators voted against H.
whereas, II they had voted for 1t the result
would have been different.
Does Register suppose for an instant
that any rural Senator would have Voted 10
save O mess of pottage Mt the expense OF any
body's political rights, If the Charleston Sen
ators had said: "This census Is necessary.
Charleston is occupying seats in the General
Assembly to which she Is not entitled anu
which properly belong to the County DIS
tricts. Your oath requires that this census
shall be taken, and we would scorn to take by
o trick that which does not belong to US.
Charleston regards all the people of South
Carolina as her own men and brethren, and
we resent any imputation that we would
knowingly or willingly cheat the people Of
any part OF the State, and thereby hold seats
which honorable--men should yield to right
ful owners"
The Bills OF the Bank Of the State.