The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-12-20

sley,, of Charleston, that the measure be,
postponed to the next session. q
+. Brawley sad Gated the postpone
ment in q ten minute speech allowed BY
the chair, arguing that the State had three
years in which to accept the bequest and
that theresWas no good reason why action
should she taken at this time. ael had "a !
been informed ;by an es:Attorney. .Gener-; Z
alsofthe. State that g suit .Was pending IN,
the United States Court to recover the !!
property OF Mr. Ciemsons estate 1or ms
grand; ;danghter, MISS floride Lee, ana
that the chances we're that the suit would
succeed He did not see Why this bill.
should not be put OF to the next session,
when it might be that the !egaI contest
would have been decl clded: IL would oe
unseemly, he sald,, Tor the state TO engage
Sins 81 squabble with q the es great: grand,
daughter ot:John5 Y. .Calhonn over g part a! :
of.thel lpatrimony she claimed:
Mr. sBenet replied with. similar breSlty
and with force: This bill, ne said vas
"a necessity and Immediate action was
right; and proper. He would advise the
State to accept this beqnest row just as
She would advise q private client to accept
sa gift made to him and not to be fright.
sened BY any suit. he hinted at the
politics.. aspect OF this contest which had '
been delayed sto-the very last moment
before the meeting of the Legislature and
asked, why this coincidence 2 il was
$nnparall leled that any legatee should re-.
fuse; to: accept q grand gift like this, and
there we're no good reasons why the State
should not accept Mr.. Clemson 3 princely
5bequest and do. It now. By accepting the
sbed1nest nowsit would be to establish an
SAgricnitaralS College il South Carolina,
ssit would show 10 t6e people that theirre:
p,rrefsentatiyes had seen their duty and
done it.
ThelYote was then taken on Mr.: :Braw.
fly,s motion to postpone the bill to next
/ session. There was intense interest in
the result and many members kept pri-
.3yyate & stallies, Before the list was half
called the victory of. the anays" and the
triumph Of the College was seen. The
final count showed, ayes fifty, nays: sixty.
two. there being twelve absentees. The
vote stood sas follows: -
.AAY;Es.-Simmons, Abney, Adams,
Baxter, Beauty, T. I. Black, Boatwright,
Badger, Brawley, Cannon, Causy, Chand.
Ter, Childs, Clements, Clinkscales, Cobb,
zDantzler, Edens, John j Evans, Ficken, j,
Fox. Gold, Guess, Harper, Harrison, J.
}C..Haakell; Hazard, Heyward, Hughes,
SHutson, Jenny, Lee, Mayher, Mears,
Miller, Morrell, Met Cav, Met Grady, Me-
Hugh, Me Kissic B, Kinsley, Nettles,
fO'BrieD, sPringle, Rankin, Raysor, Tup..
per, Turner, " ashington, Williams. To.
stal-50.
S. NAYs.-Arnold, Austell, Beam, Benet,
Brown, Broyles; Byrd, Cappelman, Car.
michael. Cleveland, Connor, Connors,
Counts, Davis, Dukes, Evans, w. D.,
Fish burne, w. u, Carey, Glenn, Harden,
Harrison, Hill, Hunter, Irby, Johnstone,
B. J. Johnstone, j. M. Kelly, King, Ian.
caster, Miles, Morrison, Moseley, Moses,
Mower, Mcdaniel, Purifoy, Plowden,
Ssnders, Shaw, Simmons, Stanland,
Smith, Stepp, Stewart, Strom, Tindall,
Thompson, Trantham. VandiYer, Wallace
Wsller, Watson, Wharton, Whitlock,
Whitmire. Virgins, Wilburn, Wilson,
sYelde;l,, ,Zimmerma1e Total 62.
sThera was ! disnos;tion amonp the
.f,;enJa ~. tba collega; IN annIand when
ths - ra.n1t H. yus. annannced and hurried
:cona,, con ] ltat;nns folIowed among the leaders
,of tha onnos;t;on
Dabata then onened on the merits of
the question the matter before the House
5beinr Hazard's motion to strike out the
5enaciing clause Of the bill. Debate was
opened by Mr.. Benet, who introduced the
Bill and has charge Of it. BE spoke for
half an hour in strong argument
,eloquently. delivered and commanding
tho close attention of the House, Of q
great crowd in the galleries and of many
Senators who had dropped in to see the
fun.
COLUMBIA, s. O., Dec. 15.-The two
Houses the General Assembly sat from
ten o'clock TO four o'clock today and