The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-12-25
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HOW THEY PROGRESS IN Law
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nome Account of the Work of the Senu
and the House---Judses and 9th
OGicers Elected.
Below will be found some account
the important proceedings of the Legi
lature since our last report:
TRE CLEMSON COLLEGE.
The passage of the Clemson bill to i
third reading did not end the discu
zion of its provisions. Indeed, II
warnest debate of the session arose upo
the question of its final passage Th
Columbia correspondent of the New
and Courier reports as follows:
Mr. Haskell, who, with Messrs O'Brie
sud Mckissick, hal gone to New Oh
leans to represent the State a. the fun
eral Of Dir. Davis, was again with hi
colleagues In the hall wban the Clemso
College bill came up for its final read
ing. He took the opportunity, whic!
was thus afforded, for placing himsel
upon record in regard TO the bill, and 70
expressing his opinion as tothe manner il
which it had been pressed during hi
absence
When the question was pu, as. tt
whether the bill should be passed ano
gent to the Senate Col. Haskell said tha
be had hoped at the opening of the ses
sioa that such q bill would pass as he
could vote for. he must say a few
words now to show why be could no,
vote ior the bill i1 its present shape.
Last week when be, with two othe.
members, was sent to another State TO
perform q sacred duty, be felt SO certain
that the managers of the bill would
exercise ordinary parliamentary courtesy
by pos,poning the consideration of the
bill for day, that he did not even
pair upon it. Having been denied the
privilege of being present to discuss
its provisions as they cane up amend.
ments are not allowed on the final read
ingl he must take this opportunity 10
place himself upon the record
He was williog to appropriate not
only sos, coo, but $19S, 900 for the COL
lege, but he woul5 not consent to free it
from responsibility she people whose
money it would USE. He would dsasoe
strase sbstalthough the appropriations
were>sndirect, they were nevertheless
paid out of the pockets of the people.
He would ask this self-appointed
Moses Of the farmers, who advocated
this bill against those who were bora in
this State and fought aud o!ed for it
before he had even heard of it, why he,
with his knowledge of the law, put pro.
vis,ors in this bill which would pre-
vent the States regai1iDg control of its
funds9
With great deal of irony CO.. Has
kell read from the News AID Courier
Mr. Benet's reply to Gen. McCrady,
lawyer OF thirty yesrs' experience, that
in regard to the rights of Miss Lee in
the Clemson estate che was satisfied"
He defed any lawyer 10 gainsay Geo.
NcCrsdy's declaration that Miss Lee had
not lost her rights to part of the
estate. It was unanswerab!e
Col. Haskell dissected the bill aod
made objections to it in detail.
Mr.. Iroy apolugized to Col. Haskell
for daring to consider the bill during the
absence of that gentleman.
Every face was turned toward Mr..
Benet as be rose to reply.
Mr. Benet said that be was sorry the
gentleman from Richland had not been
present during the debate, for he would
then have learned how gentlemen could
conduct debate without personality.
It was mean thing to taunt him with
not being a na:ive-bozn Caroliulan, and
with not having been in that noble
army which, when he was student at
school, marched out to defend the
rights of the South. He had lived in
South Carolina for tweuty-one years, a
time long enough to have enabled him
to be born again here and become
voter.
The gentleman knew we'll that the
ones who were dearest TO him on earth
were South Carolinians born. I. was
true that he had found Abbeville
pleasanter home than the gentleman
from Richlsnd seemed to have done,
(Col. Haskell was raised in Ab0eville.-
Rep and that ne had been elected to
this House by the good people Of that
county, who had given him the largest
vote ever cast in Abbeville for candi-
date. The gentleman from Richiand
would have been proud to be the lead
or of the farmers forces, if he had not
been on the wrong side.
He was very sarcastic in his apology
for the action of the House in not sus-
pendiu usiness while the gentleman
from Richlsnd was absent. His lieu
tenants should never have consented to
20 on with the bill without him.
Is he made further explanation Of his
discussion with Gen. McCrsdy on the
legal points involved in the Clemson
beeuest. In conclusion he begged pardon
of the House for giving way to natural in
&ignation at the ''uumanly taunts" of the
gentleman from Richland.
Col. Haskell said that the gentleman
from Abbeville had misunderstood q
ns.s CT bis remarks and mlsstated the
remainder. He had not tainted the
gentlemen from Abbeville with being
born in Scotland. That was absurt.
SCOLIoAO W 40 SSoS SOoub4y w OS OOI
in. But he objected to the tone he had
assumed toward men who 7entured tc
oppose him-men of proved devotion tc
the State. Anything for the good Of
this State he would work for IN th.
future as IN the past. He had nc
charged the House with discourtesy
He had been told that the other side hst
been asked to wait because three gen
tlemeo who would bave opposed th
bill were absent in New Orleans, bu
they had peremptorily refused. Th
votes of those three members woul
have changed the result Of several of th
amendments offered to this b;,l.
Mr.. O'BrieD, one OF the returned dele
gates, said that he had heard DO on
offer 10 apologize to him for going o
with the bill in bis absence, but tbs
vas all right. He ventureS to assuI
the gentleman from Abbeville that b