The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-02
ME. WALLER STATES Els POSITION.
.t:;A Replies I" tsin Parliamentary
GucGfiOH-..s9n t;rinIS Proof.

.t::a Replies to t.," 1aY;;nmemtar!
smcsfiOE-.-sg" t;rin;;S Prooi.
10 n!c Citizens Of .1bGct'Hc CUu'Gp:
As Mr.. GraydGn h;,,, renewed his un"paE:n
though uncullCd for attack on me. Hud f.v
OF my friends think IL necessary To make
short reply III order Ia relieve the doubts q
thn>'. VINO may not fully know me- hav
c':n"iiurd To nIakcan additional statement II
II gard lu the Abberiilc Liquor Eli.
! y desire To hr as brief as prrSiis"uity vii
d. permit, prevents me from either stating ever,
. thing CONNECTED with the subject or cXpOSin:
! the E.iE,cirs of his diairibe Oh parliamentary!
practice, the g.GundiH"SnCSS '.f his assertions
us well as the Weaknesses Of his letters as cvi
dt nee. The deadly contrast would uncovr
uauy errors and prove conclu>ivciy that II
this case ut least ''the positive man err
most"
! In the first place, this being n pmrely locu
measure ii ought 10 have been referred To the
.ibbevilIe delesaliun. The Charleston deles;.
! t!un had all Of lis purely local matters refer
! rc,i to It. IL MIR. Bcnet had follow ed its exam
pie, the majority and minority reports OF oul
delegation woald have forever and unniStak
ably fixed our position as To the bill Bu;
over three-iourthS Of The Judiciary Commit
tee We're local option or whSkey men and
their favorable report WIS Il fOrcgone conclu
sion. Surely am not 10 be cenSureu because
he preferred the absolute SHfcty OF hIs bill IL
the establishment Of our various positions
thereon. Yet docs not his preference Suggest
his uace'taiaty as to the unanimous support o!
his delegation?
In the second place. the prohibitionIslS aid
not haze Il majority in The House. They only
claimed one-!hirG of il. They m;lde the
Union case Il test of their strength. Then the
Union delegation was equally dirided-one
ing absent. The petition was with the dry
!nan, yet the House dcctlTrtt for whlskey G2 to
~ zee ii. j. i"age 3i6. The -AbbGville drlcSa-
linn ;le ali on record here. The three from
Atbcville town for whsPey and the other
IwO against IL. Notwithstanding this, how.
ever, the House though having Il working ma
jorttr for local option generally granted the
wishes of Il solid delegation either way. See
ii. j. Dec. 18th. y. y, where 1t went dry G3 to
81. The only two from Abbeviile voted wet
tie two from county dry. See also II. j. Dec.
2lSt, where 1t made in one day Hickory Grove
wet and Sharon dry, bath towns being in
York. In cases of division in delegation II
generally followed the member from tou'n r.
:cctcd particularly If supported by largest petit
ton.
In the third place, knowing the sentiment
OF the House was against me on Dec. 2lst II
was TO my interest TO hare discussion on the
AObevlle bill. Hence the privileged motions
- postpone or To lay on the table which cut
OF debate were not proper for me 10 use. Nor
was IL proper TO use the one TO strike out The
enactin" clause. In that event my opponents
would have used O:.e Of the above privileged
motions and thus have gdgged discussion.
rule Ii, which says" ~ dccis ion In the mega
tire shaft be Il rtJ"c!fOn." In doing tins adopt.
Ell the parliamentary tactics uScu in killing
bill lS9 on the carriage of passengers by rail-
roads on Dec. l9h. See II. j. page Il. Then
all .he great leaders rOted in the negative and
spoke WiihOW Il motion. AS to long discussion
Sca Register, Dec. ~. Vote stood .6 for and GI
against the bill. See also Coz. llaskeiI's lac-
lir> against Clemson bill in Register Dec. 18th
where you will iin'! also q speech in favor of
the Abbeville bill. Not a motion was made
AGAINST bill $50. Yet II was killed by Gl noes
against 26 ayes-tlie Speaker himself being
,-,, IN he NTt
one of his prescribed motions SIS always
made when u member d"SircS 10 Indicate oppo-
.Hion to bill" Mi.0Gitc oiciN! Did you 4 or
read of the mountains parturition? But why
did Mr. bcnct or Mr.. Graydun not Kill the
Medical hIli ON Dec. 2ist under mOtiOnS pre-.
Scribcd 10 me instead oi attacking il Oh 2}d
under ruic ~ on third reading, as I intended iO
yiiack the ALbevi!lc bill, had | not been cali
ID away on legitimate House duty? They
wrr" an:h opposed to Medical bill as | and
I.::i.;'.. wVrG and one vote changed would
!El awe l;,c bill Oh account OF Il tic.
| '' :! r:i$:ir nave managed The parliament
:,ry la:i III lie fight if the right number Of
N''t > i.a;' been on my Siie. Ana | might add
That ! c"r;liu!: wn:i have had the votes If
tmd surpori"C: The mW OF the 1,cODic as eX-
;rrv>s sed III Inc ballot box. Echo brings back
tn: >,lig in thu campaign "Shicd by he people
nud ;Irni,0yc ~ "bitc LyH' Here is tile core
o; tic mailer 20 ti!c ijchptc rHiinJ democracy.
Pul! this beam out ni your eS eS gentlemen be-
lore ynu start yuur hunl for my mncs.
ON the night of Dec. l9,h saw both peti-
items :or the first ,in:e. The une against was
me by Mr.. iicNrl with request Ia put it in.
the last VAS addressed 10 the delegation OF
which | WAS chiir!ran. This presented my
irSL opportunity - speak against the Able
vile Liquor l:ii uudt" the five minute rule
jTSt put ia force ;lint night. Cpun recurrence
10 morning hour about p. IN. possibly Il lit
lie before, arose and gave Il full history OF
tic imcipirncy, the passage OF, and effects o!
The Abhcvi:ic and G:cenyi:lc law aS found on
page 80 of .Ac;S 1857, bringing out the fact that
Anbvrillc had gone dry by the vote of the
people, thus luaking every town In il dry and
especially Abbcvile, which was the only one
wet when the vote was taken. | thcu said.
Mr. Speaker this small petition against bill
III asks this House 10 malntnin the 1rW of the
rcop'c rs expressed undcr the solemn form OF
:;l% at the ballot box. then said. by request,
also hand in the petition on which the au
tor founded bill III. About this Time two
parties were on the floor. One whom took
,ad not gone dry in election" He had just
come in. Mr.. Benct seated him a!h after that
Mr.. lrby was against my pr.'iirn. The other
took to be Mr.. Graydon, Wnu li.unghL said
ahuut what Mr.. Ic!deii attributes Ia MIN. !
might here state that Mr.. Iv!,'ii had stated
ihis speech before amy newspaper controversy
BEGAN. Mr.. GrIydon told Il lriemd "f mine
that !h"u-h .h"y were h'> rXact Semtlments
he nnd forgotten tic speech II made AS
had just seen AL ot the reporters In the SEN
ale uu C!em>Or bill when showed MI Hemp
hi!i tic small petition, wrote Il synopsis of
above on hack oi bill with this summary,
"Note OF the people vs. Grievances Of Able
Vile town"
After midnight on December 2lS;, and fer
speaker had decided under Rlil" that the
House had The right iO sit unit; 10 \. NJ. Sun.
,iay, House Bill III WAS tabled in order TO sub
Stltutr therefor Senate i;il 80. which was
!dcnticaily the same, only II had PASSED !hc
Senate. After its Second reading and upon
i!c question in Rule H. '.Si,n!l this Bill he or
i
ft&L opposition hy saying az, thought Mr..
speaker, | call tie attention OF your
SELF and oi this House Ia The fact that Able
vile was matte dry by r,tc of the county,
against this bill-but bOh from the toWn. Il
wanted 10 indicate that the county hal not
bccn heard hom.) The SPEAKER put the ques
;ion. The noes were N the greatest minority.
The Speaker said, looking at me. at appears
to the chair th: noes have il" and on my not
dSputing II hc said, They have 1t and the bill
is :.crorulnsly ordered toa third reading" !
voted no diSttnciiy. so did Mr.. Ieldrll See
his and Puriioys letters. There were few
other noes. but too few Ia make an honest call
for division. See also letters OF MeSsrs. Wat
son and AlcKiSsick.
/ did not call a quorum for several reasons.
LIST. 1t was neither courteous nor fair, there
being twe.ity odd bills back of it. 2ud ! had
promised to assist the Alliance Cotton Tare
Ei!l, II necessary. and il WAS behind. 3rd.
could not II had deSircd-un,cr rule q IL
takes tC0 10 demand ayes ana no,s. Al; OF
my friends either had bill. after Il oT were Al
lance men. might say that am lie only
member of that House whn tri'G the no QUO.
rnI tactics. then saw CrciN >riIh:tr uctuUi.
~ begged down. did imt,...1 t. L,Ihcr op-
pose the Abhcvi!le Liqlpr i.;,i "n Monday
I'D Drrcintt:, hnt w"S prevented !'y Il call 10
conference oi t!r two printing. COMMIT tees
rom which Retained about FIVE minutes lou
late. | Immediately rXpr. S>ca profound re-
gr.t before rGl. iia>!:c!I and others See his
letter. aSkc'! MIR. pUr!ioy why he did not
! Il,
lore day SUNDAY. ! cnnSu:lcd with Nudcll
Us 10 best uulh0d~ for Mnniiuy -:sfI ANA had
his promise Of a>siSt.nrc. Monday | rNi'r, So
pd regret i"i"r'' CO.. Haskell brca'tsr duty ON