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LIEUT..GOVERNOR GARY.
ABBEvILLE's SON RECEIVES HIGH HONOR

Testimonials as to the Ability. I'm
p%artiality, and Courtesy Will
Which the Lieutenant Governor
Presided Over h Senate.
News and Courier.
J Senator Smithe: Mr.. President. this Sen
ate is on the eve Of its adjournment. For tw'
annual sessions we have met mere 10 DO on
lions concerning the welfare of our beloved
State. Called together after an era OF polit
} ical excitement unequalled In modern days
we met and conformed prooIems al once on
session I have seen In an extended service ir
this body. We part without difficulty, hav
Ing transacted our business IN q way that hal
redounded to the great credit OF the presiding
officer OF this body, who with firm and court
eous hand, with imprtiality, ability and
kindly demeanor, has discharged his duty
IL is therefore. due that from this Senate
there should 60 to him an expression of It's
good will and admiration Of his course and
courtesy. I therefore beg leave: to offer the
0 T6e sega aesS Of south Carolina, on the eve Of
adjournment, desire 10 express their sincere
admiration for the able, impartial and cour-
teous manner in which Its DELIBERATIONS have
been presided over by the o +. b. Gary,
President of the Senate.
Resolved. That the thanks Of the body are
hereby rendered to him for the courtesy and
that we wish him God-speed In his future ca
reer.
present do I offer this resolution. but as my
| personal tribute TO the ability displayed by
| the Lieutenant Governor in his conduct Of
the affairs of the Senate as It's presiding Of
Senator Buist: I take great pleasure in
seconGing the resolution offered by my dis.
| tinpuished colleague and conferere that 1t
would be very difficult to add anything to
what has been said by. the mover Of this res
| %olution. This entire body has been struck
WIZ VIII S Which d'f Ehe Hon. no1 Z. /. Gary Ia haspresided,
and we feel personally bound TO him by ties Of
affection and respect.
In connection with the,priVilege or second
ing the resolution I would also say TO the
Senate upon our arrival here at the beginning
OF this session 1t was ascertained that the
State of South Carolina had neglected by an
guished Lieutenant Governor. I was there
fore much gratif1ed to discover upon entering
these halls that the forethought of our read
Ing clerk, Mr.. Canghman, hao PROVIDED ior
the Lietenant Governor has so worthily filled
this session is the gilt to our presiding officer
from our reading clerk, and l take great pleas
ure In now presenting II IN td MS name ,hat ro-a
from me will not be Inappropriate. AS Is
well known TO the Senator'S OF this floor
the distinguished gentleman Tao presiaes
Throughout his course, throughout his presi-
dency 1 have been extended every court
esy, all consideration all kindness at bis hand
and I do not think there is a Senator on this
floor who can feel that he has not had the full
measure Of justice. Sir, ! desire 70 say 70
him, conneced as lie Is with that old bosom
OF Mart Gary that for him / have q warm
personal liking, and I bid him God.speed and
trust God will continue to him His blessings
and prosperity.
Senator Sloan: AS one OF the younger Sen.
ators l beg for a moment 10 intrude upon the
time Of the Senate 10 add my commentator
and my concurrence not only In what has
been SO we'll said by the distinguished gentle.
man who has proceed me, but also to say that
our Lieutenant Governor has presided over
the Senate with so much dignity, with 30
edge of parliamentary law, that no matter
how hotheaded some Of us may have been
he kept US together as one happy family not
wiLhstanding political differences.
coed him may follow his example and may
do as we'll as he has done. For the Gary fam
lily / have a warm liking, and as the .sentle-
mar who preceded me referred TO the Por.
trait OF Mart Gary, I can do the same thing
for as o boy I was on the staff Of that gallant
chieftain. and following him for Twelve or
thirteen months, l always iouna MIN tiue,
that his brigade loved him. We could not ex-
pect this worthy descendant who presidesoVer
the Senate could be ANYTHING less than q
RGnllGIJau. luiT, bbPoA -
Senator Evans: Itgives me great pleasure
TO second the resolution introduced by the
Sanator from Charleston In honor OF a
worthy descendant of a family that has given
to the State OF South Carolina that battle
scared hero whose name together with that
OF Hampton, Will illustrate the brightest
chapters In the history OF THIS state wneh IL
The Chair put the resolution, and 1t was
unmanimously carried. Turning, to the
observation-disclosures, Senator Meetze said:
Mr.. Presidents: 1t becomes my pleasant
duty TO present to you, on behalf of the Sen
ate, the resolution which has just been unani-
mously adopted. Ineed not say say, that It's
probation. You. sir. are deserving a!l that has
been written in the resolution, which | VIII
read. (The Chair here read the resolution
which he presented to the Presidency =.
REPLY OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
President: Gentleman of the Senate: I
would be untrue to my feelings did l not say
When I entered on the discharge
OF the duties Of this office a year ago prom
ised I would do the best I could to perform
these duties fairly and impartially, and l am
pleased to know that the Senate has recogniz-
ed the sincerity or my conscientious oeslre
In that regard. lean truly sar nat my Eask
has been made easy In the respect OF the fair
ness and courtesy with which your presiding
officer has been treated, Each one OF you mas
been willing and prompt to extend assistance
when it was needed. So II Is that I can go to
my home without one unkind thought as TO
| what has taken place : and shall remainder
this as one Of the most pleasing incldents OF
my lite, that the Senate of South carolina, q
a body for which I have cherished such re-
spect, should haze so honored Its presiding
officer. When I say simply thank you." |
say It with q heart full Of appreciation and
gratitude for your kindness.
Senator Smithe: l move that copy or tue
premable and resolution be fittingly en-,
crossed at the expense OF the Senators and
sent to the president of the Senate.
Senator Williams: second the resolution.
The Chair put the motion and was unanl-
mously carried. A few minutes later the Sen