The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-12-24

| not frame bill under which 1t would Ot
easier for dishonest Administration tt
plunder the State than the Act creating thu
| phosphate com mission.
In tho report, colorcd at will, the fac
stands out that the royalty, which
amounted 10 nearly one-quarter of "a mil
lion dollars, and bado fair to relieve th'
people of the State of almost the entire
burden Of taxation, las, after. twelve
months ot control by the Government
been reduced SGs,O06 When the who'll.
truth is known it will be found that tht
loss will be nearly Sl6s,O00. If tho indus
try had not been tampered with tho roy
atty during the past year would haye beer
over 100000.
Looking at that, will you pause or vii
you 60 on? Will you obey the crack G
the whip again? I think not, crack ht
ever so smartly. am one Of small
minority and belong to the Administra
tions that, from one end of the State te
the other, have been denounced mos
| foully. 1t is not quite two years since
the crusade commenced. Foul charges
were made against men who have giver
up their time for years and suffered in fl
nances in order to rescue the State. They
were arraigned on charges false as hell.
Mr.. evans: "The gentleman is out Of
order. But do not object, provided be
will not call me to order when reply
Speaker Jones: "The gentleman from
Richland has wandered away from the
| subject"
Mr.. Haskell: 1T have not left the sub.
iect and I will call the gentleman from
Aiken to order if he strays from the sub
ject. He said he was tired, but he will
cry that he is more tired yet.
"When the Administrations that they
have so foully slandered went into power
| the States bonds were below 40, teachers
certificates were not worth the paper they
| were written on, schools were closed, the
phosphate royalty was 500, 600 per annum,
and everything was in deplorable con-
dition. When these Administrations
went out of power the bonds were worth
premium, the public school system was
the best the State had ever had, and the
phosphate royalty amounted to S240, 900.
The administration and collection of this
revenue cost nothing, but was paid for
out of the privilege tax. At the end oi
twelve months Of the new Administration
the bonds were worth 93."
Speaker Jones: "The Chair must re-
spectfully request stop to digressions. u
Mr.. Haskell: II urge that no more
power be given to one man."
The Chair again interposed an objec-
tion.
Mr.. Haskell: "Under the new Admin
istration less than one-half of per cent
of the State debt has been refunded. Put
no more power in one mans hand, for in
this case the County finances are at risk
and they should not suffer as the States
| finances have"
Speaker Jones: "The State finances are
not under discussion. The gentleman
must confine himself to the bill"
Mr.. Haskell: "The County finances are
at risk and tho States finances rest on the
Counties. Therefore it is not irrelevant
TO discuss them. It is time to call halt
in Capitalization. was in ignorance un-
til corrected by the Chair. I thought
that to show the effects of the centraliza-
ton Of power was not irrelevant to the
discussion of bill providing for cen.
tralization of power. In Difference to the
demands of the Chair my mouth is
Shut
Mr.. Earnest Gary said that he thought
| when the gentleman from Richland rose
to speak he had some objection to the
bill. To his surprise he had taken the
opportunity, not to discuss the measure
but to discuss the Chief Executive. II
there had been whippers in here and they
had whipped him (Mr. HaskelD out Of
power, it was grand day for South Car.
olina. I have served with him in the
House when he had power that was sur.
passing. What brought whippers in
No fact contributed more than the power
which he exercised. It was proud day
when he was whipped out OF the domain
in which he exercised so much power.
T. D. I, ,fay y,f
could not sit quietly and allow him to
regard me as whipped, The people have
by popular vote taken the County Com
missioners out of the Constitution, and
there is necessity for some such legisla.
ton as this bill. The system works well
in Georgia. Why will it not work equal.
| ly well in South Carolina?
Mr.. Evans rose to question Of privi-
lege. ct wish," he said, "to reply to the
| false insinuations of the gentleman from
Richland."
Speaker Jones "The pending question
| is q motion to strike out the enacting
clause of the bill"
Mr.. Evans: 81 did not call him to or.
der and stated would reply and he made
| no objection. If ever man deserved
contempt as whip, it is the gentleman
from Richland. I desire to fling back in
| to the teeth of this man, who comes like
| an ass in lions skin"
Mr.. Haskell: sI will not call the gen.
tleman to order, but opprobrious epithets
must cease"
Mr.. Evans: II am responsible for any.
thing say"
Mr. Haskell: "Pshaw! 1 was fighting
for my State before you were born"
Mr.. Evans: "Oh yes, you were fight
1Sl,o ,oNd fo1lncv Lilo rUppY
whose head has been crushed, tries to use
| its sting, so the gentleman from Richlanc
| acts. For ten years the State suffered
but at last she rose and whipped out al
such from her halls of legislation, which
should have been sacred. Are We tt
submit to such epithets? He eattempts tc
reflect on the character Of the Chief Exec
| utive, because he has interfered with 6
corporation in which he had money in
Mr.. Haskell: "That statement is abso.
lutely false. I have not dollar invested
in any corporation In this State, and new
or have had any money invested in phos'
phates."
Mr.. Evans: phosphate legislation
like that adopted by the General Assem-
bly last winter, has been demanded by
every Attorney General since 1876"
Mr.. Haskell: "That is not true"
Mr.. Evans: "Did not AttorneyGener-
al Conner recommend it? The gentle.
man is getting up this discussion simply
for the newspapers, but the people o1
South Carolina are not governed by what
the newspapers write, but by free and
honest ballot. The gentleman from
Richland has not mentioned any objec.
tions to the bill"
Mr.. Haskell: "I mentioned few OBJ.
iections, but perhaps they do not count.
It will double County expenses"
Mr.. Evans "You did not show it"
Mr.. Haskell: II gave it as my opinion
and the opinion of some shrewd fnan'
ciers, who have studied the subject. Per-
haps it is an objection that does not ap'
neal To the Young man. The reports say
he presented 'Administration bills," and
he pushed them as tar as his light weight
would allow. The youngster attempts tc
talk about the lash, but when he gets
cool he will recognize the fact that that is
all buncombe; that no one would attempt
that with me. I do not like to speak oi
nv own services, which have been given
without reward, asked or received, from
the State. When boy l went in the
army, and served as best / might. His
personal filings will treat with the con-
tempt they deserve. His statement that
I had money invested in phosphate cor
poration is untrue"
Mr.. Evans: 81 did not state you had
said imagined it.''
Mr., Haskell: 81 never owned q cent ol
stock in any phosphate corporation. The
gentleman in his cooler moments will
Withdraw his attempted insults, and