The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-13

the redistricting bill. This came up on
Mr.. Efrd's amendment, already given
10 this correspondence. An aye and
nay vote was called On taking up the
bill:
Ieas-Abbott, Barton, Brice, Brown,
Ehrd, Evans, W. D., Evans, J. c. Full
Ter, Glenn, Harrison, Hemphill, Magill,
Mcdaniel, O'Dell, Peake, Ragin, Red
fearn, Stribbling, Zimmerman, Will
liams, Wilson-21.
Nays-Buist, Finley, Jenkins, Mil
Ter, Moore, Mower, Smythe, Verdier-
S.
Mr.. Buist moved to strike out the
enacting words OF the bill.
There was a lively discussion. The
opposition fought the bill lively to no
purpose.
A NOBLE DOZEN.
A vote was taken on Mr.. Buist's
motion to strike out the enacting words
of the bill, and resulted as follows:
Yeas-Beasley, Bingham, Brown,
Buist, Finley, Jenkins, Mayfeld, Mil
Ter. Moore, Mower, Sloan, Smythe-l2.
Nays-Abbott, Barton, Brice, Efrd,
Evans, Evans, J. g., Fuller, Glenn,
Harrison, Hemphill, Magill, Nc Daniel,
O'Dell, Peake, Ragin, Redfearn, Strib-
ling, Williams, Wilscn-19.
Verdier and Zimmerman were paired.
The bill was then passed to third
reading.
IN THE BLACK BELT-CHARLESToN
RIDDEN OVER RoUGHSHoD.
Especial to Atlanta Constitution
COLUMBIA, S. c., December S.-Char-
lesion got it "in the neck" to-day in
the Senate, when the redistricting bill
placing her in the black district passed
its final reading. The debate was Wig
orous and pointed, bringing out all
sorts of "vile insinuations" as one Sen
ator termed them. It was intimated
that the Reform canvassipg board last
year counted out the Conservative can.
didates and put a negro in Congress,and
then some of the Reformers charged
Charleston with having blind tigers
galore in defiance Of the dispensary
law, and it was an all around give and
take legislative battle.
Senator Buist of Charleston, moved
to strike out the enacting words of the
bill! and eloquently defended his county
from project that was looked on as q
step to place the city "under negro
domination" Referring to a state.
ment that. Charleston could protect
herself even if the ark filed with ne
groes was dumped on her territorial
lines, he said it did not seem as if she
could when the State canvassing board
had lastyear seated the negro Congress
man, Murray, over, Noise.
Senator Efrd, Of Lexington, the
author of the. bill, said its object was
to divide the negro vote between the
first and seventh districts and that be
knew of no people better prepared to
mansge the negro than the citizens Of
Charleston.
Senator Jenkins, Of Berkeley, pro-
tested against the bill. Tie black dis
trict could not be carried for the Dem
ocracy save by fraud. II am aGmon'
ished," said he, "not to say it, but it is
a fact, snd I assert it. Having With
stood war, earthquake, cyclone and
panic. the Senator from Lexington now
ssks that Charleston go down under
the avalanche of ignorance and black
votes. ...
Senator Snythe, Of Charleston
showed that the passage of the bill
would put Charleston in district
wherein the blacks would outnumbel
the whites i've to one. He thought
that the blind tiger charges 10 Wereo
the tone Of debate and was sorry thai
some of the senators saw fit to iIg in
such matter to influence feeling against
Charleston.
Senator May1leid, a reformer, op
posed the bill and declared that its pas
sage would destroy the progress and
commercial Importance of Charleston.
las reformers," said he, 1--WE Wou'a
not be justified in alloWingsGr breath,
like the Simeon, toswi Ess:
perity. laM
HoUsE-The 'tJ@ crown car bill
was killed by 71gss. Messrs. Blease
and Hardy X,ted for the bill. Mr.
Duncan di5Eg<vote. The bill to abol'
ish the 9slof county auditor was
killedsushe enacting words of the
cigar;% III were stricken out oy vote
Q~%4, and it issdead. The bill te
= J.: al the lien law was killed by a vote
$50 to l9. Mr.. Blease voted to Kill
,tne BILL Messrs. Hardy and Duncan
not voting.
A message from the Senate stated
that that body refused to agree to the
salary reduction bill. y conference
committee was appointed.
Saturday, December 8.
SENATEAli of the Senate's third
reading bills were passed except the
bill for the repeal of the charter of the
Port Royal and Augusta Railroad
which was left on the Calendar in the
absence of Mr.. J. G. Evans, who pro
posed it.
The bill to receive Mr.. Breazeale'!
digest of our laws, left unfinished by
the death of Judge Maher, was passed
TIE bill to protect employees ane
guarantee their rights in belonging t.
political clubs was killed. In its dis
cussion Mr.. Mower, of Newberry, spok'