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renresentine 600 voters.

lesion for ten years simply because
Charleston wanted him. If he had mis-
repres ented Charleston as Brawley
misrepresented Orangeburg and Lex
lngton Charleston would soon have got
ten rid of him. He proceeded to show
that certain boxes in Charleston had
been broken open and ballots destroyed
when a contest had been legally insti.
tuted; that the News and Courier cUr-
respondent at Orangeburg could not
get the Charleston vote unril Charles
ION knew Orangehurg'a, and that was
dol & tor 4 purp 49,; that detective
bad investigated aud found that ID
Ward 3 alone sIXty-one illegal votes
had been cast and that the CITY was col
unlzed with 9me two or three HUNDRED
stone mssons day or two before the
elect, n. These were some reasons
Why Orangehurg was in favor of this
bill Mr. Sullivan sal that he employ
ed 200 81 ole masous and that they were
all residents of the city.
MIR. sullivan sald in reply TO the ref.
-r-ncs y work Of the detectives, that
hp employed about 200 stone cutters.
EveryrEe who voted was resident of
Charleston for over a year. The
cnarges of Just1cia were never sus-
tanned.
Mr.. Kuotts, IF Lexingston, said that
there was a delusion III the matter. 1t
pu us to the risk of having two col
ortd Congressman. The very three
men who introduced the measure ad-
yocated it before the Alliance. If you
pass this you practice one thing and
preach another. You objected TO ring
rule, yet this is the chief pink of the
whole scheme. This same trouble has
been before you; another OK is gored,
Why dom, you reoistrlct the whole
State? Let's be consistent. You can't
fool the world. When member sees
that his people are deluded and in the
wrong he has to 60 in the right track.
We are in the midst Of revolution,
don't 90 too far. They will not sane.
tion such partisan action. l supported
DR.. Stokes with all my might, and
would have liked to see him elected, l
stick to the proposition that for ten or
twelve years whiskey has been used IN
certain sections. There was no more
whiskey used than for the last ten
years.
Mr.. Rast thought differently.
Mr.. Knots hoped that personal in.
terests could not be made first. The
Reform movement can stand no such
stigma.
Mr.. Hughes, of Charleston, wanted
to know whether there has been such d
change as to necessitate q change OF
your votes. Why not use the same tig-
ures and facts used last time. that Is
the basis of reconsideriDg. You en-
danger two districts by changing your
course. The facts now are the same
as three days ago.
Mr.. Won KOlnitZ, of Charleston,
made an elaborate and clear cut argu.
ment against the bill, declaring that
Charleston had been subjected to
enough hardships without this addi-
tlonal measure of humiliation. Polit-
ical revenge was indeed going far when
it was carried to this extent.
Mr. Whitman, of Unioe, wanted the
Black district. Charleston ought to
have the burden and when her press
and citizens learn to behave themselves
she may be put in another district.
Mr.. Moses, of Sumter, reiterated that
Sumter wanted to be left alone.
Mr.. Garris, of CoIleton, said almost
every district had black majority. By
actual count the Orangeburg district
will be the blacklist. We do not want
this bill to punish Charleston. We are
here to carry out a platform and senti-
ment.
Mr.. Hardin, of Chester said that he
thought he would fall In his dutyif he
die not raise his voice against the bill.
Mr.. Egan, of Charleston, arose and
the time limit was called on him. lie
however was allowed to say that Char
lesion wanted an able representative
just now for her public appropriations.
Sue needs friend at court and now
has one there.
MIR. T. J. Kinard, of Newberry, As he
usually does, professed oh, such friend.
ship to Charleston, and then wanted
her guerryplandered. He rung and
ruDg the cry that Charleston could car
ry the district. He was opposed to
cheating among white men.
Manning-How do you account for
being in Congressp
Mr.. Kinard-By Sumter not doing
her duty.
Mr. Moses and Mr.. Manning in
chorus Il deny that.
Mr.. Anderson, of Georgetown, was
afraid of Clarleston's company. His
county was satisfied with its present
place If Charleston was put with
Charleston would claim ev-
Mr.. Cooper, of Colleton, said the cry
on every side was to get out of Charles
tons way; nobody wanted to be in her
company. If Beaufort did not want
Charleston to represent her neither did
and Colleton. He insisted
that Charleston could control the Black
district.
Mr.. Hill protested for the purity of
his motives and was about to make an
address when Mr.. McLauriD insisted
on being granted the short remnant of
time lett for discussion. He was an
CRY at the charge of a vote under the
lash. He called for a vote on the pre-
viCus question.
A ceep silence fell on The house as
the names of the members were called.
The vote was close and the house hard
ly breathed until after the closing of the
vote. Its result was as follows:
Yeas-Barry, Breazeale, Byrd, Car
penter, Cox, Gown yton, Cooper, Crum,
Davis, Dendy, Dennis, Dubose, Dun
can, j. T.; Edwards, Elder, Fielder,
Foster, Garris, Gary. Hardy, Harvey,
Henderson, Jeffrles, Kennedy, Kinard,
J.D.; Kinard, II. j.; Lancaster, Lem
mon, Lesesne, Love, Magill, Mauldin,
Laban, McLaurin, Mtsloe, Parks, Pear
man, Phillips, Rast, Rogers, Russell,
Singletary, Smith, A. j.; Smith. J. L;
Stackhouse, Sturkie, Tatum, Taylor,
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