The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24
THE CLOSING SCENES.
THE LEGISLATURE GETS THROUGH
WITH BUSINESS AND AEJOURNS.

WITH BUSINESS AND AEJoURNS.
Tho County Bill Passed-A State Printer
Elected-The Dlspsnsary Am mended-The
salarIey to be Paid to County supe:vi-
sors.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Dec. 23,.-The
| LEGISLATURE closed its work last night
and adjourned. The most important
feature of Yesterdays session was the
election Of State Printer and the final
passage of the County Government Bill.
The two houses met in joint session
for the election of State Printer and
Mr.. Thomas. of Richland nominated the
Bryon Printing Company for the posi-
ton. He stated that that company had
offered to do the work required by law
at prices varying from 8 per cent. to 60
per cent. less than the prices named in
the bill under consideration, and moved
that the Secretary OF State transmit to
the House for its information ''all pro-
posals for public printing" filed with him
in pursuance of law. Mr. Thomas said
that as the bill to elect printer had
been passed this resolution was offered
in order that the members might
have information laid before them.
After some discussion the motion was
voted down as follows:
Yeas-Ashley, Bacot, Blease, Car
roll. Egan, Fairly, Foster, Glover, Ham.
NETT, Hardin, Hough, HOughes, john
son, Knots, Kirkland, Lotion, Low
rance, Manning, Moses, Rivers, Row.
land, Sullivan, Taylor, Thomas, Won
Kolnitz-25.
Nays-Breazeale, Buist, Chandler,
Cox, Crum, Davis, Dendy. DuBose. j,
IT.. Duncan, Edwards, Elder, Fielder.
Garris, Gary, Graham, Gunter. Hardy,
Harvey, Harper, Henderson, Hill JEFF
feries, Jordan, Kennedy, J. D. and e.
J. Klnard, Lancaster, Lsmon, Lssesne,
Magill, L. and W. 81. Mauldin, Nc
Laurin, McWhite, Mishoe, Mitchell,
Nettles, Oliver, Parks, Pearman, Phil
lips, Rast, Shuman, Singletary, A. j,
and J. L. Smith, Stackhouse, StalveY,
Stokes, Sturkie, Tindal, Vaughan, Wa
ters, Watson, Whitman. Wlborn, Will
hanson, Wolfe, Wolff, Woodward, Yel'
dell, Youmans-63.
Senator John Gary Evans said that he
thought the remarks that had been made
were not pertinent to the occasion, az
the Assembly had met to elect prin'
ter under an act, which act fixed the
scale OF prices, which prices could not
be devlated from. He nominated Mr..
Charles A. Calvor, Jr. He thought it an
insult to the House to bring up such dis.
cussions as had been INDUCED in.
Senator SmYthe declared that the AS
sembly was not OILY there under the
act, but the members were also there
i under their constitutional oaths to dis
charge their duty, which in this case
was to let out the printing by contract
I fail to see, said be, where theinsult tc
to the General Assembly can be when 6
responsible person announces himself Of
q candidate for public printer and quotes
prices that will save the State aboui
$4,000 annually. This q pure matter
of business. We come here as trustees
of the State to deal with the peoples
money, and We are bound by our oaths
|to get the work done as cheaply as We
can. We must be prepared to say to tht
people that what we have done is the
best We could do. It is true we havi
passed an act stipulatlng prices, but w
have q candidate who comes here ant
says he is willing to do The work fol
less, and if the time has come when i
is an insult for candidate other thar
the one that was wanted TO come to th'
Legislature and say he would do th'
work cheaper and would save the Stat,
money, then God save the times to which
we have come. If this scheme is con
summated we may rest assured tha
there will be a day of accounting. w
cannot sij here as intelligent men AMI
disregard these facts.
Senator w. u. Evans in secondins
the nomination of Mr.. Calvo said he di'
80, because having been member o
both Houses tor q number OF years hl
knew that Mr.. Calvo had done the worl
most efficiently and he had the word o
the Senator from Charleston Mr.. Smy
the) who had stated on the floor of tn
Senate that the printing done by Mr.
Calyo was as we'll done and as cheap a
| it had been done for twenty years. Be
sides this he had the evidence of it be
fore his eyes every day.
Mr.. Nettles stated that the commit
tee had had a representative OF the Bry
an Company before them and from hi
own statement he knew that the Stat
could not save 100000 year as ha
been stated. The contract only required
$40, 900 and mo one would contend tina
half could be saved.
Senator Wilson made speech. H
said that the speeches made had covere'
the same old groun1 and were utterl,,
useless as bringing out any new argu
ment. What does The Bryan offe
amount to? Where is the element
contract IN it9 They simply place q pa
per on our desks saying they will dois
and 30 but that is not binding nor is i
contract. There are no provision
in this act for any such bid. If in
campaign a man makes an offer to Civ
80 much OF bis per diem and mileage t
the county if elected there is no con.rac
and he may break it. This circula
was a bid for votes and nothing else
The State had for years been IN POSI-
ton of battledoor and shuttlecock in re
ference to this printing business and sh
should be independent. The law as en-
acted having fixed the rates any mai
elected vii get them no matter Wha
bids he luaks under them.
Mr.. Weston asked him didn't tn
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