The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-12-26
THE JIM CROW DON'T GO.
THE SENATE WRECKS THE SEPAR-
ATE COACH BILL.

Tho General Appropriation Bill Passes
With Changes Favorable to Colleges and
Citadel.
COLUMBIA, S. G., Dec. 20.-There
was quiet in the Senate yesterday, but
a considerable amount of routine work
was done, and besides with little or no
friction the general appropriation bill
was passed, with sundry amendments
to the House bill, and the Jim Grow"
car bill jumped the legislative track
and was wrecked beyond repair, at least
for year.
The House bill requiring railroads in
this State to provide separate first
class coaches for white and colered
passengers, more briefly described as
the Jim Grow" car bill, was made
short work of. 1t had been unfavora-
bly, reported, and upon being reached
on the calendar Col. Sloan moved the
adoption of the report.
Mr. Finley asked that the bill be
passed over until today, but there were
several voices raised against this, and
Mr.. Finley moved to lay on the table
Col. Sloan's motion. This was lost
by vote of Is to 9.
Mr.. Wilson desired action delayed;
the bill could lie over on the calendar
today and tomorrow, and could not
get through anyhow.
Col. Sloan saw no use in postpone
ment of action or inficting a lingering
death.
Mr.. Norris hoped no Senator would
try the patience of this body so far as
to attempt to debate this bill; it had
been defeated year after year, and the
Senate could not spare the time to this
bill.
Mr.. Wilson moved to continue the
bill till next session.
Mr.. Moses moved to lay the bill on
the table. Carried by a large majority.
The appropriation bill was taken up
at the night session. The most impor-
tant committee amendments adopted
were those increasing thea heappropriation
for the South Carolina College of $21,-
900 as fixed by the House, to $25, 900;
the Citadel Academy from SIS, 900 to
S1S. 900; Clemson College from $4,000
to $35, 900, and the Winthrop Normal
College from SIS, 900 to 5000.
Mr.. Buist succeeded in getting the
restoration of the salary of the Char
lesion quarantine officer to 81, 800 from
81 400. Mr.. Walker did the same ser
vice for that Office at Georgetown,
from $500 to $500, and Mr.. Verdier
persuaded the Senate to restore the
salaries of the officers at st. Helena
and Port Royal to the figures prior to
the slash in the House, viz: $500 each.
Mr.. Mayfeld urged that the salaries
of the two lately elected circuit judges,
provided for by an appropriation of
So, 900 each in this bill, be increased to
Sc, 500. He contended that all the
Judges should be on the same footing
and should receive equal compensation
The Constitution provided they could
not reduce a judges salary during his
term of office, but there was nothing
preventing them raising it. The law
did not effect the salary of the last
elected Associate Justice, because he
was elected just before the passage of
the salary reduction bill and did not
come under its provisions. He moved
to appropriate s., 500 for their salaries.
Mr.. Harrison moved to lay the mo-
ton on the table.
Mr.. Norris did not wish to make a
speech, he simply wished to say the
proposition of the gentleman from
Barnwell was most monstrous one.
Had the gentleman forgotten that they
were elected to this Legislature on q
salary reduction platform. It might as
we'll be said that the Legislature had
no power to reduce judges salary.
If those arguments prevailed there
would be no salary reduction.
Mr.. Buist was not in favor OF reduc-
ing salaries, but he heartily agreed
with the gentleman from Anderson in
regard to the proposition of the gentle
man from Barnwell. This bill was
carrying out law on the statute
books, and not to carry out its provis-
ions was to slight the law.
Mr.. Mayfeld restated his case and
said his position was that fish should
not be made of one and fowl of the
other. His motion was laid on the
table by an overwhelming vote.
Mr.. Jordan made an earnest plea for
solicitors elected in 1899. He claimed
the State was in honor bound to give
them what the Office was worth at the
time of their election. To reduce their
salaries was bad faith and they were
already the poorest paid of the State
officers for the value of their services.
Mr.. Finley, in charge of the bill, said
he believed in sticking to the law as it
was and which they were sworn to
obey. ., .,
Mr.. Jordan's motion prevailed and
the appropriation for solicitors was
raised from $11, 900 to $12, 500.
Mr.. E6rd offered an amendment that
50, 500 be appropriated for the State
Agricultural and Mechanical Society.
Mr.. Mayfeld moved to lay the
amendment on the table, but withdrew
it for the purpose of debate.
Mr.. Efird stated the condition of the
society and that the lack of So, 500
might result in its ruin. It was al
most a State institution and the State
should support it. The last fair had
given general satisfaction, but the
hard times were felt by the society as
we'll as by others.
Col. Sloan spoke of the benefit the
annual fairs had been to theagricultu-
raj interests of the State; or how it
brought the farmers here in competl-
ton and improved their methods and
thair stock and Irped that almost