The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-10-10
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.

ho1 W louhu CLUES. III operatives are
offensive why should they not be told
10 60, These gentlemen upon the
floor who employed hands, he guaran-
teed, wished to have the privilege of
telling them to ego" if they we're
offensive.
A voice-They do it,
Mr.. Tillman-Of course they do.
The speaker then turned to the prop.
Osition to establish bureau Of labor,
with q labor commissioner. What
would that commissioner do, he asked,
except go among operatives and tell
them they were not boing paid
Up North there were hundreds of
tramp orators who got good wages just
to go around and stir up strife. These
agitutors do nothing but harm.
MIR Tillman hoped that the sections
carefully prepared by tho committee
would be adopted. He moved to lay all
the amendments Oh the table. This
motion was Withdrawn In order to per-
nit further debate.
Mr.. b. II. Tillman followed his
brother He said the Legislature
could not be trusted to protect this
class of factory employees. The in
iluencc OF the lobby with the paid at
torncys on tho floor defeated the in
corporation of such towns. He would
rather capital stay away than come
he"e against the liberty OF the citizen.
1T was not proposed to overtax the
factory their property would be pro-
| tccted, but the object of this was that
when South Carolina became the Mas
| sachusctts OF the South, and it was at
tempted to impose upon these employ
| ees and drive them out, the employ
ees would havo tho power put here
enabling them to fix municipal govern
mcnt on those towns,
Mr. Henderson renewed Mr.. G. d.
Iillman's motion to lay on the table
all amendments.
Mr.. McGOwan was permitted to
speak. This was class legislation of
The rankcst sort. 1t would be inopera-
tive according to the arguments Of its
friends, because If the mill men con3rOl
the hands now, thoy would control
them th>n, but u most serious feature
In the measure was that it would enable
dlspcnsaries to bo established in those
towns, and -ruination would inevitably
follow.
Mr.. w. D. r,vans--How could they
do it when all the buildings belong to
tho franchise ?
Mir. McGowan-I ou propose to make
it Il corporation, sir.
Mr.. Tillman- by your argument they
would elect the mill president mayor,
and If he said SO vote against the dis
pensnry. How about that?
Mr.. McG"w"" i "aa "siEg there
your argument. DO you believe it
would be well to have dispcnsares In
| these towns?
Mr.. Illlman-Answc my question.
| Mr.. Mciowan-I follow your plan,
and ask one in answer to one.
Mr.. Tillmar Urom his seat)-No
} Mr.. Johnstone, in alluding to Senator
Elilmans 5 reference to the Legislature,
said it was shocking, pitiful, miserable
; that such an estimate of tho Legisla.
, turc of South Carolina should be- held
as had been expressed on that floor.
IL he had such an opinion Of that
BODY IT. could not give him an office
III 1hctorlcS can dcbauch the Legisla-
thrc, let's abolish factories or the Leg
lslaturc. II there exists the power of
dcbauchcry let's cut out the cancer.
The factory officers had told him
they ala not wish to be Incorporated
because they did not wish whiskcy put
upon them. The principle OF local self
government will be violated by this
amendment by the gentleman from
lIdgclcld as much as he claims the
factory presidents violate it.
Mr.. Tillman Why are other towns
much smaller Incorporated
Mr.. JOhnstOne-lf other towns wish
IL they get it. Look at tho expense of
Il municipal governments; if they do not
wish it why thrust it upon them.
Mr.. &. ID. Tillman (from his scat)-
Tho cure Is worse than the bite.
Mr.. Johnst0ne continuing -" Except
tho impcrious will OF tho gentleman
fT0m Edgetiod, there is no evidence
thuc t1cso people wish to be incorpor-
ated.%> ,-(--~''
Mr.. TilliHa&aaH-EE.xxGcoptt that ali Other
towns havc it and except that thcy
have not got it.
Mr. Johnstonc Except that the gen.
tlcnlan from Edgetield admits that they
have never asked for it. He cannot
/ escape the prcdiCamcnt in which he
has placed himself. There are $4,000
factory people in South Carolina. He
charges that they are controlled by
| employers. II That is SO, God help the
rest. deny the imputation upon
| them.
! Mr.. Henderson said he had examined
al the constitutions Of States in this
| Union, and was unable to find where
compulsory incorporation was legal.
The question was then called, and
Mr.. George d. Tillman's motion to lay
all amendments on the table was car
ried by q vote Of 03 to n. as follows:
Yeas Aldrich, Asho Atki inson, Aus
tin, Barker, Barton, Ba cs, Behre, Bel
lingcr, Berry, Bower, Breazeale,
Bricc, }. s.; Bricc, II. W. Buist, Byrd,
Clayton, Cooper, DELAY, l. ennis, Dent,
Douglass, Doyle, Ellerbo, Evans, w.
D.; Farrow, Field, Fitch, Fra. ~, Gam
bio, Garris, Giland, Glenn, J. l.; G..o-r,
D.; Graham, Gray, Harris, Hay, Hayns-
worth, lIemphill, Henderson, d. s.;
| HERS, Howell, Hutson, Jervey, John
stone, George; Jones, Willie; Keitt,
Konnedy, f.. j.; Kennedy, j. W.; Klugb,
Lee, McDermottc, MCGOWAN, McKag-
en-, McMakin, McWhito, Matthews.
Mcarcs. Mitchell, Montgomery, w. j.;
Nathans, Nicholson, Oliver, Patton,
Ecakc, Prince, Ragsdale, Read, j. H.;
ltcadfcarn, Rogers, Russell, Sheppard,
sloan. Smalls, Smith, jeremiah; Smith,
IL. r., Smith. w. c.; Smoak, S,3..oo:.y,
Stackhousc, Stribling, Sullivan, Taylor
Tiliman, G.. d.; Zimmerman, Won.
KolnIt%, Wells, Whipper, White, A.
FL: White, S. e: Wigs, Wiggins-93.
Nays-Alcxander, Barry, Bobo, Bow
man, Burn, Cantey, Carver, Connor,
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