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: THE LEGISLATURE,
TWO SUPREME COURT JUDGES
ELECTED IN SESSION.

Bench and Justice Pope Reelected
Other Business Transacted by the Senate
and House.
On Thursday Mr.. Hough offered a
resolution providing that the house
stand adjourned after today's session
until Tuesday at IL o'clock, in order
to allow the members to be at home
on February salesday-Monday next.
He asked for immediate consideration
of this resolution, but 10 members OBJ
ieoted and the resolution went over
for consideration.
Mr.. Fowler then offered the follow.
inf resolution;
Resolved By the house Of representa-
tives, the senate concurring, That we
have heard with pleasure and interest
the eloquent and patriotic speech OF
our junior senator in the Urited States
Senate, Hon. B. r. Tillman, on the
29th inst, and we desire to say that
by all we are and hope to be, we will
sacrifice our lives if necessary in re-
sisting tyranny and oppression, be-
ieving as we do that resistance to ty-
rants is obedience to God.
On motion of DR.. Wyche, the reso-
luton was referred to the committee
on federal relations.
The Senate returned Mr.. Sturkie's
bill to require county treasurers to at
tend at certain convenient places in
the several counties to collect taxes,
with an amendment which struck out
all after the enacting words and sub
stituting another bil,'' which left it
optional with the treasurers whether
they would attend these places or not.
After some debate, Mr.. Sturkie stating
that the object of his bill was nulliied, |,
the. house refused to concur, and a
committee of conference was asked
for.
Mr.: Shuman's bill to provide for the
appointment of constables by magis.
trates and prescribing their duties and
term of Office and for removal of same
was taken up. Mr.. Shuman put in
several amendments. Then Mr.. nder-
ton had slight amendment made and
the bill was ordered to its third read
ing. AS the bill passed it provides
that each magistrate in this State may
appoint separately or conjointly one
constable to execute writs and process
es issued by him; that a record must
be made of the appointments; that the
constable must take the constitutional
oath and give 5000 bond; that the
constable shall serve all writs and pro-
cesses, both criminal and civil, except
writs and processes in cases of which
the court of general sessions has ex-
elusive jurisdiction and he shall serve
writs and processes in such cases, un.
less such magistrate shall direct the
same to the sheriff of his county to be
served by him.
Mr.. Whitmire's bill to amend the
law relating to boards of equalization
was called up and there was some dis
cussion. After a few slight amend
ments had been put in, the bill was
ordered to third reading. The bill
requires that the boards shall not re.
ceive pay for more than five days no
matter how long their session.
At this juncture request was read
from Mrs. Virginia D. Young, presi-
dent of the State Equal Rights associa
ton asking permission to address the
house at night on the subject of presi-
Dental suffrage for women.
Mr.. Patton offered the following
resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the use of the hall of
the house be rendered to Mrs. Young,
president of the Woman's Rights as
sociation, for the evening of Jan. 80,
for the purpose of addressing the
members of the general assembly on
the subject OF suffrage for women.
Before the adoption of the resolu-
ton, during the discussion over the
matter, some one asked Mr.. Patton
what would be the time limit of the
address, and Mr.. Patton exclaimed !:
"Why, the time will be indefinite, of
course; who ever heard of telling a
woman how long she should talk9"
Later Mr.. Weston called attention
to General Rosser's lecture and to pre-
vent a conflict the time for Mrs.
Young's speech was fixed at $50 pm.
TIE distinguished Virginia veteran,
Gen. Rosser, having come in with sew
eral gentlemen, Mr.. Floyd rose and
after making some appropriate refer
ences to the distinguished visitor,
moved that the courtesies of the house
be extended to him. This was unani-
mously agreed to.
At 1 o'clock the members of the
senate, headed by the president and
clerk arrived and marched in. MIR.
Breazeale, who was in the chair gave
way to the lieutenant governor, who
called the joint assembly to order and
stated that the object thereof was to
elect two associate justices of the State
supreme court. He declared that NOM
nations were in order for the election
of Justice to succeed Justice Pope.
Mr.. Floyd took the floor and nomi-
mated Justice Pope to succeed himself.
The nomination was seconded first
by the delegations from Edgefeld and
Charleston.
Messrs. Barnwell and Brown, on the
part of the senate, and Tatum and
Wyche, on the part of the house, were
tellers. There being no
further nominations the roll was call
ed as required by the new Constitu-
ton.
The election of Judge Pope was
He is to serve for a pc
riod of eight years.
Mr.. Thurmond, of Edgefeld, nomi-