The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-10
THE SENATE WINDS UP
ITS BUSINESS AND ADJOURNED WE'D
NESDAY.
The Secret Society Bill, the Insurance Tax
and the Income Tax Bills Passed-How
the Members Voted.

the Members Voted.
COLUMBIA, March st was we'll
on toward IL o'clock Saturday before
the senate took up the anti Greek fra
ternity bill, but for an hour before
the gallery began to fill with college
students who quietly and patiently
awaited the result. When the bill
finally was taken up, Mr.. McCaila
moved to table the motion OF Mr.:
Henderson to continue the bill until
the next session. The vote is as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Alexander, Archer, Connor,
Dennis, DuBose, Gaines, Love, Maui
din, McCalla, Mcdaniel, Miller, Nor
ris, ODell, Pettigrew, Sanders, Stack
house, Suddath, Taloird, Turner,
Wallace, Williams-22.
Nays-Buist, Dean, Douglass, Hay,
Henderson, May field, Moses, Mower,
Ragin, Ragsdale, Walker-11:
Mr.. Sloan had paired with Mr..
Griffith, but he would have voted no
he stated.
Mr.. Brown asked to pe excused from
voting as he was trustee OF the col
lege and did not wish to be commit.
ted to either side. His request was
granted.
The vote was taken on the question
of the passage of the bill and by the
same aye and nay vote as above the
bill passed.
Debate on the house bill to provide
for the office of banking and insur
ance commissioner and to define the
duties of the same was begun by Mr..
Miller. The debate was quite lengthy
and at its close the bill was postponed
to the next session by the following
vote:
Yeas-Alexander, Archer, Brown,
Dean, Dennis, DuBose, Gaines, Love,
Mauldin, Miller, Moses, O'Dell, Rags
dale, Scarborough. Stackhouse, Sud
dath, Talbird, Turner-1S.
Nays-Buist, Douglass, Hay, Hen
derson, Mayfeld, McCalla, Mower,
Norris, Pettigrew, Rsgin. Sanders,
Sloan, Walker, Wallace, Williams
Is.
In the Senate on Monday the house
concurrent resolution relating to the
better ventilation of the State house
and providing for ascertaining the
cost of completing the north and
south porticos and the central tower
was agreed to, after being amended by
striking out the section that provides
for 500 being expended in securing
estimates.
House joint resolution directing the
comptroller general to levy and col
lect q supplementary tax for the pub
lie schools was continued, as was the
house bill to provide for two more
members of the executive committee
of the State board of health, and for
the appointment, powers and duties
of township and local boards OF health
in this State.
The bill putting an additional grad
uated license on insurance companies
was the special order of the night ses-
sion, and when it was called up Mr..
Douglass moved that it be continued
until the next session. The direct vote
on continuance was taken without de-
bate and resulted in refusal to contln-
ue by the following vote:
Yeas-Brown, Buist, Denpis, Doug
las, Griffith, Henderson, Miller, Moses,
Mower, Ragsdale, Talbird, Turner,
Walker-13.
Nays-Alexander, Archer, Connor,
DuBose, Hay, Love, May6eld, Nc
Gala, Mcdaniel. Norris, O'Dell, Pet
tigrew, Ragin, Sanders, Stackhouse,
Snd6ofh Millianos-17
Mr.. Buist, when the vote was an
nounced, moved to strike out the en-.
acting words. He said from the vote
he did not expect it to prevail. He
hoped, however, it would. If it was
desired to keep outside capital from
coming into and developing the State
this bill would secure that object. The
bill would have either of two effects,
said Mr.. Buist. It would either drive
companies out OF the State or they
will find some way to make the peo-
pie pay this additional tax.
Mr.. McCalla said for the past six
years it had been charged that the
government was standing on the bor-
der of The State with a drawn sword
to keep capital out, but if any had
been kept away he did not know of it.
He wanted the day 10 come when the
corporations would bear their just
proportion of the taxes. This was not
lhe case now, and never would be SO
iong as certain persons cry down
every such measure as this.
Mr.. Ragsdale said when he was seen
taking up the cudgels for corpora
tion it might be known that he
thought it was bearing its just bur-
dens. These companies were paying
their proportion of the taxes, and for
that reason he thought the bill should
not pass.
Mr.. Mayfeld said he would support
the bill because he thought it an equi-
table measure. These insurance COM
panies never brought any money to
the State and took out a great deal.
He wished to see them pay for the
protection they received.
The aye and nav vote on Mr.. Buist's
motion to strike out the enacting
words resulted:
Yeas-Buist, Douglass, Griffith, Hen
derson, Moses, Ragsdale, Talbird, Tur-
uer, Walker 9.
Nays-Alexander, Archer, Connor,
DuBose, Hay, Love, Mayield. Nc
Daniel, Miller, Mower, Norris, O'Dell,
Pettigrew, Ragin, Sanders, Sloan,
Stackhouse, Suddath, Williams 10.
The bill then passed.
MIR. Henderson moved to continue
until pavf coeeioo 4ba in,o,oo 70 " hill