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that was being debated, for the Senate
had already consumed enough time IN
discussion to discharge the obligation
He called for the vote. 1t was to
I9 against the motion.
A message was received from the
Governor recommending that the ap-
prapriation asked for by the State
Fair Association be granted. The
communication of Mr.. L. D. Childs
showed that the society had paid back
the loan of last year and that the bal.
ance of cash in the treasury was not
sufficient to enable the societ0 to car
~ out its plans this year. The mes
sage was referred to the Finance
Committee.
There was some debate on the reso-
luton to appoint a committee to ex'
anime into the Sinking Fund Com.
mission. 1t was argued by some that
the affair had been argued enough,
others thought that the mere fact oflts
having come to the public through
the newspapers was argument for the
Investigation by the General Assem-
bly,. The Senate PASSED the resolution
amending it to make the committee
consist of i've instead OF three mem
bers.
On Tuesday on motion of Mr.. Arch
er a house bill to require all county
officers of the counties of the State to
keep open their Offices during each
week day was indefinitely postponed.
Twenty-Five counties had asked to be
exempted from the provisions OF the
bill before it was killed.
Mr.. Buist called for the special or
der of joint resolution authorizing
the State treasurer to issue to
Samuel Lord, as receiver of the presl-
dent and directors Of the State bank,
Or his duly appointed successor, con-
solidation bonds or stock equal IN
amount to 80 per centum OF
the par value of certain 8 per cent.
State bonds and interest thereon
(Which bonds were taken and lost or
destroyed by Federal soldiers during
| the late civil war, and to which the
said receiver by DEGREES OF the court,
has been adjudged entitled), and to
permit the refunding of the same un-
der the acts for the redemption OF the
State debt
Mr. Archer moved to indefinitely
postpone the joint resolution. He
spoke nearly an hour along the line OF
argument that there was no proof that
these bonds had been stolen.
MIR. Gaines spoke against the reso-
luton. >"Strenuons efforts" said he,
'.are made to impress this general
assembly with the idea that the courts
have investigated the whole matter;
that the validity and business of their
claim has been established beyond all
question; that our duty is simply to
take action to remedy little legal de-
feet. Now to my mind nothing that
has transpired in connection with this
matter imposes even any equitable or
moral obligation upon this body. The
courts have simply authorized these
parties to come here and ask the gen.
eral assembly to 60 outside of the law
and make good their loss" Mr..
Gaines spoke along this line, and In
conclusion said that this loss was moth
| ing more than one OF the casualties OF
the war. 1t would be as just for those
who had lost their slaves and other
property in the war to come and ask
pay for such losses as for these claim
ants to ask for reimbursement for lost
bonds.
Mr.. Buist, in the course of his
speech for the resolution, said he
wished it distinctly understood that he
was not interested either directly or
indirectly in the matter. As the SEN
ator from Charleston he had intro
duced the resolution, and after study
| of the question he thought it should
pass.
Mr.. Dean and Mr.. Ragsdale spoke
against the passage of the resolution.
Mr.. Henderson made a clear expo
sition of the matter in favor of the
passage.
The aye and nay vote was taken, re-
sulting in the indefinite postponement
of the resolution by vote OF % to z.
All the senators voted in favor OF In
definite postponement save Meesrs.
Buist, Henderson, Moses, Mower, Ra-
gin, Sloan and Talbird.
In the Senate on Wednesday when
Mr.. Browns bill to require all parents
or guardians to compel their children
or wards to attend school for eight
weeks in each year was reached on the
the calendar. Mr.. Ragsdale moved
to strike out the enacting words, say
ing that it was going too far for the
State government attempt to supercede
the government of the family. After
some discussion Mr.. Ragsdale's mo-
ton was adopted by the following
vote:
Aye-Alexander, Archer, Connor,
Dean, Dennis, Douglass, DuBose,
Gaines, Griffith, Love, Mcdaniel, Mil.
Ter, Mower, O'Dell, Ragsdale, Turner,
Wallace, Williams--18.
Nay-Brown, Buist, Mauldin, May
field, McCalla, Moses, Norris, Petit
grew, Ragin. Sanders, Scarborough,
Sloan, Talbird-13.
Mr.. Moses bill to provide that all
suits arising between citizens of this
State and foreign corporations shall
be tried in State courts and not trans.
ferred to the United States courts,
elicted ,some discussion when it came
up for second reading.
MIR. Mower moved to strike out the
enacting words. He did so, he said,
not because he was opposed to the bill,
but because he thought it would be in
contravention of the United States
Constitution and laws and hence nu-
gatory. 1t would lead to costly liti-
cation, and besides would become