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vors. Some bad argued that the act
against the acceptance OF free passes:
was reflection upon the peogle OF
! the State, but it was no more a rehec-
ton than any other act on the statute
books. 1t would be as we'll to say the
act against stealing was a reflection
on the people as the act prohibiting
the acceptance of free pass. The
city council of Charleston he under
stood was providing the transportation
of the general assembly and though
| the railroads might do it free, there
! was no invitation from the road to the
legislature.
Mr.. Buist said that Mr.. Hay was
right in his position about the visit to
Charleston. He then proceeded to
speak against the bill. The Lords
Prayer, said he, which he trusted
every senator repeated before retiring
and after arising in the morning. be,
sought lead us not into temptation. y
For that very reason this bill should
be defeated. The members Of the gen
eral assembly should have the tempt
alton OF taking free passes removed
from them. Talk about The dignity
of humanity, why it is the depravity
of humanity, MIR. President, that is to
be guarded against" exclaimed Mr..
Buist in conclusion.
Mr.. Archer thought if the dignity
and the integrity of the senate was
above temptation that this question
should not be annually resurrected.
Why not let it stay as it is? asked he.
Mr.. Scarboroug and Mr.. Henderson
spoke in favor of the bill and Mr..
Mayfeld against it.
Mr.. Moses defined his position, say
ing that when a member of the house
ne had voted against the act which
this bill was intended to repeal and
that he had always. been opposed to
the measure.
The aye and nay vote was demand
ed on Mr.. Moses motion to indefinitely
postpone the unfavorable report of the
committee. Itresulted:
Aye-Connor, Dennis, DuBose,
Gaines, Griffith, Henderson, Mauldin,
Moses, O'Dell, Pettigrew, Ragin,
Scarborough, Sloan, Suddath, Walk
er, Williams-16.
Nay-Alexander, Archer, Brown,
Buist, Dean Douglass, Hay, Love,
Mayfeld, Mcdaniel, Miller, Mower,
Norris, Ragsdale, Stackhouse, Talbrid,
Wallace-17.
The motion to liable the bill was
passed by the same vote as above.
The vote was then clinched by the
usual motion to reconsider and table.
This completely kills the bill for this
session at least, though it was accom-
plished but by a single vote.
The house bill to regulate the sale of
cigarettes and cigarette papers was de-
bated by the friends and opponents OF
the bill. The friends pointed out the
evils of the cigarette habit while the
opponents pointed to the act against
the sale of tobacco to minors under
the age of of IS and urged that this
bill would become a dead letter as that
act had. The injury it wovld do to
the tobacco industry was also shown.
Messrs. Archer, Connor, Love and
Pettigrew spoke for the bill, while
Messrs. Hay, Moses and Mayfeld
spoke against it. Finally, by vote
of 25 to S the bill was killed. Only
Messrs. Archer, Connor, Gains, Love,
Med aniel, Pettigrew, Stackhouse and
WALLACE voted for the bill.
The special committee charged with
making arrangements for the contem-
plated trip to Charleston on the 18th
inst, reported as follows:
There will be two trains to Charles.
ton, ore by the South Carolina and
Georgia and one by the Atlantic
Coast Line, both leaving Gervais
street station at 7:30 A. NJ, Thursday
morning, the 18th of February, 1897.
The head of each and every one OF
the executive departments in the State
House and each and every senator
and member of the house will be enti-
tied to two tickets, one by the South
Carolina and Georgia railway and
one by the Atlantic Coast Line. Of
fcers and attaches will be entitled to
one ticket each.
There are limited number of tick
cts for the steamer provided by the
city council Of Charleston, but there
will be other steamers that will trans
port parties to the fleet for so cents
each. Altamont Moses,
For the Committee.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Feb. 21.-The
Senate met at 10 o'clock Wednesday
to avoid night session, in view of the
Charleston trip.
By consent a concurrent resolution
wss introduced and passed TO allow
the Mutual Guarantee Insurance Com
pany of Greenville to apply for new
charter.
Mr.. Gaines worked his Senatorial
amendment in the Greenwood County
bill by reconsidering the amendment
passed on the previous day and adding
a provision for the election of Sen
ator.
In the Cherokee County bill Mr..
Ragsdale, forthe friends of that Coun,
ty introduced Senatorial amendment
in the bill similar to Mr.. Gaines
amendment to the Greenwood County
bill. That bill was also put through
its final passage and was returned to
the House with amendments.
Mr.. Wallace offered an amendment
to the bill providing for the expendi'
cure of the Communication tax, making
1t more strict in its provisions by re-
quiring the tax to be expended, not
only in the township from which col
lected, but also on the section of the
road from which it was derived.
Mr.. Archer opposed it as impractical
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