The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-02-02
IN THE HOUSE.
THE PRIMARY ELECTION BILL is DE-
FEATEO.
Several 0 her Bills CO Importance TGkeu
Up ana Consider ed-SeDe are Passed
and Others are Killed

and Others are Killed.
The first question to come in the
House on Monday, the 24sh instant,
was Mr.. Ashley's primary bill. MI.
Pollock moved to strike out the enac-
ting clause. This brought Mr.. Ashley
10 his feet in defence of his measure.
He said that the people wanted to say
who should represent them. All 9th
GERS are the servants of the people
fron the governor down. and it is q
right that should be conceded to them
to select such officers. The passage
of the bill will be a great relief, also,
to the members who have to spend a
large part of their time attending to
the demands of their constituents to
get positions.
Mr.. Pollock pointed out that there
is difference between "a party nonl-
nation and an election by the quall,
fed voters. The Democratic party,
which is practically the only one in
the stste, provides that all its nomi-
nees shall be chosen IN 8 primary.
TIE Republican party has no such
-ule. So far as the provisions in the
bylaws Ct either party are concerned
on this particular subject the legisla-
ture has nothing to do. It the mem
Der from Anderson wished the provis.
ions of his bill carried out the proper
place to have them adopted was the
convention of the Democratic party.
Mr.. Magill in explaining the action
of the committee which had returned
the bill to the house without recon-
mendatioD, said that it presented ques-
tons of law which the committee
thought ought to be considered by the
judiciary committee. He, therefore,
thought the bill should be recommit
ted and referred to them.
Mr.. Rogers could see no good rea
son for recommittal. Oaly the other
day the house had refused to pass a
bill which would provide for the cleo
ton of judges by the people. If this
bill is passed then every judge will
have to receive the nop'inatiou in g
primary before the legislature could
act He thought the house was pre-,
pared to act on the bill at once and
that it would sustain its record.
Mr.. Toole thought the bill good
one and that if there are Objectionable
features they could be corrected. He
did not believe that the pill contained
any dsngerou features.
Mr.. Wolling spoke of the fact that
ths bill was not necessary and moved
its indefinite postponemest.
The ayes and nays were demanded
and tie bill was defeated by vote Of
81 10 81. Later in the day some doubt
wss expressed as to the correctness Of
me count and the roll was again call
ed, ~. he rsssuis vas the same.
The bill - Mr.. Mehrtens came up
to incorporate he Sievern Railroad
and Mr.. Burns ctie'e1 an amendment
req diring the .oa6 % 60 to the town
of Walhalla. IN the bill the route Of
the road is generally laid out. Mr..
Burns held that his amendment
should be incorporated IN the bill be-
cause it was often the case that these
roads went near towns, but really left
them in the lurch. He said the gen.
eral scope O the bill was to have the
road pass through Walhalla, but he
wanted it definitely stated.
Mr.. Gadsden said that Edge6eld,
Saluda and q dozsn other places might
ask to be put in If Walhalla was to be
put in. Require the builders to 60 to
all these PLACES and they would simp.
ly abandon the project. The house
then voted down the amendment and
the bill passed.
Mr.. Gasaue's resolution providing
for adjnurpa,ent on February - be.
ing reached, the author defended it By
saying that the people demanded an
early adjournment. There are many
bills on the calendar which can be dis
pensed with and the legislature should
decide when it will adjourn and work
up to that.
Capt. Blythe spoke against the reso.
luton and referred 10 the commenda-
BILE zeal displayed by the legislature to
work. In his judgment they should
so continue, but he did not believe it
advisable to force an adjournment at
any particular time. Let US work ana
get through with the work We are
sent here to do. But if we must ad-
journ at any certain date it will force
hasty legislation towards the end. 1t
is unnecessary to fix an ARBITRARY day.
Mr.. Rogers moved to postpone the
debate on the measure until February
10.
Mr. Gasgue then moved to lay that
on the table, which was adopted.
This seemed to indicate that the res
olution was about to pass, but imme-
diately vote being taken the resolu-
ton was killed.
Mr.. Eydrick's bill to amend the law
relative to the punishment for man
slaughter caused much discussion. It
provides that the punishment shall be
for period not exceeding thirty years
nor less than ten years, unless tbs jury
recommends to mercy,in which event
the punishment shall not be less than
two years. Mr. Hydrick said that the
question of stopping the taking OF hui
man life is one of the most important
before the people of the State. The
punishment should be SO regulated
that convictions can be obtained wRen
right. With the provision for re-
commentator to mercy, he believed
more convictions could be obtained
because Juries often did not do the
duty required of them Dy law when
theg felt that the punishment, in par,
ticular instances, would be tco Sc.
we're.
Mr.. Reynolds held that the present
law had oeen in force for several years
and this was the fist time he had ever
heard it advocated that the law en-
couraged crime. He held that the law
vas all right and one of the first re-
forms should be in cessing the con.
slant charge tnat juries and the judi
ciarv did not do their duty.
On vote being taken the house re.