The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-01-19
OUR Law MAKERS
TRE TWO HOUSES GETS DOWN TO
BUSINESS AT ONCE.

The Sentiment is foz Shot ssss:on-The
Bcuse Pssses Bill 50 Extend tbs Time
fer the Payment CT Tsxes.
Both houses OF tire Legislature SIS
senble6 in Colpmtia on Tuesday,
Jan II. When Li>ut. Governor Nc
Swee1ey,;1 his gorgeous purple gown
OF cf6ce. called tie senate to order at
acon. the hum G; voices ceased and
tie sepatcrs bastered % thelr seats.
There were spectators either in the
gallery CT cn the floor, srd i.hout s
hitch the bed? settled down inic lis
routine groove.
TIE proc edinss Of TIE day opened
with prayer By tte coaDlaip, the Rev.
Mr.. Willoughby, Who atkeo .hat the
divine spirit would make all the sena-
tors to realize that they were the rep
rsssntati7es cf the whole people.
Give thsm largeress Of wisdom,
Iarseness of tesrs, sympathy ard
liherslity of spirit" he besought.
The roll call 81 towe1 Senators Alex
sr6er, Archer, Brown, Bcist, Corner,
Dean, DenDis, Douglass, DuBose,
Gaines, Griffith. Hay, Henderson,
Love, Mauldin, McCalla, Mcdaniel
Miller, Moses, Mower, O'Dell, Petit
grew, Rsssdale, Scarborough, Sicap,
Stackhouse, Sud6ath, Turr er, Walker,
Wallace and Williams present. The
only absentees were Senators Norris,
Sanders and Taloird.
At the cor clusion OF the roll call,
Lieut.. Governor McSweeney made q
short speech of welcome, in which he
said:
Senators: After a parting Of nearly
year We meet again to discharge tce
duties Of this coordinate branch OF the
legislature of the State Of South Csro.
lima. feel assured that we have, one
and all, come TO this session with the
full determination to perform those
duties in such a msnner as to merit
and obtain the approbation CT those
who sent US here; whose welfare We
have st heart, snd whose intest $ g ne
are bound 10 subserve.
So far as IN me lies, shall endeaVor
to discharge to the lest OF ny ability
the duties devoling upon me as :he
president of this senate. In the dis
charge Of these duties ! depend Tor
success less upon my own ability than
I do upon the kindness and courtesy
which you havo hitherto shown me
as your presiding officer.
/ trust that all our deliberations will
be attended with peace and harm ony.
Whether Raformers or Conservatives,
we are all Democrats. The grand test
of our political creed is patriotism
alone, and We are all here laboripg
for the good and the welfare OF our
common mother, South Carolina. Our
sole aim ard object is to see that such
laws are enacted SIS will tend to the
benef! of the people. rebound to the
honor of the State and secure to the
citizens Of South Carolina that happl-
ness and prosperity which should al
ways attend "a government OF the
people, for the people and by the peo-
pie
Greeting you with my heartfelt
wishes for profitable, pleasant and
harmonious session on your reas,
sembling once more, now announce
that the senate of South Carolina has
convened in general assembly and IS
resdy to proceed to the discharge OF
business.
Having COZ GUIDED his speech the
president, according to tie order OF
procedure, instructed the sergeant at
arms to escort the new senators to the
front of the stand to receive the oath
of offce. Senator's S. G.. May haId,
now of the new county OF Bambers
VIM. T. Jefries of Cherokee, Q. a.
G. Waller of Greenwood, J: 8. Les
esne of Clarendon and T. 0. cAlha-
ney If Dorchester all qualified.
Senator Brown moved thatth chair
appoint committee Of three to uotlfy
the governor that the senate was Or
sanize6 and ready for business On
this committee the president appoint
ed Senators Brown, Dean and Moses.
They returned and reported that the
governor, through his private secre
Isry, would soon communicate with
the scnste.
Or motion Of Ser ator Sloan, the
clerk of the senste notified the house
that the upper branch was ready Tor
business.
IN TIE house.
The House assembled at 12 o'clock.
The roll call all the members presen!
except twenty four.
When the roll had been called, the
chaplain, DR.. N. n. Kinard offered 8
feryent though brief prayer, IN which
he expressed the hope that the body
would accomplish tina! which was besi
for the good OF the country and the
State.
Speaker Frank B. Gary then took
the chair and addressed the members
as follows:
Gentlemen of the House Of Rep,
resentatives: We have again assem-
bled as the agents Of the people OF
South Carolina to enact such laws as
IN our judgement are useful. Com
ing as We do from all sections Of the
State and representing SIS we do all
classes and conditions CT our people,
It must be known to US all that the
past year has been one Of unprece-
dented hardships upon the m: sses
that there are many 10 whom thetsxes
70 run the government are positively
q burden, acd that they are looking to
US to tighten those burdens SIS far as
we can. It Debooves usto do so. Lst
US dispatch the business before Us as
expeditiously and as economically as
is consistent with efficiency.
There are an unusually large mum,
.ber of elections to be held by this gen
Sesal assembly. Ny observation has
Dsen that this house never settles
down 10 systematic work until these