The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-28
DEATH WAS DEALT
PRIVILEGE TAX BILL.
MIR. CONNOR's PET MEASURE KILLED
IN THE SENATE,
Primary Election Bill Defeated-Mr. l,uists
Plan for Honest Elections Rejected by
Upper IIouse--tood Work at
Night Session.
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The State, &C.
The morning session of the Senate
yesterday was taken up with the
consideration of Mr. Connor's bill to
regulate tho manufacture, inspection,
shipment and sale of commercial
fertilizers and to reduce the privll-
ege tax from 25 to 10 cents. This
bill after an hour and half's debate
suffered the same fate as Mr. Buist's
primary election bill, tho enacting
words of which had short time
prior been stricken out. The discus
sion on these two measures consumed
all OF the morning hours and as tho
calendar had scarcely been touched
it WAS decided to hold night see-
sion.
| THE PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.
A message from the Governor was
received recommending that the
States rights in Castle Pinckney,
Charleston harbor, be oeded to tho
United States for the purpose OF es,
tablishing sanatarium.
ELECTION OF A UNITED STATES SENATOR.
| Yesterday being the day for tho
election Of United States Senator,
the Senate, at tho honr Of noon, pro,
ceeded to ballot in it's chamber. Mr..
Pettigrew, in five minutes speech,
placed in nomination tho name of
the Hon. John l.. McLaurin.
The nomination was seconded in
turn by Messrs. Aldrich, Stackhouso
Dean, Mayfield and Lesesne. Mr.
Maytield, an unsuccessful opponent
of Mr.. McLaurin in tho Democratic
primary Of last summer, said he
took pleasure in seconding the nomi,
nation Of the man for whom the peo
pie had expressed their preference
The ballot WAS thon taken and ro
suited III Mr.. McLaurin receiving 81
votes. Every Senator not abson
t from the city voted for McLaurn.
PRIMARY BILL DEFEATED.
Mr.. Buist's bill defining and regu
lating primary elections o; politicu
parties in South Carolina coming VI
for it's final reading, Mr. Buis
!, briefly urged it's passage. He had
4 he said, tried to remove all objection
to the bill which he had heard OK
pressed the other day and thought h
i had succeeded. "Now when IL
= amiable friend from Ail1,n," he con
tinued, got up the othor day an
told Of his high plane on which cleo
tions arc conducted in his county,
felt proud that there was ono Sent
y tor here who had such constltueI
cy. The Senator from Newberr
made mo doubly proud by express
iIg tho same high confidence in tn
o people Of his county. The Senate
from Dorchester following these tw
" gentlemen, however, told a differor
. tale. He related how the fair nan
,, of tho young county was besmirche
= with fraud in the very first electio
:: held IN it. This measure is not d,
:, signed for tho protection of sue
- counties az Aiken and Newberr
= where fraud does not exist accordin
" to the honorable Senators from tho.
- respective counties, but for tho re
- Of the State, where tho voters a
not as whole suoh high minde
men."
Mr.. Henderson replied to M
Buist and stated that he objected
2 tho bill because it would be too b,l
densome. There were no need +
such stringent rules. Besides Il
b;Nl would add to the expenses
Is holding primaries for copies Of Il
70 registration books, which simp
la took tho place Of the clrb rol
70 would have to be made. Aside fro
in tho monetary considerations, it W
CO hard enough to get the people
Az turn out to the polls and with
On enactment Of such stringent rules
he would be harder still to got the
nd out.
he Mr. Pettigrew thought the j
an would tend to place our goyornmc
he in the hands Of the few.
at. The vote resulted in tho bill bel
bia defeated, % to 8, only Senators i