The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-02-16

necessary to exempt the narrow euage
roads. Nobody but home people were
interested in the enterprise The Ian
caster road had only one coach and
that was divided.
Mr.. Meares said this IS special leeis.
lation and the bill should be called q
bill to discriminate in favor OF certain
roads
Mr.. Cages amendment wss killed.
Mr Rogers moved &c amend to mske
conductors peace officers, So as to give
them full au hcrity to make arrests.
The amer dneDt was lost.
Mr.. kinard wanted to limit roads
that Should divide coaches, to roads of
Gity miles or less
Mr.. Pollock thought 10 ar5itrsry
limit Should be fixed. Some long
roads had less travel than shorter
oIes There was 70 use fer the amend
merit, as there was &c need for an ar
bitrsry limit.
/ Mr. K,nard said fifty mile road
could afford to haul separate coaches.
He wanted passenger train on the
Mccormack division, Of the Charles
| tou auG Western Carolina Road. Ee
said the question was whether tc a
low the coaches 70 be divided or Rave
separate coaches.
Mr. Poliock's motion tc table the
amendment Vas passed
Mr.. Thomas said he was opposed to
the substitute bill Said the object
should be to pass a bill satisfactory to
the psople Of South Carolina. Said
the substitute bill only did away wit !
Sscond-class coaches and second class
rates, and asked If this was the object
to be attained that people desired. The
bill IN its present shape would entail
scomfors and would not be sa,isfac
| tcrv.
Mr.. W. s. Smith: Are J ou in favor
OF any bill OF this kinda"
Mr. Thomas: "Yrs, sir. l think re-
fclm is needed in this direction, bu;
he wanted satisfactory bill, II any"
Mr. Cushman offered an amendment
that, when the railroad commission so
directed, ,therailroad companies should
gut on extra CT a:h for smoking car
open to both white and black-that
passengers shall pay @; cents per mile
10 ride in this caoch.
Mr.. Kinard thought this amendment
met the objections to the bill.
Mr.. Gadsden OBJECTED to this amend
ment unless the whites and negroes
were divided in the smoker. Couldn't
see the difference betweeen consorting
with a colored man in smoker and
on s frst-class coach. If the line was
drawn in the 6rst-class coach why not
in the smoker.
MIR. Mccullough called for the pre-
vious question on the whole matter.
Mr.. Cushman's amendment was
tabled by a vote OF 80 to 40
Mr.. Caughman moved to strike out
ell after the enscting words and sub
stilute his original bill. This occa.
stoned merriment.
Mr.. Caughman said the skeleton Of
| the whole matter vas now lett. There
was no longer any kernel or meat in
the bill. The original bill was the
only one that should pass, SIS that was
: the kernel and and not skeleton.
I Mr.. Kibler wanted the previous
qut stion on the whole matter.
Mr. Dukes, cf Orangeburg, said
separate coaches were demandsd by
the white people.
Mr.. Pollock said he was surprised at
Mr.. Thomas speech. The House and
the people want legislation for sepa-
rate coaches. Mr. Thomas view was
that the bill only abolished distir ction
in the races He slso calls attention
to defects. Why does he not offer to
amend the billl The House was alto
gether advised of the closet arrange
ments, and il bjec:ionable it could be
amended.
The vote was then taken on Mr.
Caughman's bill; this time an age and
nay vote was demanded. The motion
vas to accept Mr.. Caughman's bill as
an amendment to the substitute bill.
1t resulted:
Y=as-Asbill, Austell, Bacot, Bedon,
Bsthune, Breeland, Carraway, Car
son, Caughman, Cushmap, George W.
Davis, DsBruhl. DeLoach, Dukes,
Edwards. E6rd, FAirey. Fox. Garris,
P. P. Goodwin, o P. Goodwin, Ora
ham, Hamilton, Harvev, Hazelden,
Henderson, Hum mphroy, Hydrick, Hor'
ace E. Johnson, Kibler, Henry J.
Klnard, Lester, Limehouse, Mauldin,
J. E Miller, Joel &. Miller, McCul-
Tough, Mcdaniel, McKeown, Nc
White, Plyer, Prince, Rainsfoad,
Rogers, Rassell, Skinner, E D..
SIN th, Speer, John P. Thomas, Jr.,
rcole. Wolling, Welch, Westmore'
land, Wilson, Virgo, Witherspocn,
Yeldell-6O.
Nays-Speaker Gary, All, Ander
son, Colcock, Crum, Gsdsden, Gage,
Hiott, Kennedy, J. D. Kinard, Lof-
ton Magill, Mehrtens, Mitchell, Nc.
Laurin, Nettles, Phillips, Pollock,
Pyatt, Reynolds, SinkIer, W. S.
smith, Stevenson, W. E. Thomas,
Whisonant, Williams-26.
Mr.. Meares said he could not select
between two evils. The two bills
were fraught with evil. It would
tend to strain the relationship now so
very pleasant between the races. The
House refused to excuse Mr.. Meares
from voting, but on his appeal, excus.
ed him from voting.
After the Caughman bill had been
adopted, Mr. Gsdsden wanted amend
meuts; so did Mr.. Rogers and others,
but they were not in order, in view Of
the tangle.
Mr.. Stevenson, Mr.. Kinard and
others offered amendments, but one
objection made these amendments out
Of order.
The bill was finally ordered to its
third reading exactly as presented by
Sir. Caughman, and as the bill had
previously been killed.
The bill as passed reads as follows:
Section l. That all railroad compa
lies engaged in this State as common
carriers of passengers for hire shall
furnish separate apartments IN first
class coaches for the accommodation
Ut white and colored passengers: Pro