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

The Public Printing Bin Passed oths
Matters.
4 proposition 10 commemorate the
convention which took South Carolina
out of the Union was made to the sen
ate by Wade Hsmpton Chapter,
Daughters of the Confederacy, Mon
dsy, Path instant Senator Slosn, in
behalf of Mrs. Adeline Pope Stoney,
Mrs. s. q. Richardson, Mrs. J. s
Finn, Miss D Martin and Mrs. n
Girardeau. requested by concurrent
resolution, permission OF the general
assembly 10 erect in the corridor be
tween the senate chamber and the taLl
Of the hou:e 8 marble tablet N com
menoration O: such notable historical
events and persons as are cherished by
all patriots, in their discretion; pro
vided such tablet shall compart with
Its architectural Surroundings, and be
an ornament as well as a record. It
was stated that the tablet would con-
tain the names ofthe members OF the
c<eessicn convention.
Mr.. Sloan also presented at the
same time petition of this patriotic
association of ladies, praving the gen
eral assembly to have erected arouRd
the Confederate monument in front OF
the state house su!tsble iron railing
to protect it from musilstion by pass
ing vehicles.
Both propositions were referred to
committees to consider and report.
When the bill providing for the let
ting Of the public printing on contract
was reached an effort was made to
have the consideration of it postponed,
but Mr.. Moses insisted upon immedi-
ate action and It wss passed to its third
reading.
The bill 70 extend the time for the
payment Of the commission road tax
elected the only debate of the day bus
it was finally passed.
Mr.. Henderson had Aiken county
included in the bill allowing only
twenty-five cents per day for dieting
prisoners.
In the Senate Tuesday Mr.. Buist's
bill defining and regulating primary
elections OF political parties in South
Carolina coming up for its final read
ing, Mr.. Buist briefly urged its passage.
he had. he said, tried to remove all
objections to the bill which he had
heard expressed the other day and
thought he had succeeded. Now
when my amiable friend from Aiken, :"
he continued, got up the other day
and told Of the high plane on which
elections are conducted in his county,
felt proud that there was one sens-
tor here who had such a contituency.
The senator from Newberry made me
doubly proud by expressing the same
high confidence in the people Of his
county. The senator from Dorchester
following these two gentlemen, how
ever, told q different tale. He related
how the fair name of the young
county was besnirched with fraud in
the very first election held in it. This
measure is not designed for the protec-
ton of such counties as Aiken and
Newberry, where fraud does not exist
sccol ding 10 the honorable senators
from those respective counties, but for
the rest Of the State, where the voters
are not as s whole such high-minded
men,"
Mr.. Henderson replied TO Mr.. Buist
and stated that he objected to the bill
because it would be tco burdensome.
There were no needs for such string
ent rules. Besides, the bill would add
to the expenses Of holding primaries
for copies OF the registration books,
which simply took the place of the
club rolls, would have to be made.
Aside from the monetary considera-
tons it was hard enough to get the
people to turn cut to the polls and with
the enactment of such stringent rules
it would be harder still to gel them
ont.
Mr.. Pettigrew thought the bill
void tend to place our govern ment in
the hands Of the few.
The vote resulted in the bill being
defeated, 2s to s, only Senator's Al
drich, Archer, Buist, DuBose, Mayfeld
McAlhaney, Miller, and Norris voting
for it.
MIR. Connor called up his bill to
regulate the manufacture, inspection,
shipment and sale of commercial fer
siizers and to reduce the privilege
tax from Is to 10 cents.
Debate was started by Mr.. Mcdaniel
amending so IS to leave the privilege
tax at 25 cents.
Mr.. Connor declared that the taz
was paid by the farmer and that while
the fund derived thereby went to the
support of Clemson college there was
more thsn enough for this purpose.
He read from speeches made prior to
1880 by both Mr.. Tllman and Mr..
Norris and showed where each had de-
clared that 100000 would suffice to
establish and equip the college and
$50, 200 per annum be sufficient to run
it. If that amount would maintain
Clemson, he affirmed privilege lax
of 10 cents would yield sufficient
revenues. ''It tina. be the case, then
why not save to the farmers of the
State the extra Is cents per tons" he
asked.
Mr.. Norris replied and declared that
this question of Clemson had been de-
clared for almost unanimously in 1896
and had been overwhelmingly sup-
ported since. He did not think il
right to make curtailment of expenses
at this time and before such move
was made thought the people shoulc
be permitted TO pass on it st the bat-
lot box. He declared Clemson was
doing excellent work and stated tha
were the revenues of the college LET
intscta text.le department would b;
added without any additional apprc-
\ priation. But before making this re-
duct;on lie asked that tbe senator:
leave it to the people next year.
a vote on MIR. McDaniels motion tc
leave the privilege tax at 25 cents re-
suited in 1t being agreed to by vote
of 27 to s.
The other features Of the hill were