The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-09
The General Assembly
Caughman's Separate Coach
Bill Passes The House.

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The News and Courier. The House
to-day fought hard and contiDusly on
the separate coach propositions. Mr..
Caaghman introduced bill to simply
require separate coaches for first
class passengers, and provided for a
second class car The railroad com
mittee proposed a substitute bill car
fying out the separate coach idea.
but, to deal literally with the rail
roads that make no money on their
passenger business, thought it beet
to compromise the points under de-
bate and at the same time to carry
out the separation OF the races The
plan was substantially the same as
that in operation in Georgia. 1t pro-
vided for uniform rate of three
cents, which was slight reduction
Of the first Class rate and slight
increase of the second class rate
The House killed the Caugbman bill
at one time, end fought and wrestled
for hours over amendments, when
suddenly the Caughman bill was pas
sed. and the parliamentary situation
was such that no amendments could
be offered, although even the best
friends of the bill were ready to have
amendments to the bill
This is the same legislation that
year after year has been killed in the
Senate
The House passed Mr. Ashley's
fertilizer tax bill, after acceptable
amendments had been agreed upon.
THE CAUGHMAN BILL AS PASS
ED.
The bill as passed reads as follows:
Section That all railroad com
panies engaged in this State as com
mon carries Of passengers for hire
shall furnish separate apartments in
6rst class coaches or separate first
class coaches for the accommodation
of white and coiored passengers
Provided, equal accommodation shall
be supplied to all persons, without
distinction Of race, color or previous
condition, in such coaches.
Section 2 That any fret class
coach of such carrier Of passengers
may be divided into apartments,
separated by substantial partition,
in lieu of separate coaches
Section 8 That should any rail.
road Or railroad company, It's agents
or employees violate the provisions of
this Act such railroad or railroad
company shall be liable to penalty
of not more than five hundred dollars
nor less than three hundred dollars
for each violation, to be collected by
suit Of any citizen of this State. and
the penalty recovered shall be equal
y divided between the citizen bring
ing the suit and the State of South
Carolina.
Section 4. That the provisions OF
this Act shall not apply to nurses on
trains, or to relief trains in cases Of
accident, nor to through ves:ibule
trains
Section S. That the provisions of
this Act shall not go into effect until
July 1, 1898.
Section 6. That all Acts and parts
of Acts inconsistent with this Act
are hereby repealed
NORTHERN BOOK AGENTS "ON
TOP"
Mr. Bacot requests the publication
of the following:
/ desire to spread upon the jour-
al my reasons for asking leave to
withdraw from the public files
of the House "a bill to protect the
children Of this State from the bane-
ful influence of wrong instruction,
to wit:
: That It may be returnd to the
Daughters of the Confederacy. from
whom it emanated, to remain 10 their
holy ard safe keeping, lest the purity
of its white folds be snllied by con-
tact with the foul hands of the mis-
creapt horde of .-book agents" who
for several days past have focked
around and in the State House lob
bying against the bill in order to
save from moral ruin the regulations
of mendacious authors, and them
selves and their principals from pc
cuniary loss; and oHe of whom, i'm
mediately after the bill was Indefinitely
poeponed las. night. telegraphed
North, eve are on top"-all wretch
ed creatures. who, "the poison of
asps" being "under their lips" as
we'll as their pens, would poision and
attempt to poison the minds of young
children for the sake of pelf, and also
to crafty feelings of animosity
Their money and their feelings per-
ish with them T ". BAcroT
February, 5, 1898.