The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-02-14
RAILROAD FARES.
Considerably Reduced by a State
Senate Bill.
HOW EACH SENATOR VOTED.
The Bill Makes Mary MARY Changes
in the Present Jim Crow
Car Law as to Division
of Cars.

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the law requiring divided coaches so as
to require separate coaches for the two
races was taken up as special order
by the Senate Tuesday.
The bill as it came over from the
house provided in section 2 that the
rate for transportation of passengers on
all railroads should not exceed 3 cents
per mile, and railroads we're not to be
required to have second-class coaches
or to sell second class tickets, but must
provide one frst-class coach for each
race, giving each race equal aecommo-
dation. This would do away with the
divided coaches which have proved so
unsatisfactory on certain lines.
Seantor Graydon offered an amend
ment to make the rate 2 "a cents a
mile instead of 3 cents. He said this
rate prevailed in Georgia, Alabama and
other States.
Senator Mower thought the present
system should be continued, as it was
working smoothly so far as he could
see. He moved to strike out the en-
acting words of the bill.
Senator Ragsdale wanted to vote on
Senator Graydon's amendment first
and for this purpose Senator Mower
withdrew his motion. The vote on
Senator Graydon's amendment to make
the uniform rate Sd cents was fol-
lows, the amendment being lost.
Yeas-A. cher, Blakeney, Connor,
CrossoD, Graydon, Hough, llderton,
Love, McDermott, Mower, Ragsdale,
Sarratt, Stanland, Sullivan, Wallace. -
Is.
Nays-Aldrich, Alexander, Appelt,
Bowen, G. W. Brown, Dean, Douglass,
Glenn, Gruber. Henderson, Livingston,
Manning, Marshall, Mauldin, May6eld,
Sheppard, Talbird, Walker, Waller
19.
Senator Ragsdale offered an amend
ment making the first clr5s rate 3 cents
and the second-class rate q and strik-
ing out the section abolishing the Sec
ond-class car.
Senator Mower moved to indefinitely
postpone the bill on the ground that
the question had become merely one of
rates.
On Senator Movers motion to indef-
nitely postpone, the vote stood as fol-
lows, the senate refusing, to postpone:
Yeas-Alexander, Archer, Blakeney,
Connor, Dean, Glenn, Hough, Mower,
Sarratt, Talbird, Walker, Wallace
II.
Nays-.Aldrich, Appelt, Bowen, G.
". Brown, Crosson, Douglass, Gray
don, Gruber, Henderson, Ilderton, Liv-
ingston, Love, Manning, Marshall,
Mauldin, Mayfeld, McDermott, Rags
dale, Sheppard, StaEland, Sullivan,
Waller-22.
Senator Gruber moved to amend SEN
ator Ragsdale's amendment by making
the second class rate 3-4 cents instead
Of % cents.
Senator Gruber's notion to amend
Senator Ragsdale's amendment so as to
make the second-class rate 2 3.4 was
voted on, and agreed to. Senator Rags
dale's amendment, as amended, was
then voted on and adopted, the rate be-
ing thus fixed at 3 cents for 6rst-class
fare and 3-4 for second-class. This
reduces the irst-class fare aud leaves
the second class as it is under the pres
ent law, and strikes out the section
abolishing the second-class car.
Senator Graydons amendment allow
ing the division of the sccond-c class
coach was next in order and developed
much discussion.
Senator Graydon's amendment was
then adopted after more debate by sew
eral senators. 1t is as follows:
Add section /, Provided that the
second class coach may be divided into
two compartments, one for white and
one for colored people.
Senator May field moved to amend the
bill by providing that a compartment
should be cut of at each end Of the
coach, one for females and one for
males. The amendment was agreed to.
Senator Gruber moved to amend the
bill by adding imprisonment for not
more than 30 days as punishment in
addition to the fine provided. This was
adopted.
Senator Mayfeld moved the commit
tee amendment exempting mixed trains
and this brought up the most puzzling
portion of the problem. Senator May
field offered substitute for the amend
nent, ''nor to mixed trains" as fol-
lows, NOR to regular freight trains
with a passenger train attached for
local travel.
Senator Rag5dale's motion to inde-
fnitely postpone the amendment was
put aud the vote resulted, 10 ayes to "a
noes, as follows, the senate refusing to
reject the amendment:
Yeas-Archer Blakeney, Connor
Gradon, Gruber, Ilderton, Love, Rags
dale, Suddath, and Wallace.-10.
Nays-Aldrich Alexander, Appelt,
Bowen, Crosson, Dean, Douglass,
Glenn, Henderson, Hough, Livingston,
Manning, Marshall, Mauldin, Mayfeld,
McDermott. Mower, Sarratt, Sheppard,
Stanland, Sullivan, Talbird, Walker,
and Waller.-24.
The amendment was then agreed to
without division.
The question then came up on the
passage Of the bill as amended and the
aye and no vote resulted in its passage
by vote of % to 13 as follows:
Yeas-Archer, Blakeney, Bowen, G.
W. Brown, Connor, Crosson, Douglass,
Graydon, Gruber, Henderson, Hough,
1lderton, Love, Marshall, Mayfeld,
McDermott, Ragsdale, Sarratt, Stan
land, Suddath. Sullivan, Wallace.-22.
Nays-Aldrich, Alexander, Applet,