The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-02-13
General Assembly.


The house mas voted $1,000 for
building and furnishing a new
Stewards Hall at the South Caro-
lima college in Columbia.
By vote of 13 to IL the senate
Wednesday refused to repeal the act
forbidding the use Of free railroad
passes by public officers. Senator
Sharpe voted to repeal the act.
twas as soon as the house met
Wednesday that the Confederate
pension bill came up for final read
ing.
J. ". Bolts, the only colored
member. moved the following amend
ment: "By adding $4,000, the
same for the servants OF the Con-
federates who assisted in the late
war" There was objection to the
consideration of any amendment on
third reading and of course it was
not acted on and the bill was sent to
the senate. The bill increases the
pension appropriation from 100000
to 100000.
By vote Of IS to %, the house
refused to strike out the enacting
words of the bill relative to railroad
charters, providing new method OF
incorporation.
The appropriation bill was called
up and the house proceeded to its
consideration.
There was very little quibble over
the sections relating to the pay OF
State officials in the executive and
judicial departments. There was
little change in the executive depart
ment, the governor being given a
stenogrspher at salary CT $500.
The house attacked two items in
the section relating to the Office Of
State Superintendent of Education
The bill provided a salary Of 5000
for the clerk. MIR. McMaster moved
to increase this to $l,350.
Mr.. Butler moved to table the amend
ment, and this latter motion prevail
ed. There was warm debate ever
the item of Sl.3l9 for printing and
stationery for use cf public schools,
but the item passed without amend
mept.
The State Board of Health is
given the same amount as last year
$4,000 with an addition of $500 for
clerk hire.
There was no fight on anything
else until the State colleges were
reached when motion was made to
reduce the appropriation of the
South Carolina college from $2s,lo7
to S25,0O0. After rejecting Mr..
Levers motion to cut it to $4,000
$4,000 was decided upon. The fol
lowing synopsis Of the debate is very
interesting:
Mr.. Lever wanted the appropria-
tion cut to $4,000. The trustees
report shows the president gets
$500, and this, he urged, was too
much. It was not reasonable to pay
him $4,000 and pay the Governor Of
a great State only $4,000. He be-
iieved that Mr.. Cromer was the peer
any day of DR.. Woodward and was
only paid $1,000. 1t seemed to him
that if Newberry college could be
run by president at $1,000 the
South Carolina college president
ought to get less. The professors
were given $1,000 and yet the State
officers are only paid $1,000. He
thought this was very high pay.
He wanted the president paid $1,000,
the professors paid $500 and the
adjunct professors ought to be cut
off entirely. He was not opposed to
the South Carolina college, but he
insisted that $4,000 would be
enough for the institution.
Mr.. Cosgrove, of Charleston, was
surprised at the twentieth century
ideas of the new young man. He
was mortified every time the salaries
of the State officers were mentioned.
He believed in paying good salaries
InlS State must nave the DeSG tale NJ
and to do this fair salaries must be
paid.
Mr.. Morgan, Of Green7ille, said he
represented a great county, which
had suffered from short crops. He
asked if there was any way to cur
til expenses, and at the same
time maintain the college, that it be
done.
Mr.. Moses, of Sumter, urged that
Mr.. Cromer look up the work as a
mater of duty to his Church.
Mr.. Moses defended the recommend