The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-02-20

night. but at z q. n today it is found
thac it will be nece7sary to bold another
session baginning az, a n.
Tae house yesterday morning speot
a lIstiess session. -Four second readiog
bills were ordered to third ,eadioe.
When the bouse reached Senator
Movers DILL relating to lighting
plaot to be built by the State. Mr.
Moses moved to amend By GLOWING the
commission appointed for that purpose
to use It's discretion as TO erecting a
plaos or contracting for power. The
amendment was adopted.
The house passed the senate resolu-
ton commanding the action of Senator
B. R Tillnan in the recent party
issues.
The aouse killed the resolution Of
the committee on State house and
grounds providing that the balls of the
State house be used by political bodies
only. Mr. Moses explained that the use
Of the halls had already been rendered
the Confederate veterans aud the reso-
lutiou would oullify that action TIE
resolution was killed by vote of 43 to
IA The object of the resolution was
evidently TO Keep ou, the State ball
The free conference committee made
its report 90 Mr. Cooper's bill relating
to the manufacture, use aud sale of
pistols The report vas adopted. The
bill as it will become law provides that
10 postol weighing under three pounds
aud uader 20 inches ie length shall be
wora concealed or exposed. This docs
oos 90 into effect. however, until July,
1902. sod does rot apply to peace
chcers.
The free conference conni.ree's
MEASURE allowing tie Uoited States
go7eTumea. to establish a fosfery re
seruation 10 the Appalachiana Vas
adopted
One of the most important measures
which have come up ct this session vas
the effort to domesticstc railroad cor
porations. in other words to make do
nestle corporations OF them so that they
may have suit brought against them io
the State courts. Three bills we're in
sroduced Senator Graydon's was pasa,
ed by the senate, Mr DeBruhl's by toe
house. The house coDti0ued Mr. Fesser's
uo:il next session, aud the senate made
such disposition Of the DaBruhl bill
wheu it reached the seosse.
When the Graydoo bill reached the
house tbe DeBruhi bill was substituted
for it The senate refused to accept
the amendment A committee of coo
ference was appointed. The members
being Senators Mayfeld aod BraDtley
and Representatives. NJ. L Snitb, Gas
,oc and Cooper This committee could
nos agree and o free conference COM
mittee was appointed, consisting of
Senator'S Graydoo. Henderson and Dean
a1d Representatives DeBrubl, Frasor
aud Croft. This com ni,tee also failed
70 agree, it requiring two senators and
two representatives to constitute q ma
/ jority Of the committee. Consequently
the bill YES killed.
I: is we'll known that the three
representatives on the free conference
committee held out for passing some
bill, preferably The house bill This vas
oDe Of the leading issues Of this session
ADD like nearly all others it goes over
until pexs session.
Messrs Fraser, DeBruhl. Croft, Gas.
ton aud NJ. L Smith. champions Of the
house bill, consended that the Graydou
bill is little better than the act of 1896
which is almost puilisy
Their statement of the difference
between the two houses is:
l The South Carolina constitution
forbids foreign railroad corporations to
do business in this State It requires
them to become domestic, i. g.. based
upon natural persons
2 The courts bold that new cor.
poratioo based upon foreign corpora
eioo is foreign corporation. If based
upon natural persons it lie domestic.
8 The senate bill requires the new
corporation to be based upon the for.
eigo corporation. Therefore corpora,
ton created uoder it will be foreign.
4 The house bill requires the pew
corporation 20 be based upou natural
persons. Therefore it makes the new
corporation domestic
Al the afternoon session little vas
done except wait for the reports from
committees CT conference.
The senate amendment to Mr Webb's
bill relating to giving of pay checks by
manufacturing establishments was
agreed TO- The bill purports to keep
cotton factory companies from having a
monopoly 10 the company sto:e. .
The amendment merely keeps it frcm
,ho irh