The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-02-06
PASSED THE HOUSE.
Exposition Bill Agreed to by a
roy 2trlaIgsfmsi n'ttyrrg2 uoY
THE VOTE WAS FOUR ONE
- ~ FFN -
And Amendments Attempting to
Cut -Dowa--the Proposed -.-
appropriation Were -
VDtah n, up
Voted D. wn.

The bill which passed the Senate last
week to appropriate $780, for q
State building at the Charleston exposi-
tion passed the House on Tuesday Of
last week by vote Of 92 to %, This
is the same, proportion in which it
passed the Senate 4 to l.. antvl .,.-..
When the exposition bill came up
MIR. Baoot offered the senate bill as a
substitute for the house bill. This was
agreed to, IS the wording Of the two
almost identiosl sod time could be
saved by adopting the senate bill, ~hioh
had already passed tic senate.
MIR, Halle of York offercd an amend
ment to re duce the proposed sppropria
tion from $50, 900 to s35, 000 p
DIR. Bsoot said the ways and means
committee had unanimously passed
upon $50, 900 ss being necessary. The.
building itself will cost S27 900. This
building is to bear, the name and to be
the property Of the State. - 1t may be
that this .S27 900 amount must be SUP
plemented by the exposition itself in
order to, erect a building aloug the
handsome designs furnished. Each of
the 40 counties, in the State is to be
encouraged to have. an, exhibit. and
$40, 600 will be needed for this purpose
Clemson's, splendid exhibit will cost
90. 900 to collect and to give tfansporta
tiob. 1.a..t'E .a"Ac!: tue1 ,5'Gl,at
tax levy? -1' 4, = 'u',sI lSTId
Mr.: Bacot-I am glad you 70 asked. III,
question. y - 49, - fFl@al . .G { s,-.-,
He then read a statement from Mr..
I. B. Clyburn, chief clerk of the
comptroller generals cffiSe, saying
The appropriation of $50 900 provided
foriin. the bill in aid of the South Car
olina Interstate and West Indian ex
position to- be bold in, the city of Char
lesion, will knot-in- an y,way increase tho
tsy levy for State purposes"
MIR. Haile's amendment was then re-
jected. - -
MIR. dc Lo,ch of York moved to
strike out the enaotfag words Of the
Mr.. Croft of, Aiken was, the first to
speak upon the biil. He argued rst
the lawful authority Of the State to-
NAL ke the appropriation -shd cited the
conslitdtion 1862 ststsin his{ pes7tiah.
We have aprscs9ruts l;t;an .hisf: aape :.
pri1tion. The centennial exposition al
Philadelphia was graced by an exhibit
showing the wonderful resources, of
Soqth Carolina, her phosphate rock,
her manufacturing enterprises, etc.
and there is no doubt much good re-
sulted from that. Charleston's city
council has given as much as the State
ls asked for, and her citizens have sub
soribed $500, 600, more WouHitf be
right for that city to erect a building
ard to furnish the exhibit for the en-
tire State?
Mr.. Harvey Wilson of Sumter, as
chairman of the ways and means com.
mltee, stated that, in the judgment of
the committee that WAS the very least
mount with which the exposition
could get along.
{ MIR. j, O. Robertson of Columbia. in
behalf Of the Richland delegation
Favored the bill There are some peo.
pie, he aaid, who pever see constitu-
tional barriers when such obje.tiens
affect matters which they favor. He
thought that the State ought to be
w5!ling to give this pitiful lirtle sum Of
s3O, 900 to help Charleston, for: she
needs help more than any other part OF
the State. a.
Mr. Morrison Of Fairfield, declared
himself against the bill. 1t is dan
gerous thing for one interest to over
shadow all others in State. Two hun.
died years ago theology impregnated
the government of Scotland. and
wrought that government downfall.
Milltarlsm WAS uppermost in Rrance
until that government fell. CONNER
cisl interests are being put above
every thing clso in this country, and
nnless there be a halt the nation will
Tall. lie intimated that commercial in.
ter, SIS would kill the child labor bill.
MIR. Tatum Of Orangeburg, did not
beleve In shutting the doors in the
face of tho metropolis of the State, but
he did not approve Of the last section
OF the bill which provides that the
buildings at the close of the exposition
be turned over to the State Agricul
tural and Mechanical society to be re-
moved from the grounds within three
months. He would at the proper time
offer an amendment TO ALLOW the sink
Ing fuud commifsi sicn to sell the build
lhgs and turn the money over TO the
State.
Mr. Woling of ia rfgld saw that
the constitutional objection of MIR. de
Loaoh could be easily disposed Of, be.
cause the se0tion is cspabl of more
thar one coDstruolion. rhis bill would
tend to build up the waste places Of the
state. For the want of energy aud FOR
The want of enterprise the great port cf
Pbsrieston, superior to any in Georgia,
Is almost idle. The Atlanta exposition
tid great desl for Georgia, and the
ChSrieston exposition will do q great.
deal for South .CsrOlipa -r,,
DIR" Srom OF Edgefeld said he ap.,
preGlsted the necessity OF going care.
lulIy with the State money, but he de-
slartd that tho State would mover cx.
taUd if it kept closed up hike an oyster.
Eo differed with his colleague Mr. May
SON and would support tho bill. ..-
Ar ,Bacet Of Gbsresfot argued the,
GoBstiiut tioBslity,- of the, matter, He.
aubtad decisions Of the sIbreme court
Of the nited States to shos, that ap,
propIiations TO. expeditions, etc, are,
not for private good but for publicoWealil, q. e,
and therefore. constitutional; ~. ~ e.. -
Nh Hardia asked if congpess has.
hotapprOpriated $3.50 GOO to the exposis
zion gnr5i Ia, araa:g ,.ar ~. l...1 - =, /,
Mr.. Bicot replied that the bill jisr ',s
bonding waiting on the, decision Of The
legjslaturo of. South Osroliba upon the
small approximation. ''2'9- %"