The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-01-22
OPENING THE SENATE.
Why It Was Hard for the Body to
Adjourn.
WORK DONE UP TO THIS TEE.

WORK DONE UP TO THIS TIIE.
Senator Raysor Sworn i'll and As
! signed to Several Committees.
The Governors Message
! Received and Read.
The only trouble that the senate
| had at its first session was in adjourn
! ing. Everything had moved smooth
! ly enough and only Senator Earnwell;s
chirography had occaSiOned any hitch
! in the proceedings until all business
being apparently disposed Of Senator
! Sheppard, the parliamentary authOri-
! ty OF the legislature. moved in his
usual manner that the SeEate do now
adjourn"
! It was taken for granted that The
motion would pass, since there was
! nothing else to do, and Sc no one
voted.
Senator Sheppard's Gladstone c3l-
! lar was perceptibly agitated when the
! presiding officer. Lieut.. Gov. Iillman.
also from Edgetield, announced that
! tie motion was lost. that the senate
| refused to adjourn. The senator from
Edgeield for once was puzzled and did
: not conceal the fact. Finally he in
Quircd the reasons Of the chairs ruI-
ing.
40 senator voted" said the presi-
! dent. and the motion is lost"
How many, Mr.. President, voted
| in the negative?" asked the senator.
1T was tie" said the president.
! and in case Of d tie the president has
the right to cast the deciding vote.
| The chair voted no."
; Senator Sheppard smiled and then
again moved to adjourn. Lieut.. Coy.
! Tlllman promptly ruled the melton
out Of order. since one motion TO ad-
! journ cannot succeed another without
other business intervening.
! Senator Hough tried his hand and
| moved to adjourn. He was met with
: the same ruling and Senator Iiough
| was silent.
, Senator Mower suggested that some
senator who voted with the majority
might move to consider. Nobody but
! the reporters laughed.
Senator Appelt arose. He moved
; that the senate attend the Glen memo
: rial exercises in the hall Of the house
! Wednesday night. Several senator's
voted for the motion and none against
| it, so it was carried. The senator
! from Clarendon then moved to ad-
| journ. There were several votes IN
! the Affirmative and none in the mega
tive and the senate adjourned.
That is how the senate'S first SEES
sion ended. It began at noon when
I Col. Tillman called it to order, and
| the clerks called the roll. Prayer was
made by the chaplain. the Rev. S. H.
! Zimmerman, pastor OF the Main street
Methodist church, after which Lieut..
! GOV. Tillman addressed the senate in a
| few appropriate words.
THE FIRST BUSINESS.
| Senator Sheppard moved that d
committee to appointed to communl-
cate be the governor that the senate
was organized and ready for any COM
munication from his eXcellency. The
committee consisted of Senator Shep-
pard. Barnwell and Brown. and these
! gentlemen Immediately performed the
duty. Senator Raysor, the successor
to Senator Brantley Of Oraneeburg.
resigned, presented his credentials and
was sworn in by the president.
Lieut.. Gov. Tillman then announced
| the appointments Of pages and other
minor officials Of the body.
! Senator Sheppard for the commit
; tee reported that the governor said he
! would communicate with the senate
! Immediately and Private Secretary
! Aull was announced and presented the
annual document.
! Senator Sheppard moved that the
senator from Orangeburg, Raysor, be
assigned to the same committee as his
] predecessor save that on public library,
for which was substituted the iudici-
ary committee. This was carried and
Senator Raysor was accordingly as
signed to the committees.
! Senator Barnwell offered reSolu-
tion to recommit all bills .unacted upon
| to the appropriate committees, which
was adopted.
! COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
| On Wednesday the senate vas in
! session but little more than half an
hour but during that time dispatched
| considerable business. Such matters
as were acted upon went through
without discussion.
! The president OF the senate an
nounced the appointment Of r. a.
Floyd and A. II. Glover as doorkeep-
ers and they were sworn in.
| Senator Mayfeld introduced reso-
luton, which was adopted, directing
the sergeant-at-armS to provide new
, furniture for the senate committee
rooms, that now in use being worn and
delapidated.
!; Senator Raysor OF Orangeburg in
! Groduced q bill providing for colnpul-
! sorry education. The bill requires par
ents or guardians to send their chill
dren between and a years OF age to
q public or private school at least
eight weeks in each year. unless pre-
vented by illness or proficiency. such
excuses to be passed upon by the town
ship school trustees. Violations OF
this provision are made punishable by