Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-02-15
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
More Important Proceedings of tn
House and Senate.

| THE GENERAL ASSEmbLI.
More Important Proceedings of the
| House and Senate.
Correspondence Of the Yorkyille Enquirer.
COLUMBIA. February 13.-1f the
present house has achieved fame, 1t is
on account Of its refusal to pass so
many bills. The measures that have
run the gauntlet in both houses are
very scarce, and Senator Tillman might
be excused for giving this general as
sembly the characterization he applied
to that of 10 years ago-the "driftwood
Legislature" There has certainly been
no definite aim ascertainablc by an OBJ
server.
The redistricting bill is the one i'm
portant measure that has gone through
this week. The MCGOWAN bill, which
originated in the house was, on Tues
day. passed by the senate with one
amendment; but only after considera-
BILE debate. Clarendon Is taken from
the Seventh district and put in the
First, and the house will doubtless
agree to the change. Senator Gruber
offered an amendment which would
have materially changed the First
Second and Seventh districts; but after
long debate the amendment was lost
Then Senator Mayfield undertook to
have Edgefield and Saluda placed in
separate districts. This brought forth
spirited protest from Senator Shep-
pard, who carried his point, and Edge
field and Saluda remain, side by side In
the Second district.
The bill arranges the congressional
districts as follows:
First district-Charleston, Berkeley
Colleton, Clarendon and Dorchester.
| Second district-Aiken, Bamberg
Barnwell, Beaufort, Edgefield, Saluda
and Hampton.
Third district-Pickens, Oconee, An.
derson, Abbeville, Greenwood and
Newberry.
Fourth district-Laurens, Spartan
burg, Greenville and Union.
Fifth district-Cherokee, Chester
York, Fairfield, Kershaw, Chesterfield
and Lancaster.
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Horny, Darlington, Florence, Williams
burg and Georgetown
Seventh district-Richland, Sumter
Orangeburg and Lexington.
Senator Gruber's biennial sessions
proposition met it's death in the senate
yesterday, failing to receive a two
third vote as required by the constitu-
tion for the passage Of constitutional
amendment. There vas little debate
and the vote stood. IL
For biennial sessions-Senators Ap-
pelt, Barnwell, Blakeney, Caughman
Dean, Dennis, Gaines, Glenn, Gruber
Henderson, Livingston, Manning
Ragsdale, Raysor, Sarratt, Sharpe
Sheppard, Stackhouse, Walker, VIII
liams-20.
Against biennial sessions-Senators
Bowen, Douglass, Goodwin, Graydon
Hay, Herndon, Hough, Hydrick, llder-
ton, Marshall, Mayfield, Moore, Now
er, Stanland, Talbird-15.
The senate also killed Senator Hays
bill to make it a misdemeanor to shoot
live pigeons for target practice. The
fight on the bill was led by Senator
D. S. Henderson, Of Aiken. and the bill
was rejected by a vote of q to 16. 1t Is
interesting to note that a New York
newspaper recently announced that
10000 live birds were shipped from
New York to Aiken to be used for the
amusement of the trap shooters among
the rich winter residents there.
Mr.. DeBruhl's BILL to provide the
manner in which railroad companies
incorporated under the laws Of other
states may be incorporated in this
state, was given its third reading in
the senate yesterday. The senate add
ed several unimportant amendments to
the bill, and 1t has been sent back to
the house for concurrence.
The house spent Monday on unimpor-
tant matters-eXcept the recess taken
for the reception Of the Cook County
Democracy. On Tuesday a morning
and night session was held and the an
THRUST bills were taken up for consid-
Grafton at each session. Although
there was much talk on each side, the
bills were left up In the air-'depate
adjourned" which means that the So
Ions did not wish to vote one way or
the other and preferred to leave the Is
sues involved undecided.
| Yesterday the house took up the ap-
preparation bill and gave 1t a second
reading with little dispute as to the
several items. All the appropriations
recommended by the ways and means
committee were granted except that
asked for Winthrop, which was placed
at s50,00O, instead of s60,000 The alb
sence Of fight on the appropriations
is feature of this session.
Yesterday at the Caldwell hotel, Rep
resentative Theus. of Hampton, died
of pneumonia, and as soon as the fact
was announced both houses adjourned
out of respect. Mr.. Theus was re-
markably handsome man, quiet and
dignified, and a faithful legislator.
Suitable resolutions were adopted IN
each house and a committee appointed
to attend the funeral.
THE ANGLO-JAPANEsE TREATY-Mr.