The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-01-29

gave additional Information that sur
priScd Ilr. CoSgrOye. The bill had not
necn referred TO that committee OF
the speakers volition Or at Mr.
WeSton's request. buy By the vote Of
tie house.
Mr.. Dominick who seemed TO be
warmed up. protested that the COM
mittee Oh privileges and elections
doesn't want to 20 to the neighbor-
hood u which it had been consigned
by Nr. Weston. He defended the
committee. 1t is composed OF one
member from each congressional dis
trict and these bill should have come
through that committee.
He referred 70 Mr.. Neston's re1ec-
ton on CnarleStun's caucus politics.
aud stated significantly that they
have politics in the Up-cc 'nlcy. too.
Mr.. Mcndcl Smitn opposed recomit-
ting the bills. 1t would mean that a
week would elapse before the bills
could ever bc considered. These bills
had come up last year. The matter
had been published widely and no
complaints had come from the people.
lie declared that il would be foolish
to have people come before the com
mittee and make statementSin regard
TO redistricting. The members Of the
several counties know the needs or
their congressional districts and this
l. .a-+ los N
Mr. 6. p. Sanders spoke along the
same lines as Mr.. Smith. Mr.. Etlrd
stated that he had heard protests
against redistricting.
The house by a large majority voted
down the resolution to recOmmit. Mr..
". L. Saith secured the floor to speak
on the main question. but seeing the
iateness Of the hour had Mr.. Williams
to move adjournment. This was car
ried and gives Mr.. Smith the floor
when the matter comes up for discus
sion Thursday morning.
When the redistricting bills were
brought up for discussion, Thursday
Mr.. NJ. L. Smith of kershaw had the
floor. lie made the general statement
that redistricting is necessary and
further that everybody cannot be
pleased with the grouping in aceor-
dance with population. He denied
that there is any personal motive in
the minds of the advocates Of the
bill. Mr.. MCGOWAN and Mr.. Weston
have introduced measures which will
practically eliminate themselves from
congressional h0nors.
Mr.. Smith declared that the trainers
Of the federal constitution never
thought Of States being divided into
districts. In 1912 congress provided
for districts. Originally it was State
representation and the congressman
should now represent the entire people
of the State as they do Of the entire
nation. 1t is necessary. however.
that these representatives should be
distributed over the State in order to
be supplied with as much knowledge
Of the needs of the people of different
sections.
ETe then cited figures showing that
according to the present grouping OF
counties into districts one voter in
Hampton county has as much repre-
sentation as five in Greenvllle. He
favored the MCGOWAN Dill. He held
I'D the ideal district and compared the
districts in the several bills with this
ideal. to the credit Of the MCGOWAN
bill. lie called attention to the fact
that all but one Of South Cardinals
congressman live in the border coun-
ties. This is the result Of the gerry
wandered scheme now in existence
and the interior counties have no
showing at ali. The county Of Rich
land is so divided that One-half is
tackled on to the mountain counties,
the other to the seacoaSt. He closed
with an appeal for change.
Mr.. Dennis wanted to 60 on record
as favoring the MCGOWAN bill.
Mr.. Freeman of Marlboro offered a
substitute for Mr.. McGowan'S bill.
He said that some Of the districts in
the MCGOWAN bill were like gourd
vines. He had consulted no candidates
for congress in arranging his bill. He
had taken the map and worked every
conceivable combination and he had
presented what he believes to be the
best plan of all. He then discussed
the merits Of the several bills.
Mr.. Efrd moved to indefinitely post
pone the whole matter. This was
voted down b. an overwhelming ma
iority-9S to II. The II were: BleaSe,
Efrd. Fox. Hill, kibler, Kinard, Lide,
Lomax, Maulding, J. B. Smith, Stro-
man, Tatum, Towill, Woods.
Mr.. Dorroh protested against Green
Vile being districted with Spartan
burg. Union and Laurens. The re-
lations between Greenville and Spar
tanburg are cordial enough. but much
closer are the relations between
Greenville and Anderson, Abbeville,
Oconee and PickenS. -Greenville and
Spartanburg for 20 years have been
political rivals. If you keep them in
the same district you simply perpet-
uate row Of 20 years standing.
Spartanburg, Laurens and Union are
old counties connected by blood.
Greenville, Anderson, Oconee and
Pickens were later settled and con-
nected by tradition and association.
We have heard there are excellent
people in Union but we are not &C
ouainted with them. The city of
Greenville was settled partly from Alb
beville and Anderson and the counties
Of Anderson and Greenville largely
settled Pickens and Oconee. Green
vile, Pickens and Oconee are the only
mountain counties in the State and
should not be separated.
The McUOwan bill provides q collec-
tion OF long strings. The Freeman
bill provides a collection Of punches.
y am not Il candidate for congress.
and never expect to be one. and l am
not representing any congressman