The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-03-05
Rather Far-Fetehed.
Editor The Manning Times:


In your last issue YOU say:
Il also introduced bill to amend an
Act entitled AN Act relating to the
powers of certain corporations" which
was referred TO the committee on cor
porations. composed principally of law
vers. and they recommended its pas
sage. succeeded in getting a MAORI
" vote in the Senate. and had no rea.
son to think there would be any oppo-
Sition in the House, bat when the bill
came up TO be passed to a third read
ing. It was late in the session. and the
members were clamoring to clear off
the Calendar, each man trying to forge
forward the measures he was especial
IL interested in and caring nothing for
the other measures: in this condition
of things Mr.. Galluchat made opposi-
ton to the bill. and he is reported to
have said that it was a political move
to prevent the people from having the
right TO vote upon themselves bonds
for improvements, and the other mem
bers of the delegation not correcting
the statement the euacting words OF
the bill were stricken out. regret eX-
ceedingly that Mr.. Gallpchat made
such a statement, because it shows that
he did not read the provisions of the
bill. as the object of the bill is the op-
posite of his statement. Had | dream
ed that he was going to oppose the
measure. | should have posted Il num-
Der of my friends in the House and
then the measure would have gotten
before the body on its merits. Ii is
well to state the object CT the bill.
There is general law relating to in
corporations. which gives town coun-
Gil the right to levy a tax as high as ten
mills upon the real and personal prop
erty. Lawyers differ as to whether u
town comes under the genera Act
without first submitting the question OF
surrendering it's charter to the quail
fed electors. Our own council is ad-
vise3 that we are now under the gen
eral corporation Act. l favor all of the
powers in the Act except the taxing
bower, and if my bill had become law,
the council before levying tax over
two mills would first have to submit the
question shall the tax be raised? The
amount OF raise and the purpose"
This is the report that went out and
which you read:
Senator Applet had L bill relating to
elections for issuing bonds for munich
pal improvements. Mr.. Galluchat of
his county opposed the bill as political
effort to keep the white people Of his
town from voting bonds in aid Of i'm
provementS. The bill was killed."
Had you not omitted the word
white" from the report of my remarks
in opposition to your bill it would have
been unnecessary for me 20 have writ
ten Il word in answer TO your article.
The various town and city councils
of the State have the power to levy
taxes for waterwOrks. etc, as You say.
We. in Manning. are about to elect a
council of public-spirited white men
who will give US that protection. Your
bill divests them and other town and
city councils of more than 1000 popula-
tion of that power, and bestows upon
every negro voter the right to vote
against such measure. which they will
all do. because they live on the out
skirts beyond the reach OF the water.
You must have succeeded IN getting
4 majority vote in the Senate in sup
port of such nefarious scheme because
lit was late in the session and the
members were clamoring TO clear off
the Calendar. each man trying TO forge
forward the measures he WIS especially
interested in and caring nothing for the
other measures I am sure had the
defect in your bill been pointed out to
the senators they would have done as
the House members did-unanimouslv
defeated it. the ''other members OF the
delegation" whom you entrusted with
its steerage not even voting for It.
white supremacy" ought to be prac-
ticed so well as preached.
NJ. c. GALLUCHAT.