The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-02-12

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was listened 10 fer over al hour by the
house and the unusually large number
Of visitors. many OF them ladies WHO
represent the Kings Daughters.
During the first OF his speech Croft
was frequently interrupted. but he
showed in an effective way that he did
not care to be detected from his course
of argument. and ne was finally left
undiSturbed.
SOME SPIRITED EE1AETEE.
Ashley was one WHO wished to ask
Croft some questions. The latter re-
Piled that he would yield if Ashley
would make the questions pointed and
rot make an argument under cover OF
a question.
Ashley's question was: They have
divorce laws in other countries, too,
is that any reason why they should
have such a law here:"
Croft declared the question not ger
main to the issue and declined to
leave his argument to answer 1t.
Shortly afterwards when Croft WAS
telling Of the glorieS Of this country,
illustrating the combination vi tUuca-
ton with liberty, Mr.. Galluchat want
ed to ask a question. Croft assented
if it would be germain to the issue.
Galluchat wanted to know if these
glorious conditions would not be fur
thered by commercial Democracy:
Croft answered.: The gentleman's
question is not relevant. it is imperti-
nent."
Mr.. Dorroh also interrupted Croft
at times. At the conclusion OF CroftS
speech, Dorroh secured the floor to say
that the people in his county loved
liberty better than education. Croft
replied with ill-concealed bitterness
that when he was a very young man
like Dorroh he too had lived near Pa
ris mountain ard he knows that the
people there loved liberty. He has
since moved to another county where
the people love liberty as well and they
want education with it. Continuing
he said that Dorroh reminded him OF
the fable of the fox which was caught
in a trap set by a farmer. Every time
the fox would try to get out he would
strike a rope and ring the farm bell.
The fox was alarmed at first but final
~, looking up at the bell, declared,
"A great big mouth, a very long
tongue, a hell Of a fusS-and nothing
else"
The house was convulsed with laugh
ter. Dorroh was stung to the quick,
but Prince secured the floor first.
Confusion reigned, but D0rroh man
aged to work in d retort to Col. Croft:
"Insolence is the last resort Of lost
cause" said Dorroh, and that closed
the incident.
VICTORY WON.
Mr.. Croft then proceeded to make a
powerful speech in favor Of the bill.
He was followed by Mr.. Prince, Of
Anderson, who opposed the bill. He
concluded by defending the people OF
Anderson against Mr.. Logans charge
that a great stencil had gone up from
Anderson county on account OF the
labor conditions there. The people
Of Anderson are as honorable, as law
abiding as any other people Of the
State. It remained for Charleston
ian Judge Benet) to stir up the stencil
and the people OF Anderson are not to
blame for any sinking: for the whole
business was exaggerated.
Mr.. Butler at this point called for a
vote, which was taken on Col. Robin
sons motion to kill the bill. The re-
suit was as follows:
yeas-Ashley, All, Austin. Banks,
Brown. Bryan, Butler, Campbell, Car
ter, Coggeshall, Cooper, Dantzler,
Dodd, Dominick, Dorroh. Durant,
Estridge, Galluchat, Hollis. Humph-
rey. James, Johnson, Q. l., keels,
Kibler, kinard, LOCKWOOD, Lomax,
Lyles, Mauldin, Mccall, MCGOWAN,
MofSett, Morgan, Moses, NeSbitt:
Nichols. Parker. ". H.. Prince, Pyatt.
Rankin. Robinson. c. E.. Robinson,
R. B. A.. Rucker. Stackhouse. SeG-
brook. Thompson. Webb, Wells, Wha-
ley, Williams. Wilson, Wingo and
Woodard-55.
Nays-Hon. W. T. Stevenson,
speaker. Bacot. Beamguard. Biyens,
Blease, Bolts, Brooks, Bostick, Croft,
Crum. DeBruhl, Dunbar. Efrd. Elder,
Fox, Freeman. CASTOR, Gourdin. Gun
ter, Halle, Hardin, Hill. Hough,
Izlar, Jarnigan, Johnson. W. j., Kin
sey. Li6e, Logan, McCraw, McLaugh-
lin, Mcleod, McMaSter, T. H. Nc
Master, Jno., Mishoe, Morrison. Moss,
Murchison, Parker, W. L.. Patterson,
Rainsford, Richards. Richardson. San
ders, Sinkler, Smith, j. B.. Spears.
Stroman, Tatum, Thomas, J. ?. Jr..
Thomas, ". j., Towill, Webb. West
and Woods-57.
The vote on similar bill last year
was 62 10 80 against the bill. The
vote of 81 to So Wednesday showed a
larger attendance and that the senti-
ment is not 50 rabid against the bill.
to say the least oft.
THE BILL KILLED.
The consideration OF the child labor
bill was resumed in the house on Wed
nesday, and after some discussion Mr..
c. E. Robinson. Of PickenS. moved to
indefinitely postpone the bill, which
really meant to kill it. The vote on
Mr.. Robinson's motion was as fol-
lows:
Ayes-Messrs. Ashley, All, Austin.
Banks. Brown, Bryan, Butler, Camp
bell: Carter, Coggeshall, Colcock.
Dantzler, Dean, Dennis, Dood, DOrrOh,
Durant, Esrridge, Fox, Fraser, Gall
uchat, Hollis, Humphrey, James. O..
L. Johnson, heels, kinard. Little,
Lockwood, Lomax, Lyles, Nauldin,
Mccall, MCGOWAN. Mofett, Morgan,
Moses, Nesbet. Nichols. W. II. Par
ker. Prince. Pyatt, Rankin, c. E. Rob