The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-02-07

mpnts? Senator May iirld called for
the ayes and noes. The vote was II
to lG, and the bill was then passed.
The senate then took recess until
s O'clock
Night Session
February ( AT the night session
the bill regulating tho salaries Of
county officers was taken up and
tinkored with for Il while. A lot Of
amendments w re made, but as tho
bill has yet to run tn" gauntlet Of the
house, no attempt will bo made to
print the provisions Of the bill until
1t finally gets through both houses.
Senator Aldrich offered an amend.
ment by which the salaries Of the
troasurers could b, made different
from the auditors. Tho amendment
was lost, and the salaries Of the two
officers will be the Same in each
county.
At 10 o'clock the senate adjourned.
IN TIE HOUSE.
February 1 by Il vote of - to
90 tho house today refused 10 strike
out the enacting words Of the child
labor bill. This does not necessa.
rily mean the success Of the meas.
ure, but it was worry great victory
for the advocates Of tho BILL The
house adjourned without taking fur
ther action on it.
Thore were exciting scenes on the
floor Of tho house today and
number of members arose to "a unes
ton of personal privilege" which
means that member fepls that he
has been misnterpretod, purposely
misquoted, or something Of that kind
The feature Of tho day WAS the
| speech Of Col. G. w Croft, Of Aiken,
who favored tho BILL Aside from
being Il lawyer trained at debate,
| MIR. CrOtt has q remarkable command
Of language and his speech was u
fine effort. There were some spIcn.
did speeches made in opposition
MIR. Banks, Of Newbcrry, made the
| shortest but one of the best and n, ost
logical speeches of the day. Mr..
Rncker bettered any other effort he
has yet made. Mr.. Prince spoke
with his accustomed vim and direct
ness.
In behalf of the bill there were
several champions who eld the floor
we'll. Mr.. Wobb, Of Aiken, who has
worked as an operative in cotton
mill, opened tho debate Mr.. John
McAlaster made q worry forciblo
speech rs did Mr.. Il. II. McNTastcr.
MIR. Logan, Of Charleston, awolc the
| tiger in the otherwise amiable dis
position Of COL II. b. A. Robinson.
The fighting of the day was rather
Of tho broadsword variety than Of the
rapior.
When Mr.. Eiird's joint resolution
| proposing amendments to the con
stitntion came up for third reading.
Mr.. Efird at first managed to have
consideration postponed. 1t rc-
qnirod S3 votes in it's favor and there
were barely 80 member present.
Subsequently, after some urging,
Mr.. Eiird brought up the resolution
and tho vote on it stood 70 to II.
Mr.. Efird wanted to postpone con
| sideration before the vote WAS an
nounced, but Mr.. Moses raised n
point Of order and tho vote was m.
nounced. The house declined to
pass the resolution, which WAS n com.
panion to tho biennial sessions reso-
lntion and provided for the governor
| to I'LL vacancies on the bonch occur
ring between sessions of tho general
assembly.
THE CHILD LABOR BILL.
Mr.. Webb, Of Aiken, thon called
up the special order OF the day,
Senator Marshall'a bill "o prohibit
children under ~ years Of ago from
working in tho textile manufactur-
ing Establishments Of this State, I'M
der conditions herein stated, and to
provide punishment for violations of
this act and other PURPOSES"
Mr.. II B. A. Robinson moved to
strike ont the "nacting words.