The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-02-26
END OF THE SESSION
State Legislature Finishes its Work
and AdjournS
RESOLUTIONS OF THANKS PASSED
Happy Closing of Il Busy and In,por.
tant Session Of the South Carolina
Lawmakers


time.
The house Of representatives. began
it's session on jho inai day Hl u f,y,
.ninUt@H after midnight and thrn took
q recess for several hours allowing
tn" members 20 set n good NIGHTS
rest. In this way The Gn:i! scenes arc
not as spectacular rs they are when
the hour OF liE"! Adjournment is
reached just about dawn. bat the ncm-
DerS lett less jadcG and arc willing
ever after to adjourn in the day.
There was Il handful OF representa-
tlVcS present. bGt the contested work
or the session was over and those were
principally members Of the committee
responsible for the accuracy OF the
manuscript oj the now acts, and a few
members from The low country who
could not leave rntil in the afternoon
IN" house had nothing to do but
10 "h.t on the acts TO be sent out
from the cn&!us%inG department.. The
tlmc was $MNt IN SINGING hymns and
good Old songs OF parting.
During the day the speaker announce
ed the aDDOmtmCnt Oi the following
Standing commtjocs:
On printing reports Of State supreme
court. Mc&HrS. J. Z. C0&gcshall and
Adam II. Moss.
On examining state officials books.
McSsrS. }. G. Richards; and w }. john
soH.
On inspecting State dispcnsAry books,
Mc%Srs. 1o%"Hh Glover ana II. w.
Nichols
On penal and charitable institutions,
Mcssrs. j. Hampton Brooks and J. T..
Bcamguard.
TO visit the State colleges. Mcssrs.
Rainsf0rd and kiblcr.
During one Of the frequent rcccsscs
the house or&aniZacd itself into the
committee OF the whNiC and called Mr..
Moses TO the chair. Mr.. II. Spann
Dowling Of Bambcr& introduced the
following resolutions which were
adopted to &cclamation.
Whereas, the Hon. NJ. l.. Smith has
presided over the deliberations Of this
body with fairness. efficiency and
marked ability, and
Whereas, each member hereof,
speaking as representative and as
all individual, desires 20 place upon
record his appreciation and endorse
ment of the speaker Of the house; and
Whereas, we ore about to say good
bye for Il season and are taking our
leave; therefore
BE it resolved. That the house hereby
tenders the llon. VI. J.. Smith its ap-
prcciation o. the able and impartial
manner in which he has ruled over its
deliberations, Wishing him Gods speed
in all things pertaining to his welfare
and happiness ANN looking forward
with confidence to his presiding at the
next session.
BE it further resolved, That the orsc
hereby tenders It's lhA'.hS to the Hon.
T. y. Williams for his impartial v,ll-
ingS and eificiCni manner in which he
presided over the house as speaker pro-
tenn
BE il further resolved. That the
house tenders It's thanks to the clerk,
Tom G. Ilamcr. and j. Wilson Gibbcs.
the assistant clerk, and j. S. Withcrs.
}. 5. Wilson and all other officers and
attaches who have so faithfully CON.
tributed to tho satisfactory dispatch
OF business OF this body. and to McSsrs.
August Kohn and William Banks for
the fair and impartial reports they
have made of the proceedings in The
News and Courier and The State, the
newspapers which they respectively
represent.
Upon Speaker Smiths return to the
hall he was informed OF the adoption
or the resolutions, and he RESPONDED
very eloqucntly and feclingly. Mr.
Williams also made very Appropriate
short address. Speaker Smith has ha,1
but two years previous experience lu
the house, but he has made success
as a presiding officer. Considerate and
courteous OF the members he has al
ways attempted 10 conduct tne pus,.
ness Of the house with as much dis
patch as possible, and yet he did sc
In a very intelligent and dsniiicd
manner. MIR. Williams is also a vcr,
fine presiding officer.
At 2:02 p. IN. the house returned
from the senate chamber, where tht
ratification Of acts had been completed
and Mr., Tatum, Mr.. Winsard and Mr.
Haskell were appointed committee t(
wait on the governor and to inform
him that the house was ready to ad
+ Journ. They &c .uIncd presently will
( the annOunccm cnt that the governor
mad no further buSinC& StO submit ant
the governors private secretary, Mr.
>. Il. NOrment, presented message No
y. informing thc hCuSc that the aD
preparation bills had been approved.
Gen. Robert II. iiCmphill, clerk O
the senate, then announced that ;ha
nody was ready to adjourn, and Col
Iom &. Flamer, clerk Of the house. wa
uispatchcd with similar message tt
the senate.
~ a:l4 p. m. Mr.. Tatum's motion t(
n"Jonrn sine die was carried, and tht
sn,'i 5@.Il leli Tor tho last cine during th,
session Of 1903.
co ~ morning session Saturday in th
nrn"1i ,nn ',i,,,!l, mn!sh began at Hvc minutes al
Ter midniGht. recess being taken a
1852. was resumed at 10 o'clock, \ ma
1ority OF the senators answered. whn,
the roll was called, but weary in min,
and body from the tedious wor,L ,r ',i,' ,h
previous day not one scemnI ~ " toii III
much interest in the routine uou,, 'rN nn
co6sary to the ending OF the snssin,, n nv
number Of conferences ana fro
conferences were held and in no.
ity OF cases satisfactory aercnmoui
we're reached. The senate had ~ ~ =
cede from its amendments to tho bo,,s
Pill requiring the State geolopist p
furnish minerals to Clemson cofloee
The senate had inserted an amendmcn
10 strike out the words, Clemson col
tege and insert in lieu thereof tb