The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-01-22
1T THE | b OPENING DAY.
The Work Of Legislation Has Been
Started in Good Form.
THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE.
The Wheels I IF Legislation Were
Given start on Tuesday Of
Last Week. wha, Was
Done by Them.

thes terms Of the constitution. AS
this is the middle of a term, the work
of organization required little time,
and before adjournment the wheels OF
Legislation had been set in motion tc
the extent that i'll each branch Of the
law-making body new measures had
Z been introduced.
The State of Wednesday gives the
following account Of the opening ses.
sion Of the two houses:
EARLY in the day it developed that
an effort would be made TO pull off the
elections at the earliest possible date
and in each house resolutions looking
to that end were presented. In the
. senate side the tenor of the resolutions
was to have the joint committees on
privileges. and elections report what
vacancies are to be filled. In the
house the resolution called for the APP
pointment Of Il specific datc-Friday
OF this week-but as the resolution
was obviously defective in that it
failed to fix a time for the election of
certain college trustees, the resolution
was referred to the house committee
on.priyilegcS and elections.
S. There were twO-ScOre candidates in
I ! the lobbies and around the outer rail,
and the life of the average legislator
will be devoted to listening to hard
luck stories for the time interven-
ing between this and the dav Of cleo
Ulon. S The most importunate are the
candidates for places on the board Of
directors of the State penitentiary and
on the directorate of the State dispcn-
sary. Each Of these places pays 81 Il
-->day for the time actually spent in the
service. of the State, and in the case OF
the dispensary board the per diem is
limited to 100 days. But while the
candidates for the several places at
the dispenSary and the penitentiary
ssare vigorously pressing their several
campaignlets, the applicants for the
position OF State librarian are no less
insistent. BY placing this matter in
the hands of the legislature and max
ing it an elective office, the way is
thrown open for the fairer sex to ex-
hibit what of politics they know, and
I the campaign for this position is an
iid1eficeaaethe fact that the men do
not know it all.
There has been only one death in
either branch Of the assembly, and
only one resignation. Few were de-
tanned by sickness or on account OF
business and the attendance yesterday
was very full. The feature of the
day in the house was Speak + Smiths
remarks upon declaring the house
ready for business. lis was not an
address in the usual acceptation of the
term, but remarks made extempora-
neously, impressing upon the men,
bers the fact that they were elected
to perform high and honorable duty
and urging them to keep that purpose
ever before them. His remarks were
brief and made deep impression.
In the senate the matter which was
most impressive was the fact that the
splendid portrait of the gallant Gordon
OF Georgia was shrouded in crepe and
from its elevated position the likeness
OF the chivalrouS Southerner looked
down in bencdictiOn upon the delibera-
tive body Of State he loved as dearly
as his own. Gordon, Hampton, Ker-
shaw, all these are represented in that
galaxy of portraiture, and all are gone.
Butler, the intrepid, alone remains of
the quartet Of Confederate chieftains
whose portraits adorn the senate
chamber of South Carolina.
IN THE SENATE
The senate passed an uneventful
; session on its opening day. The roll
call showed that 81 members were
present, as follows: Lieut.. Gov. Sloan,
Senators hldricf, Blake, Brown, Dav-
is, Dean, Douglass, Forrest, Gaines,
Goodwin, Hardwin, Hay, Hcrndon,
Holiday, IIough, Hydrick, johnson,
Manning, Marshall, Maytield, Mcleod,
blower, Peurifoy, Ragsdale, G.. W.,
Ragsdae, j. W., Raysor, Sharpe,
Sheppard, Stacklouse, Stanland, Tai
bird, Won l<olnitz, Walker, Warren,
Williams.
Messrs. Brice, Butler. Carpenter,
Dennis, lIool, Mccall and McIver did
not respond TO their names. Senator
D. "A. NlcDcrni0tt of Horny having re-
signed to accept the Office OF county
treasurer, his successor, Mr.. G.. j. IIol-
llday was sworn in and on motion was
appointed to places held on various
committees by his predecessor. After
an opening PRAYER by Rev. W. L. Her
bert, Of Lieut.. Gov. Sloan addressed
the senate.
Itwas moved that a committee of
three be appointed to inform the gov
ernor that the senate was ready for
business. On this committee were
Messrs, Sharpe, Stack o,lse and VIII
llams. On motion of Mr.. Dean the
house was notified that the senate
having been duly organized was ready
for business
Senator Dean introduced concur
rent resolution directing the commit
tees on privileges and elections of both
houses to inquire into what vacancies
existed in the offices to be filled by the
legislature.
The governors message having been
presented by his private secretary,
was read in the usual manner. Just
after the reading OF the message was
completed MIR. Mayfeld introduced an
omnibus resolution dividing the sever.
al subjects of the message into the
hands OF the appropriate committees.
Several appointments were announc-
ed by the speaker. j. E. Watson hay
ing resigned as doorkeeper J. j. Wat
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