The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-02-28
C}LLh.D HIM DOWN.
a FULL ACC CUNT OF NR. ZACK
McGHEE'S
Defence OF South Carolina In the
Sc Called Divorce Congress
In Washington.

Although S 18th Ca-olina has n
Eivc1cs Lays 0: is oTn aud does z t
xiv, lsgal 2sGctic I t. 6iso-cs pT cssc-
;uss, tie P:!resto sssze fsu ed In
IN :nsaresY.rg scrnc that occurred
Tru:,day il the Congress On & U:i
form Dlv0rc: Lev, row IN session II
Ha,i,:ng o. SIS "R NJ. L." tn" cor
rsspoodc1t Of he News and C"u-ie1.
South Ccrctnas dill rot think IL necss-
Ssry TO send = delegate to tbs Con-
s.ess, but she vss ably chanpicnsd
~ Mr Z CT M,Gh4e, OF Colun ia,
~ho was present as s9ecs=to1.
Oae OF TIE Gsleg.525 from Ns~
YORK, A3. L2sGD, "a i ,.,''is;: n ~ Yo:k
raj only caa a@u:s frf 3i:ocoa, a15
Chi ct.d t. any resn;I5;on adcpsad
ceL cl::ntrg aCGi;ioral c-e. Hc aa1eG
zhas South Caroiii hao 20 diTorce
law aod tncief;ro it would 1oS be
DIt' b}r. L. ENS gov 'r-i ) wv W. NS~ ~ N-
vcrcs lsT il Tia. State.
Mr RIchhu~g, cf Chicago, In I'D i'm
,assi mad spsGch, declared that cn tie
statue bo. Ks cf South Carolina was d
isw providing how much money 9
man ray will to lis concubioe. He
strongly asssr5ed tnat the state OF
morality ootainirg il South C-rolina
vas, therefore, NOT a f. ex.npie 1or
other SGatss.
Mr.. McGhee, q spectator, sitting
1exs to NJ. Logan, disputed the s.ui
shus cast upon his patiVe State. A.
she suggsS uion CT M. L7gan Mr.. Nc
Gase was reccgI d 70 m.ke 8 stat :
nant in Ge!erca OF Sou5h Carolina.
Ee said he believed Scush Carolina
vas not represented, probably bscxufe
Governor Hayward did not feel thst
South Carolina had ary part in the
divorce conference. Bsiug present
t.e sddsd, aad being given the privi-
lege Ct The floor, be wished merely tt
correct sny impression that might g.
made by the in proper slur upon South
Carolina.
Governor Penny packer, presiding,
interrupted TO ssaso that, 50 far a
South Carolins Tas concerned, be b. :
lieved the Congress rather held uE
shat State as a ucd3l.
Mr.. N G ice said he had noted that.
and cid not bsiieVe those present, s
? r2ie, would stand for the slsnde1
against the morality Of his State.
Ee acdei stat he was Los IN 3 posi-
q, n 90 Ccny that ihele might be OF
tee s:ssu5ss eo1s such ls1, but II q
t was an old freak law. He h26
lived 10 South Carolina some 1hir5,
odd ysars and could deny that, as {;
laws in fcrca, zs a mateet CT FAC
here vas no such IaV, and that th.
charge that there was recogniz ID cor
.:uhiu.ge was a slandcr beneath thi
Congress-.
While he vas speaking the gentl :
:ran who had made tie charge stat-
ed that hekne1 ths7e Tas suca laZ.
Another gentleman: sitting near th'
font caused prolonged laughter az,
applause by calling ons: "Thsre is e.
;im,t to the anouct in oshar S=stes.
Mr. McGhee also said that, IL h;'
npirio0, while South Carolina cid &c
IL this ards saarer had in anything trls:
to force hEr peculiar views, customs.
:psti, utions or "a 70 on any otner STAT
* Section, whatever resolutions this c:
any ether Corgsess night pass wcul'
aos s,fscg his State, as be Gid not cs
i!ave Sluvh Carolina #ould for maD:
generations, if ever, pass diycrc'
lAw.
The urexpe cted defender Of Souti
Carolina vzs loudly ap2lsuGed wber
be resumed his eeas and shsEkeG tins
Congress for shicr courtesy and pa
tisrcs in granting him hearing.