The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-07-04
At Lexingtor Why He Took
Double Pay.
SAID IT WAS CUSTOM
For Legislators to Drsw Pay as Msueer:
of the Legislature and as Mtmb=rs
of Committee at the Saue
Time. Rsgsdsie Was Very
Sacarstic.

Sacarstic.
The 4 st series Of meetings OF the
S,ate campaign ended at lexington
ON Saturday. Il was a very good meet
Ing. There was much more snap ano
life in tae proceedings thsn usual. A.
@. jones, John NJ >Maaan and II !.
Msnning broke away from 5neir even
tsnors and made things lively. bu5
the sparkle Of the meeting wss Io,-
nished in the speech OF Mr.. j. wa
lard Rsgsdale, who is opposing MI.
Fraser L7cn for Attorney Genera.
M. Rspsdale arrived late ana spoAs
sitter the Guosrna5orlaI canui9Ss.o s'.s
MI. Lyon had spoken ear.y anu 10 20.
kept close to the usual INES Oh n,s
nrevio1s speeches, but MI. Rsgsoaie
ifterslly lit into Mr. Lyon with gloves
off He j.obsd him wherever he
thopeht there was an opening, and be.
sides trying force, tried to ridiculs his
onponent. Three or four times be rose
IN his feet, and with arched ingsrs
p,intlng to his bosom, exclaimed: l
snj. Fraser. Lyon, the great pursuer
of srafters:" Then be would tlpooe
and exclaim: 81 an the great Fraser
Lyon" who was going to do this o:
that.
It amused the audience because it
vss roasting the other fellow brown.
and the average crowd enjoys finish
ed roast no matter much who Is roast
Cd.
LYON DENIES A REPLY.
Mr.. Rsgsd.le wsntsd M-. Lyon to
answer hin categorically, but NJ.
LYON declined to do this, and beggeo
to reply at the conclusion Of Mr.. Rag
sdsle's speech, but Chsirnan Ehsd
declined to make sny exceptions or 10
change the original programme, anc
MI. Lyon spoke briefly st ths very
end Of the meeting.
Mr. R.gsdale, who arrived late ano
Who was eager for ths tray. said be
rode 700 miles to be here to-day. He
seemed surprised that Mr.. Lyon should
hsve spoken a. ter his regular sine. H
said he wanted TO SETTLE certsln issues
here and now. He went on to say that
MI. Lyon hsd at a previous meeting
ssid that certain statements be had
made we're not so. Mr. Lyon had, he
heard, made such q statement after
his speech. Now he wanted to know
directly whather Mr.. Lyon had gotten
double pay while serving on the ipVeS-
tisation committee. He wanted &c
know II be had been paid as q lesisla
tor and as q member OF the com nit
tee while it vas IN session during the
LEGISLATURE. NJ. Lyon asked Il hs
might answer in detail from the rec
ord, and II 50 be would gladly do so
Chairman Eird held t1a5 be could no.
permit any extended statement. Mr.
Lyon refused to answer yes OF no,
without an exclamation, and then Mr.
Rsgsdale piled into him, and said here
was CREST purl6sr ans chaser o:
graft, taxing 81 day as legislator
and 81 a day a5 the same tine Tor ser
vice on the Investigating COMMITTEES,
He said that Senator James Stack
house, Of Marion, nad told him tha'
MI. Lyon had said he received the ex
tra pay.
MAKES MANY CHARGES.
As to the item & statement no
being fled, he got his information
from Mr.. Blsase. II slc2 statement
had been fled, then it Vas all well anc
good. Then Mr.. Rsgs0ale said Mr.. Ly'
on had been elected TO the house from
Abbeyille as dispensary advocate.
and he wanted to know what pledge
the people had that be would not
have q change OF hesrt IN his pursuit
Of the grafLers. No nan should caange
bis views without f;sS consulting his
people. The Attorney General at best
had little to do in such cases. The
solicitors do the prosecuting. and il
Lyon will only give the evidence the
prosecution could now 20 On. BE said
Lyon was simply making grand stand
play talking abou. pursuing the graft
ers. He said Lyon was waiting TO say:
''I'll unturl this banner. III be the
leader against graft" and incident
ally draw 81, salary, which, he
said, was more than Lyon had ever
made before, for but few years sgo
be was satisfied with a Seraue clerk
ship at 81 DAY. No man, be saiu,
ought to oe elected who could not get
the support OF his home people, and
he did not think Lyon could now carry
Abbsvile. Lyon should have resigned
his place In the House if he meant to
fight the dispensary.
He made merry OF Mr.. Bristow and
the evidence OF Mr.. Sristow and in
sisted that it was al worthless and so
indefinite as not to be worth penny.
He had lot OF fun ricicuing the
Bristow evidence as type Of the
work OF the committee. he said be
was in earnest in off5riDg to get out
Of the way for Gen. Youmans and
knocked hard at the suggestion that
be was put up as 8 decoy 70 take LJol
out Of the race.
LYON MAKES A STATEMENT.
Some of the audience wanted Rags.
dale to talk on, but he only spoke
briefly over his time. After sll the
speaking and when but few remained,
Nj. Lyon said that it was an almost
universal precedent for members to
accept pay as legislators and also as
members OF special committees that
served during the meeting OF the Lsg-
islsture. The question came up Do.
fore the Investigating committee and,
with but one ezceptson, as he reoen
bered, sll voted to accept the pay, as
it had always been done before. Re
accepted both salaries as has always
been cone.
The Legislature had ruled directly
upon such pay AID all Legislative
committees working during the ses-
sion were provided with pay aud have
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