The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-16
TEE B2oWNsVILLE AFFAIR.
The Senate of South Carolina Dis
cusses the Matter.

The Senate of South CaEolina Dis
cusses the Matter.
Brownsville engaged the atte tito
OF tee State Senate Wednesday.
resolution as to the conduct OF th
South Carcltna senators in ''standin
by" the President and Gen. CARING
ton had been introduced the day be
fore and this was brought up Som
Of the senators opposed it on tn
ground Of itE questionable propriety
some on the ground that our repre-
sensatiyes should neither bs instruct
ed nor req 1ssted to act otherwise thai
the course they had already decidel
upon.
The resolution, which had been In
t.oduced by Senator Blease. vas ia
vorably reported. Senator Bates want
ed 1T held over on the ground OF pro
priety. Senator Blesse opposed thi
and 3 viva Voce vote refusing to plac
the mstter on the calendar brough
out more talk.
Senator Mauldin opposed it On thl
ground OF propriety. he wanted al
the negro troops senG to the Philip
pines, but thought such an action bI
the senate would only add N 7re capi
tai to the Republican psrty's glorif
cstion Of the brother In black.
Senator Blease wanted it passed tt
back up Gen. Darlington.
Senator Bates again rose and s2ic
the question OF legal right was no,
Tor the South Carolina senate to set.
tile.
Senator Raysor cid not want to re.
quest our senators to take action, al.
though he endorsed the presidents
course.
Senator Lsney did not want to IN.
fame sectionalism any further,
Senator Weston, referring to Ssna,
tor Raysor, said thai the practice OF
INSTRUCT. G congressional representa-
!ives was quite common. but Senator
GraYdon sided with Senator Bates.
In addition he said T!lln2n's course
Was veil known spd be did not want
to embarrass tbs senior senator
Senator Mauldin made the last talk
before the vote, saying that IL Hould
oe better TO Jet alone 'the two bright
and shining lights in the sspate.''
Yeas-Senators Appel, BiVins,
Black, Blesso, B-ice. Brooks, Carlisle,
Christensen, Crouch, Earle, Gr4fin,
Hsynes, McKeithan, OTIS, sinkler:
Sri.h, Talbsrt, Toole, Townsend,
Walls, Wesion-21.
NayE-Senators Bass, Bates, Csr
7entsr, Clifton, E6rd, G-aydon, Asr-
din, Holiday, Hough, Lsney, Maui
din, RsYsoT, Ropers, Steckhcuse,
Walker. Whliams-16.
REJECTED BY THE EoUsE.
When the above resolution csre uI
in the House on Thursday it was re-
lected by large majority.
On motion to strike ou6 the enact
ing words the vote was as follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Arnold, Bailey,
bsnks, Bsa5tie, Bethune, Boyd.
Brant!ey, A. G.. Bfice, T. s. Br!ce,
Cannon, Carey, Carson, Cs,Wtie, Goth
ran. CulIer, Ds1hsm, DsVore, Dick.
Dilgle, Dixon, J. 3. Dodd, J. Il.
Dodd. Douglass, Epps, Eoting, Fraser,
Garris, Gsry, Cause, J. P. Gibson, W.
J. Gibson, GlssEcock, Goodwin. Hsr'
ley, Harris, Hsrrsson, Bsmphil, Hin
ION, Hughes, Hydrick, Jones, Kirven.
Lane, Lsster, L.ltaer, Lsgsre, Little
Macarthur, McColl, McKsown. Nc
Master, Miley, Morrell, Nesbitt, Mich.
olson Niver, Patterson, Richards,
Richardson, Robinson, Sawyer, Saye,
Scarborough. Scruggs, Sharpe. Slaugh
ter, J. E. Smith, Stillwell, Tatum,
Thomas, Todd, Tompkins, Wade.
Whsley, White, Wiggins, Woods.
Wyche, Ysldell-7s.
NAys-Messrs. Aull, Aver, Bsllen
tine, Bryan, Carrigsn, Clary, Clink'
scales, Cosgrove. Courtney, Cox,
Croft, Dowling, Frost. Greer, Gyles
asll, Harman, Johnston, Kellahan,
Kershsw, lawson, Mann. Marshall.
Miller, Nash, Nichols. Parker, RsaVes,
Rucker. Sellers, Shipp, D. L. Smith,
Kurtz p. Smith, Stubbs, Werner, Won
Koiuitz, Walker, Wsllace, Wimberly.
You nans-40.
Many Of the nember5 Of the Houge
agresd with the president, but they
regarded the resolution as covert 1T.
tack on Senator Tillmsn and for that
reasor voted against 1t.