The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-03-06
which was adopted by an aye and nay
vote Of 100 to IL.

OIL The general assembly to elect his
successor Tor the mcxpircd term in
'he Unlted States senate, and
Whereas, it has been stated in
The newspapers that ii would be the
pr"bablr policy Of thc general as
Scmbly to elect said successor under a
pledge moi to stand for election for
the full term, beginning March +,
1909.
'Thcrcforc be it resolved, by the
house OF representatives the senate
concurrin".
''That it is The sense Of the ycner-
al assembly that no person Offering
Tor SAID election under said pledge
shall receive any favor from the cen
cral assembly by virtue thereof and
that any citizen Of the State desiring,
to enter as a candidate in such elec
ton shall receive due consileratio1
regardless Of plcd"c.'
Speaker Whalcy then declared the
nominations in order.
AIR. Harrison in a few remarks
nominated Hon. William l.. Maullin
OF Grc1nviIle. now State senator from
that county.
Nh. ID. l. Smith Of Collcton nomi-
mated Hon. T.. b. Gary Of .Nbbcvillc,
gentleman experienced in luyis!a-
| tive matters and one Of the best of
South Carolina $ sons.
Mr.. McMaster placed in nomination
lio1. Willie Jones Of RichIand, the
] State chairman of the Democratic
party.
Mr.. Aver thought the general as
sembly SHOULD 90 outside Of itself
and he placed in nomination Hon. J..
l.. Cocker Of IIartsviIle.
Mr.. Sawyer with a few remarks
nominated Hon. LeGrand Walker of
Georgetown.
There were no further nominees
| and at S:l3 the nominations closed
and the clerk was ordered TO call th,
roll.
The vote was as follows:
For Gary-Aull, Bailey. Bcthune.
Boyd. Brantley. f. NJ. Bryan, Can
non, Carey, Carson. Carwilc. Clary,
Cullcr. Dinglc, Dixon, Douglass. Dow
ling, Epps, Fraser. Garris. w. J. Glib
son. Glasscock, Goodwin. Hall, Hard
in, Harman. Harris. Hinton, Hughes,
| Hydrick, JohnStone, Jones. Lester,
Leitner, Little, MrKeown, NIiley, Mil
ler, Morrell, Patterson, Richards,
Robinson, Sayc, Scarborough.
Scrngg"s, Sharpe, Shipp, Slaughter, d.
l.. Smith. J. +. Smith, StiIlwcll,
Stuhbs. Thomas, Todd, Tompkins,
Nerncr Walker. Wannamakcr. VIM
hc"ly. Woods. Wychc.--G0.
For Walker--'Ballcntinc. W. D..
Bryan. Cosgrovc, Dcrham. Dick, Doar,
Cause. Kellahan, Lc"are, Mann, Niv-
cr. Norton. Parker, Reavcs. Richard
son, Ruckcr. Sawyer, Sellers, X. p.
Smith. Spivcy, Vanlerhorst. Von-
k"lnitz. Wallace, Wi"gins, YeldeH.
%.
For Mauldini-Arnold, Banks, Beat
tie. \. G. Brice, Cothran. Greer, Har-
ley. Harrison, IEemphilI, Ncsbitt. You
mans. i'll.
For Coker--Spcakcr Whaley, Aver,
7. S. Brice. Carrigan, Clinkscalcs,
Conrtcnay, Cox. j. b. Dodd, j. II.
Dodd. Gylcs. Kcrshaw, Kirven, Law
son. Nichols, Nicholson, Wadc.-15.
For Jonas--Crofl, McMaster, Ia
tim, Wingard.-A.
| For hudson j. p. Gibson, Me
Coll, LaMe.--3.
For tar!iS!c---Eash.--.
Wh"G !!c rr>nl. IF .hn v.t,. was
announced there was resolution
! from Mr. Fraser providing for the
expense accounts # the M nlf"rS oi'
! ti' house for which an appropriation
Of $1,000 has been made. offered for
discussion and finally provided that
the committees on claims and on ways
and means pass upon each account
filed.
In the Senate.
at $3.50 the senate took up the
matter Of election of successor to
Senator Latimcr. Thirty minutes
were taken up in speeches cf nomina
tion. TIE first person to be placed
in nnn>ina.!on wa. S.ra;or LcGrani
G. Walker Of Georgetown. Senator
Rogers placing his name in nomina-
| ton. Thn nomination was seconded