The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-08-04

some blllS in the general assembly
last session. and every time Clemson
was mentioned Mr.. Johnstonc arose
and said, "As | am the only rcprcs-
eh'allYc Of Clemson GA this floor,
suppose | will have to defend these
measures. He opposed another mat
ter in committcc-a little bill Of mine
requiring Clemson to pay for the con-
ricts used. DO you tell me he would
have done that if he had not been on
| the board.'
Mr.. Aull said Mr.. Johnstone had
claimed that that question had been
regarded by the legal minds as set
tied. Yet the supreme court, in de-
cision handed down in 1907, says in
plain words that the board of trus-
tees Of Clemson are agents of the
State.
Mr.. Aull said this matter had come
up at the last session Of the general
assembly. when Mr.. Werner, Of WAL
halla, had introduced resolution to
refer this question to certain COM
mitircS rs to whether member Of
the Clemson board is eligible to a
seat in the legislature. Mr.. Jolnstone
had said at Williams that he regard
rd it as little more than Il piece OF
plcasantry between two Oconec gen.
tlrmcn, and that the legal minds of
that body decided there was nothing
in the question, and the resolving
words were unanimously stricken out.
"T did moi have the record at Will
lians and | did not refer to it, said
Mr.. Aull, "alih"n"h I remembered
the occasion very we'll. Mr.. Werner
introduced this resolution, showing
that there is a question, and Mr.
Mann. who had been elected on the
boar'l-and, by the way, is running
for the house again, a- an elective
mrmhrr of the board showing the ten
dcnry Of these people is for Clemson
TO have elective members Of her board
in the general assrmbly--Mr. Mann
then got up and charged Mr.. Werner
with being tick inspector, and there
fore that he held a position under the
general government. AS matter Of
fact. the question never came up on
It's merits. II was continued by Il
vote Of about 80 to about 60. Now.
let : see as to the legal minds. Mr..
tombstone has been telling on every
stump what great feat he performed
in evolving and pcrfccting the labor
contract law. and Of two members Of
The general assembly he happened to
be acquainted with who were very
able lawyers. and that he was delight
c1 tn know that those able lawyers
agreed with him. wondering that they
themselves had not thought of such
law before. Now. LET : see how the
vote Of the legal minds in the gem
eral assembly stood. Az best | can
remember. % lawyers in the lcgisla-
tnrr voted ON this question. Eleven
of them voted to have the matter in
vrSti"alrh. and twelve of them voted
against it. And among those eleven
were these two great legal minds that
Mr.. J"hnStnnr refers To on every oc-
raSion-Mcssrs. Carey and Cothran.'
Mr.. Aull then referred to the record
and gave IL list of those who voted
foe and against the resolution. The
vote showed. he said, that even on
this proposition. which was not on
the merits of the question. there wa
division Of the legal minds. and the
legal minds to which Mr. Johnstonc
rc!rrrcd with So much delight on hi;
Labor contract law voted awa,n,: his
position on this matl"r~.-wc.a H. !ov-
or "t having il invcsti -a.cd.
Mr.. AuiI then referred tn ~. John
stone : position rs cotton statistician
ia Nrwbrrry rnunty--a position un-
der the United States government.
which ais" would 'lisqualirv him from
holding: Il seat in the general assem-
bly,. the Constitution saving no per
son should be eligible tn Il seat i'm
tn" general assembly who held any
position Of honor or profit under this
state "r the United States govern
mrnt. Mr.. .Johnstonc had mentioned
al Mount Pleasant that he held this
position. but said it was Il little Job
that paid So little and was so in
significant he had forgot about it.
Mr.. Aull said he had tclcgraphcd to
Washington to find ont what kind Of
position il was. how long he had held
ii. what il paid, and so on. lie said