The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-23
IT Is ALL OVER.

NIS L!oA o!HN
session
This has been . most remark
able session: there have been no
extreme measures passed except
one or two game bills and these
would not have passed with Ciar-
endon included had not my work
called me out Of the chamber,
these measures in the rush were
to have been looked after for me
by other Senators. made . spec
sal request Of the Senator from
Berkeley to watch for these Au-
dubcn society bills while was
forced to be out OF the chamber,
and If they came up before l could
get in he was to have Clarendon
exempted from the operation OF
them, but he managed to get Ber-
kelley exempted from the game
bill by a tight squeeze but
not the 6sh bill and as he
told me, to have run In
Clarendon too, it would have
attracted the fire of the oppos,-
ton ana he would have lost
Berkeley, so he sent page into
the ensrossing department for
me, bat before I could run back
into the chamber the oill had been
rushed through and sent 70 the
house, and the amendments ac-
cepsedwithout S oingtoconference
had the house refused to accept
the Senate amendments I would
have gone to the committee OF
free conference and had Claren.
don exempted with Berkeley.
This is another demonstration OF
results Of legislation at she last
moment, everybody is busy with
MS committee work, and it IS
rush here and there TO get
through thereby causing some
things TO slip through when they
could not get through otherwise.
The asylum proposition was
finally settled in a happy manner,
and in a manner that I think will
be approved by the people of the
State. There may be some heart
burnicrs because the trough was
movei ont Of the reach Of some
individuals but 10 the main the
problem was most happily solv-
ed. I think some men get into
certain ruts and if they are not
allowed to continue, tits offending
to them; certain men love to in
vessigate, if they are permitted
to do the Investigating, it pays
the same per diem and in addition
they get their expenses for trav.
el, thus giving them an excellent
opportunity to get their summer
outing at the best hotels at the
expense Of the State, and they
like It, now when these men are
forced to take their snouts out OF
the trough it makes them sore.
The asylum trouble was greatly
exaggerated by the work OF these
gentlemen who ran up large bills
at the expense OF the State. they
wanted to show the people some
thing FOR the money spent so they
hoped on to the management OF
the institution, and failing to ac-
compiish their purpose in one
way shey resorted to another
means which also failed.
The FIRST movement Of the ma
iority end OF the asylum investi-
eating committee was to commit
the legislature to a $1,000, zoe
bond issue, this was overwneIm-
ingly defeated where it original
ed-in the House. Then the next
effort was to provide for selling
the present property CT the State,
and have a commission to build a
new asylum, this also failed, then
It was that the promoters OF the
commission plan. and the advo
Gates of selling the present site
brought about that midnight con.
clave which resulted in getting
the majority Of the Senate judic-
iary committe to introduce a res.
oluticn asking tor the resigna-
tons of Dr.. ]. ". Babcock and
the board of Regents. The ofici-
Gus action Of this committee pre-
cipiSated considerable feeling: all
manner of charges were made,
and the lawyers representing the
opponents of the asylum admin.
istration took extracts from the
testimony taken at the investiga-
ton to back up the action of the
majority of the judiciary commit
tee, they argued and fought hard
out il availed them nothing, be-
cause the general assembly re-
garded the charges unjust,
and unwarranted. 1t was known
to all Of Us that the conditions
complained OF was not the fault
Of the management but the re-
sponsibility for it rested with the
parsinonious support OF the gen
eral assembly in the past. The
resolutions were ANONYMOUSLY
defeated and DR.. Babcock and his
board was oy an overwhelming
vote-3 to l vindicated.
There is much about this affair
that the people were not made
acquainted with, false impress
sions were attempted to be made
TO bring the asylum administra-
ton into discredit, and to do so
all manner Of schemes were de-
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