The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-25

lfOS1l1Ou VI CA1CL JuoIANO \"AAA0N ~ ~
term of two years, at salary OF
three thousand dollars per annum).
run for governor, (Which is only for
term of two years, at salay OF
thee thousand dollars per annum).
But, he says he is a great moralist;
yet, he voted to have a divorce law in
South Carolina, see house journal,
1892, page 235, thus endeavoring to
break down the great moral bulwark
which South Carolina boasts so much
of. cuppose he has climbed back on
the moral pinnacle, since he could
not make the divorce law, while he
was practicing at Lancaster, in order
that he might make some handsome
fees in the divorce business.
When we were struggling to relieve
ourselves from the exorbitant rate of
interest which was being charged in
this State, and when the money-lend-
ers were robbing the people with
usury, Jones was in the speakers
chair, as speaker of the house of rep
resentatives, and when Mr.. Magill, OF
Greenwood, moved to reconsider the
vote whereby the house had indefinite
ly postponed the bill to reduce the le-
gal rate of interest and to prevent
usury, motion was made to lay the
motion of Mr.. Magill on the table; Ira
s. Jones voted to lay Mr.. Magill's mo-
ton on the table, and thus kill the
bill which would have reduced the le-
gal rate of interest and would have
prevented usury in this State, see
house journal, 1894, page PA. Was
Jones representing the moneyed inter-
ests and the corporations then, as he
is doing today, or was he trying to
help the poor man, by voting to allow
usury?
Now, l understand he has gotten to
be great friend of the poor man; yet,
when We were fighting so hard in the
legislature to get labor law to pro-
tect the poor laboring people of this
country, Jones voted against the
amendment and in the interest of the
cotton mill owners and bosses and
against the laboring man, see house
journal, 1892, page 35S. Jones voted
against my motion and with Haskell
to allow the notification of the law
by working the operatives one hun
dred and ten hours extra. When did
he get converted into such a friend
of the laboring man? His votes do
not show it.
There are many other things in con-
nection with his record as a member
of the house of representatives that
l might call to your attention, but
time will not suffice; however, there
is one thing that l know he is partic-
ularly proud of, and know that his
friends would be very much disap-
pointed if did not give his record on
it; hence, under no consideration
u-o,,Jd orarJoo1y
When they were fighting so hard to
keep members of the legislature from
using free passes, Jones voted for free
passes, see house journal, 1891, page
S54. The newspapers stated that
when he was asked about it, his reply
was: eyes, they offered it to me and I
took it, and I will take part OF the
road if they will give it to me-" That
was all very well and good; but, let's
see: Did he have that free pas in his
pocket when he made the record which
I am now going to cite? In 1890, see
house journal, 1890, pages 76, 80 and
376, when I introduced a bill to pro-
vide for separate coaches for white
and colored people in this State, Jones
voted to kill the bill and have no sep
arate coaches. 1t was said to have
been the first separate coach bill ever
introduced in the South. AS. to that,
l do not know; but know that it was
the first, or among the first, ever in
troduced in South Carolina.
In 1891, when we were again having
a hard fight, endeavoring to relieve
the white ladies, your wives, your
mothers, your daughters and your
sweethearts, from riding in the same
coach, in a seat right next to and
sometimes jammed UP against big
black negro wench, or a stinking negro
buck, Representative Wigg, a negro