The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-12

SENATE FOLLOWS SUIT
4, Message From Governor Blease o.
the Committee Report on the Pea
body Fund Caused Some Discus
sion Before the General Assembl,
Adjourned for the Lack Of Quo
rum.
Lacking a quorum, the House ad
journed Thursday after 50-minut
: session until Friday at 10 o'clock
| Mr.. Miller Of Richland made tn
point of order that quorum was no
present, during heated debate OF
whether message from the governo,
should be printed in the journal ol
referred to the committee on educa
ton for report. The roll was callet
and 46 members answered Here"
A quorum of the House is 63 mem
bers. i
In the absence of J. S. Wilson, the
Sergeant-at-armS, Calhoun Mays o.
Edgefeld was appointed, with W. P
Tillinghast of Columbia, as his con
stable. The House instructed then
to require the attendance of the alb,
sent members, and then adjourned
at 2:55 p. m.
The House convened at 2:07 p. m
A special message was received from
the governor in regard to the magis'
trates' bill. Another special message
from the governor was read which re-
ferred to the Peabody fund inyestiga.
tion and said that in the report sign
ed by the majority of the members Of
the special committee the whitewash
brush had been used. This report
was signed by Senators Young and
Weston and Representatives Welcb
aud Nicholson.
Mr. Ashley of Anderson, member
of the committee who made sep.
arate report on the Peabody fund in.
vestigation, moved that the govern
or's message be received as informa.
ton AND printed in the journal
To this motion Mr.. Evans OF
Marlboro objected strenuously. He
declared that the special message OF
the governor reflected on the mem.
bers of the House who had signed
the majority report of the committee
Il am unwilling to listen to any
charge of dereliction in the duty pre-
ferred against any committee ap-
pointed by this House, said Mr.. Ev'
ans.
AS a substitute for Mr.. Ashley's
motion, the member from Marlboro
moved that the special Peabody fund
message be referred to the commit
tee on education for report.
A sharp colloquy between Mr.
Ashley and Mr.. Evans ensued
Didn't the committee say the gov
ernor was mistaken" asked Mr.
Ashley, in reference to the report OF
the majority on the Peabody investi-
cation.
II can not believe that the people
of South Carolina elected 124 fools
to represent them in this House and
one wise man to represent them as
governor" answered Mr.. Evans.
Mr.. Wyche of Newberry said that
the whole matter was much ado
about nothing" that the testimony OF
the witnesses at the investigation had
been printed and that any one could
form their own conclusions from it.
He said, though, that he had no OBJ
lection to referring the message to
the committee on education.
''I am willing to stay here anoth-
er month rather than allow anything
to be printed in the journal which
reflects upon committee from this
House, which has done its duty as 1t
saw it," declared Mr.. Evans.
The pending question being wheth-
er the House would refer the gov
ernor's special message to a commit
tee or print it, Mr.. Miller, at 2:40 p
m, raised the point Of no quorum.
The roll was called and the follow
ing members answered to their
names:
Speaker Smith, Addy, J. W. Ash.
ley, N. J. Ashley, Barnwell, Belser
Bethea, Bowers, Brice, Busbee
Creech, Daniel, Dantzler, Dick, Evans
Fortner, Friday, Gasque, Harper
Hunter, Hutchison, Hutson, John
ston, Kelly, ,Kibler, Kirby, Lilies
Lumpkin Lybrand Mcmillan, Martin
Massey, Miller, Mixson, Mower
O'Quinn, Rembert, Riley, Sturkie
Wander Horst, Walker, Wilburn, G.
C. Wyche, C. T. Wyche, Youmans
Zeigler-46.
After a sergeant-at-arms and
constable had been appointed to re-
quire the attendance of the alb
sentees, the House adjourned until II
a. m. Friday.
When the senate reconVeneC
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock witt
about a dozen senators in their seat:
three messages were received from
; the governor. Two Of these, one
| having to do with the magistrates bill
! and the other with the Mitchell inves
tigation, were received as informa
ton and ordered printed in thi
| journal. The third was considered
| in executive session.
| Senator Young, as member or tn
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