The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-02-11
STRICKEN WHILE IN CHAIR.
DR.. Wyche Of NewbeFry Suffers Pa.
ralytic Stroke.

Columbia, Feb. 7.-While no was
presiding last night over the house.
as 1t was In the midst of q determined
filibuster, G. r.. Wyche, N. D.. Of
Newberry. speaker pro tempore. was
stricken with paralysis at s.20
o'clock. when he was in the act of
rising from the chair on the rostrum
to announce the result Of vote On O
motion to adjourn. After a recess of
10 minutes, during which DR.. Wyche
was given medical assistance, the
house by unanimous consent adjourn
ed until today. The senate also ad-
tourned when it was informed Of the
illness Of the speaker pro tempore of
the house.
As soon as an ambulance could be
summoned DR.. Wyche was taken to
hospital in Columbia. ]. A. Hayne,
M. D.. State health officer, one Of the
physicians who went to the hospital
with DR.. Wyche, said that his left
arm was paralyzed and that, although
he was resting quietly. 1t would re-
quire some time to determine the Sc
riousness of his illness.
Soon after the Sanders bill to en-
join and abate houses Of i'll repute
was taken up by the house last night,
DR.. Wyche took Speaker Smiths
place in the chair. Three members of
the house spoke on the Sanders bill,
the last speaker. Mr.. Lilies Of Orange
burg, moving tho previous Ques-
ton, which cuts OF further de-
bate. Mr. Welch Of Richland moved
that tho house ADJOURN. DR.. Wyche
put the motion on the previous ques-
tsen. Before he announced the vote
Mr.. Welch raised the point Of order
that he had :nads a motion to al
louln
THE chair can not recognize a
member who does not rise from his
seat to address it," said DR.. Wyche.
Mr.. Welch hastily sat down, then
arose and moved that the house ad-
ourn. The opponents Of the Sanders
bill demanded a roll call on this mo-
tion as part OF the filibuster pro-
gramme against tho bill.
While the roll was being called
Dr. Wyche sent word to Speaker Smith
that he was feeling unwell and asked
him to take the chair. The speaker
hurried to the rostrum. donned his
robe and came out Of his retiring
room just in time to partially support
DR.. Wyche as he fell backward when
he tried to leave the chair.
c. c. Wyche, member from Spar
tanburg and DR.. Wyche's son, was one
Of the first to reach him after he fell.
THE house will take q recess for q
few minutes" announced Speaker
smith.
THE chair requests that under the
circumstances some member will
H,ovs that the house adjourn by unan-
imous consent" said Speaker Smith.
after the house had been called to
order.
The motion was quickly made, and
the house receded at $40 o'clock until
10 o'clock this morning.
Dr. Wyche lives at Prosperity, In
Newberry county. Mr.. Kibler Of New
berry said last night that his COL
league had been a member Of tho
house for the past 12 or II years.
The action Of the house after DR..
Wyche was stricken with paralysis
illustrated vividly that one touch of
human nature makes the whole world
kin. The members were all more or
less wrought up over the filibuster on
the Sanders bill. which has been Bit
! terly opposed since it was taken up
last "Wednesday night. The opponents
OF the bill seemed determined not
to permit its passage until they had
exhausted every resource to delay it
or induced the house to adopt the
substitute bill Of the judiciary com
mittee. The Sanders bill had been
debated for nearly an hour last night
when the motion for the previous
question prccipitated the second fill
buster to prevent Its passage.
After DR.. Wyche was taken i'll the
members forgot their differences in
their sympathy for the speaker pro
tempore and adjourned by unani.
nous consent.