The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-25


tempt to have the vote recon
sidered, by a motion made at his
urgence from a Senator who
voted in the affirmative. When
the motion to reconsider was
made the opposition raised the
point of order that such a motion
was out of order because the
senate at that timein the ''morn
ing hour" under the rules, nc
motions other than adjournment,
except by unanimous consent
could be considered or enter
tanned; the chair ruled in our
favor and the matter went over
to be renewed Monday night: If
there is a full senate the fight to
prevent a reconsideration Of the
,te by which the bill was kill
le~ i'll be vigorously waged by
m yself, and unless I mistake
the temper of the majority we
will win, Notwithstanding the
activity of the Game Warden
aud his army OF workers, some
of whom are working for the
measure in the hope of making
salaries out of the big revenue
will put at the disposition of the
head of the department. While
to many, this measure may not
appeal as beng of great i'm.
portance, to those who under
stand the conditions it is of more
importance than many of the
measures introduced at this ses-
sion, especially those who live
in sections where the privilege
of hunting and fsning is re-
garded as an iralienaole right
bequeathed to them by taeir
forefathers.
When the Senate adjourned
Friday night the rate bill was
under discussion with the Sena.
tor from Sumter entitled to the
floor; when we return Monday
night he will continue his speech
with a probability of several
more speeches by other senators
on both sides of the controversy
to follow. Idoubt very much if
a vote will be reached before
Tuesday or Wednesday. This
is a very important measure, it
involves much more than the
average man thlnks-more to
the general welfare than to the
railroads in my opinion, because,
if the two cent fiat rate is put in
to effect the roads in self defence
will be forced to carry the Act
into the United States courts to
determine whether or not the
two cents rate is conhscatory,
that is to say, whether or not
the passenger earnings in this
State are sufficient to give the
railroads a fair return on the in
vestment, and whether on this
rate they can comply with the
public demands for more trains,
quicker schedules, better sta
tions, steel bridges and cars as
per the requirements Of the In
terstate Commerce Commission
at Washington, all of these mat
tiers will be taken into considera.
tion, and it will result in long
litigation which must be paid for
by the taxpayers. I recall one
case in this State a few years
ago when the representatives OF
Dillon County secured the pas
sage ofan Act to require through
passenger trains to stop and re-
ceive passengers at Dillon Sta
tion, the railroads pleaded
against this legislation, and
showed conclusively that the
courts would not sustain such an
Act. because it would interfere
with interstate travel and the
United States through mails,
but they were not needed, the
result was the Atlantic Coast
Line was forced to carry the
matter into the courts after en-.
failing great expense upon them
and the State. The road won
it's contention, and an appropri'
alton of several thousand dol.
lars had to be made from the
State treasury to pay the costs
and the extra attorney fees, SO
/ it will be seen that whenever the
legislature undertakes to place
restrictions upon our public car.
riers 1t should be exceedingly