The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-10-28
DISORDER IN LOWER HOUSE,
EVENING SESSION OF REPRE-
SENTATIVES CHANGED TO
CROUCH HOUSE"
Wilburn and Hardin Ilay Cnruly
Members for Disrcspcct To Prcsid-
ing Officers and Order for Adj
jOurnmcnt is Secured.

Columbia, Oct. 2f.-Tho house
rough housed for 40 minutes last
night and then adjourned until next
Monday night at sos o'clock The
session Of the body last night was
one or the most disorganized and un-
dignified that has been held during
the last three years. G. Il. Wyche of
Newberry, speaker pro tempOre Of the
house, was in the chair. lie asked j.
:. Wilson of Lancaster, scrgeant-at-
arms of the house, to enforce order
twicc, but there was no abatement of
the noise and disregard Of the rules
of the house until Mr.. Wilburn Of
Union and Mr.. Hardin Of Cherokee ap-
pealed to the better nature of mem
bers Of the house, asking them to con-
slider the physical condition of the
speaker pro tempore and preserve the
proprieties Mr.. Hardin made an
especially strong speech, recalling the
was stricken with paralysis during
the last session of the house while in
the chair Mr.. Wilburn, too, express
ed his Indignation at the method Of
procedure.
The disorder in the house last
night beggared comparison. Nobody
knew what it was all about and no.
body seemed to care until chaos had
lasted for about 20 minutes, during
which members We'd with each other
in the attempt to shout loudest at
the chair. The session was yelling
contest in high C, during which the
gavel of The speaker pro tempore was
absolutely disregarded and no atten-
tion was paid to the rules of parlia-
mentary procedure, with which the
members Of the present house should
be we'll acquainted, in view of the fact
that this is their third session.
1t must not he understood that all
in the orgy Of disorder last night.
Certain members did, though, and
seemed to enjoy it. 1t is impossible
to give their names with any degree
OF accuracy.
One of the citizens Of the State,
who was in the gallery last night while
the house was forgetting itself, said
as he was leaving the state house:
1.-THE people ought to know about
this. / am a farmer and a taxpayer,
and I expect to do everything I can
to let them know" ~
OF course there We're apologies after
it was all over and Mr.. Wilburn and
Mr.. Hardin had scored the house for
it's behavior. The apologists said that
they intended no disrespect for the
speaker pro tempore, but that they
wanted to keep the house in session
and force some Of the issues before it,
The session of the house last night
was opened by motion from Mr..
Hardin OF Cherokee to adjourn de-
bate on the MCLaurin warehouse bill
until next Monday night at $50
o'clock. On a roll call the house
agreed to do this by a vote of G2 to
II, after there had been an appeal
from the ruling Of the chair that ten
members did not second the demand
for an aye and nay vote, made by Mr.
Evans Of Marlboro on the question Of
laying the motion on the table. The
house sustained the decision Of the
chair on Mr.. Evans appeal.
At $50 o'clock Mr.. Evans of Marl-
boro moved that the house adjourn.
His motion was lost. On motion of
Mr.. Nicholson of Greenwood the
house agreed that when it adjourned
it would stand adjourned until Mon
day night at sos o'clock. The house
then adjourned debate upon the Milcy
cotton warehouse bill until Monday
night at $40 o'clock. At $40 o'clock
the house adjourned until Monday
night at sos o'clock on motion of Mr..
Walker Of Union.
Indescribable confusion rcigned in
the intervals between the making and
the putting Of tho motions noted
above. The speaker beat almost a
continuous tattO for order ON the
desk With his gavcl and asked the
scrgeant-at-arms to help him.
! 1t is hard to see how the journal
clerk will be able to make an ADEQUATE
record of the session last night. There
was little observance of the rules of
the house and of parliamentary pro-
Ccdurc and no observance by some Of
the members Of the rules of dccorum
There We're very few spectators in
the galleries last night and Il bar,