The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-22


IS permitted favorable report ol
oIthe bill When the bill slept il
! the house judiciary committee
\ as Senator Tillman, puts it, i
/, was on the advice of;Mr. Floyd
Y OF Arkansas, chairman Of tn,
, lsub. b.cOmmittee in charge of th,
l lIbill, not to push the bill then
> but to wait till the short session
and he would do his best for {
favorable report. Subsequen
events proved the wisdom of the
suggestion. Tn the closing hours
!, Of the session members were less
critical about local affairs.
Although Messrs. Mann, Re-
publican, and Cullop, Democrat,
objected to the immediate con
sideration of my bill, which
temporarily took it off of the un-
animOus consent calendar, l had
the bill put back on that same
calendar to save time, as time
was everything for the life of
the bill. When I finally called
up the bill Mr.. Cullop did not
object, but offered an amend
ment, as it was thought, with
fthe hope of defeating it. 1t was
to require the publication Of the
names of'endorsers of applicants
for judgeships. 1 saw no OBJ
lection to the amendment, and
so accepted it, thereby silencing,
any objection that Mr.. Cullop
might have to the bill.
The fact is [ have nursed and
petted the district bill till at
times my patience has been we'll
nigh exhausted. For instance,
even after the bill had passed
the house at about 3 o'clock in
the afternoon. l Immediately
hurried to the engrossing clerk
and urged him to have it back
on the speakers table as early
as possible. He said it would
be probably 8 o'clock at night
before he could do this. [ Iwould
take no denial, however, and
stayed with him and had the
bill returned to the speakers
desk by S O'Clock.
Moments were golden and [
stayed to see that none were
lost, While 1 was attending to
this Mr.. Byrnes said that he
would 20 over and inform the
senators that the bill had passed
the house. Later | went to the
senate and saw Senator Tillman
and suggested to Mr.. Byrnes
and later to Senator Tillman
that as soon as nv bill reached
the senate for him to moyc it's
passage without reference to =
committee. He said he would
consult senatorial friend, and
later saw him talking to Sen
ator Gallinger, the Republican
floor leader, presumably as to
whether or not the procedure
would be parliamentary. Senator
Tillman, after claiming all the
credit for its passage, frankly
admitted that he did not expect
it to pass, and we must take
him at his word. Others did eX-
pect it to pass. because they
knew the way had been smooth
er for its passage In order that
Senator TiIlman might get this
bill punctlallv afterithad passed
the house and been engrossed, [
Informed his clerk that the house
engrossing clerk had promised
me to sit right at his desk until
Senator Tillman sent a page for
him and the bill, and he said he
would stay until daylight if
necessary.
OF course these details are not
interesting to the public, but
candOr compels" their recital
to prove, as the lawyers would
say, that [ was around there
when the new district bill was
daddied."
Senator Tillman denies with
a vehemence bordering on hys-
terra that the parceIing out of
The courts positions was a
family matter" l think Mr..
McGowan's suggestion along
that line was unfortunate and
uncalled for, but | also think
t n at when Senator Tillman
rushed into print about it, he