Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-02-02
miscellaneous BEADING,
WITH THE

Laws-Mr. McMahan Wants to Give
Women the Right to Vote-Allesed
Friction Between Manning and Pee.
Piles.
Correspondence Yorkville Enquirer.
Columbia, January 30.-In the debate
, on the Warren bill for the repeal OF
the Warehouse Act, it is strange that
none of the papers have mentioned the
very able speech of Mr.. ]. T. Lilies, or
| the dramatic attack made on Messrs'
| Graydon and Warren by Mr.. Sellers
| The speech by Mr.. Sellers was a very
| thoughtful, able presentation of the
merits of the system-calm, logical
| and full of facts. The speech Of Mr..
| Sellers was fiery, and voiced with
power and passion his resentment at
| the little lawyers" who were debating
| what the farmers should or should not
| do. Mr.. Sellers had tried several times
to get the floor, but had failed to Sc
| cure recognition-in fact, the entire
| debate seemed to be taken charge of
| by lawyers. Finally some one, whom
your correspondent does not know,
asked Mr.. Sellers if he was a farmer.
Mr.. Sellers replied affirmatively; and
the gentleman said, "All right, you can
have my place, / think the farmers
ought to be heard"-or words to that
effect. There were calls for Sellers to
come into the centre aisle and he stalk
ed around and faced the house
square, strong and solid, a fine type OF
the modern South Carolina farmer.
The house saw in the first few SEN
fences that something was going to
happen, and you could have heard q
pin drop when Sellers turned on MIR.
Graydon, in reply to his attack on
state warehousing. He did not even
deal in the usual parliamentary per-
sihage, the gentleman from Able
Vile" but, with scorn in tone and
manner, pointed to that man. I'll
show you what he wants." n then.
getting a copy Of the Code from the
days of Scott, the infamous Republi-
can governor of South Carolina, he
read the Freedman's Bureau Bill, that
under Scott and Moses, was used to
accomplish the great land steal, from
the effects Of which the state is yet
suffering. He then read from the
land bill introduced by Mr.. Graydon,
and reported favorably by Mr.. Warren,
a bill that, so far as I can judge, is
copied word for-word from the Scott
Moses bill. Certainly Ben Sellers
speech was one Of the most dramatic
and forceful heard this session in the
house.
1 have seen a copy of the Scott
Moses-W -Graydon bill. 1t is No.
"A, and is entitled, "A Bill to Create a
State Land Commission, define its
powers and prescribe it's duties" The
land commissioner is to be paid $4,000
per year. 1t provides for the sinking
| fund to turn over all Of it's cash and
credits to the commissioner, for him
to purchase annually land at not over
$12 per acre to the extent Of $500, 900,
| to be resold to persons making appli-
cation for same. OF course no such
revival Of Radical 1obbery has the
slightest chance of becoming a law
| and but for Sellers it would not have
attracted the least attention.
An administration bill Of great i'm.
portance is being championed in the
house by Messrs. Lilies and Dick-the
| Tax Commission bill. This measure is
a step in the right direction. Mr.. Lilies
is a member of the ways n means
| committee, and is probably one Of the
best equipped men in the house to
| grapple with a problem Of this charac-
ter. Mr.. Dick will probably not serve
| after this session, as he has been APP
| pointed postmaster at Sumter. The OBJ
| ject of the bill is to reform the entire
tax system. The returns Of property
| are so far below real value that il
makes the mill levy so high as to in
| jure the credit of the state-the object
being to raise the assessment and low
er the levy. The present assessment
Injuries individual credit, because when
a mans property, worth 500, 00O, Is
assessed at $1,000 Dun's OIL Brad
streets rating curtails his credit. II
will makes his taxes no higher, pro-
vided everybody is assessed equally.
There is a rumor Of friction between
the governor and attorney general, the
report being that the former has de-
manded the removal Of Assistant At
torney General Fred H. Dominick on
the ground that he was opposed to the
policies Of the governor. AS the inau-
raj address Of the governor is totally
| opposed to such a course, your CORE
spondent does not believe it, but mere
ly mentions it as a persistent story be-
ing circulated to the injury of Govern
or Manning.
white women, offered by Mr.. McMa-
han, has many friends and will likely
get the two-thirds vote necessary for
it's submission. The wave of prohibi-
is certain that this state intends to
make some experiments in this line,
There is, however, among conservative
prohibitionists. a feeling that the ref
erendum proposed by Senator Williams
will really do more for the u than
more radical action; and the Williams
plan has a latent strength that may
surprise us all if submitted to the
people.
Senators Stuckey and tombstone
made a good fight against the repeal
Of the acreage reduction act, and many
who voted to repeal the law will like
ly realize that a mistake has been
made, when the June acreage report
destroys the good that has been &C
complished by this holding movement
While there are a few extreme mer
in both branches ready to revive fac
tional strife, the general spirit is one
Of tolerance, and it begins to loOk as il
men and measures are to be consider
ed on their merit. If Governor Man
ming carries out the policy stated Ir