The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-10
WITH sTHE LEGISLATURE.
ACTION OF HOUSE MEANS INDEr.
MITE DELAY FOR BONE.DRY
LAW.
(By Joe sparks.)

tivts reversed itself and recommit-
ted the Richsy bill, by three votes. IS
to %s. The parliamentary clincher
was clapped on by one vote. a. to 4s.
Thirty-one members aid not vote,
some Of whom had not returned TO
the city after the week end recess.
Last Friday on the motion to strike
out the snacting words of the bin the
II members not voting yesterday di-
vided their votes az folicws: For pro-
hibitioh:' II: against prohibition 8;
not voting six. Two Of these were
paired yesterday. o~ T'A<
When the bill came before the
house on third reading Representative
esarson Of BafnwelI. who had moved
last Friday to strike out the enacting
words on second reading. moved to
rscomniit. He urged the house to
Follow Al3 susgesticn. Representative
Richey. the author OF the bill. defend
"a his measure. Representative Nc
csnts OF FairAsld thought such very
strict law inadvisabte. Representative
Daniel. one Of the most aggressive of
IL prohibition nghtsrs. said the people
q south Carolina were tired OF shanis
ahd that the Richsy law should be
tasssd. Representative cothran of
0fssnviils said the question was,
mould such drastic measure be
bAood." and spoke In favor OF lenien-
cy. Representative Toois cut or the
debate with q previous question mo-
ttbn. Two roll calls were necessary.
the nrst being on the motion to recon-.
mt. which wss passed IS 70 Is. and
the second on the clincher. which car.
ried. "a to -. The 'clincher vote
NJ: - ,arf 7rTi- : IN - 81. t9 a"4s -
20 clinch rscommitmsnt Of bill:
nsbrsssntatives Bailey. Berry. Carter.
ceMfsh. Crows, crum. Il. J. Dennis,
hD'Dsnniss Dominick. Duncan. Ellis,
H Evans. n. @. Evans. rrombers.
Aenbtin. Hsmmond, Horton, Hushs.
HeepSns H. kerry. J, o.. Kelly, Ian
~ xesesnS. 1SnG. Lamptin. Mar
z - 3i 81 1lccutcn-,
~ le}1en. bsnk kSn>S. 81. ~ smith.
~. 4h66f5 WkfxSr whaiey. and
xeuneA-l5. q SsS'a X
Nee to ciinch recommitment: Rep
rsesntxtivss Hoyt.. Anderson, Atkin.
son. Booth. Booker. Boykin. Brad
ford. Byrd, Clinkscales. Coney. Daniel,
Dossoh. Duckworth. Ford. Fuller,
ruimsr. Goodwin. Graham Gresham,
HAmer. Harrison. H. r. johnson. w.
w. Johnson. King. Macfarlan, Maui
din. McIAurin. Melistt. Middleton,
Mitchell. Neuffer. Nichols, Num-, Pc
sues. Rawiinson, Rector. Richey,
scots, shnIi. Smith. stafford, strom.
rools. wasson. williams. wingard-
90.
Thoss voting for "bone-dry" prohi-
oition last Friday and Changing to
recommitmsnt yesterday were. Rep
reesntAtivss Berry. Cothran. r. e.
DsnniS Dominick. Ellis. N. q. Evano.
Horton. Long. d. e. Mccutchen, w.
u Mccutchsh. Noise. Norton, Red
mon. Sanders. Thomas. walker.
Those voting yesterday who did no.
vote last Friday were: Representa-
tivss Crum. Ford. Hammond. Hughs,
n. 7. johnson. n. Kelly. Martin, Ma
son. Riddle. Rivers. H. L. Smith. Jr..
STAFFORD.
Those voting last Friday who did
not vote yesterday were: Represen-
tative Boyd. Clyburn. @. b. Davis, ].
Davis. J. J. Eaddy. 8. c. Eaddy.
Edsns. Fripp. A. Hall. Jr.. Hemphill,
Hinss. Lane. Lilies. Mcsweeney, Mis-
noe. Owens. Passailaigue. Richards.
Riisyl. Rogers. Summers, Wright.
Those who did not vote on either
test ballot were: Representative
Gaston. Boinest. Roberts. smoak
westmoreland.
There were several pairings an
nouncsd Friday and yesterday: Fri
day, Representatives Lumpkin, voting
against the Richey bill paired with
Representative Gresham: Representa-
tive n. n. Evans voting against the
OH paired with Representative Was
son. Yesterday Representative f.. II.
Hall. voting for the bill. paired with
Representative Hemphill.
The Richey bill goes to the COM
mittee on police regulations from
which II was reported majority favor
able and minority unfavorable. The
''ocommitment means indefinite delay.
AZ the time the Richey bill was
made q special order. three other
billa ware otso ono 90 ,,h,oI A.,