Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-08-15
Sunday LEGISLATION.

legislature in desecrating the Sabbath
in working through it's closing hours
the same as any other day, or rather
in doing more work on the last Sun
day than it had done during the bal
ance of the session.
AS the result of the resolutions re-
Gently adopted by the Fort Mill min
sterial union and published in The
Yorkville Enquirer, legislative candi-
dates are announcing their positions
from the stump. Some of the former
members are telling as how they had
refused to attend the Sunday sessions.
One of them tells as how he is ashamed
of the legislature for holding this ses-
sion; but admits that he was there,
and very properly claims credit for
having been on the job. Others con-
denim the incident with righteous in
dignation, and promise that they will
never, no never so far forget their early
home training by continuing such desc
Grafton in the future.
OF course there is no question of the
high and pure motives of the Fort Mill
ministerial union in bringing this
matter to public attention. There was
no need for that Sunday session of the
Legislature and there will be no need
for such sessions in the future. But
the fact of the whole business is that
there has been good deal Of misun-
derstandng about the whole matter.
Sunday sessions of the legislature
are not unusual. They have been oc-
curing as far back as we can remem-
ber. But don't let anybody get the
idea that the legislature has ever been
so jealous about it's duties that 1t has
ever worked on any other Sunday than
the last day Of the session. 1t used to
be the custom, the silly custom-ano
probably is yet to stop the clocks at
midnight Saturday and finally wind up
business in the same Saturday night
the same legislative day by the official
clocks, but anyway into Sunday by the
other clocks and the sun.
But the public has been told some
funny things about this last Sunday
windup. For instance it has been told
how at II o'clock Lieutenant Governor
Harvey and Senator Alan Johnstone,
of Newberry, virtually declined to work
on the Lords day and went to their
hotels, etc. The good Associate Re
formed Presbyterian newspaper very
properly commended them for their
attitude in the matter. 1t was a high
and noble example that these two God
fearing gentlemen, were setting to a
wicked generation, and they were
deserving Of commendation.
The truth of the incident is to laugh
On the approach of Sunday the senate
was engaged in wrangle. There were
some who had ground their axes ana
some who hadn't. Those who had not
finished their grinding wanted to 20 on
into Sunday. Those who had didn't
want to. They were willing to finish
up the appropriation bill; but were un-
willing to transact any other business.
Lieutenant. Governor Harvey said he
was willing to stay with them for
work on the appropriation bill; but not
for anything else. Mr.. Johnstone said
that he never had felt right about this
work, and he thought that now
was very good time to set a prece-
dent so he begged to be excused, say
ing that he would leave it to his COL
leagues to do as their consciences
might dictate. He and Mr.. Harvey
left and Senator Laney took the chair. |
After getting a good nights sleep
however, Mr.. Harvey came back and |
at the wind-up Sunday after |
noon.
The reason for that Sunday session |
is the same as for many other previous |
sessions. The legislature is
made up mainly of two clements
hired attorneys of corporations and |
honest, sincere representatives of the |
people. Honest representatives go
there with no other purpose than to
be useful to the state. The others go |
there for the sole purpose of taking
care of their employers The attorneys
are sharp, shrewd and INSCRIPTIONS,
with their only thought and action
on the knowledge that the |
more they can accomplish for the peo-
pie in whose pay they are the more it
will be worth to them personally. The
honest representatives are there usu-
ally at the expense of their BUSINESS at
home and the burden of their thoughts
IS to get through with what they have
to do as well as possible in as short a
time as possible and get back to their
own affairs.
The logic of such situation seems
to be too obvious TO require much ex-
PLANTATION. The scheming pirates, porch
climbers, pick pockets and confidence
men make common cause with each
other, getting all they can by give and
AXE agreements, and by hoodwinking
zach other when they can. Then they
kill time week after week until the
'orty days for which the legislators get
pay from the state is up. BY that
ime the rcDrCSCnta tiVps who orc t1cro