Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-24
CHRISTENSEN RESIGNS
Gross Of Dorchester Succeeds as
Chairman Of Finance Committee.
WARM SPEECHES ON THE SUBJECT

Former Chairman Says Business Has
Triumphed Over Asricultursr-Nur,-
ber Of Senators Resent Remarks and
Resignation Accepted. t
| Following dramatic speeches by
Senators McColl, Bonham and Hamil-
ton in which they strongly resented
what they termed implications, II net
charges, brought by Senator Christen-
sen in his resignation, that "busiress
had won in the senate" the senate
yesterday accepted the resignation Of
Mr.. Christensen as chairman of the
finance committee and then elected
Senator H. H. Gross Of Dorchester. TO
succeed him as the leader Of the most
irnportsht senate COMMITTEES. The
Beaufort senator made 1t plain that he
would insist on his resignation, says
the Columbia State Of Wednesday
Senator Gross was the second rank
ing member Of the committee, Senator
Johnstone of Newberry being the
ranking member, but he declined to
serve, telling the senate that he did
not feel that he could bear the work
regardless Of the honor and pieasure
1t would bring to him to lead the CONF
mittee. 4,fsf,'. 80 t2s lie
After the morning session had gone,
for about an hour, Senator 5ohnstone
called the resignation OF Mr.. Chris
tensen to the attention OF the senate.
declaring that Senator Christensen
had made it plain to the finance com,
mittee that ihe would mot withdraw
his resignation. %t},ashsfsSSllss 7, y rs,
Exception to Werds.t ,SS
Senator McCoil of Marlboro took
exception to the language used by Mr..
Christensen In submitting his resig-
nation, declaring that this was the
third time in, four years that the sem
ate had been conder.ned; BY Q perspn
in high responsibility iHe SAID the
statement that business was' dlptatiha
to the senate was uniustinabie and
not true and put the senate in' On I'M
proper and false light before the Peg
Die Of South Caroltna. Mr.. / NcCoA
said because the senate failed to sgree
with the finance COMMITTEES Or tilee.
chairman was no reason Why the
chairman should withdraw.
Senator McColi said the ! chairHan
of a great committee had no right TO
Withdraw on the eve of the tconsidsra-
ton iof the apprpp iu Ion bili ahd
went into an explanation ,cfs how the
appropriations had 4 ihcreased ir the
last few years and how hse y op-
posed these increases 9 The fact that
the senate did not agree With ( lir.
Christensen was no reason for his rrsy-g ~
ignation, Mr.. McColr said. TO say
that the senate was sefxile to one I'M
terest was not true, Mr.. McColl der
clared. -
Senator Bonham said he agreed
largely with the remarks of Mr.. NC
Coll and declared he couldn't see how
the senate could be made up Of more
representative men. He said he re-
sented the statement that the senate
had forsaken the soil and surrendered
to business and thought this state
ment meant that the senate had sold
out to business" Mr. Bonham sald
that after such renarks and attitude
on the part of Mr.. Christensen he
thought the only thing to do would be-
to demand the resignation OF Mr..
Christensen IL he had not resigned.
Senator Bonham said when such dis
cord arose In committee 1t was time
to seek a new leader and that ne
thought there was more than one COCO
mind in the senate. tsst}gags
Notfor Business. - ~
Senator Johnstone said he refuted
the statement Monday night that bus
mess had won over agriculture ana
that he did not mean the words In the
light they had been taken. He said ne
agreed with Mr.. Duncan that no one
man or committee could run the SEN
ate. He entered into an explanation
of past appropriation bills and said ne
accepted his share Of the responsipih-
ties in increasing the bills and did no'
want to throw his part of the respcn-
s.bility on Mr.. Christensen.
Senator Hamilton said he was not
representing any class of business,
but the people of Chester county. He
said it looked to him like the senate
had not lost confidence in Mr.. Chris
tensen, but that Mr.. Christensen had
lost confidence in the senate. He de-.
clared that he would not be willing
to swallow tax program that might
be framed by just anybody, one that
he didn't agree with, and that might
have been proposed by somebody" In
Chicago who did not know conditi1ns
here. He declared that he could not
accept the statement that the senate
had been won by business.
During the remarks Of Senator Mo-
Coll, Senator Padgett Of Colleton sug.
gested that the remarks might be
more appropriate II Mr.: Christensen