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-I / i -? / f The Press- and Banner. I by hugh wilson! e ?? = t ARBETILLE, M. t TBIE GE?ERAL ASSEMBLY. i IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS OF SEN- a ATE ANE HOUSE. p tl Bills of Much Interest Considered and Dls - "tl V posed of?Hard at Work. ^ Columbia, S. C., Feb. 17.?The sen- * ate met at 8:15 tonight after a rest since Friday but was not in the mood a to tackle the big bills and contented s< itself in going through the calendar, T passing the bills on which there was a no question and continuing the others. It was in session but forty minutes ci when an adjournment was had till 11 r< a. m. tomorrow. One of the second b reading bills passed was the house bill ? to declare the liability of railroad cor- S norations for injuries sustained by persons while in their employ. n The house did little at the morning g1 session, the fonly matter of any interest acted upon being the passage of Mr. Townes' bill to protect shad and sturgon during certain seasons of the hi TMr Jnsh Ash lev's bill to build a th court house and jail at Honea Path in passed. The house made one step toward ad- d( juournment at night when it adopted v< a five minute rule on all measures not special orders. pi The result will be to pile on the spe- p( cial orders, of course, but there is a ec pospect of making haste a little less slowly henceforth. Mr. Lofton's first vi bill was reconsidered and recommitted sh and the senate buuilding and loan bill, w which it is claimed is the work of a ps foreign building and loan man intro- K duced as a kind of Trojan horse with a provision exempting those companies' from the penalties attached to usury, . was killed. The balance of the night was spent on two county government 01 bills, one of which was recommitted ?? and the other, relating to the salaries . of supervisors; passed, with numerous amendments. Columbia, Feb. 18.?The chief debate today was on the election law- ,Wi Mr. Manning spoke earnestly for his Auatralion ballot bill. P Mr. Bacot then moved to strike out the enacting words of No. 1591, the T eight-box law to which the house refu ed to agree to. ?r Mr. Tatum then moved to table Mr. ?r Manning's substitute, which was . agreed to by an aye and nay vote of 76 c? to 17, as follows: Ul vmc?aflame a nhorenn aoblpv Barry, Blackwell, Bowman, Breeland, Bramlett, Brown,. Caruthers, Caugh- s" man, Connor, L. S.; Connor, J. B.; 80 Davis, C. M.; Davis, W. C.; Eadens, ,. Edwards, Elder, Ellerbe, .Fin?dea, Goodwin, Gregory, Hammett, Hardy, , Harper, Harvey, Hiott, Hollis, Holloway, Hough, Hunter, Humphrey, w Ilderton, Johnston, Johnson, Kennedy, Kindard, Kirk, Lancaster, Lemmon, 01 Lesesne, Leverett, Love, Magill, Mel- f? lard, Miles, Mishoe, Mitchell, T. P.; J Mitchell, J. W/; Moore, Murraj, Mc- J? Intosh, McSweeney, Nunnery, Otis, . Pickens, Pollock, Prince, Rainsford, !n Rowland, Shuman, Skinner, Sturkie, Tatum, Thompson, Todd, Townsend, m Thurmond, Tyler, Warr, Watson, W1 Whitmire, Williams, T. S.; Williams, Pr L. J.; Williams, Fred; Williamson, 10 Wolff, Wyman- 76. Nays?Burns, Crum, Devereux, Dothace. Fowler. Lofton. Manniner. c. Mehrtens, Mellett, Patton, Price, ] Pyatt, Sanders, A. K.; Sauitders, John G.; Weston, Wilson?17. The eight-box bill was then taken up, and a motion to strike out the en- P~" acting words was voted down, | 1 The committee amemdments were r~ then adopted, and a number of verbal amendments were added. Mr. Townsend then offered the following as a substitute for section 9, which was agreed to: Section 9. At the general election for the year 1896 and all special elections thereafter held up to January 1, 1898, the managers of election snail f require of every elector offering to ^ vote at such election, before allowing him to vote, in addition to the produc tion of a registration certificate, proof * of payment of poll tax six months before said election of any poll tax then due and payable. After January 1, 1898, they shall require of any elector ^ Affftwiiff i/\ ttaId of outt alo/?tirm Via fore allowing him to vote, in addition jr to the production of a registration cer- 77 tificate, proof of the payment of all taxes, including poll tax assessed ^ against him and collectable during the previous year. The.production of a certificate or of the receipt of the of- r? ficer authorized to collect such taxes shall be conclusive proof of the payment of the same. 1 Mr. Patton moved to amend section ~~ 11, requiring managers of election to post a statement of the result of the election in some conspicuous place at 7* the polling place. ^ Mr. Thurmond moved to table the amendment ^ Objection was raised that the requirement was unnecessary and expensive r~ and troublesome to managers. Mr. Thurmond objected that it would cause J? contests. "M"_ ?:J ii i iJ PC iiu. i auuu oaiu tuat it wuuiu uaiioc 5 no more contests on a table than on a J tree. His object was to protect the purity of the box for the next three days until the box was opened at the ** court house. The amendment was then tabled by a vote of 50 to 23. Mr. Manning offered an amendment to provide for bi-partisan representa- j tioa on the boards of commissioners and managers, consideration of which P' was interrupted by recurrence to the morning hour, during which the bill *7 to repeal the senate free pass bill was reported favorably. Mr. Hardy by unanimous consent introduced a bill relative of the sale of liquor. pc When the hour for recess arrived a ca motion was pending to adjourn from pc Friday night until Monday noon. bj HOUSE NIGHT SESSION. tic Mr. Fowler's resolution to adjourn asi from Friday night until noon Monday was passed. us NO BI-PARTISAN REPRESENTATION. be Mr. Manning's amendment to pro- ap vide for bi-partisan representation on th the boards of election commissioners ro, and election managers was the pending question at the night session. th Mr. Manning said that the amend- gc ment would not change the law and vc would be in the line of securing fair elections. ga Mr. Watson moved to table tha an amendment, saying that the charge of ed fraud was a reflection on any county, and the amendment was killed. rr Mr. Anderson offered an amendment w< o provide for four boxes, which was abled. Mr. Bacot offered an amendment to d xtend the time for closing the polls s: o 5 o'clock, saying that in the cities ^ he early hour and the late hour were j, he only hours that the laboring peo- y ?le could vote. a Mr. Watson moved to table the jj mendment, which was agreed to. p Mr. Bacot offered an amendment to rovide that the election boxes with e heir keys, should ba deposited after q Reelection with the clcrk of court, $ rith their contents, said contents to n e destroyed at the ne:;t election, c rhieh was agreed to. ti Mr. Bacot then offered another q mendment to provide for the greater oj jcurity of the boxes, but on Mr. a] Wnsend's moving to table, the e, mendment was killed. it ? - : Tbe previous question lucu ^ ailed, the bill was passed to a third m jading by a vote of 82 to 10; the noes ^ eing Messrs. Adams, Anderson, Gre- C( ory. Manning, Mellett, MUler,Parler, anders, Weston and Wilson. p. The senate bill to declare the law in iference to commissioner*.- and manaers of elections was theu taken up ^ ad passed. a, NO CONVICT COMPETITION. w Mr. Finklea's bill to prevent the p< iiing of convicts to private parties si ten came up, and Mr. Finklea spoke Si i support of it. le After further debate, a motion to in- tb jfinitely postpone was rejected by a ai )te of 47 to 41. tii An amendment of Mr. Ilderton's to u] ovide that convicts should be sup- cc >rted by the penitentiary was reject- ti< I. ul Mr. Tatum moved to amend to pro- m de that the conditions of the bill ki lould not apply to existing contracts fr hich was killed. The bill was then ol issed to a third reading and Mr. tr aufman put the clincher on it. oi $2,500 FOR THE FAIR. te The State fair appropriation resolu)n was then taken up as unfinished se isiness, and Mr. Patton moved to remslder the vote whereby the house t0 id refused to order it to a third read- F? g, and then oifered a substitute res- *D ution. ln Mr. Patton said that this resolution sf as for the encouragement of agricul- A re and stock raising. It provided nj at there should be no immoral ?f iows. It was simply a question of 01 hether a tax should be raised for the eJ C3ut? ^,,1^1 St ruicrs ui mo guiic. xuc iaa yvuuiu nount to 1*68 of a mill, and would P? ing back $25,000 or $30,000 to the ~ rmers of the State. There was no . tance for any job, money making or 811 iconstitutionality. or The vote was then reconsidered. m Mr. Ilderton then moved to table the ar bstitute, but the house refused to do ei! ' by a vote or 47 to 46. There was much discussion over the rf fferent amendments. , Mr. Towhsend then offered the fol- 01 vying to be known as section 31, , hich was adopted: Section 31. Each township as now ^ hereafter laid out and defined in the *r veral counties of this State, and in lr ose counties where there are no such . wnships, the parish as formerly 10 lown and denned, is declared a pollg precinct. In all the cities and 91 wns containing 5,000 inhabitants or ore, where the same is divided into ~ irds, each ward shall be a polling f ecinct; and in the city of Charles- ns n the polling precincts shall be the me as the voting precincts now es- H1 blished in the several wards of said f" ty by law. The voting places within rr ese polling precincts shall the same ^ now or hereafter established by nc w: Provided, when there are more an one voting place in the polling ecinct the elector for that precinct 00 n vote at either polling place, to be sei signated on his certificate of regis- re ition by board of registration or su- ?? rvisor of registration. Mr. Bacot then offered the follswing aendment which was rejected: Section 1. Ud to and including Jan. &1 1898, all male persons of voting age P? plying for registration who can a* ad any section of the constitution of ct 95 of this State submitted to them r the registration officer, or under- . ind and explain it when read to C1i em by the registration officer, and w >t disqualified under the constitution F otherwise and any person who shall ^ >ply for registration after Jan. 1, ?? 98. if otherwise qualified, and who 01 n both read and write any section 9? the said constitution submitted to m by the registration officer, ?r can ow that he owns and has paid all ^ xes collectible during the previous sar on property in this State assessed three hundred dollars ($300) or ore, and not disqualified under the nstitution or otherwise, shall be en- m led to register and become electors td shall be separately and severally ?5 gistered at the times and places and * the manner and form hereinafter su entioned and provided for. And no irson shall be entitled or allowed to Pl )te at any election hereafter to be m klsl (oc rwATTi/larl in oanfiAn 19 urc '1U CM piv/viucu 1U ocvuv/u ~ said article 11) unless he shall have ac *n registered as hereinafter provid- ar . for and required, and shall produce id exhibit his registration certificate the managers of election of the poll- Qf g precinct at which he may be enti- Gf id to vote, and, also, unless he be jj >sses3 d of the qualifications for suf- g, age prescribed in the aforesaid artiAmend all other sections by corres- afc tndingly changing the respective to imbers thereof. w The bill was then passed to its third w: ading. $5 Columbia, Feb. 19.?One of the first ja atters up was the substitute bill to f0 ve $2,500 to the State fair. This bill m ohibits all immoral shows, and also co imbling of any sort, on the grounds. g( ter some debate the bill was lulled. So ere will be no appropriation for this sar's fair. county officers. ^ Mr. Bacot's bill relative to the ap- ;n 1 x j -1.1 in 1U liniment 01 county ana oiner omcers co me up next. It provides that aptintments of this class shall be made ga r the governor on the recommenda- ^ >n of the delegation in the general re sembly. si, Mr. Bacot, in speaking for his bill, ~r ed the arugment that it gave memrs of the delegations a voice in the aj ipointment of officers and prevented e appointment of men who had been jectel. On motion of Mr. McGill, who ou ought the law now on the books m od enough, the bill was killed by a af >te of 61 to 34. tic The report of the Clemson investi- pi .ting committee was then preseDted, th id received as information and order- ca to be printed in the journal. ot The hour for recess having now ar- is red, the speaker's gavel fell and w> Drk was dropped until 8 o'clock. bi DISPENSARY COMMISSIONER. The bill to provide for the election uties and compensation of a commisioner of the dispensary and of a State L oard of control and to further reguite the sale of intoxicating liquors in tie counties and prescribe further penItiesfor violation of the dispensary iws, as ordered to a third reading, eads as follows: Section 1. That at the next general lection there shall be elected by the ualified electors of this State an addi- S al officer to be known as the com- b lissioner of the dispensary, to hold tl ffice foi a term of two years and un- lj 1 his successor shall be elected and ualified, upon whom, with the board a f control hereinafter provided to be opointed, shall devolve all the pow- tc *s, duties, responsibilities and liabil- tl ies of the management of the laws of v le State as to alcoholic or spirituous or p lalt Jiquors or wines, generally tc nown as the dispensary laws; said ai >mmissioner to receive a salary of L800 pes annum, to be paid from the 01 rofits of the dispensary. li Sec. 2. That the general assembly at " s next session shall elect five mem- v: jrsof a board of control, competent re id qualified electors of this State, si ho, with the commissioner of the dis- pi ;nsary as their chairman ex officio, C kail constitute and be known as the tate board of control, who shall se- se ct their chairman and as such have tl ie powers, control and management, fr id be subject to all the responsibili- pi es now provided by law for the reg- it tation and control of the use, sale, tc msumption, transportation, disposi- jt Dn, receipt, delivery, storing or man- vi facture of alcoholic, spirituous or alt liquors or wines, generally w aown as the dispensary laws, said b; 7e members to hold office for terms b< f one, two and three years, and un- gi I the appointment of their success- fc s; said successors in office to be elec- tb d immediately upon the expiration tr ! each said terms by the general as- is mbly of this State then in session, vi id with all future successors in office e^ i be elected for terms of three years, pi ispectively, each position to be filled bi amediately on the expiration of the u] icumbent's term by the general as- rj mbly of this State then in session, m i i . *ii-. J-.il. na it Dy reason 01 me aeain or resig- oj ition of a member or members there ti icur at any time a vacancy or vacan- w es in said board of control, the gov- ti nor shall appoint a substitute or sub- di itutes who shall serve out the unex- th red term. The said board shall meet m least once a month in the city of yi alumbia, at the office of the commis- ti aner of the dispensary, and oftener cc 1 call of the chairman, and each ember shall receive the same mileage of id per diem as a member of the gen- ai al assembly for actual days of ser- in ceand actual miles of necessary ai avel in the discharge of the duties of m e office, to be paid from the profits tfc ' the dispensary. in Sec. 3. The State board of control ui lall elect a clc*k, who shall receive p< I compensation for his services a sal- m y of $800 per annum, to be paid of om the profits of the dispensary. ps Sec. 4. That on information given n< the county board of control that th x_ J! T ty couuiy uispeuser iiits, iu viuJtti?ua tu his oath of office, sold or furnished tb toxicating liquors to any minor, in- cr xicated person or person who is in as e habit of becoming intoxicated, or ar is failed to make full and accurate p? turns as required by law, showing d< e true signature to every request for 01 luor by him received and granted; at at on such information given it shall i the duty of the solicitor, on due 'a >tice from the said county board of qi ntrol, to bring suit in the name of oc e county for $200 damages on the tb ind of Ihe said county dispen- tb r, against the principal and su- w ties of said bond, for which w id principal and sureties shall be in ible jointly and severally, together ac Lth all costs and judgments pertain- in g to the suit. And on judgment hi ven against him the said county dis- tb user shall be immediately deprived cl his office as dispenser and his prin- de pal and sureties aforsaid shall reain further liable, jointly and sever- m l*> fn tha evtorit nf tViftii* hrtnrl tr? nil t.'h ?V 1 WV V"W v*. ?^V4?. ?vr ?? vil damages, costs and judgments th hich may be obtained against the to incipal in any civil action brought in r wife, parent, guardian, employer pi other person under the provisions in the law; provided, that if the said in unty dispenser do show to the satis- p< ctionofa jury that the said intoxi- fo ting liquor was obtained from him 01 r the infant, intoxicated person or th irsons in the habit of becoming in- th xicated by fraudulent and deceitful m presentations, said county dispenser ci all have judgment and the pgrson be aking such fraudulent and deceitful ac presentation shall b? guilty of a mis- qi smeanor and be fined not less than tti 00 or imprisonment for not less than th e months. bection 5. That this act shall be a w iblic act and shall go into effect im- th ediately upon its approval by the w ivernor. and that all acts or parts of bt ts inconsistent with this act be and fo e hereby repealed. so pi Ten Thoasand for an Eye. r.( Albany, N. Y., Feb. 18.?The Court Appeals today affirmed the decision ai the lower court in the case of J ames . Swinarton of Chicago against La- tb iutillier Bros, of New York. While rc rs. Annie E. Swinarton was making purchase in the defendant's store, out three years ago, Mrs. Swinar- ar n was struck in the eye with a pi a cc hich a cash boy had shot at random ith a ruboer sling. She sued for 0f 0,000 damages and her husband, ^ imes H. Swinarton, sued for $25,000 r the loss of her services and for ei edical attendance upon her. The w urt awarded him $10,000 and La- tii jutillier Bros, appealed the suit. clJ Severe Cold Wave. New York, Feb. 17.?A cold wave unusual severity has spread over su Tri this p.if.v th? iyipwiito dicated 6.04 degrees below zero, the 1 ldest recorded here since the estab- n} ihment of the Weather Bureau. At iranac Lake the temperature was 49 V1 sgrees below zero, the lowest ever Jv corded there. At Genesee the fall ^ ace Saturday noon was sixty de- 0 ees, being 18 below zero to-day. Bos- ^ n and other New England points so report very cold weather. ^ Terrible Loss of Life. fe Troy, N. Y., Feb. 17.?Fire broke ic, it in the collar factory of J. Stethei- of ire & Co., River street, this city, this re ternoon. The greatest consterna- be )n prevailed among the 300 girl em- la oyes. Five of the girls jumped from th e fourth-story windows. One was lil ught in a net by the firemen. The pr her four were killed by the fall. It ar beMeved that twenty five young pi omen were burned to death in the lilding. h? METROPOLITAN POLICE. IVELY. DEBATE IN THE 6ENATE ON THAT SUBJECT. [r. Barm-ell Defends Charleston and asks the Repeal of the Law?Other Proceedings. Columbia, Feb. 20.?Special: The enale today was the scene of a deate which Drought under discussion le metropolitan police system recentj established in Charleston Mr. Mayfield called up his bill to mend the law in some particulars. Mr. Barnwell moved to amend so as > repeal the law now in force, sayiDg lat if his amerdment prevailed he - - * ?>- i 1. rould offer anotner 10 aeiray me exenses of the board of commissioners ) the present time. Speaking to his tnendment he said: The scope of the amendment just ffered to the bill is to repeal the poce act of 1894, commonly known as the metropolitan bill," and to proide for the expenses up to date of its speal incurred by the police com misoners lately appointed under the rovisions of that act for the city of harleston. When this body has before it a bill ;eking to put further burdens upon le city, and unnecessarily taking om the chief city of the State the swerof administering its own police, becomes my duty as a senator either > give my sanction to this act of inistice or to express my dissent as igorously as it is in my power to do. A year ago, when the original bill as on its passage, it was maintained y its supporters that it would never 5 necessary to enforce it; that the rant of the power to put the act in tree would be sufficient to carry out le object designed,the supprestion of affic in intoxicating liquors?but it on record that such was not my iew. It seemed to me almost selfrident, that given enormous powers rovided for by the act, there would 5 continual pressure brought to bear pon those in control of the machiner to pat it in force. The present adlinistration of the city was given no pportunity to enforce the act. No me was assigned them for trial. They ere not put upon probation. Allough the personnel of the council iffered almost totally from that of te previous administration, the adlinistration which had gone before, at tbey were held responsible for aeons in which they had no part and >uld not have prevented. The act provided for no distribution the places on the local police boards nong different factions, and accordio-Iv no such distribution was made. id eo far as I am informed every ember of the local board belongs to ie party in an insigniBcant minority l the city ovef which they now bear adisputed sway. I challenge the sup)rters of the act last year to find for e, in all of the statutes of the States ! the Union, one which would comire with this, and the challenge was 3t accepted ror the very good reason iat none such could be ftfund, and day senators are asked to sustain Lis law and to continue this undemoatic and unjust law; nay, you are iked to intensify it, for although the nending bill covers nearly three iges, there is not a word in it which )es away with the harshness of the -iginal act, and not a few of which la additional burdens upon the city. Do senators know that there is not line in the original act which retires the enforcement by the police mimissioners of the ordinances of lecity? Not a word which requires iem to report to the city authorities hich support them? Not a sentence hich permits the city authorities to sptct either the proceedings or the icoants of the police boardf in or any timation that the city authorities ive anything whatever to do with ie affairs of the board, which is targed with the peace and pood orsr of the city? The property holders of the city ust view with alarm the fact that eir police officers are independent of .eir will. It is the duty of the police report all infractions of the build2 laws of the city passed for the eservation of the city against the lproper construction of its dwellgs. They are also required to re>rt as to the lighting of the city and r failure of the contractors to carry it properly their obligations. In ese and numerous other instances .e police department and the governent of the city and the welfare of its tizens are closely intertwined and >und up. There is not a word in the st nor in the amendment which retires of the new police force to obey ie ordinances of the city or enables e citizens to enforce such obedience. Do you not think, senators, that it ould have been proper and fitting at inasmuch as the general assembly as in session and this act could have >en amended before it was put in >rce for the State authorities to have mght some legal authority for emoying more policemen than the act srmitted before they incurred that r?anoo9 A rtA TTflf T q m i r? th at kyguoe i iiuu jw? J. MUU IMW? ???? though by lav? only one policeman every 2,000 inhabitants are allowed, e present police board has on its pay >11 many more. It is known to the senate that the ty of Charleston has made no resistlce to this law. Neither in the turts nor by any open resistance have jr citizens expressed their deep sense injury at the insult to them implied j the manner in which the law is it upon them and the manner of its lforcement. They have endured it ith the quiet dignity and manly fortude witn which they have been acistomed to bear hardships. When force, an irresistible force, is been brought against her she has ibmitted to the inevitable but wheth in the minority in the State or in Le minority in the nation she has 5,ver professed belief in opinions that le did not believe or fawned upon e hand that struck. Charleston has ired to differ with the majority of ie State in politics, just as the State South Carolina has often differed ith other States and with the major7 of the United States in politics. a the subject of the dispensary law ere has been ^specially a great difrence of opinion, not only as to poly of the law, but as to the methods its enforcement, and, although I gret that any political form has ever sen given to the opposition to this w, yet it is admitted on all hands at in the endeavor to enforce it more aerties have been taken with the 'ivileges of the private citizen than ly other law which has ever been aced upon the statute books. Our city is undergoing, perhaps, the 1 irdest year of her existence. The i great rice planting interest, which f many years poured its golden harve into her lap, is languishing UDder tl effects of cheaper foreign and dome I tic markets. The sea island cotton i terest is suffering in almost exact! the same way and the phosphate i terest is at its darkest hour. The fa tcrage business has almost come to close and nothing but the frugal ha its of her people and the savings fro the hard "earned money of form years saves her now from disaste Loaded down with debt contracted b fore the late war for railroads whit went down with disaster with th struggle and more stripped of her r sources by that war than any oth< city in America she has only by dii of hard labor been able to meet h< creditors without repudiation and 1 hold up her head above the waves. Where is the industry in South Ca olina today that is not more or le aided by her means, her skill and h< money? I have faith in the city, have faith in her brave men ana fa women and believe that she will r ' Al X _ . J - B cover i rum nits present penoa 01 a] parent depression; that she will eith< make or find a way again to for tun and I am not, I think, asking too muc of the representatives from other coui ties whose * fame as Carolinians Id not mean to cast doubt upon, becaui I stand up in defense or Charlesto that they will not add one other bu den to her missfortune. Mr. Mayfield said that he concum in what the senator had said aboi Charleston?the State loved Charle ton and she was not dealing with en mies. But South Carolina was bigg< than Charleston and had pass* laws for the whole people. Charlestc alone had refused to pass an ordinant making it unlawful to sell liquors e: cept under the dispensary. Whe the people of the State heard thi Charleston had been destroyed by a earthquake, there hau been sympatl for her in every heart in the Stat They sympathized with her in the lo of the phosphate industry, but the di pensary system did not bring on thej things. They had refused to pass s ordinance of the city to prohibit tl sale of liquors after they nad agre< to do so. Mr. Barnwell stated that the cou: ?,'l Un/l V>o1/4 o onA A l/ll UCIU UVXU CM UiUVbiUg HUM UWIUVU I pass an ordiance to that effect, but u on the advice of the city attorney th it would be illegal, did not do so. Mr. May field, continuing, said thi he had been iaformed that the city s torney had prepared the ordioanc He was surprised that so learned man should draw such a bill and the give it as his opinion that it could n< be enacted. Mr. Barnwell said that he thoagl Mayor Ficken drew the bill, and ce taiuly not the city attorney. Mr. Mayfield said that while th< would promise to enforce the law, tl officers could say. "We are not requi ed to enforce it. The law ha^ n< been enforced, and a board consistii of gentlemen of high standing hi been appointed and the law put inl effect The best people of Charlestc favored this law. Mr. Barnwell?The most uncompr mising opponents of the law were c the other side from Mr. Smythe in tl last election. Mr. Mavfield said that the law wou pour gold into the coffers of Charle ton. She had had her trial and it w; too late now for her to ask for a ne one. Mr. Barnwell said that they had r fused to take his pledge that the la would be enforced (made last year) the law was not passed. Mr. Mayfield said that the govern* had been compelled to put the law i force after seeing that it would not 1 carried out. Mr. Watson said that while he hs nqt changed the position he had take last year, and believed there were! towns in the State that needed tl board if Charleston did, he wou move to table the motion of the gei tleman from Charleston to put an er to the debate. Mr. Buist said that the position take by his colleague was eminently cg rect. The position taken at the la session involved vital principles. ? then spoke at some length about tl need of reformers in party primarie which he held would be brought aboi by the adoption of a system of registr tion, for which purpose, it will be i membered he had introduced two bill which were killed in the house. He endeavored to impress upon tl senate the fact that the faction of tl Charleston Democracy with which 1 was identified did not endorse topolii board or the dispensary law. The; was no local politics in that, he sai and he wished it heralded abroad th no one had said that this law was pi into force by the reason of the succe of one or the other of the factions. The law was simply the effect of 01 sided politics in South Carolina. ? would vote for the repeal of this la as he would for the repeal of the di pensary law if it came up again. Mr. Efird spoke in opposition 1 repeal* He desired to say that tho men who Constituted the majority i South Carolina would always suboa to the will of the majority. If tl day ever came when he and his pari arnnlH hA in a. minoritv. he would ni be found kicking against the will < the majority. Mr, Archer said that if no one wou! throw any light on the subject undi debate, he hoped the gentleman fro Edgefield would renew his motion table. Mr. Watson then renewed his m tion and the amendment to repeal wj tabled, the following gentlemen vo ing no: Barnwell, Buist, Dennis, Kirklam Moses, Mower, Sloan, Turner an Verdi?r. Messrs. Finley and Harrison, wb were absent from the hall, returned i this instant and asked to be records as noting "no," making the noes 1 Messrs. Watson and Norris, who vot* against the bill last year, voted again the repeal. On motion of Mr. Barnwell, sectic 2, providing for the employment < additional counsel by the board, wi stricken out. fV. WlilCl'OUUO l-.l III! ill I l.tjnn \> aa a pointed on a bill to exempt certai portions of Anderson and William burg counties from the provisions < the general stock law. A NEAT COMPLIMENT. Mr. Finley then rose, and in presen ing a magnificent gold-headed cane I the president on behalf of the en ployes of the senate made a very a] propriate speech. In accepting the cane, the presidei said: There are occasions in life when th tongue fails to adequately express th emotions of the soul. To use the lang or uage ofthesonjBr: "The heart feels at most when the lips move not" tie In accepting this beautiful and valuss able present at the hands of the ap- / a- pointeesof this senate, I fail to find ly words to sufficiently express my high n- appreciation of the eift thus presented, c- I recognize in this act the fact that J a they were moved not only by a sincere b- intention to honor me, but to approve m of my acts as I walk among men. er I appreciate it the more highly ber. cause it comes from the hands of those who are accustomed to labor and toil. :h My own hands have been used in that s at same way, as well as my fathers, for e- generations before me. In stepping ij sr down the declivities of life, this will !j at be a constant reminder of the confi- J &r dence and esteem placed in me. When ) to I have finished my course in life, I shall leave it as an heirloom to my posteri- * r- t'7 and trust that it may be an incen- : bs ti ve to them to act well their Dart in 1 jr life. In accepting this gift, allow me I to say again that lvalue it most highir ly and to express the hope that those 1 e- who have been prompted to this grace- J p. ful and generou9 act may be blessed ? jr w'ith contentment and prosperity in J te this life and rewarded with joy in the 1 ,h life to come. j i- The Senate disposed of a number of ' ? lo bills of no interest to the general jub* ? 3e lie. j ,n house pooKEDnras. ^ r" The House disposed of a mass of i ,j routine business. a t The bill relating to the public print- j ing was passed to its third reading. It t e" reduces the prices about 20 per cent. p The bill to purchase the farm adjoin- ? t ing the State hospital for the insane c was passed. h The House accepted the Senate p amendment to the negro college bill, requiring that the faculty shall be tl "J composed exclusively of negroes. A Resolutions were introduced request- f in ing the ways and means committee to t iy report the bill to create and regulate c e* State depositories as soon as possiole 1 88 requiring the committee to be appoints* ed to consider the bond of candidates f 86 for the position of printer to the State 1: in to meet on the 28th. I IP ?r ni i a. . l at*. ~T air. amnner movea to lay mis 011 c the table, stating his reasons, but fin 1 ally withdrew his motion and the res- r olutions were adopted. 1 to The special order fixing the final ad- \ P- journment of the general assembly s at was discharged until next Wednesday, e The following was given out: I at 4'The committee on arrangements a A- for the Charleston trip beg to an- t e. nounce the following programme. f a 'Leave Union depot Feb 22, at 7:05 1 in a. m., arrive Charleston .11 a m. Up- r on arrival take steamer at Northeast- i era railroad wharf and remain on the 1 kt water until 1:30 p. m., then visit the 1 r* citadel, where a salute will welcome i the guests. Inspect barracks, review a >y and inspect drill and review of the t 16 cadets. Then participate in grand re- 1 view of militia. Fourth brigadeot Then repair to Northeastern railroad, c depot so as to leave at 7 p. m. and ar- t K* rive at Columbia at 11 p. m. , \ to The joint resolution to allow the 1 ** Doaru ui uircuiura ui tun pouitouuai j c to borrow money on the Reed farm and mortgage the same was ordered to ,n a third reading. ie Mr. Miller introduced a resolution that the superintendent of tne periitenld tiary iurnish the authorities of Claflin s- college 40 convicts. M The bill to define in what manner w towns and cities in South Carolina may increase or diminish their corpoe rate limits was ordered to a third readw ing. if The bill to amend section 814 of volume 1 of the revised statutes, relating ?r to the office of register of mesne contn veyances for certain counties was or^ dered to a third reading. It provides for the election of the registers of id mesne conveyance for Charleston and >n Greenville counties to be made by the 20 people of the respective counties, and ie not Dy the general assembly, as hereld tofore. The bill to amend an act entitled "an act to fix the price of public advertisements," passed at the regular >n session of 1894. This bill fixed a rate for the insertion of public advertisest ments, so as to prevent more being paid for an advertisement in large io i?~ ?11 woo flr- I *w type UIttLI 111 DlXlOU* xuu Anw TVCM ua a* ed at 5 cents per word. Heretofore $1 ; it an inch had been paid for the first ina sertion and 50 cents per inch for each : e- subsequent insertion. s) The bill to repeal an act entitled "an act to prevent the use of a free pass, ie express or telegraph frank on any ie railroad by any United States senator ie or member of congress from this State 3e or by any member of the general as- t re sembly of this State, or by any State * or county official or by any jUd^e *t of or court of record in this State," it was next considered. ss Mr. Kennedy, who introduced the . bill, said that he had done so in ob- 1 ie servance of the saying, "Equal rights y t? to all and special privileges to none." ( w When a representative is sent to the * a' United States senate he is at liberty to 1 use a free pass as soon as he crosses the 1 to State boundary, and in 8outh Caroli- J. s? na he should also be allowed this priv- * in ilege if the roads do not object. South ; 'it Carolinians, he said, should have 16 mnrA o.r?nfid?nce in one elected to a ^ >Y position of honor and trust than to ot have a law which prevents him from of enjoying a privilege for fear of bribId ery* Mr. Uderton did not think such a Br law on the statute books was, by any means, a source of pride to the people w of the State. It was a blot there, and should be wiped away. ?" Mr. Williams said that the bill was *8 passed by the farmers to show their ladependencej and a desire on their . part to refrain from accepting the \ generosity of any corporation. t Mr. Cooper asked Mr. Williams if t he intended to pay his fare to Charles- a L? ton on Saturday. p He replied that he understood that f 'u the city of Charleston was 10 auenu iu s h that- s 5(J A vote was taken to decide whether f s* or not to strike out the enacting words ^ of the line. The vote was 26 to 53. The bill was ordered to a third reading. ? * t A Fiend Confeiffli. ( D" Augusta, Ky., Feb. 17.?Robert J :n Laughlin, who on Saturday morniner a s* reported his house burned by murder- c ers, who attacked him with knives, s and whose wife and niece were burn- \ ed in the building, has confessed that u t- he was the murderer. He says he i jo could not tell what put it in his mind s l-1 to brain them with a poker while they ?- were asleep. Blood was found on his shirt and it was the question by the it officers how he would account for t that at the coroner's inquest which i 0 drew from him the confession. To 1< e prevent lynching it was arranged to v : take Laughlin to the jail at Maysville. 9 KILLED HIS PLAYMATE. || k TWELVE YEAR OLDLAD TAKE AN- ,^aj OTH ER'S LIFE WITH A BLOW. | rim Miller and George Demttu Htrc J9 Difficulty with a Sad Ending?Dematet ' Jfl Struck With a SamU Piece of Iron and 'hS| His Heart Paralyzed. Columbia, s. C., Feb. 18.?A very "-1 ad killing occurred near the Qon- :;;?j raree Mills yesterday at noon, tflwn . ; -^ ji rames Miller, a twelve year old white >oy, struck another lad named GepJTge )emates on the heart -with a.flOafeJl siece of iorn, inflicting instant death. 1 Che boys were old playmate^ Which nakes the death all the more unforton- ite. Miller and Demates both work n the Congaree Mill They live .> icross the street from each nfh>rr ibout one hundred yarda fronl the. ^ nilL Miller has been in the cityime' % ' - - ^B veek, having moved here wi& frisfltinjfn >arents from Charleston* Dem&ea^^wH las been working here for someHIS^B aonths.He is, perhaps, fourteenHMOH ears of age, and like most mill em-KelBl (Joyces of that age, is rather thinB&KJ ausfcd from the ^close work which he M bo^ had le early part of the day. The/,en- |BwfflBB ountered each other at the dinner H&gaaU our, at which time the fight. iook. SKSsB When a Register reporter calle&ai RgSH le station house shortly after Jim bcalW filler had been locked up, he was Bgg?|| ound lying down in his cell on, .his ack and seemed worried. , He was :.j ailed to the cell door and asked ta.tell N low the killing happened . -y : jfl| Jim says the difficulty first arose 1 rom his slapping the face .of a npall ,M imr tghn had Wn ifmihlino? Hfm ; 'l.'-Z&B Demates came along and wanted, to lontinue the fuss. Demates salted lim what businesss did he hare quar- -)-$ $$&I elling with the child. Jim. Baid that demates cursed him and threatened, to vhip him-at 12 o'clock, which he con- Jagl ented to take if Demates was man 3aM inough to put it on. He saysthat viiSM )emates ana his brother came at lam A is soon as the mill stopped work and hat both of them had someti^ai&to' ight with. Jim says they flbu^p,at 1 lim, knife in hand, he picked,np a 'J oiler and threw it at Demates, sthk- \ ng him in the breast, but not until 1 )emates had thrown a brickbat at 1 lim. The roller, which is a small 1 ron four inches long, will weigh hall i pound. This struck Demotes" :.<m < fl he heart, and he died a few minutes Mrs. Lizzie Abbet, a sister of.Che lead boy, tells an entirely ' diffident y$sm ale from that of Jim. She says her .-.l-m >r ot her had nothing in his hand when j Le was following Jim, but only wjuxt- fl :d to see what he was going to do. 5he says that Jim had two roflersand ' jgja hrew one at Demates at the corner of he mill. George Demates was fol- j Aminr? TrrVion .Tim ih*00 tha mlla* vith cfeadly effect 1 The two boys were about thirty-two n eet apart when the roller was thrown, .JM Mrs. Demates, the dead boy's moth>r, says she saw them quarrelling and rent out to stop it. Just as she sot in > i few steps of her boy he was struck "M >n the heart and died before he could. m >e carried in the house. 1 Dr. Robert D. Earle, who was visit- . )2m ng a patient in the neighborhood, '.4MB vas immediately called in, but he sould not do anything as life was then . ::lM I jxtinct. Dr. Earle says that the roll >r struck the boy's heart paralyzing It, 9 md causing instant death. H Sheriff Cathcartand Coroner Boaoh HB vera summoned but no in<mest was /MM leld owing to the diffculty of securing 1 jury. The inquest will be held at 19 2 o'clock today in the Court House. .,11 The killing caused something of a lensation among the mill employees, V hough no trouble was feareiL Jim _ filler did not seem to comprehend xhat he had done. He said, however, y hat he was sorry it occurred^ Hp was . . carried back to jail until the inquest A ,o day. Mrs. Demates wept* bittarly 1 is She lay on her bed and told the re- J >orter how she saw her boy rail dead it her feet. Two of Jim Miller's brothers, witlessed the killing, besides several nembersof the Demates family. It vill be a difficult matter for the Oormer'sjury to render a verdict from he conflicting testimony, which will ?| )e brought out on the stand to-day. ' r Killed In the Hoom. Washington, Feb. 14.?The major- J ty against silver in the House to-day, ' /} vheu the final vota was taken on oon:urrence in the Senate free ooioage imendment to the tariff bill, was ' ? arger than that of yesterday in com nittee of the whole, xestera&y tne notion to concur was defeated 190 to ^gj $0, a majority of 110; to day it was >eaten 215 to 90, a majority' of 125. JW Che vote today was a record-making rote and. counting the pairs, bat 37 )ut of 356 members were unaccount- I :d for. Perhaps a few absentees 1 lodged, but most of them were una- ?J ro id ably absent and were unable to m secure pairs. An analysis of the vote jaB odav shows that 184 Republicans -I ind 31 Democrats voted against con- 4 :urreuce, and 58 Democrats, 25 Re- ~Tl >ublicans a ad 7 Populists for concur- I ence. | Twenty-live Thousand Killed. I London, Feb. 17.?Another biu? .<* >ook oa Armenia was published toda>. 1 tie uispatcnra covering cllo punm* ucweed September 3, 1895, and Februiry 11, 1896. It contains a table pre- 'A >ared by a committee of delegates rom the embassies of the six powers, j howing that the total number of perons massacred, concerning whose ate accurate in'ormation has been obained, is 25,000. -Ja Lost Treaaare and life. Stamford, Conn., Feb. 18.?Early -J-? a J ai? t 1 ouay lire ucatr^cu tuo laruu uuuac ui m Charles Gildermeister at Buxtom C 'lace, Riverton. Mrs. Gildermeister, I fter she had been taken out with her m hildren, returned to the house for | ome valuable papers and money, and J ras burned to death. Mr. Gilder- nj aeister was so badly injured in try ng to aescue his wife that he can li carcely recover. | Lynchers Indicted. J Walterboro, S. Ct Feb. Iff.?A fl rue bill was found against the Brox- I on bridge lynchers today by the Col- M eton County grand jury. Their trial rill commence Thursday morning at g .30 o'clock.