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A COMPLETE - REVIEW t,OF TIIK WORK ACCOMPLISH l?:i! - - W Ho far by the Constitutional Conven tion. Tho Article on SuttVuge* Tho Convention Only llult" Through Its Work. The constitutional oonvontion, after two mouths nuli< I work, not including the iiiuo allowed for reotlssoH in now wxsQtly half through with its work, ho far uh 'artioles adopted arc concerned, out of the 1(> articles proposed hav ing l>eon completed and sent beyond tho control of tho convention. In reality, however, tho work in consider ably further advanced, provided no big fights are made when several of tho articles that havo almost gotten through oomo up for a final reading. Judging from tlio .tight that has been made on tTuTftu/id reading of tho arti cle on jurisprudence, it looks ar if the final roadiugo of all the reu fining artioles aro to cnuse considerable time to 'bo consumed. There are four ol the remaining artioles which have not jjeen oven taken up for a second rend ^Kig yofc. Tho others have had certain ilfectionFi considered, but that was all. Tho groat fight of thowook just passod was on the suffrage seliomo. Tluvniost significant foaturo of tho tedious ^'el intensely intoreHting fight over itiww tho oftort of Senator Tillman on th ' final reading to have tho provision fo bipartisan election managers put in. V The debate that ensued mado some o tho most interesting pages of Soutl Carolina history and will doubtless b< , often heard of in tho future. With tho exception of this bi-partisan board feature, tho article on suffrage wiu adopted as it was reported by the com mittee, nud practically as outlined bj Senator Tillman at the Hunter's Ferry mooting last summer. Tho Conservative lawyers on tho com Tnittoo argrted ably'ou thecoustitutiou ality of the article and didn't scorn to have much ^rouble to convince for ones such "laymen" us Mr. Me White that everything was as sound as a free silver dollar. -r ? The convention lias much work ahead of it yet u,ud if flic idea of ex haustively debating everything contin uos to prevail tbcrorwill be a session j continuing for devoral moro weeks yet Nf> one can tell how long yet the con- . volition will continue its sessions. The ! end is not yet in sight. There is not ^ven a slight glow on the horizon ol tho end. I Duringvthc past week Senator I ill 1 ? man mado What is considered by cv*v 1 one to be tho most remarkable speech ho ovqr mado in his life. And thel itis elder brother, after his severe ar rtfignment of tho dispensary system,' mado some prophecies as to the future. this "w'ohtc poj'k . All aro interested of course to know what the convention has dono in tin matter of constructing tho new con stitution. Tt can bo compactly stated. Only eight of the, sixteen articlc* proposed havo been Entirely completed ? as ' yot and referred to the com ?mittco on stylo and revision. They are the articles : 1. On excoutivo department. 2. On impeachments. 3. On municipal corporations and police regulations, . . i. On amendment and revision o the constitution. 5. On miscellaneous matters. 0. On penal an? charitablo institu -1 tions. ?v> 7, On suffrage. 8. On militia. * * All tho sections of tho article on legislative department havo been pass ed to their third reading save that re lating to tho homestead, discussed i whole day and then laid over', and tin Section Voting t/ inter- marriages. Ho this article is alnAost complete. All the sections of tho article on finance and taxation havo likewise 4 been passed to n third reading, savt five. . , Sections- 2 and 8 wcro continued, and tho further consideration of Sec tions 0, 8 and 17 woro postponed until later. Section 10 was stricken oul Tlfe Wm? the arti cle of tho declaration of rights, four of its sections boing unactcd upon n> vet. Sections 12 and 13 are to be taken up along with the report of the suffrago committee. Section 20 is to be taken up along with the article on judicial department. Section 22 was merely passed over to bo takou up lat or. ' So all the sections of this article havo been disposed of save four. . The articlojin, counties and county Rovernmcnthas been passed to a thir>l - reading. Some amendments will be offered m the thinVr^ding and there may tftr ? considerable fight. . Of the articlo on jurisprudence, all the sections have passed their third reading savo one? the last? that relat "ing to lynching", which is now under discussion. XljpSR 1TNTOITCHBD AS YET. Tho following articles have not oven been taken up on their second reading 1. On education. On judical department. 3. On bminent domain. 4 . On corporations . The first twfc*- and tho lapt of these ^ are loaded with dynamite am! will be * productive of notable debates. THE NEORO BLOOD MATTER. Tho comqoittee to whom waa recom mitted aection 83 of the article on leg islative department, has reported it back, recommending that it be panted as originally, reported. There will be a big fight over it. m ho*mtkai>. . The bouMWad aeetion of this arti-j el?, thi only other one not yd aejit to ; itft third reading, stands uh amended, | us follows: Section 29. Tho general assembly j shall on net such laws as will exempt from attaohmout aud sale ninler any mesne or final process issued from any court to the head of any family retail* ing in this State, a hoinestoadof lands, whether held in fee or any lesser es tates not to exceed in valuo $1,000. with the yearly products thereof, and every head of a family residing in thift State, whether having a homestead ex emption in lands or not, personal property not to exceed in value the Hum of 8300. The title to tho honie Htcad to be set oft' and .assigned shall he absolute and be forever discharged from all debts of said debtor then ex isting or thereafter contracted except as hereinafter provided. Provided, that in case any woman having a sepa rate estate shall l>o married to the head of a family who lias not of his own sulllciont property to constitute u homestead as hereinbefore provided, said married woman bliall be entitled to a like exemption an provided for a head of a family. Provided further, that there shall not be an allowance of more than 81,000 worth of roal estate and more than $500 worth of personal property to the husband and wife jointly. Provided, that no property shall lie oxempt from attachment, levy or mile for taxes, or for payment ot" obligations cont racted for the purchase of said homestead or the erection of improvement thereon. Provided fur ther, that the yearly proceeds of said homestead shall not bo exempt from rUtachmeut. levy or sale for the pay ment of obligations contracted in the production of tho same. Provided further, that no woman shall dofeat tho right of homestead, except it bo by deed or mortgage, and only as against the mortgage debt, and no judgment eroditor or other creditor whoso lien does not bind the homestead shall have any right or equity to require a mort gage which embraces the homestead and other property to llrf>t exhaust tho homestead. THH Sri-KHAOK AltTK'1,1',. Reviewing the results of the past week, one notes that the suffrage ar ticle and Mr. Kennedy's special rail road bond ordinance were tho only matters that became finalities during the week. Tho suffrage article has beon finally adopted as follows: Section 1. All elections by the peo ple shall bo by ballot jmd elections shall never be held or the ballots coun ted in secret. Sec. 2. Every qualified elector shall be eligible to any oflico to be voted for, unloss rb.; .pialitied by age, as proscribed in this Constitution., But no person shall hold two offices of houor or prolit at tho iftmo time, ex cept an officer i?i the militia and a no tary public. ? \ v . . Sec. U. Every male <5itiacif of this State and of the United States, twenty - one years of ago and upwards, not la boring under the disabilities named in this Constitution, and possessing tho qualifications required by it, shall be an elector. Sec. i. The qualifications for suf froge shall be as follows: (a.) Xlesideuce in the State for two years, and in the county ono year, in tho polling precinct in which tho doc tor ofTors to voto four months, and tho payment six mouths beforo any elec tion of any poll tax then due and pay able: Provided, however, That minis ters in charge of un organized church and teachers of public schools shall be entitled to vote after six mouths' resi lence in the Stato, if otherwise quali fied. (b. ) Registration, which *hnll pro vide for the enrollment of every- elec tor once in 10 years, and also an en rollment during each and every year of every elector not previously registered under the* provisions of this article. (o.) Up to January 1st, 1898, all mnlc peVsoDH of voting ago applying for registration, who can read any Sec tion in this Constitution submitted to them by tho registration officer, or un derstand and explain it when road to them by the registration officer, shall ,o entitled to register and become electors. A separate record of all persons registered before January 1st. 181)8, sworn to by tho registration of ficer, shall be filed, one copy with the clerk of court and ono in the office of the secretary of State,, on or before February 1st, 1898^ and puch persons shall remein during life qualified elec tors, unless disqualified by the othe.r provisions of this article. The certifi cate of the clerk of court or secretary of state shall bo sufficient evidence to establish the right of said citizens to any future registration and tho fran chise under the limitation herein im pOHOll. , ? - (d.) Any person yrhri nlmll apply for registration aftrf January 1, 1898, >if otherwise qualified shall be register ed!s~-4>rovidjj*l. That ho ean both read and write any section of this Constitu tion, or can show thnt ho owns and has ]>aid all taxes collectible dur>fig\-^ho previous year on property in this Staia assessed at 8300 or more. (e.) Managers of election i shall re quire every elector bftering to vote at any election, before allowing him to .vote, proof "of the paymentof all taxes, inclnding poll tax, osst-bsed against him and collectible for tho previous year. 'Tho produe^jon of a certificate, ^or of tb? receipt of the officer authoriz Collect snctf taxes, shall be con clusive proof oifthe payment thoreof. (f.) The general assembly shall pro vide for iaeuingto cachdnly registered elector a certificate of registration .jriflr shall provide for the renewal _of such certificate when lost, mutilated or de stroyed, if tho applicant is still a qualified elector under the provisions of this Constitution, or if he has been registered as provided in sub- section (c-) > r ? Hee. ft. Any person denied registra tion shall have the right to appeal to 1 tho court of common pleat-, or any judge thereof, and hence t<? tho bit promo court, to determine Wis right to vote under tho limitation* imposed m this article, and on such appeal tlm hearing shall bo do novo; and the gen eral assembly ahull provide by law for such appeal and for the correction of illegal and fradulont registration, vot ing and all other, orimea against tho election lawn. Bee. fi. The following persona are disqualified from being registered or voting: First ? Porsous convicted of burg lary, arson, obtaining goods or money under false pretense, perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery, adultery, bigamy, wife beating, house breaking, reviv ing stolen goods, breach of trust with fraudulent intent, fornication, sodomy, incosty assault with intent to ravish, misct^enatiou and larceny or crimes against the eleotion laws: Provided, '.that the pardon of tho governor shall remove such disqualification. Second ? Persons who arc idiots, in sane, paupers supported at tho public oxpense, and persons confined in any public prisgu. Sec. 7. For the purpose of voting no person shall bo deemed to lmve gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence while employed in the r service of the United States, nor whilo engaged in tho navigation of the waters of this State, or of the United States, or of the high seas, nor while a student of auy institution of learn ing. -V* Sec. 8. The general assembly shall provide by law for the registration of all qualified electors, ami shall pre# scribe the manner of holding elections and of ascertaining the resnlts.of the same: Provided, At tho first registra tion under this Constitution and until the 1st of January, 1898, the registra tion shall bo conducted Agij a board of threo discreet persons in each county, to bo appointed by the governor, by and with tho advice and consent of the senate. For the first registration to be provided for under this Con stitution the registration books shall be kept open for at least six consecu tive weeks, and thereafter from timA' to time at least one week in each month up to 30 days next preceding the lirst election to be held under this Consti tution, the registration books shall l>e public records open to the inspection of any citizen at all times. See. 9. Tho general assembly shall provide for tho establishment of polling precincts in the several coun ties of the State, and those now ex isting shall so continue until abolished or cluingod. Kadi elector shall be re quired to vote at his own precinct, but provision shall bo made for his trans fer to another precitfet upon his change of residence. Section 10.. The general assembly shall provide by law for tho regulation of party primary elections and pnni fil ing fraud at tho same. . . Sec. 11. The registration books shall close at loitBt <30 <Uyn before an election, during' which time transfers and registration shall not bo legal, provided persons who will become of ago during that period shall be entitled to registration. Soo. 12. Electors in municipal elec tions shall possess tho qualifications herein prescribed. The production of a certificate of registration from tho re gistration officers of tho eounty as an elector at a precinct included in the incorporated city or town in which the voter desires to vote is declared .a condition prerequisite to obtaining a certificate of registration for muni cipal elections, and in addition^e must have been a resident within'the incorporated limits at least four months before tlio'eloction, and huvo paid all taxes duo and collectible for the preceding fiscal year. Tho general assembly shall provido for tho regis tration of all voters before each elec tion in municipalities: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall apply to any municipal election* which may be held prior to tho general elec tion of tho year 1896. Sec. 13. In authorizing a special election in any incorporated city or town in this State for ^ho purpose of bondin-T the same, the ^pjer.-vi nsse lbly shall pi< f.u'iho as a condition )>r. ced ent to tho hohliug of said election a petition from a majority of the i": ? holders of a ;i 1 city or town, ua n??v. , by its tax books, and at such ? bctiona ail electors of such city or town who arc duly qualified for voting in. do; section 12 of this article, and who have paid all taxtw* ?State, county ami municipal ? for tho previous venr. shall bo allowed to vote, and the vote of a majority of those voting in said elec tion shall be necessary to authorize the issue of said bonds. Sec. I I. Electors shall ?n nil cnscf, j except treason, felony or u breach t?f . Ihe peace, bo privileged from arrest on ! the days of election during their >?( - ! tendance at the j?oll? and going to and returning therefrom. Hec. 15. No power, civil or inilitavy, nhall at any time interfere to prevent the free exercise of tho" right of suf frage in thin State. p When the vote was taken on tho suf frage article, several membera voting, asked to be allowed to spread tho rea Honn for their votes on the journal. The following were given: THKUl IlKAHONH. Mr. Dudley? I voted "r/o" on the j article on tho right of suffrage for these reasons: 1. It places the eligibility of electors within the arbitrary will, possibly of n partisan, and require* qualifications of electors, if fairly applied, which will; exclude a largo number of worthy < men, who will be deprived of the priv ilege enjoyed in the past from qo fault ] of their own. 2. And for the further reason: Whito.l supremacy may be secured witbon pre sorting t6 the perhaps questionable i means adopted the eonrentlon. Mr. MeDermotte?I Toted "no" on tt|? adoption of ibis section of the C<m< stitution becauso I aid opposed to j t ho educational and property qauli fictitious. Mr. Hamel ? I voted "ave" on tho luluptiou (?f the report of tho coinn it tee- on suffrage, but still entertain tho same object ion* prwnlttil by mo ou page" lit of the journal of the Mtfth clay. Mr. Derham ? I voted; "no" ou tho umondineut because t\i?> provision could not l>o complied {^with in some instances iq^llorry coiinty, ami wo lu-oil no constitutional provision to make its count all votes east. Air. W. l>. Evans: 1 vote "no" on tho final passage of thin article for the reason that I am opposed to tho prop- I erty qualification. Mr. Talhert ? After offering every opposition in my power to the proper ty qualification, ami having faile 1 to strike out that provision in the report' of tho committee on suffrage, I feel constrained to vote for tho Adoption of the plan in obedience to the majority vote of the Democratic members of tho convention. Mr. Gray ? 1 cannot vote for tho ar tide on right of suffrage for the fol lowing reasons: First, because the article requires an educational and property qualifica tion for voting, Second, because tho educational qualification prescribed discriminates in favor of one class nod Against an other class of citizens. Third, because the Reform faction, .which dominates this convention, ami of which faction I am a member, ih pledged "not to disfranchise any whito man except for crime." Fourth, because the article subjects tli us convention to tho charge of con spiracy to defraud a certain "lass of American citizens in the oXMvise of tho elective franchise, nnd t greatly fear this charge may be sustained in the United States supreme court . Fifth, because if tins charge bo sus tained by the State or Federal court, at least lTidXH) illiterate vyhito men reg istered under the understanding clause of the article will be disfranchised. Air. T. E. Johnson votes /'no" be cause of his pledget* that lie would op pose an educational or property qual ification for suffrage. ANoTllKlt 1'1 N Ali ADOPTION. The following ordinance offered by Mr. J. E. Kennedy has been adoptc 1 finally : lie it ordained by the people of South Carolina, in regular convention assembled : That nothing in this Constitution or dained and established by the people of the State of South Carolina, now iu regular convention assembled, shall in hibit the general assembly from enact ing all such laws as may bo necessary to validate and carry into efl'oet the subscriptions to the capital stock of the Chester fled and Lancaster Railroad company and to the Chesterfield and Kershaw Rail road eompauy, hereto fore voted for and authorized by the qualified voters of said county, and to validate and authorize the issue of the bonds of said county in payment of the same; or from enacting all such laws ns may be necessary to validate and carry into effect tho subscription 1 by the city o.f Spartanburg to the cap ital stock of the Spartanburg and ! Rutherfordton Railroad company, licretoforo voted for and .authorized by tho qualified voters of Spartanburg city, and to validate Aud authorize the issue of tho bonds of said city in payment of tho same. . ^ THE OA81I IJA8IH IDEA, Mr. Henderson's ordinance provid- v ing for an issue of State bonds to ena ble counties to do business ou a cash basis has boen killed outright, and Mr. Connor has introduced the following ordinance to try and give tho relief sought. An ordinance to authorize tho goner-, al assembly to provido for a sinking fund in the several eountioH of tho Stato to onablo them to do business on a cash basis: Whereas, in most, if not all of the. I counties of the state, the taxes are ncv | or realized until it year after the levy, and consequently tUo pontracta for or dinary county purposes and for the running of the schools have to bo made, on a credit instead of a cash basis; and whereas, this is an evil which ought to bo remedied. Therefore bo it ordained by tho peo ple of South Carolina in convention j nsiembled and by the authority of the i t me: Section J. Thnt the general hhho ni I I v shall provide* for nn annual tux !. ?. v not to exceed l-'2 of 1 mill in each fn-.tnty not now on h cash basis, the ptocecds of nil Hiich levies shall bo used as n sinking fund for ench and every county in which it is levied nnd collected and shrill bo in vented as the, ;;?neral nsHembly shall direct until uu l >nnoiint sufficient shall have been col j It*, led to ) >iil rucIi counticB on a ca*h lessis, then hucIi uniimil levieH sbnll ce.ifle. ANOTHER NKW OOI'NTY. The committee on counties anil county government haa introduced the following ordinance in regard to Sca brook county. petitions for the estab lishment of which were presented dur ing the woek : An ordinance to relieve the contem plated new county of Seabrook from tho provision* of this constitution : He it ordsined by the pcopl?> of South Carolina, in regular convention resembled, that nothing m th<? eopsti | tution ordained atfd established l v the j people of the Slnte of fiooth Oar.lina, | now hi reguhir eonv??ntion it Bumbled, ; chall inhibit the general niiaembly from i organizing a new county frt#m portion* ? 1 o.' Charleston aud fterkeley counties, | i :ir will more Jn Uy ii jr. j rear by a njap ! How on Hlb in the ofli^eof theaeeretary j of State made by Henry Morrison, | said new county to be known ?m Hea ! brook county, with its conn ty seat at | .Mount I'lraaani. PBBAKMT RTATTB. The preaent statu* of the article on ' trispnulonce ha* been allied above. fill* important section relating to oliniigt<N of venue has pushed its 1 1 1 1 1 < 1 reading, with i*u amendment t lint tlx grand jury nuibl ?sk for the change be fore it ciiii be allowed. i in: grcsnoN oi* pay Homo days ago (li?? committee oil Contingent tU'COUIlts it lid c\ peiiscs w ilM instructed to prepare mi ordinance jm>viding for I li?? disbursement of tin ??ITlK)vri?tioi? made I ? ilcf rn\ the ? \ pcil*??<l\|f t III) Convention I'll.' colli nt it too ha^ presented the ordiauce, which provides for pity tor tin* ittcin- ! hers at $1 u i lay lifter ( >i't. I o u 1 1 1 1 until tho liiuil adjournment. The st c roturv is allowed ^lioii for the session. His lirnt assistant in i \ <? u $t ? day. j I ho lull, reading hihI journal j clerks and tho second usAint u ti t i secretary are allowed $:? u. day; tho ihtvv list ui rx doorkeeper $ji>rill u day, and all other clerks u day. it scouts strange that the oleik who really 1ms th*! \vh ?le work of the con vention ami no ciul of rcsponiuhilitv should ho allowed only $001), when the clork of the hou.se of representatives in allowed $801) for MO days work, which is nothing to compare with the work required l?y tho convention. CONVENTION PROCEEDINGS. ' ? CON V KM HON K 10- ASSKJI I ll.l'.S. It Doesn't 1 >?? Much, lint It Took a Long Time to Adjourn. The conrtitutiomil convention to-as sembled nt S o'clock Tuesday oveniug after its three-days recess iitul oueo more resumed the consideration <>? the siiO'rago article, taking up tho unim portant sections. There wan not inoro than a hare quorum of the members present, yet u lute session resulted, an luljournuieiit only being reached after it wan found that tliero was "no quorum" in the hall. I ho only matter of any consocpieneo acted upon was tho striking out of tho provision for represent".! ion for both political parties on flu; hoards of elec tion managers and canvassers of ro I turuK. An attempt wan made to allow. - ]?roperty-owning women to volo'iu municipal elections on qucKtioiiH of in creasing tho imblie debt, hut it failed-. A proposition was introduced to defer tho assembling of tho legislature from tho last Tuesday lit this month to tho uecond Tuesday in January. ? ? -*??? '? A VITAL MATT Kit AT ISSTK. Shall tlio Stuto lluvo tho Itlglit of Change of Venue? On Wednesday, tho 10th day, tho convention completed tho discussion, pf tho suilrago artic.'o and tho wholo thing has now lieou sent to tho third reading. A vigorous effort was mado to prevent the possibility of fraud in the handling of tho registration books, hut a provision looking to this was After an oxtomled do hate tho ^ordinance providing for an issue of State bonds to enable tho several counties of tho State to do business on a cash basis waft filled. Tho convention' at night took up tho section of tho arliclo on jurisprudence, y allowing tho State to secure changes of veuue from ono county to another in criminal cases ? giving the State tho same right as is allowed tho defendants. ^ The real meaning of the proposition is that tho State wishes to try /hen charged with violations of (h? dispen sary law in counties other than their own. This ftas develop^ iu tho do bate. All tho lawyortr lmvo boon turned loose oil tho vital question and until a Into hour a lively debate was in progress. I %? . "Undo George" Tillman j severely handled tho dispensary law. I A "RKVTiKCnONAL" DRl^ATK. Uwrker, of Chaili'slon,nnr1 Tillman, of 31ukc tho Fur Fly art<l then Shako Hands Amid Ap-> I>Imiisc--TIi? Itcmoval Clause (iocs Through. Tlio convention spont the entire day of < lio *i 1 ?t HCHftion on Thursday, over the Important measure 1<> allow the {State to obtain changes of venue in civil and criminal eases, with h viow of Jmviug tho dispcm.ury law enforced moro rigidly. Tho convention at tirst struck out tho cIhiiko. Then it turned around nnd adopted a clause to allow tlx* Legislature to pass lawa allowing changes in cases it would Hclcct. Now an effort is being made to qualify thin ho that a grand jury must recommend the change. There have been some lively, pannages. ' At the night RCRainn there wii* quite a sensation. Mr. Barker, of Char leston, who had ju.it started to speak when the hour for recess came and cut him o.T, took the floor wlu-n tho con vention re-assembled and severely han dled the dispensary law from Alpha to Omega, relating many incident* in its enforcement which he regarded as out rageous and unjustifiable. Senator Tillman took the floor in re ply, and, announcing that his adminis tration of the dispensary law had been ntticltcd, h" w- nt for Mr. Marker with gloves off. I he whole dispells iry history w.iv recounted and the Darling ton war v ?s fought all over ngain. Unparliamentary language w??? used nnd arefleition?l debate envied. Things were extremely lively for about two hours, the runmnor debate between Sen ator Tillman an i Mr. tta'krr bring dramatic at times. The debate heated as it was finally ended by iillomn uad Mr. Barker thakingUmnd*, tb * former dramatically declaring th?t henceforth Edgefield and. Charleston would be ! counties of the saino Htato. This took place timid a storm of applause and roar of laughter that th^r President could not quell for Ave minnieadltlion the convention by a eloae vote adopted Mr. ?Henderson'* meaaare to reqaifO ? fra? bill to bv foaad H? p before h tr-aosfcr could bo niadWto an- j ?t I""' county, mill that no ens?\ should bo transferred to a county not in t ho ' hiiiu*' district us (lu< county hi which it oi igmutod. M 1 Put ton at ;i lulu hour ottered it new m - t i<>u to tho removal |>roviNiou ii - n |>ui\ isiou private against crime. This i't after anot lit r feature of tho dis pensary hnv, one t hut hit* canst <1 u man to lie iniprisgvcd in tho penitent iary without)! trial I ? v jury. Mr. Pattoii ' iiuuKt u powerful b)>c( oh on tho nub- ? pvt. Tho ?.,'<>n vent lull vnti'd down his measure. \ motion to reconsider thi" w as |>i nding w lion tho v*'11 vent ion ml jourmsl. A motion to tublo tho nio- I tiou lo reconsider whh lost on tin avo j atnl no voto just before tho adjourn in I'll I. ni.l^lAN tSKTS LKI'i ONCK. lie Wains I ho Minority I'arly fo Have lti'prosoiitutlou at I tin foiling Pro ducts, lint (ho Convention Votes II tin l)o\v ii. Tho oonvoution occupied all of b'rl i day's KOHsion (tho 12d day) in u lively , dispensary debate, tho issue being Mr j Pulton's proposition to prevent tho j issuing of injunctions l>v judges to prevent tho commission of a oriiuo. j j Tho dispensary law permit* a judge j 1 ti|M>n ullidavit to put a man under a perpetual injiuiotion not to sell liquor, j j J ho matter mum most exhaustively j ! argued t hroughout, all tho "heavy- j j weights of the oonvoution taking a J hand. Mr. (loorgo I). Tilluiau scath ingly rooouutod the deeds done under i this iirovinion ot tho dispensary law. j senator 1 illmau defended tho dispen j'sury law iu his most pronounced Hlylo. : i lie auvocntcs ot Air. Puttoii'fl incfts j nro argued tor tho preset vation of tho established principle of tho right of I trial by jury for a eriuio. Tho mcus ! 1,1 e was finally killed by a voto of .'17 to Uf>. J ^ At tho night session tho Mitl'rago ar j tielo was failed up for a third reading, j and tho must rcmiirkable session since I tho convention oonvoution ensued. After ho vera I inaigiiiilcant amendments had boon made, Senator Tilluiau of fered this amendment to scction I : "Knoh of tho two political parties eastinydtfe highest number of voles at Uio/fireeeding election shall havo rep resentation on the board ol' managers of election at each polling precinct and on tho board ot county canvassers iu each county." As soon as ho put thin in he called tho previous question on tho whole article. This wan tho measure that had been stricken out before after a big tight. Tillman made tho most, remarkable speech he ever made iu his life. Ho said : 'Mr. President: I do not desire to make n speech. 1 merely wish to make a statement. The Convention will re member that tho article as reported by the 'committee had this identical pro vision in a different place. Tho other evening on tho motion, I believe, of tho gentleman from Marlboro, and with only one speech from tho com mittee, the section was stricken otit. The committee met yesterday after noon and after tho careful considera tion of tho eutiro subject, not in con nection only with South Curotfjla, but in conneetimi with tho inattAirTroiii a national atnadpoiu t, decided that this y convontiou cannot atl'ord to put itself on record, tho article having been brought in hero with this provision in H, that it will not keep it there, and tho coinmittoo are unanimous iiuthis that it should bo an integral part of tho constitution. But it is not only in deferouce to public opinion, but for our owu self -respect and protection that we desire to put it back there. Such a provision is in almost oivry const i tu lion of tho United tttatee north of Mason and Dixon's line. Every mi Urn who has boon reading the North ern papers must realize that we are bo . irig watched from onoend of this coun try to another. Wo are already twit ted with proposing to perpetrate trick ery and fraud and to strike down free American voters by our machinations Hud machinery. We have openly livowod our purpose to ?J?? certain things, but \ve cannot openly avow this , Lurpo&c. We ask you not to stultify x In k body to put it oi) record that we giropo.su to perpetuate tlie conditions (that have existed in tho pant and we think you ought to give us Home con federation. You invito attack from , Congress, from tho Hupieme Court of iho United States and froij(i all the enounce of Houth Carolina and idl the euemicHOf tho Houth and all the friends of tho negroes. Hut there in another consideration. We have boon labor ing ho long under tho iiicubiiH of no gro domination that in our efforts bore to rectify our constitution and throw n safeguard around our suffrage and the election* of tliin country, we have been obliviobs to the fact that wc aro making * constitution that in unaltera bio and we Would leave it to the bandit of every1, parW in Houth Carolina that ?might in the future get possession of 'of tho machinery to cheat white men ? our cqunlfc nflrt our follow citiz. us. "I believe it is almoHt inevitable, Boeing thaty men aro born different, tlmt they look at thinga through diff.?r ent spectacles, that we will have divis ion among the whites in this State, as there is ""oven here. Elsewhere there ih freedom,, and in tho future wo will have it?whlto man against white man ? and the question is, aie wc going to put it in tho power of one set of white men to^eo that thpir votes are put in1 the proper iHtu/anil that they-n're hotlestly counter* "We arc here with 80,000 o.M rtn tbe on" side and 55,000 on t!; : other Mud nothing but the patr;oti.<ai of two one side h.t? kept it fromf appealing to those corrupt vote* to overthrow us. Ood forbid that wo should ao fac.di vido m to bring in this vote mm b*l *noe of power, but if we should divider we ahdnld not put it in the power of the party in office. We b*ve *11 the comroiseioqer* **4 ni?n*gern; yon may put the votea iu there, but wo will nniiil t hcui. "l>on't let us \?ho a to now in i^vor foi^ot that tlio wliccla of lortuuo aro always turning; that politic#" iu tho moat uuoeitaiu ground that a malt can walk upon. Sou tho changes In tho North. Only threoyoara ago the Doui** oeratie party swept tlio country with an overwhelming majority and now they are covered with defeat and din (trace. We Reformers should put this clause hero for own protection, for tlj* day may come when our own vote nuiy he jeopardized if/wc do not provide for representation on tho hoard of Hiiper* \ isoi^im! managers/ .? A goo 1 many of his polit umlitljienda jumped on him, and despite a jVtfwor f ill speech ho made later on tho eon- ? vcntiou rofuHed to do what he asked hy a vote of f? I to 77. Thou tho whole artiolo was llua'ly adopted and ho tit beyond tho conven tion's roach hy a vote of 78 to 41. Thus it isYeon thai it waa by no, means tho unanimouH vote of thu convention (hat adopted the scheme. Just before the vote wan taken Sen ator Tillman took the floor again and In* never spoke more earnestly to any audience than he did then, llo spoko >an follows: . * * "Mr. President: lean make allow auee'for tho hunt and passion and, al- j most direct taunts of hypocrisy that have been thrown in tho teeth of this committee because Homo people eau only nee one thing, and at present tlicy oply see the negro. They only see tho bugaboo of possible negro rep resentation on- the boards of managers. What is the condition of a Hairs iu I Charleston today? There is a dos j i crate struggle therefor tho control in tho municipal government, l-'our years .ago they had* tho same light, and as I mentioned last night there was so much distrust Of tho : honesty of tho white men by white men and such a feeling that I they 'could not get fair play, j and so 'many ambassadors sent \ to me imploring mo to protect their I rights tlmt 1 lmd to take the two fftQ j lions by tho throat and say to them: 'Now, here, there must be an honest I election in the Democratic primary. 1 lOftch side of you pick your man that ! you can trust, and let them sigree on the third man, and let these thrt'O con j stituto a board to control tho election, I and see that the votes aro counted, and 1 that nobody it ho is not ontitly.d to vote j shall vote.' What do wo seo today? i <V faction who havo refused to go into j a party primary. Suppose the legisla ; turo was opposed to ono of tho fao j turns; suppobo the governor was an in 1 terested party and saw only one side of | it. Would that other faction havo any f showing? The trouble is that you can | only see a nigger in tho wood- pi I o, while 1 Hco a great many white men j who are striving to get. control of the State. We should sgO to it "that wo protreet our liberties and tho sanctity of tho ballot box." liYNOIIING I>ISCU??KI>. Tho Convention Puts a Drastic, Antl Ivynclilng Provision In tho ('on^I tutiou. Tho constitutional convention o?. Saturday, tho l&d session, spent tfco wiiolo of itn tinio considering two seo tiouH of tho artiplo on jurisprudence. U took tho convoution several hours to proVhJo for the preparation of o codo oit ?tho utiitute laws of tho Btato every ten yon in. Then it jumped on tho moasuro ' to prevent lyncbings, which, when tho adjournment was reached, read an amended as folio wh: "In tho caso of any prisoner lawfully in tho cliurgp, custody or- ccttitrol of t any officer, Btato, county or munici pal, being seized and taken from fluid ofilcer, through Ijih ncgligenccv, per jmtfsion or connivance, by a mob. or other unlawful asHGuiblugo of persona, v and nt their lrinds suffering bodily violotice or death, the ?aid office!*' shall l>o deemed guiltj of a misdemeanor, und upon a truo bill found "isfialT be ' deposed from his office, and ahail, un less pardoned by tho Governor, hence forth ho ineligible to hold any office of triiHt or profit within thia State. It hltnl 1 bo tho duty of the proReoutiug attorney within whoso circityt or county the oflcuHo may bo eemmHtedto forth with institute a prosecution against Haid officer, who flhall bo indictod and tiied in such county, other, than the one in which t^io offense "was ^commit ted, a? iho^-Attorney Qonernl may tlcct, in tho samo circuit. Tho fees uml milcago of all material witnesses, ' both for tho Stato and for the defeuse, flhall bo pawl by tho State Treaaurer' in Much malMicr as may bo provided by' law." A motion to fltrike the section out was voted down. TVIr. Ht^gers, who movod to strike it out, said they wero all anxious to stop lynching. "The Htaie had loug beon laboring under iho odium of it This seotlon actually proposed to hold a man responsible for a crime which he ?waa absolutely powerlcfls to prevent. The bald facts ? make him guilty of , a misdemeanor and forever disqualified him from holding offioe. I taay a he must be con victed of a crime whioh he eannot prevent and yea propoae to fix it in tho fundamental law. ?We have abun dance of law to punish any "dereliction of duty. We have abundance of la# to prevent lynching. Yqu ar^aniah ^ing the aherilT who is not able to pre vent tha crime, It is ntripping him of ttur fundamental right of liberty,.! : and. ? than you provide th it bo can be takeu -*? mjy^Vwintj iir the State to be t'ie<f -?not tho Ivnchers. flnt the *h?rifr This is ? wrong more flag rani than-tue -t crime that it is intended to prevent. I do icaiat thi tht?.oq*vention wilT oon ajder it fnlly4x>fore if ia -4 / Senator Tjllm?a and 'otH(ra ?a4?\ strong apeeefce* la favor of the aeaftfeat ' fully answertof all of llr. argnmenta. . . . flnattnaail nm lit nkmm'