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yV.1 JV The Press and Banner., BY HUGH WILSON. ~ j abuhtillEi a. v. ] REGISTRATION LAW. ' THE RULE?, REGULATIONS AND IN- , STRUCTIONS FOR REGISTERING. i Board of Registration Judge* of Qualification of Applicants?Who May and May I ??? Rl?l.? ..r A n?Attt..Dnnkll ^ 4wt " s Made Public Kccorda. \ The pamphlet of '"Instructions to 1 Boards of Registration" has been re- e ceived by the county supervisors of ? registration and they accordingly opened the books for the registration r of voters last Monday. There are F many radical changes from the old a law in the act passed at the last ses- f siou of the legislature and voters will J1 do well to read caiefully the qualifica- 1 tions entitling them to registration. e Paragraph 1 recites the manner of a the boards first organization. Below F is given unabridged instructions for 11 toters. r 2. The books of registration shall be opened by the boards on the first Mon- a day in April, 1896, at the court house n in each county, and kept open for at e least six consecutive weeks. They P shall be opened again at the court 41 house on the first Mondays in June, " July, August and September, A. D , e 1896, and kept open continuously for c at least one week iu each of said a months. They shall be closed thirty 5 days before the general election in ~ 1896. After the general election in lJ 1896, the books of registration shall ? be opened on the first Monday of each 11 month at the court house and kept open S1 for three successive days in each 0 month until thirty days before the c election of 1898, when they shall be , closed until the said general election shall have taken place. The offices b and books must be kept open from 9 p o'clock in the forenoon until 3 o'clock P in the afternoon. " 3. The board of registration is the ? judge of the qualifications of all ap 11 plicants for registration up to January P 1st, 1898. Up to January 1st, 4898, 15 every male citizen of tnis State and of P the United States, twenty-one years of a age, who is not an idiot, is not insane, ri is not a pauper supported at the pub- " lie expense, and is not confined iu any 11 public prison, and who has not been P onvicted of burglary, arson, obtain- . ing goods or money under false pre- " tenses, perjury, forgery, robbery, brib- sl ery, aaultery, wife beating, house v Draking, receiving stolen goods, breach of trust with fr&.'i&ilfent latent, * fornication, sodomy, incest, assault P with intent to ravish, miscegenation, c larceny or crimes against the election laws, and who shall hare been a resi- r dent in this State two years, (except b ministers in charge of organized tl churches and teachers of public 1 schools, and they after six months ? residence in the State,) a resident in ti the county for six months and in the a polling precinct four months, and p ^ho can read any section in the con- o stitution of 1895, or can understand and explain any section of said consti- e: tution when read to him by the regis r? tration officer or officers, shall be en- n titled to registration and become an ti elector upon application for such reg- e< istration. If a person has been con- e victed of any of tne crimes above men t< tioned, a pardon of the governor re- n moves the disqualification. t< The boards of registration in judg- v ing of the qualifications of applicants for registration are authorized to re- a quire of every such applicant satisfac- ti tory proof of his age, residence, etc. ii In determining the intelligence quali- c fication of the applicant, the boards t< select the section of the constitution t' to be read or explained and understood by the applicant. Applicants denied b registration should be promptly noti- 1! tied, so as to allow them the right of n appeal. n The books of registration must be tl kept open at least six weeks, when s< opened on the first Monday of April, & 1896, and at least one week when o opentdon first Mondajsin June, July, tl August and September, 1896, but the a boards of registration can keep them o open longer if it is deemed necessary. After the books are closed thirty h days before the election, they cannot 0 be opened to register any elector be- e fore the election. Minors and others b ontitlwH tn rarrietAi* m list hft pparist^peH _ 1 V.W. VV . vfr wvw. w? p before the books are closed. 4. Any person denied registration, (\ shall have the right of appeal to the b circuit and supreme court. 9 The appellant must file within ten j, days after the decision of the board of b registration a written notice with the t board, of his intention to appeal. Af- j] ter the expiration of the ten days, in t case a notice of appeal has been filed, u the board must file with the clerk of g the court of the county the written 1 notice of intention to appeal, and any 1 papers in their possession relating to the case, and a report of the case if p they deem it proper. If the appellant jj desires the appeal to be heard by a 0 judge at chambers, he must give every member of the board four days writ- r ten notice of the time and place of b hearing, and the board must appear at 1 the hearing. If the appellant appeals j, to the supreme court, he must serve i upon every member of the board of v registration a copy of a notice of in- ? tention to to appeal, within ten days n after the decision of a judge of the court of common pleas, and the said board may appear at the bearing. 5. In case any minor who will be- s come twenty one years of age after the ? closing of the books of registration 1 and before the election ana is other- I wise qualified to register, makes appli- v cation under oath showine he is qual- p ified to register, the boards shall reg- i ister such applicant before the closing 1 of the books. j. Any person whose qualifications as e an elector will be completed after the u closing of the registration books, but n before the next election, shall have the p right to apply for and secure a regis- x tration certificate at any time within t sixty days immediately preceding the t: closing of the registration books, upon v an application under oath to the facts s entitling him to such registration. The c same right of appeal is allowed appel- e iants who are minors or whose quaiifi- 0 cations shall be completed before the t faction as in other cases, and the [, same kind of notices must be served upon the members of the board. c 6. All persons registered by the q board are enlitled to registration certifi- c cates of the form prescribed in Section r 18 of the Act. The certificate must be 5 signed by at least two members of the fc board, and by all of them if practica- j He. " c *' =- t-v; 7. In case of (be removal of an elector from one county to another, Section 14 provides tbe manner in which the certificates can be changed. In lase of the loss or destruction of a certificate of registration, or the mutila5 tion of the same. Section 15 prescribes the matner in which other certificates jan be obtained. 8 The board of registration shall eview tbe lists of registered electors it least ten days preceeding each elec ion, and shall erase therefrom the aames of all reistered electors who nay have become disqualified, who ipon satisfactory evidence may appear o have died or removed from their repective comities, or who may have >een illegally or fraudlently regisered Persons whose names are thus rased have the right to appeal to the ourt of common pleas, or a judge hereof, as in case of persoos denied egistratiou. Recor ds of conviction of tersous furnished by clerks of courts .nd magistrates shall be prima facie >roof of disqualification, etc.. to auhorize the board to erase names. Paries whose names have been thus rased shall h?ve the right to preduce nardrn frnm the povernor. or other >roof, to show that their names were mproperly erased, and the board shall t store the names. 9. Each township as now laid out, nd in those counties where there are .0 such townships, the parish as formrly known and defined, is a polling recinct. In cities and towns containag five thousand inhabitants or more, rhere the same is divided into wards, ach ward is a polling precinct, and in ities and towns or less that five thou*nd inhabitants, the city or town is a oiling precinct. In the city of Jharleston the polling precincts are ae same as the voting precincts as ow established by law. The territory 1 the township in which Columbia is ituated, iu the county of Richland, utside of the city of Columbia, is deLared a polling precinct. The registration of voters must be y polling precints. There must be a 00k of registration for each polling recinct, that is for each township, or arish, or city, or town of less than five aousand inhabitants, or ward of cities f more than five thousand inhabitants lach elector must vote ia the polling recinct in which he resides. If there s more than one voting place in the oiling precinct, the elector may vote t any voting place designated <vn the 3gUtration certificate. The boards lust designate in the registration corticate the voting place in the polling recinct at which tbe elector is to vote. [ thjre is mora than one voting place 1 the polling precinct, the boards hall designate on the certificate the oting place selected by the elector. Section 20 prescribes the manner in rhich an elector can have his voting iacill ms certincaife, hanged. 10. The books and other records of egistration must be deposited by the oards of registration in the office of be clerk of court of common pleas, 'ney shall be kept in said office, exept when used by the board of regisration in the several polling precincts s required by law. They shall be ublic records, open to the inspection f any citizent at all times. 11. Immediately preceding any genral or special election, the boards of egistration shall furnish the comlissioners of election with two regisration books for each voting place in ach polling precinct, containing in ach the names of all electors entitled d vote at sucn voting piace. 1 ne comlissioners shall turn over said books 5 the managers of election at each oting place in the polling precinct, rho shall be responsible for the care nd custody of said books and the reurn thereof to the commissioners with2 three days after such election. The ommissioners shall return such books 5 the board of registration within wenty dajs after such election. 12. The board of registration, on or efore the first day of February, A. D., 898, shall enter in two books furishedfcythe secretary of State, the ames of all electors registered up to ae first day of January, 1898, andsub:ribe on oath in said books that the lid books contain all such names, one f which shall be filed by the board in ae office of the secretary of the State, nd one in the office of the clerk of the ourt for each count/. 13. The meetings of the boaid for earing applications for registration, r for all other business, may be ither private or public, as the memers may deem best for the proper disatch of business, etc. The boards of registration must keep aeir offices open on the days required "? * * -i? / y law ior registration 01 eifciora irum o'clock ia the fornooa until 3 o'clock a the afternoon. Members of the oards of registration are entitled to wo hundred and fifty dollars each for tie year 1896, and one hundred and wenty-five each for the year 1897, and ntil their successors qualify; and they o out of office on the 1st of February 898, but can not register electors after st of January, 1898. Salaries of members of the boards of egistration are payable quarterly by tie State treasurer, upon the warrant f the comptroller general. 14. The Doards of registration are equired to furnish an elector, who as been registered up to January 1st, 898, a certifi#ate that he is dulv regstered, upon application of said elecor, in order to entitle him to vote phen his name does not appear upon be registration book furnished the aanagers of election. Our Indians. "Our Indians" is the tittle of a trong article by Hon. Hoke Smith, Secretary of the Interior, published in 'he Youth Companion of March 26. 'erhaps there is no national them rhich arouses more quickly the symiathies of all fair-minded Americans, 'he Indian who once had complete iberty to hunt and occupy this fair and has found the United States Govrninent a master whom he cannot inderstand. Secretary Smith gives auch valuable information about the resent condition and prospects of the ndians, their increasing numbers, heir education, and indicates the posiion of the national administiation toward them. He closes the article by aying: "While I have not riticised the action of our forefath rs and of our fathers in the treatment f the Indians, I urge without hesitaion that among this people can be ound a field for missionary work as ^oriuy 01 v^nrisiian zeai as m iuusc ountries far away from our own." 'his article is one of a Series by Amerian Statesmen, appearing in The Com anion, including articles by Hon. Thomas B. Reed, Hon. H. A. Herbert, Secretary of the Navy, and Hon. Sterling Morton, Secretary of Agriulture. y THE LIVING ISSUE. THE MONETARY QUESTION ABLY Dl BATED BY CRISP AND SMITH. Crisp Points Out the Real Ileaaon for tb Demonetization of Silver and How Ii Restoration Would Improve BuMnes Smith Upholds the Goldbug Standard. Augusta, Ga., March 31.?No poli ical event has so stirred the city c Augusta and its surrounding territor as the financial debate between Seen tarv Hoke Smith for "sound money and ex-Speaker Charles F. Crisp, ref resenting free coinage, which occurre here to night. The day was a gal one, Smith and Crisp holding infoi mal receptions at the Arlington Hott all the forenoon. Excursions wer run to the city on all roads fror points within a radius of seventy fiv miles. The city assumed a holida, appearance. The debate took plac in the Grand Opera House, whicl seats 2,200. As early as 6:30 o'clocl people began to gather waiting to ge in many bringing large palmetto fans the thermometer reeisterinsr 80 de grees. At 8 o'clock the building wa unable to accommodate the mass tha desired admission, many having to re turn home. On the stage were th Governor of the State, many promi nent State officials and 600 representa tive men of the city and State. Th opera house was profusely decorated After a short introduction by Chair man Daughty, of the county execu tive committee, who stated the term of the debate, he introduced Judg Crisp, who spoke as follows: "Mr. Smith and myself are botl Democrats, we both expect to earnest ly and loyally stand by the Democrat ic nomintfe, but just now the policy o the Democratic party is to be forme< and Mr. Smith and I differ on one im portant question. We differ abou money. "There are certain principles relat iog to money which at the ouuset yoi should clearly understand. If you wil bear in?mind that the value of mone^ is regulated by the demand and sup ply of its exchange for commodity you will have the first step in deter mining this great financial question "There are two contentions respect /k/vn/liimna Kilf fi Hcf 1 of mi lug CAUSbllig WUUiVlVUOf l/UV L4IDVAVH tu< call your attention to the monetary condition of the world up to 1873 Throughout Europe there were tw< metals coined at different ratios in dif ferent countries, bi^t the consensus o the ratios was about fifteen to one. There is no such thing as interna national money, no money will circu late in ail countries. That's a men platitude. In 1792 the governments o Europe had the ratio of 15 to 1 andth< that ratio as thei basis of coining the two metaiff. xiba was right in 1792. You observe m; friend Mr. Smith when he comes t address you and see if he does no make the error of confounding th standard with the currency. "Bimetallism is described by ever; writer as being a condition when botl metals can be coined legally at a min by a ratio fixed by law with an equa miwOiaaincr and Hftht-nnvinc Dower Up to the year 1873 this law was ii force, silver and gold were thus li*kei together and were the measure of com modities. Any other condition bu this is injurious to the people and onlbenefits those who have money to lend When France coined the two metal at the ratio of 15i to 1 and the Unite* States at a ratio of 16 to 1, all Che goli came to America. Gold goes wher it can get .the most for itself. "Up to 1873 there was no great di vergence in the ratio of the two mel als, sometimes one would be worth t little more than another. In 1783 th United States demonetized silver Why it was done, no single gol( standard advocate is old enough o truthful enough to recollect. Ther are none of them who will boldly tel you why. The real reason was to <^e crease the amount of money and id crease the value of the money whic) was left (A.pplause.) No man can ii the face of all these things, go befor the country and say that ne advocate the single standard of gold and hop to gain the support of a majority o the people of the United States "There are some people who g through the country saving that th trouble is that the financial question] being agitated by silver crauksand have never seen a wrong inflicted 01 the masses of the people but those wh inflict it are opposed to having it agi tated. (A.pplause.) Immediately ai ter the demonetixation of silver in 1873 Erices decreased. How could the; elp it when the money was decreasec ana the commodities increased? "In 1878 the Grant Allison law wa passed and gave us a little help in ar resting the falling prices. In '90 thi Sherman law was passed and it ad vanced prices a little. In '93 that wa repealed and I say that money is de creasing and commodities increasing In the last twenty years every indus try has slowly but markedly decrease) in regard to the prices obtained for it output. "In the bond sale before the last, tb President sold sixty-two millions do] lars worth of coin bonds at a privat sale and sent word to the reprcsenta tives of the people that if they wouli five him authority to make them goli onds, it would be worth sixten mi] lions of dollars more. The i epresenl a e J x 1 - -4. J 1 lives reiuseu iuuu it auu uuw standard gentlemen tell us that w should pay them in gold, If the rep resentatives felt that way, whv didn they take the sixteen millions of do] lars? (Loud applause.) The go vera ment has the option of paying its ot ligations in either coin; it was s stated on the greenbacks and th Sherman notes. They can pay ther all in silver. Then who wants th gold? We don't need it. But I'll tel you who does want it. Wall stree wants it, and Lombard street wants il (Loud applause.) "If you want to favor a safeeoverr ment; if you want to have equal righl to all and discrimination to none, the you want to go along with those of u who wish to restore bimetallism to thi countrv. The reason whv thev say silver dollar is only wortk fifty cent is on account of this very deinonetizs tion of silver, and the silver dollar wii be worth one hundred cents when th demonetization is wiped out. If fou nations could make a ratio and keep ii one country, which is equal in con merce to the four, could do it, Th four cuts no figure." Mr. Crisp closed by reading statu tics regarding the number of manufa< turing and other industries in th United States and how much large they were than European countries His speech was applauded for full three minutes. & * MR. SMITH IN REPLY. When Mr. Smith was introduced the . reception was equally as enthusiastic 1- as that rendered to Mr. Crisp. After thanking the people for their invitation to him, he said: ie "It is not my intention to say anything that will hurt any one who disagrees with me. 'Tis but right that we should counsel together and find out what is right. In opposing the free coinage of silver, I want you to dist. tinctl v understand that I malte no fight jf oa silver as a final payment and as , y legal tender. When we oppose this T. plan of free coinage at 16 to 1, we be- , ? iieve its advocates will understand its ' j. effects. We oppose it because we do ( d not believe that it will give you what a .you want. In the first place let us see how much money we have now and ; 5j how much \ve had in '73. In '73 we e had in gold and silver one hundred ] Q and fifty milllion of dollars and now ( e we have one billion, one hunared and ( y seventy-seven million, eight times as e much money as we had when silver ( h was demonetized. The advocates of ( [j free coinage mislead you when they j (t say that we wish to contract tha cur- j rency and that we do not wish silver ( dollars to be legal tender. s "The gentleman reports Mr. Cleve- ^ it land (applause) as saying that there is , - J-ec l? ^ ^ ' j. a uiaercuuo uoiwrou vuncu^ auu g standard, but the gentleman rniacon[. ceives it. A currency can be checks, k. due bills, silver or greenbacks, but a 1 e standard is a measure. Suppose that there was such a law as to alio .v you .1 to com thirty grains of silver into dol. lars or twenty grains of gold into dol8 lars, do you think that you would care ry your twenty grains to be made into a dollar when you could exchange it at ! the jewelers shop for sixty grains of silver, enough to coin into two dollars? No the gold would not be coined. I f am here to-night, not to fight bimetalj lism but silver monometallism. (Ap. plause.) It is the actual value of the t dollar, or the credit of the country which puts the value on it, which . makes the dollar. l ' I ..m .Vi.Il "ai. L easier to 1 captivate au audience by reference to 7 Wall street and Lombard street than it is to present solid facts, My friend , played to the prejudices of the Popu lists in this district and I have no . doubt but that it was only they who - applauded him. Qe ought to do betb ter than to play on the low prejudices j of some people. (Loud applause and . a voice ^Hurrah for Tom Watson!') 5 These gentlemen who wish to rob the - people have absolutely coined in the f past three years seven million silver dollars. We have coined more sub sidiary silver in the past three years - than in any three years since the gov5 ernment began. (A.pplause.) f "The effort to sustain the . ratio of 9 silver and gold at 15 to 1 has been r tried by fiyfc. n&tioua- the x Latin Union, and failed. The price of y silver became cheaper and they were 0 about to become silver monometallic, 't Why not have a ratio of 62 to 1, then e we would enjoy all the comforts of bimetallism, according to my distiny guished friend. The gold in a gold dolti lar will buy two Mexican dollars and t the silver in two silver dollars will .1 buy only two Mexican dollars. It is undemocratic, it is unlike Jefferson's a teaching, it is unlike Jackson's teach1 ing^dit is unlike the teachings of i i; Grov^Cleveland. (Prolonged ap- i t plause.Mt is more JiKe me aocinne 01 7 Mr. Jones of Nevada, Mr. Bryan of 1 L Nebraska and Tom Watson of Georgia. ! s "What caused silver to fall? Not the i Act of 1873- We had coined but 8,i 000,000 silver dollars. What caused I e silver to fall? In'73 the world's out puts of silver was 70,000,000. In 1894 1 i- the world's output was 200,000,000, 1 r three times as much, when the price 1 a only fallen one-half. It iidn't cost as * e much to mine silver in '93 as it did in < ' 73. In '73 it cost 90 cents to dig a 1 i dollar's worth of silver and in 1894 it 1 r cost only about 45 cents to dig a dol- 1 b lar's worth of silver. Have you got ( 1 any silver mines in Richmond County ( > that you want to unload on the &ov- ( i- ernment? That's why Mr. Jones and ii Mr. Stewart want free silver. a "Since 1873, or shortly before that, 1 e fourteen countries on the Eastern ? s hemisphere have banished the free ( e coinage of silver. The supply of sil- 1 f ver is three times as large and four i. teen counties not carrying: it. The 1 0 gentleman now wishes us to carry a e Jctod that fifteen countries staggered 1 s under. He wants us try it. I have 1 1 no interest in this issue, other than a 1 a citizen of Georgia. I wish you to study < 0 theqnestion before you take the fatal 1 [ pluoge. It is not for the good of the bondholders, but for the consitutents 1 ?. of both of us. and they have not a < y bond in the world. The workine men 1 of Fulton County are my friends and God knows that I would rather put i 5 my arm in the flame and burn it than ' to advocate a law that would injure 0 them. (Applause.) I had hoped to dis 1* cuss the remedy to-night but on ac- j s count of my time being out I will be compelled to refrain, but will do so ' in Atlanta on Thursday night. \ 1 "A True Wife." s There was never given to the world I a more life like pen picture of a "true 1 i wife" than by Oliver Wendell Holmes e when he writes: Oftentime I have >- seen a tall ship glide by against the d tide as if drawn by some invisible d bowline, with a hundred strong arms i 1- pulling it. Her sails unfilled, her i- streamers drooping, shs had neither d side wheel nor sturn wheel; still she ' e moved on steadily, in serene triumph, 1 > as with her own life. But I knew ] 't that on the other side of the ship, hidden beneath the great bulk that swam t- so majestically, there was a little toil- < > some steam tug, with a heart of fire I o and arms of iron, that was tugging it | e bravely on, and I knew that if the lit Q tie steam tug untwined her arm and i e left the ship that it would wallow and LI roll about and drift hither, and thither < and go off with refluent tide, no man ' t. knows whither. And so I have found < more than one genius, high decked, i- full freighted, idle sailed, gay pen- 1 s noned, that but for the bare toiling a arms and brave, warm-beating heart is of the faithful little wife that nestled is close to him so that no wind or wave a could part them, would have gone s down with the stream, ana nave ueeu i heard of no nto?e. 1 11 i e Electrocuted, >r Altoona, Pa., April 1.?While at i t, work in the lathe ihop of the Pennsyl- i vania Railroad company this morn- ' e ing, William Jones, 40 years of age, was accidentally electrocuted. At the < 3- time Jones was standing on an iron < 3- girder which supports the shafting, e engaged in oiling the machinery, sr Tne spout of his oil can came in con3. tact with a bare electric arc wire and y a current of 3,000 volts passed through his body, killing him instantly. t 4 SUPREME PARTY LAW," FULL TEXT OF THE STATE DEMO CRATIC CONSTITUTION. Republished for the Benefit of Democrat Ic Voters?Cut It Out- and Paste It Up fo: Future Reference?No Primary Hai Yei Been Held Under It. Below will be found the constitutior of the South Carolina Democracy, Each Democratic voters should cut il out and keep it for future reference This constitution was adopted in State convention at Columbia on Septembei 19, 1894, and noprimary has yet beer held under it. The constitution is as follows: Article 1. There shall be one oi more Democratic clubs organized in each township or ward, each of which clubs shall have a distinct title, "Tae Democratic Club," and shall elect i president, one or more vice presi ients, a recording and a correspond ing secretary and a treasurer, and shall have the following working committees, of not less than three members sach, viz: A committee on registra Lion, an executive ."committee, aud such other committees as to each club may seem expedient. Article II. The meetings of the clul should be frequent after the opening )f the canvass, and some member of ,he club or invited speaker deliver an iddress at each meeting, if practica ale. The clubs shall meet on the first Monday in May and the third Wed aesday in M^y respectively. Each ;ounty shall be entitled to double the representatives as it has in the Gtener*1 Assembly in the State nominations. Article III. The president or five I 1-^11 1 11 xiemuers suau uave power wj can uu ixtra meeting of the club and one'burth of the members shall constitute i quorum for the transaction of busiaess. Article IV. The clubs in each county shall be held together and operate mder the control of a county execute committee, which shall consist of :ne member from each club, to be ;lected by the respective clubs. The sxecutive committee, when elected, 'ball appoint its own officers, who shall not necessarily be members ol said committee, and fill all vacancies which may arise when the convention snot in session; provided that an; jfficer so elected who is not a member :>f the committee shall not ba entitled ;o a vote on any question, except the chairman, and then only in case of a ,ie vote. The tenure of office of the ixecutive"committee shall be until the irsc Monajiy in may or eacn election pear, at which time the county contentions shall be called together to reDrgahize Every Presidents election year county convention? shall be called by the county executive committee on the first Monday in May, and shall elect delegates to a State convention called for the purpose ol sleeting delegates to the national Democratic convention, and to elect the member of the national Democratic executive committee from this 3tate. The State convention shall be jailed by the State executive commit tee to meet every Presidential election year on the third Wednesday in May, and every State election year countj and State conventions shall meet on the first Monday in May and the second Monday in May respectively. Article V. County Democratic con mentions shall be composed of dele Elates elected by the several local clubs, ane delegate for every twenty-five voters, as shown by the club list made at the preceding first primary election, and one delegate for a majority frac tion thereof, with the right to eact county convention to enlarge or di muiish the representation according to circumstances. The county conven tions shall be cal'.ed together by the chairman of the respective executive committees under such rule, not in consistent with the constitution noi 1 - J A- J 1 it.. cii.l. wua we ruies auopteu oy uie oiaw Democratic executive committee, a* sach county may idopt and when as sembled shall be called to order by tht chairman of the executive committee ind the convention shall proceed tc nominate and elect from among ifc members a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary and ? treisurer. Any county may permii the formation of a new club or clubs bj a, majority of its members. Iu ali cities with a population of 5,000 and aver there may be two clubs in eact ward: they shall be organized in obe dience to this constitution, as are th< clubs elsewhere in this State, and ic organizing said clubs they shall have representation in the county convea Lions respectively as said conventions shall declare in accordance with the provisions of this constitution. Article VI For the purpose of nom inating candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and all othei State officers, including solicitors in their respective circuits, and Congress tnen in their respective districts, and Presidential electors, and United States Senators by the popular vote, and alJ AVAA>\f T*1ol T l1utl/>OC l^UUUtjr UliiVGlO, CAUUpt XIXc*x u IWHIVVK and masters and supervisors of regis Lration, a direct primary election shalJ be held on the last Tuesday in August of each election year, and a second and third primary each two weelcs successively thereafter. At this elec tion only Democratic white voters who have been residents of the State twelve months and the county sixtj days preceding the next general elec tioa, and such negroes as voted the Democratic ticket in 1876, and as have voted the Democratic ticket continu ously since, to be shown by the certificate of ten wniteDemocratic voters, provided, that no person shall be al lowed to vote except his name be enrolled on the particular club list al which he offers to vote at least five days before the day of the first election. The club rolls, of the party shall constitute the registry list and shal] be open to inspection by any member of the party, and the election under this clause shall be held and regulated under the Act of the General Assem bly of this State, approved December 22.1888, and any subsequent Acts ol the Legislature of this State. The State executive committee shall mee! on the Friday after each primary, or such other time as mav be designated by the chairman, to canvass the vote and declare the result as to all State officers, Congressmen, Presidential electors and United States Senator. Ail contests shall be heard tirst by the county executive committee of the county in which such irregularities may have occurred, and may be reviewed by the State executive commit tee, whose action shall be final; pro vided, that no vote shall be counted for any candidate who does not file with the chairman of the State execu tivei committee, or with the respective chairman of the county executive committees, a pledge in writing that he will abide the result of such primary and support the party nominees, and that he is not, nor witl he become . the candidate of any faction, either privately or publicly suggested, other r than the regular Democratic nominat tion; provided further that no candidate snail be declared nominated unless he receives a majority of the votes { Article VII. The officers of the State [ convention shall be a president, one vice president from each Conrressionj al district, two secretaries ana a treas. urer. Article VIII. The State executive , committee shall be composed of one member from each county, to be elected by the county conventions on the first Monday in tytay of each election year. When elected said executive committee shall choose its own officers, ! not necessarily members thereof prior 1 to said election: Provided, that any officer so elected who is not a member of the committee shall not be entitled to a vote on any question, except the chairman, and then only in case of a 1 tie vote. The State executive committee shall meet at the call of the chairman or any five members, and at such 1 time and place as he or they may apKrint. The member of the national emocratic executive committee from ; South Carolina shall be elected by the ; May State convention in 1896, and every four years thereafter, and when elected shall be ex officio a member of ; the State executive committee. Vacan cies on said executive committee, by t death, resignation or otherwise, shall be filled by the respective county executive committees. The State executive committee-is charged with the > execution and direction of the policy i of the party in this State, subject to this constitution, the principles de! clared in the platform of principles, and such instruction, by resolution or othewise, as a State convention naay e i' i* i _ ' irom nme iu time ouupi, uut iui^jusuu.i ent with this constitution, and shall . continue in office for two years from ' the time of election or until their suci cessors have been elected. If any vai cancy occur in the State ticket or of electors, by death, resignation or other , cause, the committee shall have the ! power to fill the vacancy by a mai jority vote of the whole committee. L Article IX. The voto in the respective counties for all of the State officers . Congressmen, Presidential electors and United States Senator shall be i transmitted by the chairman of the respective county executive committees to the chairman of the State exe, cutive committee as early as practicable after each primary, who shall proceed to canvass the vote and declare the results. Article X. When the State conven, tipn assembles it shall be called to or, der by thfrimaicijaan of the State executive committee. Arvchair, man shall be nominated and eleCt**^ ' by the convention, and after its organization the convention shall pro; ceed immediately to the election of . permanent officers and to the transac* 'of AA7UA? 4VIA kiiQiriAOC i hull \jl uosiucoo. '> uou mo ) has concluded it shall adjourn sine . die. ! Article XI. Before the election in 1896, and each election thereafter, the r State Democratic executive committee L shall issue a call to all candidates for 5 State offices to address the people of the different counties of the State, fix. ing the dates of the meetings, and also . inviting the candidates for Congress, United States Senate, delegates to the 5 State convention and for Solicitors, in j their respective districts and circuits, to be present and address the people. I At such meetings only the candidates L above set forth should be allowed to . speak. P Article XII. It shall be the duty of ! each county executive committee to t *1 1 TTA I appuuib iliCCblU^a 1U bUUll 1U1/UVMTV 3 counties t) be be addressed by the can. didates for the General Assembly and . for the different county offices, all of 5 whom, except Trial Justices and Masj ters, shall be elected by primaries on . the last Tuesday in August of each j election year under the same rules and regulations hereinbefore provided. | Article XIII. Each county delega3 tion to a State convention shall have ? power to fill any vacancy therein. [ Article XIV. This constitution may t be amended or altered at the regular r May convention of the State or at any [ convention called specially for that I purpose, which shall specify the t changes to be made. Article XV. Any county failing or 5 refusing to organize under the provis t ions of this constitution shall not have i representation in the State Democrat. ic convention. i J. L. M irbyj , Chairman State Democratic Executive Cominit.ee. D. H. Tompkins, Secretary. i Bobbed by Tbree Men. Lebvnon, Ma.. April 1.?The Eastbound caunon ball train No. 6 on the St. Louis and 'Frisco railroad, was ! held up three miles East of this city at | 1:50 this morning by three masked 1 men aDd the safe blown open and rob| bed. The robbers boarded the train ? at this place at 12:50 a. m., and after \ reaching the scene of the robbery, ' held up the engineer and fireman, stopped the train and with the engi1 neer in front of them, marched to the express car. The messenger refused 1 to open up and the door was blown ] open with dynamite, the safe cracked, and its contents removed. Several packages of valuable papers were found 1 this morning beside the track and ' some money wnich had been overlooked in the hurry of departure. The' passengers were not molested. The i engine was detached and run by the robbers to Sleeper, where it was aban| doned. A brakeman hurried back to [ the city and startled Sheriff Jones and ! a posse on the track of the robbers. [ Crlme-Iiemorse-Sulcldo. I Lincoln, Neb., April 2.?Two boys hunting ducks on Salt creek, near the ' State peniteniiary building, ( three 1 miles from the city, early this evening, found the dead body of Maxey Cobb, treasurer of this (.Lancaster; : ccunty. He had committed suicide, > presumably by poison, as there are no ; marks of violence. This is the iragic issue to the treasury shortage of nearly 1 $40,000, which developed last week, ! and for which Cobb was held resonsi) ble. No criminal action had been I begun against him, but he brooded , over the matter and a week ago transs ferred his life insurance to protect his > bondsmen. He disappeared Monday, i but no alarm was felt as it was though - he was indulging in a protracted spree. Cobb is a son of ex-Chief Judge Amos Cobb of the supreme court. He was I one of the most popular young men in > the city and his integrity have never been questioned. He leaves a wife. | THE STATE BOARD OF CONTROL. V>-j? Met and Organised by the Election ot Officers. "* -;Cj3 Columbia, S. C., April 3.?The State board of control met in the dispensary building Wednesday night ana organized, doing nothing of any importanoe or interest to the public. The board met again yesterday morning at 10 o'clock in the same place and remained in session until after 2 o'clock, when they adjourned for dinner. The session was lively and intersting i and the election of officers absorbed a r good portion of the morning. The board elected Col. Wilie Jones of this city chairman, then the business before them was taken up for consideration. Mr. S. W. Scrucrcrs. who >?? hMm chief bookkeeper at the dispensary for some months, was elected clerk of the State board yesterday and Mr. R K. ffSni Blakeley was selected to fill his old I /?s? place. ,.$S| Mr. Charles Lynch was elected a**' I sistant bookkeeper to Commissioned! I jafl Mixson. ,-Sflj Mr. W. H. Harris, who was formed I 5? ly clerk of the board, was elected to' Bin take charge of the correspondence re* 9 I faring to the work of the constables. 19| Mr. W. H. Gaston was re-elected H superintendent of the State dispensary and Mr. D. A. G. Outz shipping cleric H '% Commissioner Mixson's term of office ' ?? does not expire for h year or more and jjj he will serve the remainder of his time ^9 ^ as required by law. The 8late board has the power to elect the commis* | & sioner, however, and will do so at the expiration of Mr. Mixtoft's time. ^ At the morning session the board did nothing else of any interest and at { * 2 o'clock adjourned for the dinner r'SWk hour, to reassemble in the afternoon. J?9 } There are a number of whiskey ^ drummers in Columbia and they have J adopted the dispensary as headquarters ^ and are looking after the interests of their respective houses before the f|S ^ board. The board is composed of five mem- % bers and each is required to draw for the time in which he is to remain in office. Yesterday Mr. Nicholson drew- ; one year; Mr*-T. M. Allen, two yean; % Mr. J. B. Douthit, three years r^Mr. Wilie Jones, four years, ana Mr. L. J. | Williams, five veara. ^ At the afternoon session, the board 5 adopted rules for the regulation of the Ufa dispensaries throughout the State, the jj| '' purchase of goods, etc., which-will be $ given out for publication later. At the night session, they received and considered bids for the furnishing of whiskeys and other beverages from various companies in all parts of the country. However, n6 definite action was taken on these lines, but it is r very probable that the matter will be attended to at the meeting at 10 o'clock this morning. In a room nearby, there were about 20 representatives of whiskey companies, who were somewhat disap^pciated^fcgtjheir bids not been acted upon. It has been mentioned as a probability that several whiskey concerns that have heretofore failed to receive a share of the sales to the dispensary would cut the price a few cents m order to secure contracts a for six months and then, by some scheme that would insure their sales in the future, raise the price to the standard and make what they had lost by the cut The board, it is understood, will arrange so that three members can constitute a quorum and serve at future meetings in case of the absence of the others It will be remembered that there was a seemingly well founded rumor afloat a few days ago to the effect that W. ^ A. Nicholson had refused to serve on the board until Governor Evans per suaded him to do so. Yesterday some thought it queer that he had drawn the shortest term to serve as a member and it was intimated that the matter had been "fixed" for his convenience. ?State. ? Be True to the Old Party. Columbia., S. C.. April 3 ?The following was published in the Register of yesterday: Editor Columbia Register. \ I have never written an article for publication. I feel that it would be criminal to be silent now when the very existence of the Democratic party in South Carolina is threatened. I am a Democrat and I intend to be one to the end of the chapter. I allied myself to the Reform party because it was Democratic. W&en occasion seemed to demand it, I hit some hard licks for Reform. I shall feel it mr duty to strike with all my might all enemies 01 toe pany waoevjr may may be. Let all those who do not believe in majority rule leave the party and form such a1 liances as they choose. But let all Democrats stand firm. I shall stick to the party of my fathers, and if she goes'down I will go with, her. Let us all fight for our rights in j the party. Senator Tillman has made a great : mistake in advising our people to leave the party. Wo owe her much : and we must stand by her to the end. Must we leave the onlv party that has helped us in the past if we cannot control it in every particular today f It is of of the utmost importance that our I white people stand firmly together. I If Senator Tillman's advice is followed there will be a permanent division of ou?* white people and ultimately an appeal to the negro. It is a crime to bring about such a condition. Senator Tillman says "our one overpowering and overmastering issue in State affairs has been white supremacy, and this under the conditions existing: before the new Constitution was adopted made revolt against the white majority nothing less than a crime. And, I say, it is no less a crime today. He may call us 4'cowards and syoophants and treacherous leaders now masquerading as Democrats," but we will fight for the good old party o*?aino+ oil Viow anomioc thfl onJV nfll agaiuc, ail j r_ ty in which our rights are assured. The Piedmont Headlight says truly "the word Democrat" in the South means more than any politic tl movement. It means the rule of the white majority. In conclusion let me say again to every true Democrat in South Carolina, stand firm. Be true to the party of your fathers. Fight all her enemies. R. B. Watson. I^idge Spring, S. C., March 31. Aq^of an Insane Woman. Norfolk, Va., April 1.?An insane woman on her way to Norfolk from Columbus, Ohio, by the name of Benedict, attempted to jump, with two children in her arms from a Norfolk and Western train, near Petersburg to-night. Heroic action on the part or the brakeman prevented a tragedy.