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X* *.V, Rlorence O^ILY TTmes. VOL. II. FLORENCE, S. C., MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1895 >o. 107. The Constitution. CUT IT OUT AND PRESERVE IT FOR REFERENCE. ARTICLE 1, SECTIONS 19 TO 29 “ 2, SECTIONS 1 TO c * Sec. 19. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted, nor shall witnesses be unreasonably de tained. Corporal punishment shall not be inflicted. The power to punish for contempt shall not in any case extend to imprison ment in the State penitentiary. Sec. 20. All persons shall, be fore conviction, be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for cap ital offenses when the proof is evi dent or the presumption great. Sec. 21. In all indictments or prosecutions for libel, the truth of the alleged libel may be given in evidence, and the jury shall be the judges of the law and the facts. Sec. 22. Treason against the State shall consist alone in levy ing war in giving a'id and comfort to enemies against the State. No person shall be held guilty of trea son except upon testimony of at least two witnesses to the same overt act or upon confession in open court. Sec. 23. The privileges of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless when, in case of insurrection, rebellion or invasion, the public may require it. Sec. 24. No person shall be im prisoned for debt except in cases of fraud. Sec. 25. The right of trial by jury shall be preserved inviolate. Sec. 26. A well regulated mili tia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not b einfringed. As in times of peace armies are dangerous to liberty, thev shall not be main tained without the consent of the general assembly. The military power of the State shall always be held in subordination to the civil authority and be governed by it. No soldier shall in time of peace be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war but in the manner to be prescribed by law. Sec. 37. No person shall in any case be subject to martial law or to any pains or penalties by virtue of that law, except those employed in the army and navy of the Unit ed States, and except the militia in actual service, but by the au thority of the general assembly. Sec. 28. All navigable waters shall forever remain public high ways, free to the citizens of the State and the United States with out tax, impost or toll imposed; and no tax, toll, impost or wharf age shall be imposed, demanded or received from the owners <*f any merchandise or commodity for the use of the shores or any wharf erected on the shores or in or over the waters of any navigable stream unless the same be authorized by the general assembly. Sec. 29. The provisions of the Constitution shall be taken, deem ed and construed to be mandatory and prohibitory, and not merely directory, except where expressly made directory or permissory by its own terms. ARTICLE II. MIGHT OF SUFFRAGE. Section 1. All elections by the people shall be by ballot and elections shall never be held or the ballots counted in secret. Sec. 2. Every qualified elector shall be eligible to any office to be voted for, unless disqualified by age as prescribed in this Constitu tion. But no person shall hold two offices of honor or profit at the same time, except that any person holding another office may at the same time be an officer in the militia and a notary public. Sec. 3. Every male citizen of this State and of the United States 21 years of age and upwards, not laboring under the disabilities named in this Constitution and possessing the qualifications re quired by it. shall be an elector. Sec. 4. The qualifications for suffrage shall be as follows: (a) Residence in the State for two years, in the county one year, in the polling precinct in which the elector offers to vote four months, and the payment six months before any election of any poll tax then due and payable: provided, however, that ministers in charge of an organized church and teachers ot public schools shall be entitled to vote after six months residence in the State, if otherwise qualified. (b) Registration, which shall provide for the enrollment of every elector once in ten years and also an enrollment during each and every year of every elector not previously registered under :he provisions of this article. CONGRESS. S AID PAS-»A SAFE. Considering Committees—Some ; Probabilities Considered. Washington, Dec. 7.—Speaker Reed did not appear at the Capitol to-day and it was stated that he had remained at his hotel to de liberate upon the committee as signments of members. He is maintainingunusual secrecy in re gard to the important chairman ships, but it is already taken for granted that Mr Hitt of Illinois will be chairman of the foreign affairs committee, Mr. Walker of Massachusetts of the Banking and Currency committee, Mr. Hepburn of Iowa of the Interstate Com merce committee, Mr. Grout of Vermont of the District of Colum bia committee, Mr. Daniels r>f New York of the Elections com mittee, Mr. Curtis of New York of the millitary affairs committee, Mr. Boutelle of Maine of the Naval affairs committee, and Mr. Quigg of Now York of the Postoffice and Post Roads committee. The main interest, of course, centres in the chairmanship of the Ways and Means committee, which carries with it the leadership of the majority on the floor. For several days the im pression has been growing that this distinction would not go to Mr. Payne of New York, but to Mr. Dingly of Maine, w T ho would have been the ranking member had he not voluntarily retired from the committee to permit ex- Speaker Crisp to appoint Mr. Reed. No Seed. House of Representatives, U^ S., Washington, D. C., Dec. 9, 1895. Mr. Editor, Dear Sir :—I am receiving numerous letters requesting seed and regret that I am unable to send out the customary supply. The last Congress appropriated the usual amount of money for this purpose but the Hon. J. Ster ling Morton, Secretary of Agricul ture, has declined to purchase seed for free distribution as his prede cessors did. I take the opportunity of in forming those who have been in the habit of receiving seed, so that they may understand the cause and not attribute the failure to negligence on my part. Respectfully, Jno. L. McLaubin. But He is Closely Watched by the Sultan’s Spies- Constantinople, Dec. 6, via Sofia, Dec 7.—News of the flight of Said Pasha and reports to the effect that he had taken refuge with Sir Phillip Currie, the British Ambas- sader, spread with extraordinary rapiditv thoughout the Mussul man quarters, and excited the most profound interest. Turks here pretty generally admit the fact that so distinguished a person and so well known a patriot as Said Pasha should seek shelter with a foreign power is proof pos itive of the gravity of the present situation. It is acknowleged on all fcldna that unless the palace cliqu-f can be broken up, a govern ment-by the Sublime Porte will be rendered impossible. Sir Philip Currie : s conduct m affording shel ter to Said Pasha has been praised by tier persons cognizant of t .e facts who are not controlled by political influence. It is believed the Said Pasha is desirous of le»v- the country, but he will not quit the shelter cf the British Embassy except with a guarantee from all the powers. Since last Wednesday a strict watch has been kept upou the British Embassy by Turkish detectives. All night long t -e Cockatrio and the Imogens, the latter the steam yacht belonging to the British Ambassador, have been surrounded by the small boats containing the secret agents of the Turkish government, the officials fearing that Said Pasha might try to board th British guardship. It is understood that Sir Philip Currie had lodged a vigorous protest against this sys tem of espionage. To Hana»- Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 7.— Governor Clough this afternoon sentenced Harry Hayward, tho murd rer of Catherine Ging, to be hui iged on Wednesday, December 11. I la;. H ard heard the news of his doom from Sheriff Holmberg’s lips The prisoner evinced no signs «>f breaking down, but on the other hand, repeated the aw ful execrations against his brother Adry, which of late have been the only indication that he appreci ated the seriousness of his posi tion. /