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"t imefl on three Bovoral day., In 3/K two or rtonnmendmenta \i the eleotora Bhall vote for or t each of nuch amomlments aep ,1 aabembly ahall think It nooos "a"thTn?xT,tuonthto^? f-jTlu ZlhZ&iU JcMZJiY- a*?ZF rv^rntet6if?nduS ?embly. MkSCJRlXANKOtJB MATTKRH, The article on miscellaneous matters reported by the committee on that 8?ction lso that H would read that no I ?r^y w*the t^^ectlon,^a ^ripple laugSter was f h^dopted witha 4iS5i bvfe,1pwhat atf Altut too Stat* may he established On moil<irio(Ool. Sloan the nmend that South O*ro >*toum?nt in the sgsbss ttioto tot tuoh ? it WM miik. flK&ysJi JW the wanted he ioum on W lerbe of y o m6et on Tuesday , the _ Janua*y;V1896, i. ? , rea?> . a JP>o4 many mem UP thel* heads in surprise. Mr. Ellerbe calmly moved to make the consideration of the resolution the spe cial order for noon today, which was adopted. Many members during the evening privately expressed their approbation of the resolution^ saying that lieved it would w the formation of a that the farmers needed to be at home in the next few weeks and practically no expense would be entailed. IN HONOR OF JUDOi BBYAN. Mr. D. 8. Henderson offered the fol lowing, asking its immediate consider ation : Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God to take from the peoplo of this State that Incorruptible jurist, Hon. George S. Bryan, who throughout the darkest days of misrule in South CJaro 1U. U-J 4 " ? Therefore be it Resolved, by this convention of the teople of South Carolina that in the leathof Judge Bryan the State has sustained a great loss and that our (sympathy is hereby extended to his bereaved family. Ool. Aldrioh said it was eminently proper that something should be said on that resolution more than could be expressed by a mere perfunctory vote. Judge Bryan was no ordinary citizen ; he served his country in peaoe and in war m became a hero. He did always tat he conceived to*B6 right, no map ter at what cost to himself, "when the millrace of adverse public opinion was running against him he dia his duty always. On motion of Mr . Lowman the reso lutions were adopted by a unanimous rising vote. KELKJOfc The following was killed : Resolution (by Mr. Buiat) providing that article 5 of the Constitution be amended by adding thereto the follow ing provision : " In all Cases of mur der or manslaughter where the char* acterof the deceased is* lo,<l in ques tion. the character 6fxne prisoner at the bar shall be in eviaence/* The following m repo ' " over Obuniies looking >le jury. & regard !o?2G? made of the committee on frj- H ^ irW MM jlI 4 government. N-nwuKD. Htention had got minaries this mom consideration of the ivoroe question. ' Mr. Henderson spoke* second time, " ? 1 'ng his amendment ""i 'of Kdgefleld made a ite speech in favor of *S amendment? against r mAntiJ resolution to enable cash w ooun When thro >ugh witi it resum WSirm ilf of the com ort the report mmsm ^^ids'' in a comm . ^liberties of A married witn none of therestraintsO ... THreC under 40 to 1. He was to live in so unique a Statej?3 to the sanctity ofUie marriage la\ as sentiment, he, for one, to stand upon it. H was bet i vorce^S witbtiieV M^Ri my anions friend^ I weU ofthe law On foi m - the gia _ very weak ancf he odtild ng dive ie was only a] ,nt&. His voice.: heard m he proclaimed that he ti ed God that South Carolina hsd ?1 . stood out agaifist a divorce law. went on to picture what dice ru.~ would follow the introduction of a < vorco law. He hoped that the con vi |tion would keep South Carolina 'On | y- Mjv5. i Montgomery said in aocep i to their people $2*3 0 to do anj wou$ DtteH ' '-X J I '' Women all the kTUU&of ?!6>r Or ?m husband. Some a ^powerful ? .th2r I sing Burrows, two nt^ ? vines, had said about the com iur, arwvieraua movea vo lay me amendment of Mr. Henderson on the table. The president ruled tlifo out of order. ?y^' The roll was then called, the vote be ing on the adoption of Mr. Bowman's amendment. The result was as fol lows: Yeas ? Aldrich, Alexander, Ashe, Austin. Barton, Bates, Behre, Berry, Bobcr, Bowman, Breazeale, Brice, J. 8. ; Buist, Byrd, Cantey, Carver, Connor, Coopor, Cunningham, Dent, Douglass, Doyle, Dudley, Eilerbe, Floyd, Gary,, Giiland, Glenn, J. P.jJGoodmg, Gray, Gunter, Hamel, Harrison, Hay, Haynsworth, Henry, Hiers, Housfer, Howell, Hutaon, Irbv, Johnson, T. K. y Jones, Wilie, : Klugn, Lee, Logman,! Lybrand, McOalla, McCown, McDer-d motte, MoGowan , Matthews, Meases, Mitchell, Moore, Nathans, Otts, Par ler, Parrott, Patterson, Patton .Perritto, Rowland, Russell, oiones, Htribling, Talbert, Til in G. D. ; VonKolnitz. Waters, Watson, Wells, Wharton, White, A. H. ; Wil-| Son, Stanyarne; Winkler? -Total 86. Nays? Atkinson, Barry, Bowen, Brioe, T. W. ; Dennis, E. J. ; Evans, W. D. ; Farrow, Field, Fitch, Fraser, Gage, Garris, Glenn, J. !?. ; Graham, Hemphill. Henderson, D . 8. ; Hender son, Willif stone, Ge Kennedy, ? , ? , ? Miller. Montgomery, J. , D?; Montgomery, W. J . ; Morrison, Nich olson, Peake, Ragsdale, Reed, John;; **- ? - ~ Bmalls Senator Tillman then offered amendment to add the words "but courts Of this State shall recognize i give full crcdit to the Judgment of courts of other states in divorce oas ? . Senator Tillman spoke in favor of this amendment, and Mr. Patton in op ? 1',~" > position. Mr. Klus Klugh of Abbeville offered as a substitute a provision that the lftgisls- J ture oould legitimize by special act) children borne of parents In another State, following the granting of a di vorce in that State. , Mr. Patton called attention to thfi fact that this wOuld be in direct cot fllct with a clause to go into the 1< lative article forbidding special legi tion to legitimatize illegitimate chil dren. Mr. Klugh said he was fcwaro that; but his amendment could , passed and the conflict could bee^ril remedied. Senator Tillman stated that he sii ply wished to protect innocent ones Mr. Klugh'* substitute was then bled by tin overwhelming vote. Senator Tillman's amendment the same fate. MjpTwVD. Evans offered to by adding in other States force and effeot in th( State wherein- they T This was almost instan Then the section W amended by Mfc parliamentary clto Section 8, an immat the article on miSoel wss then adopted Wl the Article on u ' to a third tor oes deal of rambling ited to questions a ss der a Of alt goffered Senator Till lent as his own, but >?u shown, after Mr. Hen id called for the previous >n, thAtit was an absolute ne to get- the Clayton substitute itely postponed before the con tbe/^ .?0na^or TMmatl'a llson, evidently laboring un .pprehension as to the status I took; issue with this state -mm* men t. He said, in the course of his remarks, replying to Mr. Sheppard, thatjhe would like to know whether the Journal or the gentleman from wasfcorreot. ' . . i Mr. @heppard? (with great empha st'.)J-The gentleman from Edgefield is s he alwaysis. Iheppard stated that it was not ?pose to thwart or confuse the of the dispensary. He simply - _ to get the amendment of Sena toWTulmanbefore the house. Senator Tillman then rose and stated in [ emptfatic language that he hoped th& dispensary's friends would not be stampeded by any suoh ideas as some of fthem' Wero advancing. Governor Sheppard had stated the matter fully. Messrs. Patton and McCown ' made I ie remarks and then the roll was on the motion to indefinitely jnethe Clayton resolution. The Ion prevailed by the following vote ?yeas? Aid rich, Alexander, Ander (t Ashefe Atkinson, Barry. Barton, JfcUinger.Berry, Bobo, Bo wen, lee. J. S. j.'Briee, T. W.i Qarver, Del fay, .Dennis, Douglass, Dudley. Evans, W. D. ; Far w, j? ield, flitoh.lfloyd, Eraser, Gage, tmble, Garrifl,Gary,Gilland, Glenn, P.: Gooding, GraLwn, Gray, Har ? Harrison, Hay, Haynsworth, iphill, Henderson, D. {?; Ilenry, -w.s, Hodges, Howell, Hutson. Irby, Johnson. T. K. ; Johnstone, George; Jones, Willie: Keitt, Kennedy, K. J. ; Kennedy, J.W.: ifcugh, Lee, Low man, MoMakin, Nicholson, Oliver, OUs, X'arler, Pattersdn, Patton Peake, ^tinoe, Ragsdale, Itedfearn, Rogers, jugfi, Rowland, Sheppard, | Jmith, Ar J. ; Smith, Jeremiah ; i I/O,! Smith, W.C.; Sprott, 8Ari^Unfci.8ulIiv^?^TAXlor? illman, B. R.: Tillman, G. D.* Tim man, VonKonit*, Waters, Wells, carton, Whiuper, White. A. H?; ' Nays- Bowman, Braceale, Buist, yrd, Cantey, Clayton, Connor, Oun ingham. KUerbe. Hamel, Henderson, Houner, AtoCalla, McOaslanJ Town, MeWhite, Meares, Mont* .Joore, Morrison. Parrott, Perritte, I Russell, Smalls, Smoak* Staekhouse, Talbert, Watson, Witfg, Wilson, Stan >, woodward. Total-~82 , George Johnstone offered an ment to strike out in the report t portion referring to the dUpen ethod. Be said that he felt that _ aid not be doing his duty unless lould submit thin proposition, sl _ghhe well knew the temper of the lyention. It Was tabled on motion ' Tillman, four noes being Tinman then offered his ent as follows, the words quoi at the end of the com wwiumtuiv n ? ofalooholici liquors ,-j. within the State. and _z6 and empower State, ^ wij auu munioipalottloers, under the authority and in the name of the State to buy many market and retail within the State liquors and beverages in such packages and quantities under such rules and regulations as is deemed ex pedient: Provided, that no license shall be granted to sell alcoholic bev erages in less quantities than one-half pint, or to sell them between sundown and sunrise; or to sell them to be drunk on the premises. And provided, further, that the general assembly shall not Relegate the power to issue licenses to sell the same to any munic ipal corporation. " The article, with amendments, then received a third reading and was sent to the committee on style and revision in otherwise the same shape as it pass ed its second reading. At 10:35 p.m. the convention ad jouned. Alxluotml by a Priest. St. Joseph, Mo., 3. ? Upon infor mation received from Chicago at 2 o'clock today, the Rev. Dominick I Wagner, pastor of St. Mary's Catholio j church, was arrested upon the chargo of having abducted Maud Steidel, tho 10-year old daughter of a widow and one of his parishoners. The telegram which caused the arrest of the rover end father, came from Alex. Podvant, i a' hotel keeper of Holton, Kas. Father | Wagnor spent the early morning hours in jail. Owing to tho conclu siveness of the evidenco against him and the almost certainty that ho would flee if given an opportunity, it is not thought that he will be admitted to bail. Priests of St. Joseph, who had previously declared belief in the inno cence of Father Wagner, havo tele graphed to Bishop Bourko, now in New York, urging hira to take imme diate action in banishing Wagner from the church, that the public, whioh has been so strongly ' inflamed for the last weok. may sec that his im morality and crime is not sabotioned or even extenuated by the church au thority. Only last Saturday night, Wagner issued a nowspaper card de nying any responsibility ror or knowl edge of the disappearance of Maud Steidel, and he publicly and dramati cally swore that his statement was true. The girl is the only child of a widow. Alex. Podvant, her only other living relative, this morning in discussing The case said : '*1 am going to see thai this priost is punished to the full extent of the law. We could have him hanged if we wished, as the people are in a high state of excite ment over the affair. The age of con sent In Missouri is 18 years, and he can be oharged with rape as well as of ab duction. I know of no opportunity he had of mooting the girl alone, save at | oonfattion." Th? Pripullrtt Program m*. Topkka, Kan., Oct. 3.? The leading Populists of Kansas started an agi tation for an early convention and , will urge Atlanta, Os., as the place | and Feuhifcry 91 as the time, so that the nomination can be made February 22, ^W ashlngton's birthday. Senator PefTer, Hon. Jerry Simpson, Chair man Briedenthal and others will urge this date and place on the national committeemen in the several States. , This is done to force the frfee silver! fight early, as they say both old par ties are advocating a short campaign in order to sidetrack the financial issue. i wwuiv, Niu oe lncorpowwf ?nwttever the Jkpulation of such a community shall dumber 1,000, under such restrictions and regulations as shall proieot the rights of and prevent Unjust encroaohment upon the prop erty of the oitizens. In such towns no property qualifications shall bo re ?[uired to vote in municipal elections or olRcers. " This precipitated the debate of the day. Mr. Tillman explained his ob ject in offering this amendment. Tho manufacturing towns were practically owned by the company. "As the law stood the citizens? employees of tho mills? could not obtain a charter or have the town incorporated if the fac tory presidents objected. If they pe titioned for a charter against tho wish es of the bosses they would be told to "get out." He wanted to put it in such shape that when a factory town reach ed a certain size it would bo incorpo rated. Mr. Johnstone asked whether Mr. Tillman would incorporate a town against the will of its inhabitants. Mr. Tillman ? I want to force an in corporation when tho towns roach 1.000 inhabitants. If they havo to sign a petition to be incorporated thoy will be told by tho mill owners: "Sign that and you must get out," and you know it. Mr. Johnstono (with great empha sis) ? Mr. President, I ariso to ask a couiteous question, and I hope I asked it in a courteous manner, and I do Erotest against the kind of answer I avo received. Tho gentleman has no right to impute such knowledge or motives to me or any ono upon this floor. I oarnestly protest against it. Mr. Tillman ? I meant no reflection, and if anything I said was so con strued 1 withdraw it. Mr. Johnstone ? I am very happy to hear tho gentleman mako that uecla ration. % Mr. Prince, speaking for tho facto ries of Anderson and Greenville coun ties, Mr. Princo assorted that they wore the best governed communities in t4 e State. Their schools woro o]>on for nine, ten, and if thoy wanted thorn they could have them for olovon months in tho year. This convention, it seemed to him, was inclined to bo paternal. Tho othor day thoy woro trying to protect tho women, now they wanted to protect a cortain class of laborers. Tillman? What kind of government is that of tho factory towns, if it is not the most paternal? Thoy aro white slaws, that's what thoy are. Mr. Prince -Thoso in my county aro manly citizens and thoy would spurn tho Imputation that tnoy wore ruled by any man. If thoso pooplo are not froe and independent I would like some gentleman on tho floor to say so. Mr. Stanyarno Wilson -I never saw a class of people living under such Op pression as tho factory people of Spar tanburg. Mr. Prince? I was speaking of those people in the factories of Anderson ana Greenville, who would scorn to be considered slaves. I regret very much to know that the same spirit does not prevail among those of Spar tanburg, as Indicated by my friend. Mr . Prince then declared that if this amendment was passed It would be the death knell of factories in South Car olina. Not because it would have any effect upon the government of these towns, out it would frighten off north ern capitals It would not accomplish what it was seeking to do and would I ' I ?fjW ? amendment.- Wo locafc self-government, anc. wav tios of municipalities should' not be forced upon communities without giv ing the citizens a voice in the matter. Mr. George D . Tillman took the floor and made an impressive speech. It had been said that the only thing more timid than one million dollars was two million dollars. It takes money to build cotton factories; we have not got it . To get it wo must go north or to Europe. He regretted the effort to incorporate [cotton factories . He was astonished at the position of the gentleman from Spartanburg, the county whose wealth had been so wonderfully increased by these facto ries. In the south we have but two industries, growing cotton and manu facturing it. Cotton factories are our means of converting cheap cotton into cloths instead of sending it to New England and Old England. All cot ton mill men coming south prefer to locate factories on some waterpower in the country rather than in a city where any Tom, Dick and Harry may be in a position to plunder them witn taxes. Why not incorporate two or threo adjoining rice plantations on the coast, having 1,000 'hands I To incor porate thoso factories would bo a dead ottor, Cotton mill men would con trol tho property. They go into tho business to make mnney, not to found cities. If operative are offensive why should they not bo told to go. Theso gentlemen upon tho floor who em ployed hands, ho guaranteed, wished to navo tho privilege of telling thorn to "go" if they wore offonsive. A. Voice ? TMioy do do it. Mr. Tillman ? Of course they do. Tho speaker thon turned to tho pro position to establish a bureau of laoor, with a labor commissioner. What would th at commissioner do, he asked, except go among operatives and tell thom they were not being paid onouffh and invito them to strike. Up nprth thero wero hundreds of tramp orators who got good wages i list to go around and stir up strife. These agitators do nothing but harm. Mr. Tillman hopod that tho soctiohs carefully proparcd bv tho committeo Would bo adopted, ilo moved t6 lay all the amendments on tho table. This motion was withdrawn in order to per mit further debate, Mr. It. It. Tillman followed his brother. Ho said the legislature oould not bo trusted to protect this class of factory employees. Tho influence tho lobby with tho paid attorneys on the floor defeated tho incorporation of such towns. Ho would rather capital stay away than come here against tho liberty of the citizen. It was not pro posed to ovortax the factory; tneir property would bo protected, but tho object of this was that when South Carolina l>eoame tho Massachusetts of tho south, and it was attempted to im pose upon theso employees artd drivo them out, the employee* would have tho power put bore enabling them to Hx municipal government on tho?e towns. Mr. Honderson renewed Mr. Gh D. Tillman's motion to lay on the tAbfo all amendment*. ? re Mr. McGowan wan permitted to ?eak. This was class legislation of o rankest sort. It woulabe InOpera iVa ? a It- *? ? ~ w*A JnfL ?* A ' [CONTINUED ON PAOM *OUB,]