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VOLUME. tit. THE TILLMAN BROTHERS. "(TNCLiK OKORUK^aOKH FOR CLKMSON AN1) SUFFKAUK. His JLIrother lieu Heplles, ami There Wntt an luterrstliiK Uclmte. ,| ^ _ Iu the Constitutional oonvoutiou ??f ' Friday during th? discussion of tho' section on Education IIou. George O. Tillmau mado hu hour aud a hull's spoefth which commanded clotto atten , iion. Ho was afraid South Carolina was abo.Ht.l? attempt too much for her means. * South Carolina, though a lit tie patch of tho world, about tho size <ot three Texas eettlo oounties, had all the aspirations of an empire. It was "dmn'apiro sporo, spos.*' Ho gave a liberal translation of this motto, and said nobody but a Hugnonot could over hare coaoeived it. He referred Id the late Alliauce oraze whioh had swept over the country. Ho said that as Ito proibiso of 40 aoreA mid ?? mulo IwuV^ifwu all tho negroes into tho llo- J publican secret union league, the rural population in South Carolina uuder - tx?uk.taatem_ the tide-. Ho cited iho trouble Georgia had had. Georgia bad gontj along smoothly after alio? took Northern for Governor. It ha? not been so here.^-Afl this, lie said) xvas attjrdy iulWiluctoiy to a loug \vind<3 t?vjk. \ ' Wo^h'tf'" otte inning too much. We are tfyiug to jVovido an elaborate sys tem for a divided, impoverished and small State. Wheu the 2 uiil. tax wont into operation it took sevoral years to got tho' system orguuized at all. Gur * old State hadu't hnd a allowing when tho By stem was started.-- Wo havo been too impatient. Wo should havo re formed tho motto ou tho coat of arms %I)8tead oTthp picture. We "are At tempting too(much. Why increase tujn tax from 2 to 3 mills? A good deaf ?f jrorjury hailjtlrcady been committed iu this State iil tuo matter of the tinder valuation of property If this tax was increased thou there would bo more of It.- leader this thing wo can let ti white inan fail to pay his poll and yet let -iiim' vote.y And Micro's that eternal fttfetid wo havo beei* practicing and will _.fi$h,pw?ct4c0 with this si-heme. If our itfliliw men divide, as they' are certain tQ do, all advantage will bo taken of tho prosperous man. " This wns a supremo effort ou ilio part of tho State lor educatiou, bueauae it was n qualification for suffrage now. Such a qualification lor suffrage aiu't worth a nt&p of my tijjger. In Ku :gland, whence wo came, thero was never such a thiug known. Though 1 %nay be a little bit "oi l fogy" in my old ago, I say now F believe the Kng lish -government to be to-day tho best that over' existed on the face of tho earth. They base their suffrage on property." An educationat qualification was .never heard of in this &6untry until Connecticut and Massachusetts adopted it to exclude men from thfpolls inatoad of admitting them thereto. Let fia dweriminateif \fc dare against > Clio negro and it will cause a high Hehool for them to bo erected ? by tho ?northern? people-on every 10 iuilc? aquaro olf this State. Tho negroes have ten times moro in . terest in learning to read and write than our whito cluldren. Prussia had not shouted forjioducatiou fo qualify Jbor votors; but sit was to make her soldiers bettor. yJosidcs we can r, dis criminate against the nogro in higher ed ucation. The gentleman from Beaufort need not have one moment's fear of South Carolina daring to fail to take care of Clafliu University. In 1802 an act was passed by the United Status government to give 30, 000 acres of land to each State to crccf^inbtitutiouM upon. Soottsoldit, and Moa?s-*tole the money. ? Mr. Tillman told ho \v"the'r matter was brought about. Half of this fund went to Claflin; tho other half goes to Clemson college. Then in 1892 congress gavo each State the Hatch fuud.to eBlal)nsh*air odiicattonal agricultural station. Five thousand didhis was given to Clafliu;. tho rest wont to Cleinson or tho South Carolina college, I don't kuow which. Then camo tho Morrill fnyd, appropriated iu 1800, a large portion being required to bo appiiod to colored education. The iotcntiou of Mr.* Morrill was that the Colored colleges should hare the bulk of it. He (Tillman) had tried hard to get tho fund from tho government and the trouble was _ that South Sarolina didn't want to give the negroes more than half of the money. He had to^ get a bill through both houses in order to get the fund. Ho had to show how gcuerous South Carolina had been with the school funds towards the negroes, when she was not compelled X6 bo so. There was a provision in rboth the Hatch and Morritl bills which allowV congress to recall theso ap propriations. Now let us dare xxoyio be libera! with Claflin and seo what ^ will happen? ""How" air, X for one ani fiot iu' fa vol" at having in the Constitution any of the Spate college*. It might be wi*-r <1om to alwaya give Olaflin half of this/ 1890 fund, and put it in the Conetitu-i Ltion. Bat that pollege ia provided for go power in thi> conn trypan take it away. Some action taken either by the gei -o* by thia body for> onr v . tationa. Think ioi a momedl orach money ha* beeu ?pent for onr UgW in* ti tdtiona! -What eomea Sa .'4b the wa j of tqition ftrada? Ia the Btate to fnrniah all t?ie for nothing? Thr/o hundred ttadente there ara at ClcntHon. How w^Tof them pay tnitkm aad bow an c&t iamtoid thaM?i?*? or *40 a_year. Wh at tuition paid could bo published to morrow it would CftUbo au earthquake 1 ot indignation . . . The Citadel academy was doing a I good work. The boys are ^ken there and furnished board and all. Ahori ! they got a superb education and nro taught the kuowlodgo of tho soldier - the art of war. In caso a groat emergenoy should arise, we would ha e trained offloere to command our tr<W>s and not greenhorns. It was oriKprnlly established to train offleers for *lio ex pec toil war. South Carolina irfay need some moro of those offiocrs. Smith Carolina was ambition* indeed. L>n??? J they renjember that she this very building to make it tho capital of tho Southern confederacy . Tho citadel deserved earnest nupupit. No more ho though in its sphere than Ol?m?on doe. in it* won't stay within its sphere! ho citadel's graduates paid the Stato baoR ^When Olemsou was llrst established 000 boys matriculated. The Stato emptied her wealth into the lap of cieuisou, and yet it wu?"tho strongest compound inixturo of all kiuds of edu oatiou on tho faco of Ood's grecu earth. I know nothing to bo compar ed tuit in the way of failure aud huui bug except tho dispensary and the sub treasury. (I laughter.) An agneub turuL au?l wochauicftl eo]k\g? and industrial college they called it. If woseo the term meanWxporjmontation and industry. Tho two best institutions of this kind were tho government In dian colleges. This wns tho only stop that tho Uuitod State* government has over taken that has civilized tl>6 lncli ans at all. Thoy work with their, hands ono-half tho time and study books tho balance of tho day. Mr. lbiist? Have you ever been to Clcnison? . , Mr. Tillman? N.o, sir, 1 don t nood to go there to know it (is a failuro. Mr. Tillman, continuing, said agri cultural education was a phantom it disconnected from labor. Tho sciences could be' taught anywhere. But wlmt docs Clomson try to do? ^ ale or llui vard could not have put tut a more ambitious curriculum than did Clem kou when it started up ThOV tiickcd7?n th ? Kcionco ami art of War and ciigiuCi i ing. It. couldu t teach this groat branch and liavo. time for experimentation. It's an inipossv bility. He could-- uudorstaud how tuo South Carolina oolloge could teach all the sciences of the miud. so as to let a man say; - "I'm an educated man/ Clcnison violates hor very foundation principles when she tries to toachlitoK arv braKcltj?&.k Tho only thing to do ui experimenta tion is to' study pigs, their kinds and peculiarities, and sueli things. \et Clomson was going ahead trviug to malyo soldiers. Toko-a boy in this unique institution ?for it ( ih most uiHano? he is studying philosophy or rhetoric, absorbed, trying to under stand, and liorc cornea tho bell au<l tells him it is time to feed tho liogs. (Laughter.) Clcnison iu its place would do great good. If * it don't have too much "animus pat^i aud so on, f ni, spiro spcro, ot^iKt^Nj^h^l rlfelit; Ho had thrfffat sometimes that the man whc/iSveWed this, State motto must have jcoi^y????rfu Gascony in * 'fi^lDOL) tfrirttflfrSfffifina will be get ting yrfV1""- sohool money -from the Federal government. Tho Stats should divide this money among her collegiate institutions*. These funis coul t bo utilized, i'hy State should bo more ; liberal with tho Clailin University. He was in favor of the United States gov cihmeut Nyalciu of industrial cduca , tiou. What business has'Oletnaon with tho privilege tax fund, I'd like to , know; when sho has those other fujuds/ Money was pured out up there diko i we had ^ by the wagon loads. What lines this word ?'scholarship tiieau * Tho alliance with its #iotto from Je fcrsou "equal rights to^all, special privileges to nono" had a good deal to do with the. establishment of Clcnison. Will the State come forward and add to the disparity by laying a tax to give free board and clothes ? Ts that spe cial privileges to none ? But to return ^^.(ttsoii ?! ? auppouo those wim? If**-*? tees carry out their theory; suppose every boy sent thcrd can bo nmdo a Hcientitlo chemist or botanist. What then? Tho alliancenien thought they would come home and plow, tlivo a boy a smattering of higher education aud he 11 never do another lick of manual labor if he can help it. (Laughter.) All liked to live by tho sweat of somebody else's brow. He ventured to p tod tot that tho majoiity of tho students would turnyaUajKj*Ftt or something elso instead of farmers. [Ho thought it unconstitutional to work too much in the hot sun. (Laughter.) Ho thought tho 2 mill tax and tho *1 poll tax was onough. Tho liquor fund could go to nothiug moro appropriate. Tho phosphate royalty should bo ap plied to it. If tho people will take my advice. I would say ^o tho schools, to the schools lot tho money go. He said the *?*'mo thing about cotton fae tories. There watt no danger of the cloth market over being gin tied be cnuflo the worfiT would" never oeaee to jieed bkirtH and chemises also. (Laugh ter) Let's try to find some means uot-to tax onr landowners too heavily so as to found this great common i school system in 48 hour*. [ Too say we muet .get ready for 1898. I am sorry to aay anything about this raAnn matter but I most do so. It is my auty. ,v the ntffrage plan adopt ed is 9<rt **tbeS>ntertainment to which South Carolina waa iu^e<f," to uao Mr. Webster's form of "expreeaion. They were told that no white men would be diafntoohiaed and that it would U ^Hb>by honest oonstitation al^methoda. How does that aonnd ingto hypoeriay. The only way to im*? only ?ean *> fi?y lire that the people have boon deceived. Tito admissions of tho leaders on thin lioor ami tho thin* ou its t'aeo adver- , ti,?o to tho world that .1 Hopubhcan ad ministration oh a lay it out if it wishes 7'Ono of tho most distinguished <? har rleaton gentlomeu ou tho floor hail in timated in parliament iary language ?, that ho wan in Inn dotage. ! Mr. Bryau ? l>iil I understand tho i gentleman to refer to mo? Mr. Tillman ? Conhl ull the adject ivoH I used apply to anyone elsoV(l<oud j laughter.) ... Mr. Bryan disclaimed any intention of saving anything of that character. Mr. Tillman wan glad to hear thin from his Charleston frioml. I noun chuliug ho said: "I have boon trying to Ami out whether 1 really was in uiy dotage or not, ami 1 thank tit* gentle man for assisting mo, Mr. Bryan? 1 amiglad to assist >ou. (laughter.) HHOTIIBR HKN 1IITH l?A< K. Senator Tillman thou took tho tlooi ami naiil ho wished to answer some ot ?ho Hovero criticisms of his distinguish ed relative ami colleague. Ho would not attempt to follow him in all h s ramhlingH, for such ho might turn them. Ho wanted U> spoak of tho col leiros Tho section wanted to suppuit thorn all. Tho State University in oludod-lha South Carulmn college ami Clitln an well. Clonisou was separate. This criticism romiuda mo of tuo ar ticle that teemed in the uowspapers Homo years ago when the matter o oi ucating the fanners was being agitated. I might Hay it is all stale, but^ I don t like to lise that term. ' Tho farmers had been bberal themselves and to Clonison. W ho p'Ud tho privilege tax? The farmers. Lb it a why thoy aro allowed to tako it. >Vo demanded our own money back to build our college. It comes with l>a I grace from any man unywhuro to suj wo have no right to it. . My. George Tillman ?I^it uio inter rupt you. Haven't yon the fund from tho government? ion don't need it. Senator Tillman, continuing, said: Tho ijoutlemau only shows how low an estimate the law>ers place on tho kind of education the farmers need, t wiy we won't submit to their dictation . Mr George Tillman JJose again and asked* liim to toll how they were edu cating tho boys at Olemsoii in aeeor I BUCO with tho objcot of the luatitutioii. Senator Tillman asked him to keep his Boat and let him talk an 1 he wu'.M tell him nil about tho matter. Ho would try to do so, too, in a way tbvt 1 woiifd not "wound hia feelings, r ^>0 eauso ho knew that was the last thing that ho would do." ' ' Senator Tillman went on to say that the free tuition at Clomson was allowed by Mr. Clemsou's will and by t lie leg islature. If the gentleman had bei-n to Clerjsop ho would not have utUud Bomeoftho unjust c.itiej-ms he has indulged in tonight, for hut heai is always truo when hia eyes aro nut blinded by prejudice. Mr. George Tillman Haul he knew all about such institutions and ox pi uned what ho meant, citing several al|oged agricultural and experimental cjllegcs on tho same, order thai ho had mspcct ^Senator Tillman replied, saying that I tho board had wrestled with tho pro blem. If tho students did manual la IMUUOI the timetheirbraiaa would aecd sloei). Those boys wore not afraid to work. And yot wo aro twitted by a man who has novcr sceu it, yet who nays that it is ft humbug and a f>|?? because wo don't make thorn work like d?l tell you now it is not what it should be. There aro divisions in the board, prejudices existing. I have been on tho eve several times of asking tho logishw lure to send there and investigate it/ but I've waitod, becauao I wanted *o keep its dirty linen from being washed iu public. ,- . The students at Cloiusoii knew as much about the aeicnco of war as the ; Ciwrtol Tte W";'"' , rf JL wanted to boo maintained. Iho faty mors had pledged their support to the old colleges. Because wo want to put iu pur i"<l;iwtrinl ' ;HCl'r?,W * ni|t"ni,d""r!i we must not.' This reform con vention- for it is a Reform tion, and you ean.t deny it -will dis^ graco itself if it don't put them m tffo^ organic In-v. .We can't be educational ieouoclMsts ??ither aud break dow u old institutions. "l>um spiro apero, spes. Yea, that is a splondid motto. ? h\ should we ?m ridiculed Infuse i areas? Hia cheek would redden with tho blush of shame it he thong lit any member of that convent on would re fuse to support all tho educational nr aUtutions. All Iv'e got to say about the critici?ms ou tho suffrago matter m that it is now past. I want to say, however, that nobody h?>? *v?r P'edg ed that we wonld do what liaa been Mid on this floor tonight we would do. That was never aai?l in the public press. No reform leader has ever ut tered such words as have been attrib uted to them. Tho people had boon told that the Miseissippi plan would be takon if something bettof cottld not bo devised. From la4tioa to (iMrgU. D. C. McC'ullom . of LaTorte, Ind., well -known In Q. A. It. and political circle* throughout the State, ban become a member pi the syndicate wbicb ban purchased 100. 000 acres of land in Oeorgla, on which will , bo settled ntx Iadlaaa colony. The protect- J ore of the colony have already laid out fW] cmbryp cityol Pftarerald, which It to pro- ' l>cf*d to rapidly bplld up. It to ottjajfted that tbe emigration from the Stale will reach 40,000 before qjxt fall. T Mlafatcr^o garltow-itowl ^ ft importod that hoMont Cleveland h4P (nrianAlolfr. John L. P?ak,a Kauas OKy lawyer/ the appotataa# of aiaftrter to avit|Mfib4, trtea 1 O. Broa4V#ad, <X 9t, ' i : f CONVENTION PROCEEDINGS. ItAll'ltOAOM ANDCOIU'OKAIIUNS, , It Adopts Provisions - Herniation the Liability of Railroads for Aci'l , (IvuU (u (employes and of Stock holders In Corporations. f Tho constitutional convention spent Tues <?\y, tho I ?"? 1 1 1 session discussing sections of the' article on corporations. j A section was adopted putting railroad employ oh on a piano \yith tho passen gers in receiving damages for injuries j received, when such injurioa result I from the negligence of u superior i oftloer. Knowledge l>y tho employe of the unsafe character or condition of the machinery or nppliauecs used ahull ho no defense. No aggreoment signed by tho employes to exempt the corpo ration from damages shall be Valid. Tho convention closed the day con sidering a proposition to make the I stockholders of all investment corpo I rations liable for the stock they hold j and such an amount over and above as j may be fixed by tin: lieu oral Assembly? J At the very loug night session the ; convention eoinplotod the article on ; eorpuxationa uuils^ut it to a third read- i ing. The heavjtfstyuhts were made on the questioi? oT thef K ?* W 1 i t^* *?f slook holdors of insolvent* iytttks tmd other corporations, and on the question of re fusing to allow railroads to ship at "released" contract rates. The con vention, in regard t<? the latter matter; passed a section prohibiting tl^o roads from using the "released" rate system, lu regard to tho former, tho stockhold ers are to be h<M responsible for the stool*, and an amount sulhcient to cover all deposits i it tho case of banks and to satisfy all indebtedness in tho ease of other corporations. SI I) ST Cl/T IT SHORT. I'lio Convention Limits Speeches to^fan >1 1 ii i?t o?. School (Question t'nnor Cotislriei'at Ion. Tho constitutional convention Wed nesday morning on assembling passed a resolution limiting spdecljeH hence forth to ten minutes. Tlio article on education was then", taken up. Tho llrst tight camo over the- mutter of striking out a prnvisio^ milking tlio office of county school ' com misidu uor a constitutional ollicc. This was done. 'Ti'ho question of tho amount of poll school tux was noxt discussed. The convention devoted tho night to dobate on tho school fund problem ""tmdonded by voting down a system pronftwwd^ by Mr. E. .T. Keuncdy, ? which provided for tho pouring of all school fuuds into tho State Treasury to bo distributed among tboaqvpral coun ties, irrespective of tho proportionate amount of tho taxos they paid in. Tho pending schemo provided for a constitutional three-mill school tax, a #1 poll tax and a supplementary school tax to make tho system flexible and responsive to tho fluctuations of taxable valuables. -?? LiOUKl?I> JIOllNS. Tho convention talked for nearly four hours on tho subject ot education Thursday morning and then adjourned to go to see tlio State Fnir. At the night session Senator Tillman and Gov. Evans looked horns over the constitutional school tax, tho former wanting 3 mills put in the constitution, the latter wanting the lax left to the General Assembly. Mr. Patterson's proposition, pending from the night boforu was vot6d down after an ex haustive Rebate. ?*??? TIM, MAN HltOTHKKS HITCH. ? Oro, l>. Attacks the lOducatloual Moas urca auil Hakes Clenison College, and Hen Can Scarcely Contain I I I IIIHClf. Tho constitutional convention dis- j cnaacd Friday the question of poll tux. J A proposition to make i^t'i.OO or SI. 00 was voted down and /it was fixed at SI . 00. ? The ?age of exemption w?ti made #50 years. j The night session of tho convention ] ^firoved to bo one of t he most sensa j tionul since tho convention assembled | j two months ago. Uncle George Till i man and his brother, Senator Tillman, j who arc not on the best of terms, got into a heated discussion ou the- subject : of education, the record of Cleiuson j ' College being the bono of contention, i Some very harsh things were said by j both and the convention listened uud ! did not mterlerc. NY lien tlio con 1 volition met to-night some slight and immaterial amendments were mado to the vital clause of tlio educational I article, and then it was adopted, pro- | vidiug f?>r tho common school system; I the three-mill constitution tux, the one dollar poll tax, and the supplement tax, cikivit*>f over 10,000 inhabitants being exempted' from its provisions. The convention took up tho ordinance providing for the postponement of tlio 8eswioirof the General Assembly until the second Tnosdnv in next January and adopted it. Tlnm the section of 1 tho educational' article ' relating to the j bighcHt educrttionnl i i*r>tittitioriH woi ^aken up and <pie?- I tion ofinscrtuig clHtiaea for ft** rpft?n- J teuanco of caeh was diftcnr-aed. M v?h j hero that Mr. Oeorge D./J^illmau, took i the floor nnd begin his p.prvi Ho j wan h .rcawtiw from the buginniug to tho j end, and when b? attacked the record^ of Olempon College be aeored it from j Alpha to Omega. He did not wi*h hoy of the institu tion* to be put in the confttitntios. He ? ml that .Booth Carolina wa* but a Jittle pntefc of the world, about thoaize P?f three Texaa cattl-j rouutiea. bnt i ft' had all ike aapirattona of an empire ?ad vai Irving to adopt an elaborate ?durational ajat< m in M honra in or 4<r W-|?Uho youn^w>ite f #adj to moot t-lio educational Hutfrngc re quirement* by 1 S'vis, Chen ho tuoklod tho tmtVr ago article, and spoke about t bo protuisiVft that Hi-nrttor Tillmtm nntt tho other reform louder# hud made to Iho people about disfranchising no white muit except for oriino and doing it UoiiOHtly. Ito charged them with having broken their word and dealt some heavy blows. Senator Tillman in his speech tried to bo oaltu and dignitkul, but frequent* ly lost his temper and Homo of l?is re marks in veg?ird to hi*, brother s pro* indices wore scarcely parliamentary. IIM. MAN SI'OlvK IN VAIN. i? .Mi Watson s Vni.Mntiu -nt lo (lu< l<, tl u oallon ) > i 1 1 Was Adopted. Tho constitutional convention, aftev ft ih'bftto continniii^ till tl iv Saturday, nil of Monday morning and all of Monday night's soa-tinn, until after II o'clock, rcaohod a veto on State Sena tor Watfton'n amendment to tho article on education to strike out'tho proviti ion making the Mippori of tho higher educational institutions mandatory upon the . legislature. Tho amend men I was adopted by a vote of (Jit to 111. This was done d<v<pitc powerful speeches by Senator Tillman, Messrs. Julian Miteholl mid .1. I1, K. I'yait, of Charleston, ami ullier utiuug mcu in tho convention. Tin1? section as amend ed hiw*m the lii^iflaluro "Jm?y" inuko appropriations U? .upport these insti tutions. Monday night the convention re* ccivod its first report fi??m the com mittee on stylo and revision and two minor ordi nanivs^v^roji at i Hod. (JKAV'S I* I'M 'I SI ON. Ho l)(4l(lt's I >1 ll't'rou' I j' I imiii .liuli;o SI ?million 1 a t lie Case ol (?ro. \V? (?'olsoni TowiisIi^i !MI, Al?lu'\ lll(> < '< i tin t > . A flight dim>rotico I' opinion bo twcou tin! Supivino ('mill ill' tlut I ' nit oil Staton and .1 A'dgo Simonton, of Mm* I'uitod States Circuit Court fur South Carolina, -auk inuilu mumfcht Monday wltfu Justice (imy roa I t lit* answer of tho former body to oorbuii question propounded by thy Court of Appeals for the fourth circuit iu^tho ease of Qeorgo W. Polsoin v,h. 'Townahip 90, county of ^bbevillc, H. C. Folsom, a resident of 'IViiti<*see, sued iu tho Circuit Courts of South Ciiroliuu to loco vol- dofau 1 led iuti-rosl iDpou bouda issued by tho towifship in -aid of tho construction of the tiroouvillo A: l'ort ltoywl Huilron I and for a writ of man Juinub to colli pri tl)C COUUty COiniUTH siouors t?? levy lind colloct u tux for their payment. Dofonco was Hot up that iho ou<<o wns controlled by the decision of tho Stub* SuprouiuCuurt in tho case of Floyd vs. IVrrin nnd that tho lihiintitT e?>\dd not recover. This dofonco was hold to be(/{ood by Judge Simonton, aud/ tbo/cuno wont to tlio Court of ApptuJ*. /i'iuit court achoil tho Supreme Court to answer tho ?]ues 5 tiouK: 1. \Yr ii s the Circuit (Joint bound to follow tlioilcciaion ofthoStuto Supiemu Court in th&cntic of Floyd vs. l'errin? 2. Wui^plainti^ entitled to recover upon tluvfjonds and epiipous, there litiv ing been lit the time; he came into pos session of them no ndverso decision by the State Supremo Court respecting them? 3. Whether bonds issued under acta of December 23, 1882, ami December 2i, 188ft constituted valid indobtodhoso against the township issuing them. 4. Whether tho acta of December 19, 1887, validated these boiida and made them binding Opon Township IM}. The first question, Justice Uruy said, the Supremo Court answered in the negative; the second ami third in tho 'aflirinativc; the fourth was not an ? swerifd. lu 1 1 i h opinion, tins dustier said that the legislature.* of a Stat'* hai tho power to vest iu a township any and all powers appropriate U/^tliat ter ritory to be used for thy benelit of ni! the people, and that the power to msuo the bonds in question came within that scope. I HKtiliKVKIjANI) fiOKHOK. Kl^lit liotllcs Have linen 'fallen From t In* KiiIiih. X frightful iicckleni, by w h (i thirteen I !"??'?? |?lt? lost th<*ir liviw, occurred in t In-art of l 'lovelitud, Ohio., uli Halurdn'y, Owing to | die criminal it !i< 1 ."till unexplained ''arcless | iiom uf a. street earcoudtictoru car well lllled Willi people took an awful pljjfWge of oiio litindreil and twentj feet from ilie<lraw of the Cent rn I Via<lui*l into ttiu dark waters ot Cuyahoga Hiver. The verified lixt of the dead mid mis^jng m 'foll<jjK rtT; .lames M Lriiighliu. htischill j I'la yyf, Henry W. Meeklenbtirg, tailor; 'M | wafTl lloiTinau, conductor on lllfated ear; I Mr>. Join i A. Hiiuc#nheimef! Miss Dc.vdo i D ivir1. school teaclief iii K.'ick' ll afreet school; I Harry \V. I-'o.-tcr. a elork: Mrs. Minnie Itrowa; Curt f.Mplielie (or Clemens > pianist; Mr". V. A. IlolTinuii. tliirty Iiiwm <?l?. . 'lertlo lIolTinan. threo years ? Id: llarvey fioffmfin, unveil years old: ^1?'s. M irlha I'alujer: Marfc Mettgen, twenty-one yea*.-, old, domestic; Augustn Karloski; I. mix I'. Hulet 7.; mail rarrter: 'I ho missing ar?i .bottle Vylli, Miss' Martha Kauetnliolmor, J!. Matthew ftallngher. Two more ImxIJoh of the .victims of Katur-,. day night's bridge lienor were taken from I tti" river Momlay " nfl?i "on. Tliey were Martha Hauerlicimcr md "I'if'.vard f'alalian. Thl? makes IS bodies dial have ,lw*?>u r?<cov ercd. I y Is believed that the Inst of tit* hodfeiymtve Imoii found, as .10 more persons iiroj^'portcd inl*stng. 'ine blame fo the *c t has not been lived. 'J'tei enroll cr"h us ?^boguii tils fnve.ii f ^adoii. I Im* I'opnllitg In Kentucky. A dlfcpai- Ii from CovinAton, Ky.,snyiir The official count gl*. '.i die flVot legh-ladvo' dls tf let of Kenton county t?? thoJt^enfiJfciMia. Kennedy, tbft l>emncratl;i <jnrtUjrtyo r< ?'ived 1.845 votcji, white .T. M. <'!i^ber.?vnls Ile i.uMtenn opponent, received Tvl. >5, a major ity of 150. The h -publican viotbry la th?? flrtt Kenton district A xctt tlie L-Vt&laturu an folic w-: P?n. hep. Pop. Houte 46 52 2 Senate 2% 1? Joiut OS OH 2 Tii'i ?nljr way for ItapiibllefiMJi t?> elect a United KUte* K nator In- to get a Populist . ?>te nrut iifiHent At l?*AM one I>cmocr*? or, f they prefer to iro It aloun without any Pop ilM ?Mi#',*, ?o UWt m tw? IM?h ? I ? /' ' ?? ?_ . / J V-r# A BRIEF REVIEW . FOR THE WEEK OK i III-: WOltU OK I UK i O.NftTI i i iiovvk t o\ vkx no.v, It is Thought hy That (lio Kiel is Altuul la Sight . TUo Li^hluturo Oil! of tlic . ?? ? -#? ? - - The constitutional convention in lit* w on llio homestretch. Tho members are winking with more heait and vim and begin to fool that tho daylight *?!' ad jeurnment is ahead. There wiw not a member of tho convention who had any idea that tho convention would continue in session an long an it hat?. Tlio acasion 1u\h boon a strain on many and ? none will regret when it Is all over, and all will return homo >\ith tho couseiouHnoHtt that the heat possible haw been dono for tho good ? ? I" tho old State. The journal of last Saturday'* proceedings will have on it "forty ninth day," and from that aomoidoaof the work and time can be hail. It has taken a very long time to roframo tho constitution, and the general opinion is that what has teen done haw been accomplished an rapidly an puw-ible, jnul that it" will take from ton to lifteon days to complete tho task. Tho convention liaa for a long time had tho dream of a conflict with the Legislature to disturb its members. It was thought that the Legislature would have to bo in session at the same time | with the convention, but the "people" that in what they iMtll the convention took hold of 1 1 io mutter and postponed the legislative session until the I I th t? I' January. Whother tbv convention has I ho constitutional right to postpone tho legislative session rtntil the old consti tution was ropealoif by a now one being adopted or not mattered not; tho legis lative session had to he poetpoucd, and it was done without question or (pii,hlde, and no one is Hurry for tho delay. In future years the legislative session will be hehl iu January, and it may bo an well to make the start in that dirootiou at this time. The general expectation now is that the hegiidaturo wiil bi^ib ae^ion from forty to sixty days <>fi account of the volume of worUHliat will bo necessary iu making tho Btatute lawn conform to t ho now constitution. Tlio nnni woojf b'JUil QUO of tJlV most important in the progress of tho convention. Tho educational eom mitteo report, \\hich more directly and continuously affects tho interests of the pcoplo of tho State than any other article, wa^ given that attention which it deserved, ? The convention hus already done much for tho improvement of tyio od i ueatioual oyntefli and if what Ims al ready boon douo woro not supplement ed at all tho common schools of the ?Slate would be better provided for thuu the.v have over boon. ,1m addition lo tho three mill tax, the SI i ><>11 tax and (ho suplcmcntal tajtin the committee expect to have tho eorft j volition accept its suggestions with referenco to tin use of the profits from the Dispensary and tho Penitentiary us well as the revenue from ensealed estates. I'ho iiioomo Irom thoJRspou-< sary lias been put down at A minimum of $lp0,000, and tho efeaucc# are with tho uho o& tho Dissensary proilta for achool purposes that it will bo con aidorably increased aB pricea may bo aomewh it increased on account of the more general aupport that will bo ex pected from tho law. / The amount of prolit to bo derived from- the Penitentiary is somewhat un certain on account of tho introduction of tho chain gang system, which ia do ing ho much for tho improvomout of tho roads in tho couutics. Tt ia, how ever, expected that, by tho. uao of the available ^employees ; and tho good management Hint ia now being had, the Penitentiary can and will help the achool fund. There ia one rather peculiar fouturoubout the action of tho Convention on these educational mat . tern. Many of tho dolegatoM personally fajjgr tho throe mill tax aa .well aa the $2 poll tax, but have voted against theHo propoHitiona hoeauao "their peo ple do not want the three mill tax or more than a $1 poll tax." The sixth Hoction, whioh provides for the collection and diatributiou of the public achool fund, which ia tho real i>ackbono of the achool aystem, wua passed ok reported, ljut not without u a hard content. Bcuntpr Tillmaii succeeded in having his Hpocial hobby as to small and com* part districts uccoptcd, and tins. too, ia expected to help the public schools. Just here it may be mentioned that Senator Tillman haa shown a byroad, liberal and genuine interest in the schools and colleges of tho Htate, and haa won many frienda by his manly tight for tho support of all that can tend to the improvement of tho odnca tioual system of" tho Htate. The tight ia still going ouaa to higher educational institution^. It haa beqn auggcatcd that it looks more liko a flight of tho dcuomiuationaL-Collegcs against tho. Htate institutions than n tight of the delegates against tj?e prin ciple involved. The tir?t part of tho week wa? du voted to tho ' consideration of the article on corporations. By goneral consent the provisions are considered more stringent than those now yi effect. ^ y ???'." Homo of the essential points ia the article are: As to railroad corporations: They are required to b?coiae incor porated under tha-lawsof thia" ' The 8tott? against. ?tUro?d datiob is incorporated ia tl*a I tution. Provisions rste'per ton "... * It shall I >(* unlawful for any railroad corporation to relievo by contract of it* common law liability or limiting tho Ninio, This is expected to do away with tho <4roloaso" clause as to shipping. ' - l|htpty*iaul loaded oars must l>o in toroltHji^M by intersecting railroads. A railroad commission ia provided fop to prevent "unjust discrimination, extortion, cto.^ -4 Abandonment of the present la\>; ? relative to tho liability ot railroads from aooidouts resulting from tho aots of fellow servants thoreby increasing {he responsibility of 'the railroads iu the matter of damages. In the matter of banks, the moat im portent notion were in the provisions for a bunk examiner, making bank ?stockholders liable to depositors in a sum equal to their stock over and abovo tho face value of tho haiuo and tho cu? mutative plan for electing directors is " to apply to all olassos i ft corporations. There scemp to bo a little question an to whether bauks that have already boon incorporated under tho general act of incorporation will be liable to tho provisions of the artiole, tho liabil> ity of tho stockholders being fixed ia ? their charters. The article on corporations ww*./ passed more hurriedly than p??bnp? / iVny ot her boforo tho convention and is I likely to be nmendod on the third road- V It was a < J rand Success lu Kvoi^ I i"g. titular / 'l'ho Annual Fair vBouth olina Agricultural and Moehanioal Fair Company wns held iit\ Coluuibifi^lttdt, week. Tlio oxhibita Avoro fiuo ami tho attendance larger thfiu for years.-' 'J ho Sin to fair is now almost out of debt. With tho aid of tho $2,500 ap^ propriatod by Columbia's city council lust year and tho $2,000 given by, Columbia b u Hi hohh men this year, tho receipts of thin Fair NVeok \voro suf ficient to pay all but .. about... 81.*0QQ. PJ?_ $1,500 of deficiencies of tho two pre ceding years amounting to somo $8, 500. The fair nooiety began this fair with a debt of$4,000, exclusive of tlio obliKstiouH settled by tho Columbia's ' subscriptions, and onded it with o debt probably not nu>ro than SI, 500. With " careful uuiuagomcnt from this time for wujrtl and tho continued co-operation of the railoads and tho business men of Columbia; thy ontorpriso will pros per. At a moetiuR; oi tno Diaio /vgricni5 in rid and Mechanical Boeiety Thursday night L?. 1>. Childs was .elected pres ident. A. T. Binytho, A. P. pintler, O. A. Bowou, J, Wash Wattf* T. 3./ Cunningham, B. F. Williamson an$*f W. G. IfinBon wore elected vie b-pnp idents. "r jr ? II. 13. Watson, 11. 'P. Howie, J t/, W.. C. Fislier, H.>W, Vance, A. H. White, J. E. TiudaJ, F. H. HyaU^E. L.; Roche' J. W. Auderson, W. I). Evans, Jr. E. Wanamaaor, S, J. McCuughin, W. n. Frazior, and T. 1>. Sander*) wero oleotod mombors of tho executive committee. . Thos. W. Holloway was re-elected: secretary and Georgo II.. Hoggin* treasurer. .:>^? Notico'was glvqn that at tho ncxtj meeting of the society a motion VtfoWr be mado to rocjntl the rule which model nmdo tho president Ineligible to to* elcetion after two cotlaecutivo terms. ?/ Notico was giveu thafcat/the next meeting oj tho society a ..motion would bo mado to change tho date of tho bold* i iug of tho fair. Gov. John Gary Evans, .James NoJM ton aud D. H. Tompkins wero /elected] i lifo members of tho society. THB RKCKIPTS, l Tho fair was well nigh as subcessful in tho matter of attendance and' re ceipts a* those that wore hold several years ago, "2,401 whole tickets end J ,003 half tickets wore sold to reei* 4 dents of, Columbia and ^,660 whole and 12 half railroad coup&fe presented at tho gate, representing * total attondonco of 0,982 people, cx clusivo of the large number of CX hibitors and othors who had free ear: trnnco' to the grounds. As is always tho case, all of tho visitors to the city fair and therefore it cannot bo exactly . HHCortained just how many did^ go .to tho city l?u?t week until the railroads have made up their returns. The . I argent attendance of course was on Thursday, it being osti mated that fron* 8,000 to 10,000 people were\ on the grounds M|at day. THE COLORED STATE Jft \ strong Kll'ort for Low JRw? to be " ' Made. V ; Tho colored Htate fair, which is to begin ou the 28th inst., promisn?,*o bo much better in attendance, and in the volume of exhibits than thai^ofony previous year. The leading morgan tq~ of Columbia, have united in an argent request to the railroads to give the. wime low rates as were given to the ? BUte fair last week and from jrepo He received from the agtnta, who are 'oat. canvassing for the fair, in all parte of the Bute, the colored peofele generally, seem to bo taking- a lively InUreit in IheBucce ssof The u nderUkfttg WllT attend it in large numbers If low ratee are seenred ana will also n&ite in mak-/ ing an exhibit that will be creditable to their raoe. They have the itittUM MAsk.al AL^. AllnAiif Art oeived admiring' comment ff< porta of the country. 1" .The tieflotiiirtftris firt