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r "'I I1 __ HE PEOPLE'_ORNA._ VOL- 5.---NO. 39 PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER o 895. ONE D)OLLAR YEAR. Wh A BUSY AND EVENTFUL WEEK, Wh Dispensary, Divorce, Factories and Byi Suffrage, ninj D.f THE DISPENSAltY QUESTION. J. 1 The Legislature is Given Three Options in Dealing With the Liquor Wa Problen-Old Time Bliar-rooms Not Oate of Them. Wo When the convention reassembled it dived into the vitally important mat- am( ter of incorporating the dispensary all law into ,he constitution. ne A motion to indolinitely postpone tha Mr. Clayton's substitute was the pond- unli Ing questi6n.- This substitute was tior read as follows : Per 1 In the exercise of the policeo power on the general assembly shall have no authority to license the sale of intoxi cating liquors or beverages by persons or corporations within this State. The general assembly may prohibit aleu the manufucture and iale of intoxicat- thai Ing liquors and beverages within the bet State, or may authorize and empower bOll State and county ollicers, both or and either, under the authority and ib the geo name of the State, to buy in any the market and sell and retail within the s"1 State intoxicating liquors and bover- it ages in such packages and quantities, beh under such rules and regulations, as it It deems expedient." was Mr. Clayton having returned, made Cla3 A vigorors speech in support of his it. substitute, covering the p.>ints ho elaborated last week. le wanted the en 0 possibility of the return of the bar- tio room nailed now, once and for all. hohl Mr. Farrow then got the floor and on n proceeded to make a vigorous speech, 5 dealing largely with the police powers Mtr of a State. What these powers were mI the courts must decide. Some question arose in the midst of the Mr. Farrow's speech as to what had scri become of the amendment sent upa th few days ago by Senator Tillman to that be read, providing for licenses for Cla) liquor selling on the dispensary plan was in case the supreme court of the United Pro1 States held that the State had no bar -tght to sell liquor. The matter after evei a long wrangle, was straightened out. Things were terribly mixed, and it a g took an endless amount of talk to tel, told where the convention was at. meaO Mr. Farrow continued, saying as to c) between the scheme proposed by Sena- han tor Tillman and prohibition he would M support the former. thrk Senator R. B. Watson believed that tion all other questions were small in coin- sult parison with the liquor question. the Liquor was something to debauch the for whole land. He gave some forcible the statistics. A half million people were ami making and selling the stuff. He had T been glad that South Carolina had Mr. taken a few steps forward to stop the Rog sale of this damnable stuff, calculated hih to make all mon villains and murderers. M If all the money that goes to this evil m could go to other things there would mat be no suffering. Ie had lived to dod educate one little community to think I it disreputable to handle the stulf. sim Who could estimate the magnitude of aga the evil ? Yat they tell us not to have M it- F.ut off. If our dispensary is knock- cleM ed up, don't give us back the barrooms. He was ashamed of some of the cities; ove debauching their people to pay taxes, Pou and ruining the people utterly. He g cited the state of alTairs in Greenville i and Charleston prior to the introduc- b tion of the dispensary system. He by E was glad South Carolina had. taken Al the first strido in the right direction. whi le was glad the dispensary put the be Atuff up in as unattractive a shape as "T possth, snd he was glad that it was A A Mr. Clay ton wanted to allow a post- M ionement till tomorrow in doeforenco th0 to Senator Tillmnan. This was because rea of the misunderstanding about the "' q printing of Sunator Tillman's amend- A mont., act Mr. Patterson wanted to hear the toxi much talked of Tillman amendment Md read. Ho was not willing to Indefinite- atboi ly postpone the Clayton substitute un- t less Senator Tillman's amendment cov- amefl ored ail the requirements. tabi Mr. Parlor said they had heard to I enough debate; thdir minds were madeo 10t up and they knew how to vote ; it was atti best to decide the matter. In) l It was then shown, after-Mr. Hien-A derson had calledl for the previous onl question, that It was an absoluto amc necessity to get the Clayton substitutoeol indefirritely postponed before the con vention couldi get Senator Tillmnan's Biari amendment before it. Ber. Mr. Wilson, evidently laboring undecr 7.Oal a isapprehension as to the status of toy, afNirs, took issue with this statement. hati Hltfaid. in the course of his remarks. Dutd replyiu~g to Mr. Sheppard, that h'a IloS would like to know whether theL. journal or the gentlemamn from Edge- .Gar, field was correct. wart Mr. Sheppard-(with great emphasis) Hot -T'he gentleman from Edgetleld is ser', __ right, as ho alwayvs is. Jom. Mr. Sheppard stated that it was not Lou~ his purpose to thwart or confuse the Mcd friends of the dlispe3nsary. [Ho simply Wht wished to got the amend ment of Sona- Mom tor Tillmran before the house. 1 Senator Tillmnan then rose and stated j)ar~ in emphatic language that lhe hoped Por the dispensary's friends would not be Ro stampeded by any such ideas as some Slom of thomn were adlvancing. Governor Smi Sheppard had stated the ir,atter fully. htot The roll was called on the motion to beri' indefinitely post poune the Clayton re- mat tion. The motion prevailed by the ton, following vote : - Sta Yeas-Aldrich. Alexander, Ander- 105. nAhe, Atkinson, Barry, Barton, N * A~b-es, Bellinger, Berry Bobo, Bowen, S.; Coorier J- S-; Birico, '1'. W; Carver, wol Doy e'D Hay, Dennis, D~ouglass, Klu~ Field, Fitch, Ev ane, W. D.;erFageo, thla Gamble1Garris,loyd , Frlaer Gae, W1, J\ L.; Gonn, J. br. ilat.GlnW qray, HarrIs, H-an ooding, Graham,M whrth, H amphill, geon,~ Hay, Hlayns- .de oenrylirs, Hodgoerson, D S.; sol by onoT.M;J w ll utson, w as Os, Wilie ; Koitt, stone, George; live~ 1 ennedy, J. W.; Kelu 1nnody, E. J.; suit m ran, McDormotte, v~i, L9e, Low- dire Kagen, MoMakin, Matth wan, Mo- Y Mitchell, Nathans, Nichol s ilr t -Otts, Parlor, Patterson Pagn, Oliver, Bull Prince, Ragedale, Recdfeaa n, Poako, Plt( Jlosborough, Rowland , Rogers, dorm 8loat) Smith, A. J.; Smith;~ Sheppard, Joh1 Jremiah ; Leo th. R. F.; Smith, W. C.; Sprott, C ces, Stribling ; Sullivan, Taylor, 8 man, 13. R.; Tillman, G. D.; Tim- S man, vonKolnitz, Waters, Wells, V arton, Wntpper, White, A. H.; L ite, S. E.; Wiggins, Wilson, W. B.; si ikler.-Totai 102. 'ays-Bowman, Breazeale, Buist, g d, Cantey, Clayton, Connor, Cun- E fham, Ellerbe, Hamel, Henderson, C I.; Houser, McCalla, MoCaslan, Mo- ht 'n, MoWhite, Meares, Montgomery, r: '.; Montgomery W. J.; Moore, Mor- E n, Parrott, Perritte, Russell, E dIe, Smoak, Stackhouse, Talbert, E tson, Wiggr, Wilson, Stanyarne: V Ddward. Total-32. L Ir. George Johnstone offered au IV indment to strike out in the report I Lhat portion referring to the dis- IV sary method. He said that he felt N 1 he would not be doing his duty 84 )ss he should submit this proposi- fA although he well know the tem- U of the convention. It was tabled S motion of Senator Tillman, four I i being heard. fr enator Tillman then offered his S ud ment as follows: " Provided, ,t no license shall be granted to sell tl holl bayerages in less quantities a, i one-half pint, or to sell them p veen sundown and sunrise, or to s them to be drunk on the premises ; t( , provided, further, that the a .rai assembly shall not delegate si power to iscue licenses to sell the e to any municipal corporation." ti was put to the house, but the vote bi .g closed, a division was demanded. m vas allowed and the amendment adopted by a vote of 87 to 26, Mr. at iton being among those voting for m E 2e word " intoxicating" was strick- r< ut wherevor it occured in the sec as amended, and the word "alco- I was substituted. This was done i lotion of Senaitor Till man. fN r-. Bellinger got an amendment li uyh after muci: argument to allow tL icipal as well as State and county sc era to buy and sell in the name of at State with the restrictions pre- b( Jed. rII r. Wilson offered an amendment pi was in substance the same as Mr. pi 'ton'b. Senator Tillman. he said, rc afraid of the United States sau- w no court. Ho was not. He wanted at ooms blotted out of the State for- ci 1J mator Tillman said his friend w'b m jod lawyer and lie was not. He Iii exactly what his amendments at nt. All that they had to do was rt Lose barrooms without tying their P I. Rogers said that any one of the le e things provided for In the resolu- tc as it stood would produco the re- ri s of the dispensary law. We've had pl effect of the dispens ary in Marlboro ti 10 years, and under tiat, as under g dispensary, there was always an ti Ile supply of liquor. ti his brought on a little tilt between Rogers and Tillman, causing Mr. l1 ers to tell Tillman to constrain ti self for a while. it r. Parrot roso and the convention c, led. He made quito a speech on the ter, saying that they should not 50 the issue. [r. Prince stated that this was py the Clayton proposition over in. r. Wilson said the other was not a r-cut vote. r. Wilson then tried to speak, but 'y moment questions were pro- V aded to him, Senator Tillman head the procession of examiners. r. Ienderson moved to table the c son amendment and this was done on overwhelming vote. r. Connor offered an amendment, oh was tabled, that dispensers could s elected by the people, or by the eral Assembly. verbal amendment ofered by Mr. y was adopted. i r. Robert IR. Hemuphill then efforodV following amendment, which was I amid a roar of laughter atnd killed uickly that he scarcely realized it. id the General Assembly shall en--w a law making the drinking of in eating liquorsa mIsdomeanor." di r. Farrow, when the section was it to be put toaa final vote, moved a reconsIder the vote whereby the i ndment of Mr. Johnstone had been ed. He said that his dlesire was mave his vote recorded as agaInst t ng the dispensary go intu the coni-t ition, and there wvere others there ke conditio~n.c rter some talk the roll was called motion to tablo Mr. Johnstono's ndment, and the vote resulted as ws:1 eas-Alexander Ashe, Atk inson. cc 'y, Barton, Bates, Bellinger, w ey, Bobo, Bowen. Bowman. Brea- th e, Brice, T. WV.; Buist, Byrd, Can- og Carver, Clay ton, Con ner, Cun ning- a~ i, D~oI-ay, Dennmis, Douglass, D~oyle, d, lFrasor, Garris, Gary, Glenni, J-. th Glenn, .1. 1P.; Glooding, Graham, th y, H-amel, HarrIs, Hlay, Haynis- as Lh, Hlemphill, Henderson, D). S.: a doerson, Wn.; HIlers, Hodges, Hou- Li, Hutson, Irby, Johnson. T. 10.; of 'man, McCalla, McCaslan, McCown, to )crmnotte, Mc~agon, MeMakin, Mc- ra Ito, Matthews, Meares, Millet, w tgomery, J. D ; Montgomery, W. hE Moore, Morrison, Nicholson, Otts, b< Ier, P arrott, Patterson, Peake, fo ritto, P'r~ncu, Ragadale, Rtedfear'n, sa cers, Ro vland, Rutitsll, Sheppard, B mn, Smigth, A. J.; SmIth, Jeremiah ;a th, WV; C.; Simoak, Sprctt, Stack-p se, Stokes, Str'bling, Sullivan, Tal1- fli ,'Taylor, TIi lmian, 11. Rt.; Trimninr- th~ m, Wat:.rs, Watson, Wlls. Whar- si White,/A. HI.; Wiggins, Wilson, c nyarno: WI b~on, W. B.: Winklor I0 ays-Aldrmich. Anderson, Birice, J. in l''arrow, lFitchm, Gage, GIilland, IHo I, .Jcrvey, .foh natone, George ; w gh, line, Mcowamn. MIitchell, Na- MI rn, Oliver, Il'atton, Smalls, Smith, F'.; Tillman, G. D).: VonIolnitzi, tc r. D~oyle oflfored an amendment to se ide the question whether the State pl lIquor for profit cir not. A mroll call rt scoured after much trouble, and a m ly running debate. The vote ie- r< ed as follows, being taken on the ti ct question : ci eas-Alexander, Anderson, Asho, ii inson, Barton, Berry Brice, J1. 5.; p it, Connoir, Doyle, 1lE orbo, Farrow, I L h, F'raser, Gage, Glenn, J. L.; lien- m on, D. S.; Hoeu-ser, Hlutson, JIervey, Isi rieon, T. Ex.; Jouistone, George ; Ip Montgonmry, Wr 3. Nah.. ,I 'llver, Ott, Peak, Ragsdale, S mith, Jeremiah; Smith, I.'.;S taokhouse, Stribling, Tillman, atson, Wells, Whipper, Whi [.; White. S. E.; Wigg, Wiggin, )n, W. B.-Total-45. Nays-Aldrich, Barry, Batee,. or, Bobo, Bowen, Bow man, Bret yrd, Cantey, Carver, Clayton, C unningham, DoHay, Dennis, Les, Dudley, Evans, W. D.; Fiolk s, Gary, Glenn, J. P.; Gooding, [arris, Harrison, Hay, Hayns emphill, Henderson, Wim.; I .e, Hodges, Howell, Irby, lille; Keilt, Kennedy, J. W.; 14 owman, McCalla, McCaslan, Me lcDermotto, McGowan, McKago [akin, McWhito, Matthews, M liller, Montgomery, J. D).: A [orrison, Nicholson, Parlor, 11 mn, Patton, Perritte, Prince, iarn, Rogers, Rosborough, [tov ,ssell, Sheppard, Sloan, Smith, mith, W. C.; Sprott, Stokes, Sul albert, Taylor, Tillman, B. It.; erman, Waters, Wharton, W anyarne; Winkler-Total 84. Mr. Kligh offered a substitul te whole section after a moti ljourn had been voted down. I actically the same as the am, tction. Mr. Klugh had consid< isay on this substitute. H1e w direct vote on prohibition or d Lry. Senator Tillinan raised the iat it was another dress on the Lby. Mr. Klugh was ruled u 'der. The whole section was then ad i amended') and it had the p entary clincher mut on it by .enderson. As it passsed to a ading it is as follows: Section 14. In the exerciso of ti me power the General Assembly ive the right to prohibit the r cture and sale and retail of alc auors or beverages within the 6 o General Assembty may licens, ns or corporations to manufa kd sell and retail alcoholic liqu averages within the State under lles and restrictions as it oper ; or the General Assomblh ohibit the manufacture and sal tail of alcoholic liquors and bevo ithin the State, and may autt Id empower State, county and 1 pal officers, under the authorit3 the name of the State to buy i arkot and retail within tho luors and beverages in such pac ad quantitfes under such rule gulations as is deemed expec rovided, that no license sha 'anted to sell alcoholic beverag ss quantities than one-half pin sell them letween sundown an' so; or to seil themn to be drunk t -emises. And provided, furthet io General Assembly shall not Ito the power ,o issuo licen: l the same to any nunicipal co on. The article, with amendments ion given a third reading and 8 .e comiittee on style and I-s I otherwise the same shape as i I its second reading. THEs DIVOR1CE41 QUESTIO he Convention lcea(les Agatiln vorees in this Slate for Any ( The debato in regard to granti >rces in South Carolina is one < ost interesting and perhap blest of all in the constitutiona antion. The amendment offer [r. Henderson, of Aiken, was misideration, which proposc rant divorces on the g-ound of ry alone, and this amendmnen rongly urged. Mr. Henderson in speaking < abject said that we ought to bi id that the miarriage coeem mple, the benediction prono :Won thi contract by the man of !hen trio contract is broken the mnt party should be allowed to idress. When there is a wror w should furnish a remedy. N< Sn gainsay the fact that adult< rong. We should have the mai put in the fundamental law a rfor such a wrong as that. medy here suggested is h< ound by all restrictions to pr abuse. As to the opening the Ltes of abuse, the only way to cl: is provision, if it should be plie *o constitution, is to have it cha rough the machinery of an nvention anid this is guart Louigh that abuses will not con you don't grant divorces for ound, I be1loe, he said, you pl eomlum on adultery. We can't ir. eyes to the fact that In unty of the State there arto .)mutn who should he relieved e bands uniting thor'n to adi is men and it was in their behi ipeal ed. Senator B. Rt Wats4on then o floor and piroceodent to make e most feeling and fo~rcibio spe at was d(livered dluring the rainst the granting of a dlivar ty manner, lie wantedi the conl mn to stamp out the possibility a divorce eoir being gr the State. Seine of his refer the agony caused in hmoimes b; ding of family tr-oubles in ar-e touching indeed, lHo sail ~art bled fo)r what the women 1 ar in some cases, but, it wats I ir them to bear such things foi ke of their childi-on. [He hold [ble and~ said this Scripture was it could be. Tihoe majority (o 101)1 of Southi Car-eli na wor< voirs in the Bible, lie i-end e Bible said. Do this and yel ook the sensibilities of hundi-e irlstians all over the State. Drz. Timnmerman asked if the glans were not divided on thei g Irf the passages in the Bib1)o. Senator- Watson rplied0( th at nrc ats to what Matthew mean ark and Luke made it cida,-. Mir. .lorvoy on behalf of the cot o explalned that the soetion a >rted by the committee neither ibes0 or pr-ohibits divor-ces, but y left it to the Legislatur-o. S< solutions woere presented to the ittee on either side.. The comi jected all and .it was recomm' at the law stand as it Is. We ~to that the Legislature shall I the position to keop up wit) -ogress of the age. Lot them 0 ex igencles of the occasIon. atter of pr1ide that''aItho)ugh th ituitioni peOrits the Logisiu -ovido for divorces it has novc malls, the case he favored divorce with noak. propor restrictions-that is for the one G. D.; cause of adulter'. to, A. Mr. W. C. Mc(,owan then made one 1, Wil- of the most thoroughly ekiquent argu monts heard on any matter since the 3l1in- convention assembled. Mr. McGowan zealo, said that the only real argument mado oper, against the scheme to have no divorce Doug- was made by the gentleman from Ai l, Gar- kon. " Ho said that this plan was put Gray, ting a premium on adultery. I deny Vorth, that. Exactly the reverse is true. [enry, Turn looso " married women without lones, husbands" in a community, with all the hig10, liberties of a married woman and with Jown, none of the restraints of the unmnarried ri, Mc'- woman, and you would have no end of L'am'es, adultery. Put this proposition to the oore, people and you will be snowed under atter- -10 to 1. Ile was proud to livo in so Rod- unique Ia State in respect to the san land, tity of the marriage law. If this was 'X. J.; sentiment, he, for one, was willing to livan. stand uoin it. It was better for so Tim- ciety at large that there should be no ilson. divorce at all. Once letdown the bars and there is no telling where it will e for end. Ills friend Larrow had argued ,n to ably and well of the efoc of such a t was prohibitory law on foreign divorces, nded but that had nothirg to do with this rable convention granting divorces. tinted Mr. W. J. Montgomery said that .5nen. Mr. Henderson's substitute does not put in the constitution anything that loint Vould be at war with public senti same 'ent. It prescribes that if the Legis ut of lature provides any law for divorce it shall be hedged about with proper re upted strictions. The law as it now stands irlia- shuts out the good women of the State Mr. from redress in case of adulterous liu, third bands. They should be relievel from the criminial conduct of wicked and l0 po- designing men. As far as abuse of the shall law is concerned, he believed gentle ianu- men begged the question when they holic referred to the great abuses cominion tate ; in other States, for the amendment 3 per- makes it impossible for any such thing eture to happen in this State. )rs or Mr. Shoppard said that he was grat such iied at the high plane on which the coins discussion had been placed, and the may eloquence of it was worthy of South e and Carolina in her' palmiest days. There 'ages is no proposition here to establish a orize divorce law. Ever since 1868 we have nuni- had a provision authorizing divorces, and but we have had no divorce law. If n any this provision Is adopted it will he a state long time before we will have one if at agos all. It is horrible as a matter o' law I and that a child be legitimate in one State ient: and under the band of bastardy in an II be other. And that is the way it is now. es in There are matters of legislation that t; or should be common and it is almost cer 1 sun- tain that Congress will pass ia law a the making divorces one of them. When that Congress enacts a national divorec dole- law the Legislature should be able to Cs to enact laws conformable to it. I'ven if 'pora- Congress has no power to pass a divorce law, it has power to make legislative was enlactmnents uniform in the States. lie unt to believed in submitting it to the people. ision, If they want, let them have the power pass- to put a divorce law in the Statute books. Mr. Uutson thought that if in the judgient of the convention divorces should not be granted, Mr. SheIparMd's SDi- ar'gumnCnt would fall to the ground. ause. The advocates of divorces must show g di- that they are necessary for morality, 4 the that they tend to clevato society. d the They have failed to sustain either of i iethesec posi tltns. Icon- - l 1)3' Alr. Breazente did not believe that Under the time would Cme when divorces to Would be necessary. ..HI rather be tdul- lieved that we are growinig better and as better. He was opposed tok'\idivorce as law not only on account of mord'it.y, n the hut, as a matter of economy. Nearly ea in every session of the Logislature for, My ~ the past ten yeamrs has had a divorce em ne bill before it, and to prevent this he God favored no divor'ce in the constitution. ~,n- Mr. MeWhaite saido that he had for n-severl yvear's wilie in the Le~gislatumre advocated dlivor'ces. TIheo commnand n5th mont against committing aduiltoriy was r is suflicient justi liention for the adoption oy~I(f tihe amend1menlt. Meni and womn have gono to other' States, gotten di The vor'cos, r'eturned her'o and reinm'r'ied dged and are now living in biganmy because etno prmotection has been throwvn around hood- Mr i. Bowman, in anlswer'ing Lieuten an, anmt, Governmor''' Timmuer'imn's speoechI of nged 0.1 nigh )beo, when he remad time iUtcr views of several eminient 13aptist mini maister's shiowinig that divorces were an~oSer'i tturial, r'ead directly opp~losite this opinions from Drm. fLansi ng B~urrows ccaand the late Dr. J1as. C. Fur'man, both shtof whom were eminent Baptists. Mr. Glenn wanted to know whethem' mrydi vor'cs coulId be granted undler the fionconstitution even if the Legislature iter'- made no provision for them. Mrii. ifhe nder'son and Mr'. Sheppar'd both sido that they coiiuld not. 'oo I'he vote was then taken on Mr. noi ofBowman's ammenidment prohibiting dl (hsv(orces on anly grmoumnd in - the State. TIhe ayes andl noos were' callcd, and r'e (lysuited in the adop~ltion oIf the aumend me tby 8(i to -1 (ovon Yeas :i Aldrich, Alexander, Ashe, :Lntedl Austin, Bar'ton, Bates, Boehre, Bem'ry, 'nces Bobo), Bowman, B~reazemale, J. -s. Brmico, pa- Bluist, Byr'd, Uantey, Car'ver, Conner, >urts Cooper, Cunningham, Deont, D~ougtas, . his D~oyte, D~udley, IElier'bo, iFloyd, Gary, mmd to Gilland, .J. P. Glenn, Gooding, Gray, otter Gunter', Hlamel, Hlarr'is, Harrison, iih, H-ay. H-aymnswor'tlh, Hlenry, Ilai'rs' upl IL Jouseir, iTowell, Ilutson, Irb'y, T1. l' Cleari Johnson, Wili'me Jonos, Klugh. I AA, fthe Lowmaniii, Lybrand, MclCallIa, MIc(Co wn, be- Mcemontte, McGowan, Matthews, what M oaries, Mitchell, Moor'e, Nathan, will Otbts, IPar'ler, L'arrmott, l'atti'eso, iPamt. ils of ton, I l'rittolt~ earn, Rtow land, Sloan, A. J1. Smith, Jlerem iah Smith, theo- iR. ". Smith, W. C. Smith, Smnoak, Tacan- Spr'ott, Str'ibtling, Tatber't, G. D). TillI man, Von K')nlitzA, ,Waters, Watson, thov Wells, Whar'ton, A. Hi. W~hite, S. E. ,, bu'it. Wh ito, Stanyarno I Wilson, Wink ler' imit- Nys: Anderson, A tk insonl, Barry. 5 r'e- Howen, T. WI. lice, Dhinnis, WV. D). pre- Evains, LFarrow, lField, P1itch, IFraser, simn- Gage, Gam'ris, .1. L. Glenn, Grmahanm, veral [Hemphill, D). S. Henderson, Wim. Hoen comn- derson, IHod ges, .Jorvey, Geor'go JIohn - )ltteef stoIne, Kcitt, lN. J. Konmnedy, J1. WV. nded K~ennedly, McMakin, Mc'hito, Mil ler,. a~dvo- .J. D). Montgomeriy, WI. .1. Montgomery, me pmut Mlorison, Niacholson, Pe'ake, IRagsd ale, the 1. IR. Roed, Rtogor's, Rosor'ough, ShIop meet pard, SinmalIs, ~Stack house, Sull i van, :t is ai Taylor', 1. IR. TI'llmaiin, Timmmerman, con- Wiper', Wvigg, WV. H. Wilson, Wood 'e to war'd-419. .d Senator Tlhlman then olffred an its im amendment to add the words, "but the courts of this State shall recognize and give full credit to the judgment of the courts of other States in divorce cases." He said we have had portray ed the ovils of children being born in legitimacy in other States, while they are legally bastards in an other. [ believe it was carried to the United States courts, he said, they could got rodiess. It is the fun damenital law of the country that the act of one State shall be recognized in other States. It is a mattor of simple justice. It's an injustico for a woman to get a divorce out of the State and Com11o back here and claim a right to part of the property of hor husband. 'lr. Patton said that he would vote against the amendment. lie would rather voto for Mr. londoraon's amendment. Under the Tillman pro vision our courts will have to recog nizo divorces granted in other States for the many common and Godless rua sons that prevail. That will be the inevitable result of that amendment. It makes the divorce laws of o;,er States operato immediately in our State and if wO are to have divorces at all lot us have a law of our own. Mr. McGowan said lie thought the amendment was surplusage. if both parties are under the jurisdiction of a court our courts are bound to recog nie "ich divorces. Mr. Klug b olfored as a substituto that thbe General As sembly may legitimatize the children of parents divorced in another State. Mr. Patton moved to lay the motion on the table. Senator Tillman said the object he desired to attain was to give relief to innocent childron. We don't, want a married woman either to run off and get a divorce and havo dower in hier husband's land. Mr. Henderson again offered Iis amendiment as a substitute for the whole matter. This was ruled out of ordor. Mr. Kiugh's a.ienduient was voted down. Mr. Bo3wman moved to lay Senator Tilliman's amendment on the tablo, which was adopted. Mr. W. .). E1vans oefored an amend iiment similiar to Senator Tilman1's and it was also voted down. Tho section was then adopted as amended by Mr. Bowman, which makes it read that divorces from the holids of matrimoiny shall not bo grant ed by the courts of this State. Tiil' FACTOtY TOWNS. Tie Convention l)eeides Against Comupulsory ineorporation-A De f-At C 'or senaitior lillmtanl. Nr. D. S. Henderson called up the report of the committee on municipal corporations on the sections recom mitted to them. It read as follows : " The committee on muanicipal (or porations and police regulations, to whom was recommitted sections I and 2 of the article proposed by them, res spectfully report that they have care fully considered the same, and re comminiend that said sections as amended by the convention do pass with the following proviso to ho added at the end of section 2: 1'rovided, That not.hing in sections I and 2 of this artietlo be construedi as prohibiting the general assembly from providing for tie incorporation of the manufactu. ing towns of this Stato, under such restriettons and rogulations as shall protect the rights of the citizens and prevent unjust encroachments 11pon property." Nit. B. Rt. Tillman offered this sub stitute : " Provided, That IL class to be known as the manufacturing towns shall bo provided by the general as ,cultbly, and shall be incorporated wherOve' the populn of such a com iimunity shall numlbCr 1,000, under such restrictions and regulations as shall protect the rights of and provent un just. encr'oachiments upon the prop)erty of the citizens. in suchl towns no pro porit.y (qual ifications shalh be recquired to vote ini municipal elections for' of T1his proipilitated the d1Ohaito of the day. Mr. T1i lhnan explained his objet in offering this amendment, The manufacturing towns were p~racti cally owned by the coinpainy. As the law stood the citizens-employees of the mills-could net obtain a charter or' have the town incorporated if the factory piresidenits objected. If they pectitioned for a charter against tile wisbos of the bosses they would be told to "' get ouit." ieo wanllted to p)ut it in such shape that whiei a factory town reachedl a certain sizo It wouhld he I ncorp~orated. NMrI. Jiohnstonec alsked whether Mr'. Till man woulId i ncorpor'ato a townI agalinst the will of its inhabitants. Mr. T1illman-I want to force an in corporatlin when the towns reach I ,000J inhabitants. If they have to sign a potition to ho i ncorpiorated they will be0 told by the muIl owners: 'Sign that and you must get out,'' andl you know It. Mr'. .Johnstonc (with gr'eat emphamsis) -Mr'. l'resident, I arise to ask a cour teous aniestioni, and I hope I asked it inl a cour it0ous mannflfor, and I do pr'o test against the kind of answer I have r'ecolved. T1he( gentleman has no right to impiute such knowledge or motives to mec or any one upon this floor. I earnestly protest against it. Mr u. Tillman-I meant no rellection, and~ if ar.ything~ I said was so construed I withdraw It. M ir. ~Johnstono-l am very happy to boai' thme gentleman make that (de clar'ation. M r'. I ''rince consldlcred h imsel f comi lpotenlt to speak for' factory empliloyois. Hie lived among factories, had friends and relatives employed in them and he knew they did( not wish this kind of legislation. Speakinug foi' the factories of Ander'son and Gri'oonvillo counties, MIr. I 'inco assorited that they wer'e the best gover'ned coimmnitics in the State. T1heir' schools were open for nine, ten, and if they watted them they could have them foir eleven months ini the, yeai'. Th is conivon tion, it stoemed to himi, was InclIned to he palternal~l. TVhe other (lay they woroe trying to pro(to(ut the women, now they wanlitedl to pirotect a cei'talin class of Ti Ilnan-Whlat kind of govern mont is that of the factory towns, If It is not lhe mocst platernl? Trhey are whIte slaves, that's what they are. Mr. I'rino-Those In my county are8 maiunly citizens and they wouldl Spurn' the imputatIon that they wore ruled by any man. If those people are not fr'oe and independent I would like some gantiman on th foo ton ay .. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson-I never saw a class of people living under such op pression as the factory people of Spar tanburg. Mr. I'rinco- I was speaking of those people in the faotories of Anderson and Greenville, who would scorn to be considered slaves. I regret very muoh to know that the same spirit does'not prevail among those of Spartanburg, as Indicated by my friend. Mr. Princo then declared that if this amendlent was passed It woulh be the death knell of factories in South Carolina. Not becauso iG would have any offect upon the government of these towns, but It would frighten off northern capital. It would not ac complishI what it was sueolng to do 1 and would result in driving away 1 those who had money to invest. 1 Mr. Tillinan asked Mr. I'rinco if he I was willing to have capital come here under conditions of white slavery. Mr. Prince replied in tihe negativo and declaredt no factory president in i the county that he came from ldared I attempl)t to rule white peopl as slaves. I Ito recited what factories were doing for the education of the children and I said that was the kid of "oppIress ion" it seeIe(I they wanted to save the em ployos from. Mr. Clayton declared that he was I tired of having "capital" thrown in < tLheir teeth as if it Was t.1e Only thing I to be considered. Thor#3 wore higher I rights. There woer personal rights, aind he !ould not vole for the amend ment. lie was here to hold the scales casily and justly. When the factory Iwns all the proplerty they had no more right to say what that corpora tion should do with it than they had to dictate to the farmor working a thousand hands. They should not in poso a burden upon a factory that they would not set on any other property )W ied. MIr. Buirns spoke from the labor I stanld)oint as ho saw it. They must (10 omnething, he said, or capital will rule South Carolina. lie spoke of the la- I borer as a capitaLlist. lO'r, he said, he t advances the value of his labor until f the end of the month or pay day. t Mr. Gage thought that this conven- t tion should not attem)t to pass on i facts. They were trying to do it, and what was the result ? The gentleman from il0dgelicid declared that factory I hands were oppretssed : the gentleman from Anderson said they wero not,: the gentleman from 'Spartanbu-g stated I that they were. Now, the facts were that none of them knOw what they wore talking about: one of thetm was a United States Senator and none of thema went into a factory 1mre than, once a year. Tillinin-Do you k now anything about it? Gage--No, I do not. Tillman-T-'ihei why don't you hush ' Gatge-1eeause 'ou haVe not 1khushd and I won't hush. These gentlemon cono here and try and stultify them- I solves by making statements of facts when they are not informed and try to make fools of us. They can't do it. Where, said Ir. Gage, is to be vest ed the power to say when a town has grown to be a factory town. There are factories in many towns. Leave it to the Logislature to arran"ge th is mat tot' as provided in the committoe's re port. If the gentleman from Idge tied will read that report he will see that it covers the ground : 1 ik a man of bense-whatevor his faults ruay be, he has sense. I..et the Logislaturle settle it. Tillnan-That,'s the sting. it pro vides for a petition and they can't po tition. The Legislature has enough corpor'ationi lawyers in it to block it. Mr. Gagoe--Then abolish the logis laturo. Mr. Gage went on to say that the iriq putation of NIr. 'Tillinan up on1 the mekboriter of thke Legislature was un worthj' os.him. IHI showed that for the last li ve 'yoa::( there has been an average .of twenty-fiv.oM ns ethaiteredl eachk y ear by th e Lug islatt r-. Nir. W. II. Wilson couild not nb >ort the amendment. The towns wfton they reached a certain sizoe should be i ncorporatedi andi for thmat purp'lose he olfered an amendment to section 2 readi Ing as follows :'" All towns hav ing I ,000 inahabitLants shall be incorp~or ated." Senator TJill man accepted that amnendmtent. Mr. Stanyar~ne \VIlson desired to make his positioni clear in the matter. P'erhapst the gentleman who had spoken about the froedom of the fac tot3y employces had not seen, as lie had , factory prosidonts andi supeLrini tendents standing at the 1)01ls hiandI ig out tickets to their etmployees as they camne upt, and if they dlid niot vote themt the leaders wouJtld be turned olf as a warning. One of the miai n causes for the large profits being tmadie in the cotton mills was thke oppression of the factory emp~loyees who receivedl the least possible cotmpenisation. Mr. Stokes olfer'ed an amendment to make the towns ol tu00( inhabitants come within the prtovision of MIr. Wit soin's amendment. it was dleclatred out of ordier, two amendlmenits beinmg pondl ing. Mrt. I taynsworth spoke against the amendmnerat. Th j people ablouldt have, local sol f-governnrieunt and the IliabilII tles of mun ici pal itios shltt d not ho forced upon0i commuml t Ities wi thiout gi v ing the citizens a voice In thme matter. The undute influonces~ ol (tmpl)oyees coultd ho pirovidedi againist in thoecloc tion laws. MIr. George D). T1illIman took the flootr andit matdo an itmpress5i vo speech. It had been saidi that the only thiung more t;mid1( than one milI lon dollars was two million dloltars. It takes miontey to build( cotton factoaios ; we have not got it. T1o get It we niust go North or' to IEurope. lie regrotted the effort to inclorp)orate cotton ;actorica. IIe was astonished at the position of the gentleman fromi Spartanburg, the county whose wealth had been so won der'full y increased by these factories. In thke South wo have but two indus tries, growinrg cotton and manufactur ing it. Cotton factories are our means of converting cheap eotton into cloths instead of sending it toi New 1England and( Old 10ngland. All cotton mill meni couming South profor to locate factories on some wrater power in the country rather than in the city where any Torm, Dick and Hiarry may be it. a posltion to plunder' themn with taxes. Why not incorporate two or three ad joining rice plantations on the coast, having 1,000 hands: To incorporato these fac tories woula be a dead lete. ottom mill men would control the property. They go into business to make mouey, not, to found cities. If operatives are offensive why should they not be told to go. These gentlemen upon the floor who employed hands, lie guaran teed, wished to have the privilege of telling them to "go" if they were offens i e. A voico-They do it. Mr. Tillman-Of courso they do. The speaker then turned to the prop osition to establish a bureau of labor, with a labor commissionor. What would that commissioner do, he asked 3xcept go among operatives and tell hem they were not being paid ynougrh, anud Invite them to strike. LJ) North there were hundreds of ,ramp orators who got good wages just ,o go around and stir up strife. These Lgitators do nothing but harm. Mr Tillman hoped that the sections mrofully propared by the committee vould be adopted. le moved to la, all he amendments oi the table. rhis notion was withdrawn in order to per nit further debato. M r. B. It. Tillman followed his wother. Ile said the Legislature -ould not be trustod to protect this lass of factory employees. The in luence of the lobby with the paid at orneys on the floor defeated the In oriporation of such towns. He would 'atler capital stay away than Come te'o against the liberty of the citizen. It was not proposed to overtax the aItctory ; their property would be pro tected, but the object of this was that Awhen South Carolina became the Mas achusetts of the South, and it was at bempted to impose upon these employ 3es and drive them out, the employ 3cs would have the power put here mabling them to fix munloipal govern ient on those towns, Mr. llendorson renewed Mr. G. D. L'illnm's motion to lay on the table Lil amendments. Mr. McGowan was permitted to rik. This was class legislation of ie rankest sort. It would bo inopera ive aecording to the arguments of its rienuds, because if the mill men control he liaids now, they would control hem th-sn, but a most, serious feature n the inasore was that it would enable lispensaries to be established in those OwnIs, andirIuination would inevitably ollow. .lv. W. 1). Evans-Aow could they lo it win all the lbuildings belong to ,ie franelhise ? M . Mc( owatn- You propose to make t a corpornition, sir. N1 r. Till man - By your argument they vouild elect the mill president mayor, tnd if he said SO votO against the dis pensitary. Ilow about that Y IMr. McGowr.... -i1 .in~ twa',o! your argument. Do you believe it would he well to havo dispensaries In the.se tow nIs? *Iri. Tilntian--Answr my question. Mr. Nle' owan-- follow your plan, aMid ISk one in a.nsweri to one. M r. 'ill mat, (from his scat)-No. NI r. . lohnstone, in al Iud Ing to Senator Tilhnin's reference to the Legislature, sati( it was shocking. l)itiful, miserable that such an eSt4imnatu of tho Logisla ture of Suith Catrolina should be held as hail beei expresscd on that floor. If ie had such nil opinion of that oody it coull not give him an oflice. I f faetorie" s can debauch the Legisla toire, let's aholish factos'ies Or- the Leg islatire. If there exists the power of debaichery let's cut (out the cancer. The factory ollicers had told him they (lid not wish to b incorporated heeasib they Jidi not, wish whit:key put upon1 theii. The principle of local solf government will be violated by this amniieluinment by the gentleman from Idgelield its muueli as lie claims the factory piresideits violate it. Mlr. Tillmian--Why arc other towns mniucIn smaller incorporated ? MIr. Johistone- I other towns wish it they get it.. IlAjok at the exp~ense of a imunicipalh gov'ern ment; if they do not wish it, why thrust it upon11them. Mr. G. i). T1illman (from his seat) T1he euro is worse than the bite. Mrn. Johnstono conitining -" lExoeopt the imporelious will of the gentleman I jom FlgofIeld, there is no evidence tha t'ocso 1)eople wish to be inoror ated. - NIMr. Ti lNGXCh.'jA, -lia(~afi oher townis have it andu except,. that they have not got it,. MI r. Jiohnstone -ldxcep~t that the gen tlenman from h'Xdgceld admits that they have never asked for it. lie cannot iseiapo the preodicameont in which he hats plaedC hi msclf. Thor'e are 50,000 fattor'y people1 in South Carolina. He shargos thatt they ar'e contr'olled by ompitloyers. If that is so, God help the rest,. I deny the Imputation upon mthhom. MIr. Henderson said lie had examined all thle constitutions of States in this Uin, aind was uniaable to findl where com pulsory incorporatlon was legal. Th'le <julestion wats then called, and NI r. George D). T1illtman's mnotion to lay atlI atiimnd ments on the table was car ried by a vote of 1'1 to -l, as follows: Yeas Aldrich, Ashe Atkinson, Aus tin, IHa~rkor, Iliton, Ia oi s, Hch re, B3el linger, florry, Howei .Breazeale, lrilce, J1. S.; Hrmicr, TI. W.' Buist, Byrd, Clayton, Cooper, Dec lay, L. annis, Dent, D~outzlass, D oylec, l lerbo, l'vans, W. blo0, Garris, Gilland, Glenn, .1. L, ; &: -, I.; Graham, Gray, Harris. Hay, Hayns wor'th, I [imiphillI, Henderson, D). S.; hers, howell, Hutson, Jervey, John 4tono, George; J1ones, Wille ; Koitt, Konnedy. 10. J1.; Kennedy, J. W.; Klugh, Lece, NMc I ermotte, McGowan, MeKag mn NMakin, MeWhito, Matthews, M1eares. Mitchell. Montgomery, W. J.; N1atliban.-, Nicholson, Oiver, Patton, Pecake, l'rince, ltagsdalo, Roead, J. H.; L teadlfearn. I Logers, R ussell, Sheppard, sloatn. SmnaIIs. Smith, .Joromiah; Jmith, Lt. I".; Smit,. WV. C.; Smoak, Sps;tt sitackhnouse, Stri blinug, Sulliva1, Taylor, I'illmnu. G. D).; Timnmerman, v on Kolnitz. 'Wells. Whipper, White, A. ii.: Wh ite. S. 10 Wiggs, W iggins--93. Nays--A lexanuder. Barry, Bobo, Bow nan, Burn. Cante y, Carver, Connor, Giunningham, D~udlIcy, F'loyd, Gage, ar&iy, Gooding, Gunter, Hamnel, Har !'1onf, lionderison, Wim.; Henry, Tiod g.es, Houser, Irby, Johnston, T. E.' 2ow man, McCalla, MeCaslan, McCown, ilonitgomery, Ji. D.; Moore, Morrison, )tts, P'arrot,, Pattersoc, Itosborough, Rowland, Smith, A. J.; Stokes, Talbert, rillmatn, LB. R ; Waters, Wharton, Wilson, Stanyarne ; Wilson, W. B3. Woodward-44. [CONTINUE~D ON IP'OUnTH PArIL]1