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- EI)ITION. WINNSBORO. S. C.. NOVEMBER 21, 895. THE TILLIA BROTHERS: "UNCLE GEORGE" GOES FOR CLEISON AND SUFFRAGE. j.efs Brother Bet Replies, and There Vas an Interesting Debate. ti Iie (onstitutiof'al conveUti!u of Fridav dluing th' discussion of the scetion :1n Education Hon. George ). Tiiimau maue' an hour and a half's speech which coiniandel close atten - tiou. He was afraid South Carolina vas about to attempt too much for her means. South Carolina, though a lit tie patcb of the world, about the size f three Texas crttle counties, had all the aspirations of an eipire. It was ""duni spiro spero. spes." He gave a liberal translation of this motto, and said nobody but a Huguenot could ever have conceived it. He referred to the late Alliauce craze which had swept over the country. He said that as the promise of 40 acres and :t mule had drawn all the negroes into the Ie- . publican secret union league, the rural population in South Carolina under rook to stem the tide. He cited the 1rouble Goorgia had had. Georgia had gone along smoothly after she took Northern for Governor. It had not beeu so here. All this, he said, was merely introdnetory to a long winded talk. W1e are attemptiug too mch. We are trying to provide an elaborate sys tem for a divided, inpoverished and s:nali State. When the 2 mil. tax went into operation it took several years to get the system organized at all. Our .old :tate hadn't had a showing when the sy,teni was started. We have been too impatient. We shouhl have re forII_ed the motto on the coat of arms instead of the picture. We are at Srapting too much. Why increase this tax from 2 to 3 mills? A good deal of perjury had already been committed in this State in the matter oc the un er valuation of property. Ifi tistax was increased then there would be more of it. Under this thing we c:u1,:t a whit man fail ti ptay his poll anl et let him vote. And there's tht eternal Iraud we have been practiciug and will stili practice with this-nbeme. I our white men divide, as they are certain to do, all advantage will be.' taken, of the prosperous mau. This was a supreme etort ou the part of the State for education, becausi it was a cutiaiction for suffrage nol. Such a qualitieation for sutrage aiun't worth a snap of my finger. TE gland, whence we came. t s ne uch a igu ..t syg . ; 'cl-; sae .. iiYtr eE ehe Eug lish government to be to-day the best that ever existed on the face of the earth. They base their su('ag 1 on property. An educational quali:icatiou was never heard of in this country until Connectient andl Massachusetts adopted it to e.nlude men fro:n the polls inse.d of adimitting them thereto. Let us diseriminateif weJ deegainlst the negro and it will cas a highi -.xhool for them to be creetedl by the northern people og every 10 imile .quarec of this Stie LThe negroes have ten tunes morelin terest in le:.ninlg to read and write than our' vhite children. Prussia hadI not shoulted for education to qualify her voters; but it was to imake he soldIiers better. Besides we can't di eriminate'againstthe negro in higher ed uention.IThe gentleman from JBeaufort need not have one moment's fear o Souit Cariolinaa dlaring t.o fizil io take .., ae M Chaiiin University. lai 182 an act was p)assed by the United States governme~nt to give :30,e00 acres o lad to each State to erect institutions upen. -Scott sold it, and Moses stole the money. Mr. Tillman. told how the matter was brought about. Half of this fund wvent to Ciatlin: the othe hiali goes to Clemson college. Then in 1892 congress gave each State the ilatch fund to establish an educationa a gricultural station. Five thloua$Iud of this was given to Clatlin; the rest wvent to Clemson or the South Carolina college, I don't know which. Tin came the Morrill fund, appropriated in 1890T, a hirge portion being reqluiredI to be applied to colored edulcation. The intention of Mr. Morrill was that th colored colleges should have the bulk of it. He (Tillmau) had tried hard to get the innd from the government and the trouble v as that South Sarolina didnt wvant to give the negroes more than hazlf '; the mnoney-. He had to, get a h ill through bo0th houses in order to get the fund. He had to show. how genierous South Carolina had been with the school funds towards the negroe5, whenU she was not comlJtCled1 to be so. T'here was a proiiSiou in both the Hatch and Morrill bills which allowed cougress to recall these ap propriations. Now let us dare not to be ;iberal with C'aflin and see what will happen? Now sir. L. for one am net in favor of having in'the Constitution any' of the" S:e co'lleges. It might bewi j.-':. fund and putiinthe Con:stitu ti n.Bt that coleg is provided for an~'d "o power in this country_can take it awar Somae action ougnt to ie taken' either b-y the general assembly orvb this body for our higher insti ttions.~ Think for a moment how much money has been spent for our aigZer insttutionls: What comes in in the way of tuition funds? Is the se .e t.ruish all this for nothing? Thre hunred students there are at cls-.How many of them pay a. n how much? I am told unni S'0 or $40 a year. What .abot 'Cequal rights to all and special .rivi!me to none" Ji is the same at . ta .cole. If the amouint of tuition paid could be publithed to morrow it would cause an earthquake of indiurnatiou. The 'Citadel acade-ny was doin g a good work. The boys are taken there and furnished board and all. There they get a superb education and are tought the knowledge of the soldier the art of war. In case a great cmerge:yshould arise, wo would have trained oheers to coinmand our troops aud not greenhorns. It was origiually establi5hed to train oticers for the ex- I pccted war. South Carolina ILuaV ned - m imiore of thoso ( l.ee r:, "Iuth Carolina was amubitin-usj iude d. DI )d11t the rememr!I -ber that she e,ommencUd' this very 1,uildi:g to uk it t'e c:rital of the Southern confederacy? The citadel deserved earnest support. No more so though in its sphere than Clemson does in its. But Clemson won't stay within its sphere: The citadel's graduates paid the State back in work. When Clemson - as first established 00 boys matricul-te'l. The S?ate eimtied her wealth into the lap of Clemson, and yet it was the .trongest compound mixture of all kinds of edu cation on the face of God's green earth. I know nothing to be c;upar ed to it in the way of failure and umi bug except the di-sausary" ad the sub tr:asury. (Lhtr.) A agrwcul tunid al mechutpici+l college and ii::Aria! college they called it. if it was so the term mueant experimertatiou and industry. The two best institutions of this kind were the govermuent 'I dian coleges. This was the only step that the United States government h'ts ever taken that has civilized the Judi aus at alI. They work with their hauds one-half the time and study books the balane tf the day. Mr. Bult-Hav,: Vol ever be;ca to Clemu:son? Mr. Tiwan--o, sir, I don't need to go there to kno'w it is a failure. Mr1. Tillman, con-kinuing, salid} agr;i cult-iral ec'aiUo1' wY:as a phatomif it dscounected fron Ialr. The scieInc's could ie tau ght ai:uwthere. But what does CIctsot try to do? Yale or Har vard could n. ha e pmt c at a more an itio.s crr icul:wum than .id Clm so: whnC:I it st::rte-i up They \ taeked otl: l: sciCUCC n art of war and e tn(e" . It cruldn't teach tias great bra. wh and have time Ior exlerime:ntto. it's an im'osSi bi 1!.. He Cou;d underbtaud il"t the South Carolin co:llege c:nid teach all thu .'ciences ofte id so as tos let aI man say: "I' i dautated au. Cleso) vl.-s her: very found ation prinei_)les w hen she tri; s ; teachliter ary 1tranches. The only th_ ing to in expimeinta tion is to si' pigs, their kitds and peculirities, and suc thing'. Yet Clemson was going ahead tryi,ug to "tiirpe='IT1e is nao ilTo'd rhetorie. absorbed, rying to under st anu. and0 hereC c'i' tihe hell alt tellt him it tis t1m to feed the bo-' (Laught.) CliiS' l its I e1J1:1 ^24}p do great :od.I I it d.u mlve to) nil.,eh "nu par.tt :a s ' s Ou, dut, '-pir', !iper'. (:tt, it w.., tlt be all right. He had thiought .ometimues that the man who invnuted this State motto noist have come fromi Gascony in Fr:mece. By 1100) South C:iroliua willI be. get tin 8:000school money from theI Fedez:di g.o-:erument. Thle State should divide this mooney amiong. her collo-giate instittous. T2he'r f:tunds coub:dl be utinzlied. The utaite 5:onhi i,e more iberal with the CYMiiu Ui-,ersity. Hie was in iav' r v fl- the u ni:d Stautes gov tis.~ What binessI'. has C.umoua ' wi :le prvileg ta :fnd. 1d jike km, v.hn sh h). those ''ther fundus? I oney was pared'~ out upi Ihbre like~ we h'l it byV Lhe wagon loads. What dos this w'rd chlarshipr menu? ier.. i 'qa rfi;:: 's to, all . ela prvlgs t~O o had aL gooid de:'d to do~ wt;h tho. establi:abutn of (leinsou. Will the" Stt comie fo~rar andi iiH to the- dis'p'rity by' laying a tax to gv free board and clothes ?' I hat spe cil p.riv ileges to none ? But t1a ret urn to Cknmson .-supp)ose these wise true ees carry out their theory: suppiost every boy sent there can he made scientific chei.st "r bo tanist. What then ? The alliancemeu thought they would come home :ami plow. Glive a boy a smattering of higher educatiou and he11I never do another lick of manual labor it lhe can hellp it. (Laughter.) All lined to live by the sweat of somebaody else's brow. He vetured to predic:t that the majority of the studients wvould turn ont lawyers or something else instead of farmers. He thought it unconstitutional to work too murchi iu the hot sun. (Laughter.) He thought the 2 mill tax and the S1. pll tax was enough. The liquor fund could gin t) nothing more appropriate. The phosphate royally should be ap plied to it. If te people will take to adve, would say to the schools, toteschools let the money go. HeI said thu same thing about cotton fac tories. There was no danger of the cloth market ever being glutted be ause the world woulad never cease to need s-kirrs and chemises also. (Laugh ter.' Lets try to find so.me means not~ to tax our- landowners too heavily sas to lound this great common school system in 48 hours. You say we mut get ready for 1898. I am sorry to say anything about this sufrage' matter but I must do so. It is my duty. The sufre.ge plan adopt ed is not "the entertainment to which South C:arolina was invited." to use Mr. Webster's form of expression. They were told that no white men would be disfranchised and that it wou ld be done by honiest constitution al m'ethlod. HowA does that sound aonside the understanding clause? h is adding hypocrisy to fraud and ly n~ to hypocrisy. The only way to havI' an' it honestly was by qualified .. ... , w.tF~. r o,n. -.. tO t sL The iniussionts of the l.eauers on tii tlor and the thing on its iaet lv'er ti e to the world that a Relynll.iean ad minuistration can liy it out if it isles t o. One of the mo:,t distinguished Chear leston gentlemen on the iloor had ii timnated in p)arlialmeutiary lang;age that. he was in his dot:gee. Mi"r. .Urvan-Did I utnderstalnd the gentleman to refer to mc? Mr. Tililma-Coblll(l all the a';ect ives . used apply to un.yone else: -n d laughter.) :Mr. Urvan disclaimed atny it:teuotioi of 5.ayiug anything of that elaractcr. Mr. Tilluan was gl to b.:ar thii From his Charleston friend. Ini con eluding he said: "I have been trying to ind out whether I really was in may dotage or not, and I thauk the gentle man for assisting inc. Mr. Bryanl-I. amun glad to assist- you. (Laughter.) uuOTUE.: BE 11TS I:ACK. Senator Tiliman then took the Iloor and said he wished to answt'I St!Woe ot. the severe criticisms of his distinagnish ed relative and colleague, He would not attemr-t to follow him in all his ramblings. for such he mi'ht term: them. le wanted to sp.ak of the c(l iege',. TJte r,etlon waut'ti to ssuplport themi all. The State University in Cluded the South Carolina cleg'e and Cilla as well. Clemson w' .parate. This criticism reminds imc of tu' ar ticle that teemed in the (ewspapers some 'ears ago when th- matt-r of Cil neating the farmers was, b iu a tted. I might say it is all stale, 1uk dont lik0 to use tait term. The farmers had been Jiberal to tlenselvcs and to Clelnl.al W.ho \V i iD the pri.iiege tax? The arwr T -t why thev are allowed to tak! it. W< (ertladed o uI own mney bt build our colle''(. at aes wi!!1 ir:'l gace from aln a" anywhure tn 1 we have no right to it. 3\[.. Gleorp'e Tilluuli:t t m- i nter-ll( 1:a rupt you. I1av('Il't yo tu E'.IndCt from the goverlunaeit? You oIiUn n a it. Senator Tillali, c"th aug. aid The gentieilealh only shows hos low an estimate the haw% ers p lace en the ki:1l of education th 1re farmer.- need. 1. s:ay we won't stlnit to their ui:tation:. Mr. George Tiilmau rose again ;ml asked him to tell L,,w they were cdu eating the buys at Clemson in '-r ance with the object of the in;it'alan. Senator Tillman asked iU to kieei his seat and let hium talek and la: would tell him all about. the mauat'ter. He would try to do . ttoo. in a way that would not "wound i feelins. be cause be knew that was the la.t. thing that he would do. Senator 'Tillnlan went on to say th t, the free tuition at Clemson wt somic , the I- ' C:ei-aa he heas j,.ialIge in ltoZg h1t. r I s na I la!'ays true when bis .yc- are nt blinded b)' p?reju'lCe. Mr. George Tillman said he hae ' all about such institttieu arl . ntilaa-l what he lmeaut, citine er33 al agriculIurail and experimental e s on the .ameC order that hae had inspe'et ed. the bo'1rd 1331 wre.ttl with theC Ir idem. If the studenats cid maanutal la br all the time their brains woul!d ne':l slep. TLhose boys were naot aftraid3 to work. And yet we are twitted by a man whao has never seen it, yet who says that it is a humbug anld a Iare: because we don't make t-hem worik like dogs. I tell you now it isniot svh.d it shoual be. There are divisions ina tha.eb isim, preudices existing. I haive been i oth eve' severail tlnues of asiUg the l.'i. t r" t'' send t here m311id ivesti.gt1 ii, but1 ilve w.aited, becnause I wanat- I i h(eep its dirtyv linen fr"om; b'ei-ein Thea sttudenats at Clea SOnL ia'w -is muctbh out the seiece ofI wLI :0 the Ci aolel boys7. The Citadeli boys( he3 nted to see- 'aintainedl. The far mers had pht ed, thei r sup~ port in ti old co3l'e. Ies.'3i'aO' we want to in ,3nr ima'i-atr-i sel3I nat .uWi m'':b of political st->rm.'3, ter coumi :and tell voni we amu:,i not. Ti s reform e,m etio--- it)" is' a Reformil conIve' tion, andli yOn eau.t deAl it-will ds grce itslf if it don't pu.t them in lthe ori"-ve law. E' e call't be edulcattona i'ooel.-sts1 either and( bireak down' ld institiuions. "D)uma 'piro) spe3ro, -l sp. - Yes, thait is a splendlid mtutt.'. \Viuty shold we~ heo ridiculed becauis. we are keepn u1r~Ip with the malirch of pra gres? His ceek would reddena with te blush of shame ii hec thought any meber' of that convent on would re fuse to supiport aIll the educational in stitutious. All Iv'e got to say about the criticisms on the suffrage matter is that it is now past. I want to say'. however, that nobody has ever pledg ed that we would do what has becu said on this floor tonight we would do. That was never said in the o)ublic press. No reform leader has ever' ut tered such words as have been attrib uted to them. The people haad b)eeni told that the Mississippi plan would i'e taken if something better could not be de vised. Ati-Negrot Riot in Flor'ida A e-ial to' the Ja':k.;-'-ii Tr---- -':a from Ocala.1F.. .cys: Ther' t .- -: - : -: for somtie ta:?ne !3er:~u whi : - . - laborers at MossE1T B afii: . : : .m wzaha liver-. ab-out thirt. minu rm - Saturday night. the wuat.-r.- e -e cabins in whieb the~ ne:'r.:. e ned pour:ri in vM.Iy s:fi.-r v- : - ch e.trs. Th'- negr. -i i:: ' r r. R i reorted hat t r: w r ki . :. .Al wounded by: the- - --&.Tr-:iie - tbeimp rttio::. 'b -ra r' - I. - -- traet rsaud a. : ro-ed ar' a : It is proposed in Fu7l'na to buald3 warships in docks jnsteadi of on slips, and thereby reduce the egense- and -l.m.e e.l iann'hin. 6ONY_d{fOt LROCEEDINGS1 SEN. TiL1L\N SPOKE IN VAIN. 3Ir. Watson's -t'atdnent to the t! tu ition 311iri~as Adopted. Thje corstit.utiond c+oUv'entu. after I ib.de cout.UUJin: all .hty Satu,t. till of Monday 'orui;r and all of E lay nigt's s c:ion. until after 11 Sitc, reaced -ot t,u t5tatt SCrt ta\r Wt':t.'s animeneut to ihe artirle on eduation to stke out the ptruis ioU making( the snport of the higher e'uctioifia instittiOn'. man'Iatory upon the Legi.-lahtre. The amenc ul'ut 'wa adopted I a \tetC of 6: to 49. This was done despite powerful speecbes by Senati Til:n:, Messrs. . uliatn Mitchell an .J. F. K. Ryan, of Ch!let' -n. and eher strong mne in the cotv ntion. Th: section as aIend e: ss the Legisliture "may" imake aIropriations to support these insti tutit-n1s. Mtmiay night i: couvention re (e': itfirst reper. from the (c-irm mitee on style and revision on-l two .JUSTI Ci GRAY'S DECISI0N. lie Decides t)i?:frcitly ftrl dud ge Si ttsotton in the case of G co. W. * uolsom Against Township DG,. Abheville Count.v.y A slight 1diierence of c-pinion ibe t'een the Supreme Cor t of the Unit t' -.tc.e .nd Judge Sinonton, of the Uiit.t St:at: s Circuit Court for South C,ar,Iliu i "as mnonb rmam fest Monday wni t: u'et Grar-ien:l the atnswet r of Lth'~' for:1r bodyto et eeri question prrp"'lnie by the (Co(rt of Appeal: for the th eit'if in the case of .eo( W.. Fosalno ... utiwnsip rld, Cuunty of Abei . C. F!som, a reside't' of :Tnes'.ee, stied in the Circuit Cturts of south Caroli'a to recover de.fauillted incerest upon bonds :ss:eil b the :owpipl in aid of the cun: truction of I: Greenville & Port Royal itailroad aid for a writ of nlla11 diat'nu to conipelthe co'inty con mmis sioners to levy aid collect a tax for t1heir 1avmeit. Deieue .was set ap that the case wa controlled by the deCio of SLtSuj>remi Court in the Case of FIcyd x. Ptrriu und that the plaintiir could $t recover. This dtefuce was held to it good by Judge Sim ntn. and thlcuase went to the Court ft i .pcalls. -hat court a:hed the Srt'zme Courtjo answer the ques t\o1-0. 1. Was the Cirec hound to ltlowx titi- Ofbe~ f0 Was plaintiff lion th- bonds and ingp been at the tinU session O0 tlhem :IO the Stat' tren i L cspect.i1i thema? \ eltter hoals issued under acts of December 2:3, 1 :', anrid j)"cemb:er 2L 1t coestitntedl vi .1 indebteduce: tgaint the t)towniship issuing them. J. \Whether the acts of Dec-ember 10 188s, validated these bonds and m1ad' themi bin l1in; to. Township .; 'The first qinestion,Justine GIray- said, ''r' Siupr--me Cori answered in the ientie: the seoni arnd third in the airm'ti ve: ib-;te toirth was not ani swerd in hirs optiioni, trio Jutie s aid that tile tegislaure of a Stat" had th'e power- to ve-st i.a iownsbip any and tel powers approiriate to tait tet ritorn to be- used forthe benefit of all th' people an it tha:t tt' power to isue t th .bnds in 'fue:stionev!me within that Til K- (CiFVELANDt HORROR. - iht i stiles flave Ben Taken From the Ruis. A fright[ul aci. Iry wichl thirtrra p'-pilu-I0. thir live=. 'rorred in the henart I -(f's hlveand. Ohio. 'in ':tutrday. Owing to th- --ritiina! and .dili unA:plain-id carele necws of a strti- are-ondudora '-ar weli lii 'withi :-'ple tool;:m . wft plu::'e ofon huwr idmi tw';'tyv'et fromi the: draof t!w etortal Vidw-t.;int tit: d:ark water. o The'i vrj !-i list ir the d'ead and missing -s : - t .aws James 3'.t uh!n. baseb.til w-' nl f ima:1. -nductor an ill ated I ar: * -- .In .\ --ernhe-in r: 3Iis Bessie r iwn uri-t i:ph il (l'-iiiens. :-iatnist; .'ir. .\.t .\ r-'- r-iman, 1-th irti a is ol ertie '-e: yar- old; 3r. Mirthi Patmer: Marli' M ttn';. twr"i yers .M,d dJomes-ti' An::utI '4-rio-sct- Louis I-T: Iultz moal arrier-: The- isii:i an' f,-.ii" V oih. Miss tla rtha Smw'rnhe-i"'er, . C. Page.' 3-tth-r w Twou more hodties of~ thie etims of '-atur va ni't's brid"e horror ver-- takn iromn S- ri-r 3Ionday aft-' a. They w'-re 'ieha $auerhieimer ti:nd F..rdl ( ?!ahan . Tsmke18ods tnja't'ht:- b-e rftov -r. ft is llied thati-:- bit ofithe :1-'' r'-'or'" lIn tasg. :. il 't 8't" fo tlh' -' eidentii -a nt bei"n d;xci. 'ni e.;r...-r has .1a his invsit.i.! Missing Link is Discuvered. IProfessor J. L. Wor'i:an, of Co. lubi. College, has one of the most marveloUs 'ise'veries of the :tge. HIe -laims to ha-e the rem-tins of the first meu the oru i o t he binm-tn r'-e, wcit f-At c"um"ient to e-st .hish 'the aut hen'tito the Di) u.n theory of ev 'ation. Th mvm incoset in. the h-a" i whatt is couuoalv-I knowra as the whxitt-fe.::a capachin, about two and a half feet lo'og. Scientists havec never been able to establish the resenfce of the mouhey on the A.nr an continent, andi in the opinion of Professor Wortman the chiain exfend in; from mollusk to man is5 ni ager mssing. In the Pro fcor's room there is another package said to be the original of the dointic liorse. Cbiagc Times-Herald: KIRS. STANTON'S SIRTHDAY. - It< Eiglti.e:h AnniveCr.^rr Ce:eb,ratol: by :;oo Woneo. To do hon.'r to E'iza'th .a - Stantn thre., t:-. ." ' ne n.athere at: brir& polit att Op.:r: II -e. New Yorit City, t.'er '.h natgmentof the_ N-ttional C,uu'il of Womien o-f tie, United Stat."'. There were { nyfl a n"a. .,. i,t they tw're of l.s iml portanee. .1'--i ltially, it wa- wom etr tribute t ' aw:"a tho ro'''1 f th: P1 one-rs :imi. Fri".h. r,t V.r:1'- Pr.v''r --, to ton. O r:'l' .I' a w: -' thl prer'a:r.T', .e 1-. ,'n's. w-h. a p-.:ar,'1 er '!:;7:,! r : ! ; . t: wl -_ k and h:0d t' -fqe 6% V-' -A--. U:, the) .:a- f: , h r''.,:" thr:.e c:lnir.; in ?:' :-7a i1 "S .s" -t'oir 1 '" it w ite rre.= an ther w r ,!"1r-.:n ,.i 1"i bythat :.iti-V ''xpin tr: , trltetn i?:t, 4l1^1:-i . An:hony. al.. thr. :.i-'It (-: to e National Counail f'r: e-. - n,.:Ct: w: stt l:it thi ' !a -Lt""' al hi l a!:rid b:-i !.th ":'ir of stat s: ' [-. wo ' pn" n !"!1'"" 1: t hIt il" (\" e--,:o. tw''lf ih m" an . r i . li-. Th f a'n it:t"a~n.t:.i ':n was' r'led--'-.:' f'it - I.''rt'" t.,'oo a t-- maorit or tel i^.:i'"l: the1r1 n =::! tier were ehithoratelyi (d4'cO::tt' with lo c::r ' al the fr i! i: ts t;.: the ief grin e, " I the u:l:- imupo iUi 5 -'r . a n al ul the rwi'i1an . i:l'Ir r : r- : the fret Of the n:, :. Is iu.a1 !. A?itihony, the wh:'. amti-nj'' Mrs. Stantons ti ir iet, lookirnte with h r : ,- fa::: ero::m--I withi its r Futifulwhit Bair, lil L atieln to,n her t:hron! .. -O Diins and iiss protin ony took the at n ea c si-': r! her. The theti ppr:ra'un b:aui w ith a -ornet thar:-t I;;the I "r,-: ". =eter.'. Next. .Mrr. Dir-:n-o,1. w"oaur id . 'larle. a l; rf 'oeinn aM'r'"s.. A0 ueco ther papers:< wo'uc i:re r}".ea, an ther adiee- w-ert ds!!ssed unti Ja laE Hebres, . :MU-- Mary Cary Thoma)ts. SU:an .t 1Mr.. 'Stanton..'s ldr('.asgeee with ~reat a:)Dlaus". * Fr.'auni'! Barrier Williams, a colore:! .omau. who firhot came int prominence at thw time of the Worbi's Fair. then maa p,ahetic nica in haidf of thev, wo:nen of h.:r A numbe of other papers were read, and the audiienee was not dis:n_issed until a late ho: r. ienit'nenr. C:inCmb,the mJl.at ad :iv' n Wm we': 102. TiiR1 s!'-MS POWERi.1ESS. A ['ow ri::. Flet .Aisemi>ling to Aid in IeliRest oration of Order. Asi 3iinojlr !ultntinu:- to'. :e gr-av'. 4'i ir:niing '-:y'i:'' iou't othe' iimpreJssuon wIt :h iuui. J'-o va-lled for a l'n:r tji:: pa-. that the '-e plaicid it 1$-' :c th' jte a e uish authori:iiii'tvn i t'-" tae we ouiys sai-.n : A n- nan --'''". i' 'I ip r Cv -"y d 'ut-l' w wtn- ': ' :-sI- r p wo,id:' iire on Mu -nn -i ' thi i..ud iiI 'i tnwli'':t '-t"h;-r ar 'W' - ' 00 i i h E a"n '-::: . . r -- th- i ht of" tet' t'' - -''on-.:i'- iiin -1::::'''':nri I 'rn-i. intt-r .- -- r'tb : :: w e fu '-t tote-- td i '\:b.s le . : r A f W.T r ii t t !-s ai't 'tr .i''i-t of tii Ameint' wouit: ! b -pr s i u'e alh- .: riL.r;'a the m-: a min i 'n-'t'' howeiir esap l -''.' 'r. t'w'in' -: ' ty .r T -r has.' nt'ii. i' the '.'rt tha'' ''n' d S In th- itit4 !r i.w th' iisla Sias. ii'' i:nr ..i --::---'r:ede tO:ne tii't ih- grI : o Ie -; a' de - ttrilln -a?:t i: f' -.' eI --n-n - i 'ht i- : ":it' itnd!--an awf a -i: ai: a yI: i:moan.dt aire in ! rn Y-a Kok T.: incomea: f t'hei.nn aninatr:iais rope Atn.of: G-reatianitin atiguowr inwa r e ardtree times astaen than thoe matitio isef i e rFpre:-dchy wG!ovenmnt a ntno h aprt norin: t'2:,r:O,OdO forh uL:-i r :u :ri itin ie o es. :atr A BRIEF RVIEW FOR THE WEEK OF THE W ORK 07 ri. CONSTI TUTIONAL CONVEN'ION. it is Thought by Many That th Endt is .iLout. Ii Sight. The Legisature Out of the Way. The c'Jtnstitutioual conventiun is nOW 'n t1he home'.tretch. The ienibers are w' -LIth more heart and vim and begin to feel that the ulvlight of ad ieu nment is ahead. There was not a imebCer of the convention who had anv idea that the convention would oitinte in session as 1ocg as it has. The session has been a .strain on many and none will regret wheu it is all over, and all will return home with the ConsciOUsness that the best iossible las been done for the good of the old State. The journal of hast Saturday's procee igs will have on it "forty ninth dazy," and from that someidea of the work and time can be had. It has taken a very long time to refraine the counstitution, and the general opilllOl is ihat what has teen done has been ccomilishlel as rapidly as possib:?, and that it will tai:. from1 tento fifteen dvs to complete the tIl. The couvention has fo.-r a ong time had the dream of a counict with the Legislatuare to disturb its memk~bers. It was thought that the Legislature would have to be in session at the same time with the convention, but the "people" that is what they call the conventiou touk hold of the natter and postponed the lezilativc session until the 14th of January. Whether the convention has the constitntional right to postpone the legislative session Itil the old consti tution was rei-ealcd by a new one being adopted or not mattered not; the legis lative session had to be postponed, and it was done without question or quoile. and no one is sorry for the. (elay. In future years the legislative session will be held in January, and it may be as well to make the start in that direction at this time. The general expectation now im that the Legislature will be in session from forty to sixty days on aceount of the volume of wor i that will be necessary in making the statute laws conform to the new constitution. The past week has been one of tt most important in the progress convention. The - educata mittee report, which n continuously affec. the people of the artiele, was -ive - ~enlonewere!ctsupplement ,n hool, of the State woulu . xed for than the= have ever been. In addition to the three mill tax, the 8l poil tax and ihe supleiental tax, the committee expect to have the con vention accept its suggestions with reerene to tht use of the profits from the Dispensary and the Penitentiary as well as the revenue from eheated estates. The income tromn the Dispen sary has been put down at a minimum of $100,000O, and the chances are with the use of the Dissensary profits for shool purposes that it wvill be con sidralyl inereased as prices may oce somewhit increased on account of the more general support that will be ex peted from the law. Tihe amount of pronit to be derived from the P'eniteit.iary is somewhat no certain on accoun of the introductieu of the chain gang system, which is do ing :so much for the improvement of the reads in the countie:a. It is, howv ever, exp)eted that, by the uise of the available emplIoyees and the good mangement that is now being had,the Penitetiary can and will help the school fund. There is one rather peculiar feature about the action of the Convention on these educational mat tes. Meny of the d1elegates~ personally favor the three mill tax as well as the 2 poll tax, liut have voted against these propositions because "their peo0 le do not want the three ii tax or ore than a $1 poli tax." The sixth section, which provides for the collection and distribution of the public school fund, which is the real backbone of the school system, was passed as reported. but not without a a hard contest. Senator Tillman succeeded in having his special bobby as to small and com pact districts atccepted, and this. too, is expected to help the public schools. .Tst here it may be mentioned that ISenator Tillman has shown a broad, liberal and genuine interest in the schools and colleges of the State, and has won many friends by his manly Itight for the support of dl that can tend to the imp)rovemlent of the educa tinl systemi of the State. The light is still going on as to. higher educational institutions. It has been Isuggested that it looks more like a fight of the denominational colleget migainsi the State institutions thani a right of the delegates against the pri:i eine involve3. The :irst part of the week was de voted to the consideratiou. of the~ article on corporations. iUy g'enra consent the provisions are con-idler.d more stringent than those now in effct. Sonmc of the2 egenItial p)oints inthe article are: ns to railroeA corporations: They are re.-ared to become incor porat'l under~tne laws of this State. The Statue against railroad conls'!i daton is incoi-porated in the Co:MIi ttitn. Provsin agaus1it chaing~il a higher rt. Per tonl forii shi pmen,'ts i n it ohe thaa~for 5lhipimts (out O thl. s:tc for it shall be unlawful for any railroad corporation to relieve by contract of its common law liability or limiting the same. This is e:pected to do away with the "release" clause as to shipping. t.mpty and loaded cars must be in terchanged by intersecting railroa'ls. A railroad commission is provided for to prevent "njust discrimination, extortion, etc." Abandonment of the present law relative t, the liability of railroads from accidents resulting from the acts of fellow servants thereby increasing the responsibility of the railroads in the matter of damages. In the matter of banks, the most im )ortant action were in the provisions for a bank examiner, makir:g bank stockholders liable to depositors in a sum equal to their stock over and above the face -alue of the same and th i en nulative l lan for electing directors is to apply to all classes of corporations. There seems to be a little question as to whether banks that have already been incorporated under the general act of incorporation will be liable to the provisions of the article, the liabil ity of the stockholders being fixed in their charters. The article on corporations wa passed more hurriedly than perhaps any other before the convention and is likely to be amended on the third read A NOTABLE WEDDINC. EL .-ecretary Whitney Daughter 2O cones "Mr.e. A. 2. 1a-er. One of the principal weddings of the year -second ayiu interest to that of 3liss an derbilt anui tha Duke of 3Iarlborouh-oc eurcei at nLn at St. Thomas's Church, New Yrk Cliv. :Waen Miss Pauline Whitney be ane the w ife of Slmeric fLunh Paet. The beie is the eldest dac.ghter of William C. Whitney. former Secretary of the Niavy. and hl:is n a meerked favorite in socicty since her debat. th r', years ago. Mr. Paget iS an Eglish:nan by birth, but for a nunber of ven.h S be:n'!ivin2 in A-nerica. in the West. '1" is a son of the late General Lord Pa et, of England. and a grandson of the first Mar A,is of Aiesey. He is the third Pacet who has cho.e:: an American woman for a wife. The :na ric e took place in the presence of a distin:;uished assem--lage. which included the President of the United States the Secre - try of the Navy. the Seeretary ot War and members of the diplomatic corts, among whoi were Sir Juiian Pauncefoic, Lord Westmeath and Mavroyeni Boy. 3Ifls. ATMERIiO HUGH PAGET. The~ eemony was nerformed byWB4'op R. . Potter, assisted by Bishon Leon-rd and t3v. John W. Brown. Rector of St. Thomas's. The decorations were elaborate, but chaste -md in excellent taste. Twe ve arches. 'enty feet hbzh, of white chrysanthemums, ':tine.1 the c'Anter aisle. A double rate of -.i,.. roe and lil's stood ciosed on.:n out half way no tihe aisle, and was closed - ter th'e bridal party had passed thron'rh. Cl'he er-unel was decorated with white roses of lilies andi naimus. The naileries were -io:'.L with palms, from which depended war:'s of croen. Io the arrival of the wedding party in a-.'e.ira 'Ie nrezrarn'ne of mausic was ron .-dlbv Dr. Georre WV. V rren. theocreanist th e~.'hneh. a str;nrr-l orche.tra. le i by 1ia Fra. ith Eiionard do R.eszke. -n.NordiPa. MSe. 'fajac Graham and . l Winrrd as s'loists. Lni no or the hour sropointed for she U'non" the churtlh and ga!leries were blreient Cleveland arrived at 11.A5. c a ee"orted by the ushers to a front a-. nd j seated almnost opnosite the centre the cK:anei. He was followed im'neia'e -: by'?re.tary Herbert and Colonel Daniel 4. L-t! an'd wife, who were seated just rss th a>ise fr-om the Pretident. P wa.s just 12.10 wh:>n the bridal narty aanrt d uo the aisle. Mre. Pa .-et's best m:m. I4:-aid Paret, his brother, stood by his'sl'e i : the ch:incel steps as the party advaned. ushers were followed by the bri-es 0aid- 3isc .Dimoek, AIiss Barney, MIiss :ni. 3Iiss Gertrude Vanderbilr. ass Ber'd mi i Brown. Their costumes were of 'rP "onlin, with short trains, a-I cut alike, h't dffernng in color. The bridecsids als') r-o velvet hats, high in front, with bhek - ettes and tail' feathers. They carried mi' art in.:e"l of bouiquets. "irwin them eames th" four little flower .They wore Laura Whitney. acusn rai(CeS Binebamn. Katherine Barney andi lit Dorothy Whitney, the bride's sister. Th 4loe very charmina in frocks of white sillk and nmouteline de snie. They wore larre wite bats, with white feathers. mi carried baskets filled with pink and wPtr roses and lilies. Next camne ihe bride on the ar-n of her tether. She looked. stately and cee:ant as *well as beautiful in her rich gown of heavy ntarl silk. The skirt was cut with a train ,r vards long, the petticoat of white riace ik "-ng finished ini a deep flounce of lace. Te veil ori Point d'Anglcterra lace was held n )iCe by a band of oranre blo5soms encir *li 'the hiead. The bride carried a bouquet o brde r.ses and lilies of the valley, and roe a diamond brooch, the gift of the Dunng the ceremony. which was choral hr"orrout. the hy:nn. "O, Perfect Love," waw' st's be the choir. trh~e.-remony a weddinz breakfast wa w''ecrvod at the house of Mr. Whitney to but heour hundred guests. The house was mai nly dcorated, and the newly rar iid greeted their friends in a bm.ar 'nta rds and bridesmaid mates. Th hal & of te b'ride was r.roan'-d by P'i'-ent C!eraand, to wnich Mir. Pc.t:t rt sp' -le., his wife st;nding rioslze him. The br-i bu- -.ouet wes then brokez 'up andI 'U vAe 1 mon; her attendants. The wed-in; .ek wasdditributed to the guests in pilin vnite boxes tied with bows of white satin ibo. MIr. and MIrs. Paret left on the -4 c.'- tr. on the NLw York. New Haven -- H rtor ltiroad for Mir. "Dimnoc's coin'try p'ate at south Coventry, Conn. -i -w: rs going away dress was; of -Tar' 'r c +-h ith a plain skirt. Tih.: waist is . --tk r- silt ntzued with piA e-arua ti 2 a- kh crea:n lace ttrimmlinlV at the -.k . 'p-.in jaeket and a chinchilla apne Iaoe to: wn.ist. She carried a chin'hilla ma ii'. Hr bar wva of dark green.trme wi- agry .eathec-r. Showers of rice were