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%\}t WBt??wai ??? Soaf?jnm. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 6. 1895: The Sumter Watchman was founded in 1850 and tie True Southron in 186*6. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and i afinen cs of both of the old papers, and is mani? fest! v the hes? advertising medium in Sumter mt EDITORIAL NOTES. The rice crop in Sumter County was not nearly as large as the acreage led the placers to expect ; the sinali weld being due to the drought, which oc? curred at a critical period for the rice. This small crop this year should nor discourage those who have undertaken rice culture, f?>r there is money tn it, as ! those who planted rice last year realized, j There will be a large crop of cotton j planted nest year, and thero is but ai slight possibility that the weather con- ! dillons will prevail next season that did J this year to cut off the production in 'the Mississippi Valley and in Texas \ With favorable seasons and the large j acreage, such au immeose crop will be made that the price will be forced down to the bottom agair: There will be more necessity for farmers io this section looking for some other crop than cotton for next year than ever before. The last two days in the Constitu? tional Convention has been spent in airing the rascality prevalent in the j Legislature and among the higher ! officials during the days of radical mle j io this State. The airing served oo good p?rpese that we can 6ee, unless it ha* enlightened the younger genera? tion, many of whom have not. taken the trouble to study up the record. The record is so b-lack with oficial rascality and fraud that it should never be for? gotten, else the State may be suffered ] by neglect to fall again into the bands of those who will rob the State and her people as shamelessly as did the carpet? baggers and scalawags Toe colored members of the Conven-, lion General Smalls especially, were st.-iijs tn a tender spot when Senator Tiwnan raked up the Book of Frauds ??iii ?ead from it. The suffrage question is not settled yet by aoy means, even though the Con? vention has devoted all of its energy toward the accomplishment of that end ! I for more, than a week. The only meas-1 ? ure thttS caa finally settle this problem I is au itfiesible educational and pro- j s perty qualification ; and no other j scheme, be ir devised never so cleverly, j ! will hor:e<:iy accomplish the ends j : sought by tho.<e who have opposed an open and hipest qualification of the suffrage. We do no* favor subterfuges, for in uine times out of ten the final result is morr evil fh^n the evil sought ? to he avoided. It is not good policy to j do evil thai gor;d may follow-for usually good dues not foliow. The cotton crcp of 1S93-94 weighed 3,748,422,352 pouud?, or 7,527,211 bales each weighing 497.98 pounds. The crop of 1894-95 weighed 5,019,. 439,687 pounds, or 9.892.766 bales of 507,38 pounds each. Elad only as many pound* been put into a hale in 1894-95 as during the previous cotton year, the crop would have aggregated 10,079,600 bales. The S'.dtirfa Sentinel is the latest ad? dition to cur exchange list. It is pub? lished by K ii Aull, and B F. Sam phi i.s editor, lt is the first paper to be j L-ubii:>he.} in the new County of Saiuda, I " I a::d if the new county has all things in keeping v?it|i the Se7itinel. which is an excellent f ight page paper it will be a j goodly county iudesd. Th;.* Sentinel] is printed for the present in Newberry I and issued a? Denny's, Salud i County, j Munificent Rockefeller. CincA'Jo, Nov.2 -JohuD. Rccke?ei- ; ( 1er has made another magnificent gif: t? the University"of* Chicago, which bel rounded by his royal endowment and ! ( enlarged by frequent donations His;-J latest act of munificence-the naconci- ; ; tional presentation of ?1,000,OOO avail |. able Jan. 1, n<xi> and thc gift of ?2, j j 000,000 conditional on raising thc same amount-was made known to tho stu- ! d .'ut? io the gymnasium cf the uuivcr- j ; sky to-day while tho football tear?; was ; - prepr.ri:)^- for the game with Wiscou- i , sin university. The pleasing a-jour-ce-1 mt nt v*as made Ly thc secrctarv of the institution, i)r. T. W. Goodspeed, in a few brief words and received with 1 shouts of joy and praise for tho s^aL-d ai? oil magnate. While thc university has not Leen pinched for money and has a large roll of students, the faculty j have been looking for another Kocke 'eller gift to erect more buildings for I new departments. Constitutional Convention. Work Done During the Past Week. COLUMBIA. November 4, 1895. Tbs campaign, the politicises ana ail have conspired to make tba central issue of the Constitutional Convention the suf? frage issue. Wheo the campaign was at ita height the importance of white supremacy was ur^ed with all possible force, so it was that when the Conven? tion met the greatest irreres?. ira-? mani? fested in the suffrage pinn that -.could bc adopted for 'be future regulation of the suffrage in this Sure. The i-oovention has passed this stage and is not? out cf the throes of the suffrage matter, much to the delight of everyone. Fer ? long time no one seemed to know exact? ly wbat was to be reported by the Com? mittee on buifrage, of which Senator Tillman, is chairman, except thus ir VT-.* to bi? something like the Mississippi plan That W.1.S not pleasing to tbo?<; j who wau red ro clarity the elections in the State bu: ?he committee report eas altogether a surprise. Concessions were made to the conservative members and in that way the committee made a unanimous report and presented a sciid front. Seuat:>r Irby, io talking about the committee remarked (hat it looked as if whenever an attack was made on the report tha? was one behind the log waiting to fire. The committee was a strong one atjd seemed to be wei! or? ganised. Senator Tillman sud ISjr J. ? K. Bryan, of Charleston, took the j ( most active pan in the defense -.? the j committee report. Senator Tillman j * was the general in charge and !>2r. | Bryan, was called upon to represent the j r legal pide of the argument- and to this I 1 technical legal argument, was due- r mach of the success ?! quietly burying ;f some of the other proposition that bcd ; been presented. : When the committee report came in I y it was generally realized that it would s be adopted, for the lack of some;bing ' better. The conservatives and reform irs generally accepted the plas as the 2 best that could be bad. The conser? vatives seemed to give the proposition h ?acre geuerai support than was ex? pected. The chief objection on their ? part was on account of the "uoder ?tanding and explaining'' clause; but r it was shown that this was abou* the * snly way by which the il I i ter at* whites ~jf the S-'ate could be enfranchised -sud c :here seemed to be a general d..: .? to ! illow those now of age who wpro ill:-Is [trate to qualify. The i ii iterate &U>ses are to be let ia for two jcars, yo-?<? thc ' "understanding Dnd explaining"e. <';>e, \ud after that ail electors, before l-^iug e incepted, must be able to both re*-! and E?rite, or pay taxes on ?300, and must ? hav..- paid ail taxes due six months be fore an election. The property cuati- J Sealion is made z.V. alternative, and is expected to let in a number of young ' 1 mee wbo bsppen ru own ,$300 worth of! 1 property, but who are unable to read ! c md write. It was to be expected that the negro r race would not be satisfied with au j i r proposition of which the unnuanced ! c purpose was to cut down rho colored j pore to the lowest mark th/.?could be j r i one without com i c g in confiict with j * ?be Federal Constitution. ^ Thn colored members were thc ?rst i i to take the Seor ag&ir.st the plan as ' reported, and they kept, up their fight j 1 until the battle was over and the sec- j 2 [ion adopted. j ^ The report withstood ^ strong ure, j ' ind came cut substantial!? as reported ; ?c it least so far as the Convention had j ' ?cue before agreeing to a recess. ! s First of all came the woman sulira- ! * gist, and their numbers varied from 20 ' :o 42 They were vanquished, but it ? is thc present intention of the woman ; v suffragist to try again on the third read- > 1 lng t.f the bil! or lo bavf? it added on . ?be present reading. Gets. r?emphill, Mr. Clapton, of Florence, and Mr. | 1 Siigh wera among the principal speak- a ?"or the innovation. Mr. Clayton ! r wanted provision mada at once for the ?[UaliSeatiou bf women refco owned j c ?300 io their own nz- ? s. Mr. SIM, : f aftjr the defeat cf th;? proportion, ; proposed to have thc Legislature en- . 1 franchise wemen ir the occasion arose. * Mr. S i ig h argued that he wanted ti? 4 provide for an emergency army, but [he Convention carno to the ..:(;aciu&ion : ib-'-t whatever work there wa'; to be ' :lot-.e to insure w&r; suprcmac}?, should ' oe by thc men, ?.L-1 that there wes Du 1 reason fer asking women for . coi: bein ; j " it they were entitled to vote they should do so, not on the ground of necessity-. 1 but because of their right tu it. I3ut tba running ?ght that was made ; against tho measure came from Senator < Irby and his allies, who wanted to take OU?. of tbs provisions the educatn and property qualifications. Som o his allies only joined him io his eS to take oat the property qaa'ifieati while others joined him in hi-' vigor fight to elHiinato both the pripnrty ; educations! quaiiac-tions. It might added thar tho property quaiiucatioo merely ari extra opportunity of boee in:: registered. A man who can nett read nor write, - who owns --ic rrorth of property in bia own v. >.: can by that ownership become a . qu fled elector. The honors of the big bpeechss ?h? Convention clearly beio'ig ru discussion, on the suffrage qar-stion. was en i his topic that mo?i of :'ic speeches wore m ?dc. Senator Til.::! a??d Senatur irby made big speech SeGa'or Tillman demoted most of ! attention ?o thfi consideration of t necessity for -?eme legislation that w forever, as far as, eau bo seen, ave ?he ?possibility of the years of go stealing, which he'pictured and whi he substantiated from the fraud repon ir v;as dering this discussion tha?e Congressman Smalls exhibited a coi >f the amnesty agreement, ty vt hi; :hsro wa.-: M cessation of prosecutions ( ;bc p*-.rt of the S'arc and 2>arion "government, brought about by the into ?iew o: .'dr. D H Chamberlain at ;he Ddmocreiie member of Congres;--. A good den! ef thc matter that w; med in tile last few ?lays of che Coi reefton, while ou the suffrage matte ?vat? of a ceca;-historic?! an j person iba meter, and will be printed io ti Journal as a part of the records of fl State. The womai suffragists have DI liven up hope yet and the apostles ( ?be movement who have been here fe ?oma time seem to think that there .till some chance for * heir pei scheme. That the committee pinn has th lg ht of way is shewn by the followiu rote, indicative ni the mander in whic ?undry propositions r?ore k i i leid Oy Th Jon veo ii on : Immediate woman suffrage (Oiayl?-i imendme?'), 121 to 26. Emergency woman sufJrage (Siig! imendment), 99 to 42. Confederate soldier proposition (Pa: on plan), 117 to 2"J. Educational qu^iiScation, with ex ended .'understanding'" clause (Wi! on). 129 to 16. Recognition of existing registratio: .ertifioatea (Jervey), 120 co 12. Australien bailor system (Dodie] ?mondmen?), 100 to 25. To atrike ont. property cjuali?eatior Itoger'a amendment), 75 io 48 To strike oui bo'h :oe property ant iducaiional qualifications, 05 t ) 44. Cumulative pronorty plan (Moor ^ornery), viva voce Pian from colored contingent LSOto 6. When the decks had beca cleared el ;ll pending propositions, there wa .othiug eise to do bar, to adopt the iommittee plan. There are sdi: -. number of commit ee secnoms unsoiled, but it io no? h'?Ugia tba: ic wiii take very long te lispose of these. The question that in agitating the ninds cf che members most a?: this ime is when tho body wi li. be able to inish up its woi'k and adjourn sine die. \tier finishing with thc main section of he suffrage plan the Convention rook a ccess for three days, and when ?c re Lssemblee next Tuesday, there will bo .7 more working days before the L^gis ature is expected to meet, under ibo dd Constitution. There ?ue many who bink that it will be muan better for the je??>!a?ure not to mee* until next ianuary, and th t: e<;:> the bettor tndcrstand what is :?e sued and how to .ct about it, and at ibo '-arne time there vii! be no such rush rn ger through iu im? for Christmas. Tim convention sti?i has und-r the jtad af un?nished business, portions rf he iegis?ativ?;, suffrage, and finance md taza?on reports. The reo? rt of h<- Committees on education, judiciary md corporation^!, have, uot yet been un? dertaken ann .: :s entirely uuka.own sis .t how ioog r!:C Cv?nv??i?i?? may want o discuss ?beso propra IOOK The - bief Lgh? thur :.::.a::;.s, i, :.. Ltmcghr, vi? fcc if Ought about ny to- ICd?ictr?ionai Com aittee's tenor.'. Whet: thc Goav<:-.rion reassembles Puc-dixy night it likely thai the suf fage plan will be liken up and Gai ii ;; .vii h what despatch is possible. Sona or *t by tu;:y cent?nue-nts in. again:;! ,h ii spit ii of :n.; measure, and :t iocs, it may ca kt ? good while i ? .;. t bronc h wit:: : b-j we: 1:. Tho best ol' feeling si iii *;.-....;. unong the members, and they ar.- try ng ?odo the bes", they can tor rb.e ornerai good of ihe public. A. 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