The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-14
The State Election.

lican tickets in the field; the Regular tlche'
and the Boiling ticket. No Conservative
or Democratic State ticket is proposed to
he nominated. The Conservative strength
will show itself in the election OF members
OF the Legislature and county ofncers'
| Conservatives and Democrats will run, where
| there ia q reasonable chance OF succeeding;
where such a contest is hopeless, efforts are
making to come to terms with the Radicals
| on the basis of giving the Conservative vote
to the faction which puts the best men on
the legislative and local tickets.
At the same election, two amendments TO
the Constitution OF the State will be SUD-
mitted to the people. The first OF these is
as follows:
uWhereas, the Constitution of Sonth Caro-
lima, in Article II, Section IL, requires a gen.
| eral election to be held on the third Wednes'
day in October, in every second year after
! eighteen hundred and seventy; and, whereas,
once in every four years an election Is required
| for Presidential Electors, which takes place
! the first Tuesday after the first Monday IN
| November; and, whereas, the people o. this
State are, by these two elections following 80
| closely upon each other, greatly annoyed and
inconvenlenced, and the industrial interests
ofthe State as greatly disturbed and imperhled;
therefore,
uBe IL resolved by the Senate and House Of
| Representatives of the State OF South Caro-
| lima. now met and sitting 10 General Assem-
bly. and by the authority of the m That
the following amendment TO the Constitution
of the State be submitted to the qualified
| electors OF the State, at the next general cleo
ton: and, If a majority of tho electors quail
| fed TO vote for members of the General As
sembly, voting thereon, shall vote In favor OF
such amendment, and twO-thirds OF each
branch of the next Genera Assembly shall,
otter such election, and before another, rattfy
the same amendment by yeas and nays, 1t
shall be part of the Constitution, 10 Wit:
Strike out all of that portion Of Section IL, Of
Article II, following the words eighteen hun
sdred and seventy occurring In the fourth
and fifth lines, and Insert the following: And
forever thereafter, on the first Tuesday fol-
lowing the first Monday In November, 10
every second year, In such manner and at
such places as the Legislature nay provide
THAT the question Of adopting this amend
ment shall be snbmItssd to 4 the .s slsGs9@5ss r.
shall deposit a ballot with the following words
written or printed. thereon: constitutional
.Amendment-Yes' Those opposed to said
amendment shall cast a ballot with the follow
ing words written or printed thereon: Con
.stitutIonal Amendment-No.'
''Approved March 9. 1872"
This amendment will be injurious to the
minority, inasnuch as the State canvass
and Presidential canvass, every four years,
will be carried or together, and decided, in
effect, upon the same issues. On the OIL
years, however, there will be an opportunity
OF determining the result by purely State
questions. The holding OF both elections
on the same day will certainly reduce very
largely the cost OF the elections, and will
tend to shorten the canvass. There will be
lees temptation for the laborers to leave
their employment. Political meetings will
be fewer. Assuming that only two days OF
time are saved, the colored voters, or their
employers, will be nearly two hundred thous.
and dollars better off. When a day is given
to barbecues and meetings, the whole OF the
work which would have been done on that
day is lost to the State. This is, OF course,
in addition 10 the pay OF commissioners and
managers OF elections, and the rest.
The second amendment proposed reads as
follows:
"Be It resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State Of South Caro-
lima, (two-thlrds Of both houses concurring,)
that the following Article be submitted to the
qualified electors of the State, at the next
general election for Representatives, as an
amendment to the Constitution of the State,
which, If a majority of the electors qualified
to vote tor members of the General Assembly,
voting thereon, shall vote In favor of such
amendment, aud two-thlrds OF each branch OF
the next General Assembly shall, after such
an election, and before another, ratify the
same, shall become part of the Constitution,
namely:
'ART1cLE XyI.-To the end that the public
debt Of South Carolina may not hereafter be
Increased without the due consideration and
free consent of the people Of the State, the
General Assembly Is hereby forbidden to
create any further debt or obligation, either By
the loan of the credit of the State, by guar
antee, endorsement or otherwise, except for
the ordinary and current business OF the State,
without first submitting the question as to the
creation OF any such new debt, guarantee, en-
dorsement or loan of its credit, to the people
of this State, at a general State election; and,
unless t%wo-lhirds of the qualified voters OF
this State, voting on the question, shall be In
favor of a further debt, guarantee, endorse
ment or loan of its credit, none such shall be
created.
THAT the question OF adopting this amend
ment shall be submitted to the electors as fol-
lows: Those in favor of the amendment shall
deposit a ballot with the following words writ
ten or printed thereon Constitutional
Amendment, Article XVI-Yes.' Those op-
posed to the amendment shall cast a ballot
with the following words written or printed
thereon Constitutional Amendment, Artl-