Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-28
sOuTH CAROLlNAs pEeT.
The Governor Message To the Legislature
on the Subject.
nv telegraph 70 Tho Dispatciti


Corrvp1A. s. c.. November y. -Goyernol
I Richardson submitted ms annual message
TO theIecislaturc to-day. Concerning The
settlement Of the State debt, known as
Brown consols." amounting 10 about
&C 600 600 bearing Is per cent. interest
PAYABLE scmi-annually and maturing July
l. 1898, the Governor suggests That the
LEGISLATURE pass an act authorizing the
issue of bonds aud stocks interchange
able the one for the other. "A Is the
ease with the Brown cOnso.s bearing 4
per cent. interest per annum, payable semi
annually IN such amount as can be e%,
changed for Brown consols, SAID bonds ana
stock 90 be issued during the year 1890 and
10 mature IN fifty vear-. A an induce
rncut to theaolders Of Brown cOnsols to
exchange them for 4 per cent. bonds the
Governor suggests that the Treasurer be
autholizcd o. pay the difference iniutercs
from the date executed up TO the date OF
the maturity of the Brown cOnsols, winch
is July. 1898, i'm cash and if the new bonds
cannot be exchanged at par, then to au-
tl0riZs them 10 bC exchanged M a less SUM-
bat in no case at less than Sy7 per lvO'
Tho difference between the sum FOR
which the now bonds are sold and the par
Nulue should also be paid in cash from the
fund appropriated for the purpose. as II
would make the new bonds and stock
more desirable as an investment II a
PROMPT and certain payment OF interes
was assured. The Governor recommends
that i'm addition tothe guarantee now given
hy the State 10 secure the payment OF
the principal and Interest of the Brown
con~Ols. that the phosphate royalty re-
col.ol bv the State be pledged 70 and set
apart for that purpose. Tins royalty
welded 10 tho State last year S2l3.OW, 2
sum nearly equal to the whole amount ot
the annual interest of the proposed new
issue of securities. The supply OF phos-
pilates is practically iueXnIu-tible, and the
demand for II IN the crude state as we'll ~
for the manufactured products by the ayr
cultural industry of the world IS growing
daily.
i'm regard 10 the popular agitation now
I'm pro-l.- , for separate accommQdatlona
forthe Vltcs4u blacks 0nralrOad trains,
the Governor saws. 1T Is matter az
general information that IN response 90 an
urront public demand several az the rail-
roads ,nt,ring Columbia provided separate
i,lt equal Recommendations Tor til" pass II
GERS oi the tWo races during line recent
State Far. and that the experiment proved
notably successful. causing no INC
t0u or complaint. but conducting instead
I'm an eminent degree % the pleasure
and comfort of the cxcurslOUl-ts. There ls
F.
ehm'd not De made permanent, 20 the
Joint ADVANTAGE Of the railroads and The
travelling public The iutermiNture of the
passengers Of both race, N the same rail-
road coaches or compartments is frequent
lv attended by unpleasant incidents. winch
could Pee prevented by the provision oil
separate accommodations, and % this, tine
accommodations bniug made equal IN chd-
rlcter. there could be- no objection 10y
thoughtful persons If either race. con-
slider % my dulV 10 present these consldcra-
tons To- the General Assembly for ,uch
action a. may be- deemed advisable
and proper and 10 urga that as "A
preliminary step 20 a settlement of tins
pressing question tho general statutes
should be carefully amended. IN order that
the common carriers may Joe relieved OF the
disabilities under which they have been
placed hy those who no longer represent
the State. uad that the reform winch is
demanded by public sentiment may not be
further lmpedcd.
The law which the Governor desires IN
have amended is the ciyil-rghts Law eu-
acted by the Republicans previous to 1876,
ana which declared That amy corporation
making "a discrimination in the matter OF
accommodations etc., on account OF race
or color shall forfeit Its charter.
Under the head of " The Militia" the
Governor makes the following recommen-
dation: " / would earnestly bring 10 your
attention the propucty IF collecting for
preservation the battered battlc-iiags of
tine companies. hattalions, and regiments
of tho State These signs represent the
honor and valor Of our people, and the
State should take care that they are rove
rcntlv preserved as honorable memorials
OF the gallant and sclf-sacrhclns de-
yotion of her sons. Let her request
navy to send the hattle-scarred flags 10 the
INSPECTOR Generals department 10 be care
fully preserved IN the Capitol ID appropri-
ate eases. where they Will bear silent testi-
mony - the hcroism with which the sons
OF Carolina vindicatc1 her honor and the
self-sacrihce with which they laid down
their lives in her defence. | recommend a
small appropriation to carry out thl- sug-
gestion and to secure the safety and IRE
seryatiOn Of the fiaosn