Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-11-13

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finish. Both gentlemen said some
pretty hot things but after the colio-
guy was over, mutual apologies follow
ed, and everything was smoothed over.
The convention settled the question
at issue by providing that the State
could move for a change of venue in
certain cases prescribed by the general
assembly, after a full true bill had
been found by the grand jury.
Mr.. Patton introduced the following
to be known as Section Z: "No in
junction or other civil process shall be
issued at the suit of the State for the
prevention of an act which, by the law
of the land, constitutes crime"
The amendment was at first voted
down; but at the request Of Mr.. Pat
ton, it was made a special order for
next day. Mr.. Patton wanted further
discussion.
FRIDAY.
The day was taken up in the dis
cussion of Mr.. Patton's amendment to
the article on jurisprudence, and in an
effort to secure such amendment to the
suffrage article as will provide for the
representation of the minority political
party on boards Of managers.
Mr.. Wilson, of Spartanburg, spoke
against Mr.. Patton's amendment. He
said that the power of the judges to
imprison an offender for contempt of
court was absolutely necessary for the
enforcement Of the dispensary law. In
the absence of this powerin the judges,
when a man is convicted OF selling
liquor, all he has to do is to give bond
resume his violations of the law. But
with the right of the judge to issue an
injunction it is different. If the viola
tor of the law does not hold up after
he is caught, he can be sent to the
penitentiary where he can no longer
violate the law.
Mr.. Patton said that the constitution
guaranteed the right of trial by jury,
and this thing of allowing judges to
punish a man without such trial was
in violation of the constitution.
George D. Tillman made fierce
attack on the whole dispensary law.
He said that during the prevalence Of
a moral wave that once struck Eng
land, a delegation went to Mr.. Glad
stone and asked him to do something
to suppress the sale of Intoxicating
liquor. Mr.. Gladstone's reply was
that he would rather see England free
than sober, "and gentlemen, would
rather see South Carolina drunk from
the mountains to the sea, than see the
Infamous tyrranies and expressions
that have been practiced on our people
to try and carry out the dispensary
law" Continuing, Mr.. Tillman said
that he had not drank quart Of liquor
in a quarter of a century but he want
ed to have the privilege of getting
drunk if he felt like it. The constitu-
ton of the United States guaranteed
him the right to keep whisky in his
house by the barrel if he desired. He
kept it there for his friends, and if
constable attempted to interfere with
it, he would kill him. He said that
more people have been killed in the
attempt to enforce the dispensary law
than would have been killed in the
same time under a reign of free liquor.
He also said that the law gave the
governor of the State more power than
if he were an emperor.
Senator Tillman defended the in
junction proposition. He reviewed
the circumstances of the punishment
of State constables by Judge Simonton
for violation of an injunction, and re-
ferred to Simonton, as "Jetfries"
raised up in our midst. He held that
the power of Injunction was absolutely
necessary to the enforcement of the
law.
The power of injunction was sus-
tanned by a vote of 95 to 81. Mr.. Ashe
voted with the majority. The vote OF
Mr.. Brice is not recorded. The other
York members voted with the minority.
The suffrage article was so amended
that the provision relating to the quail
ification of voters in municipalities shall
not take effect until after the general
elections of 1896.
Senator Tillman offered the follow
ing amendment to the suffrage article !:
"Each of the two political parties
casting the highest number of votes at
the proceeding election shall have rep
resentation on the boards of managers
of election at each polling precinct,
and on the board of county canvasser
in each county"
Senator Tillman made a strong
speech in favor of the proposition.
Among other things he said: ave
Reformers should put this here for our
protection. Only three years ago, the
Democratic party swept this country
and they are now covered with defeat
and disgrace. Don't let us who are
now in power forget that the wheels
of fortune are always turning. If we
do not provide for representation on
the board of managers, the day may
come when our own vote may be jeop-
ardized.
The matter was argued at length.
The principal argument in opposition
was the fact that the Npproes in the