The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-10-24

board Of charities by the Governor O
visit tho charita BILE and penal institu
| tions, as well as Section .. giving tn,
Governor power to ill all vacancies
that may occur in the various boards
for the different institutions, was pass
ed over until the night session.
Mr.. OTIS resolution, relative to col
lecting fees by county officials, was re
ported unfavorablc and the report was
adopted without discussion.
Mr.. McMuhan's resolution, relative
to allowing less than twelve jurors tc
bring in q verdict. had been reported
unfavOrably by the committee.
Mr.. Burns argued in favor OF keeping
the number for Il verdict ut twelve. cs
pecially in the case of murders where
the decision was q matter OF life OF
death. Under these circumstances
theiverdict should be unanimous.
Mr.. }agSdalc argued that if any
thing was to be done about tho matter
at all the convention should do it, be-
cause otherwise the Legislature could
not as this was not a matter for legiS-
lation. Tho resolution was rejected by
the convention.
The convention recOnvcMCd at 8
o'clock. Two communications woro
read in reference to the comforting OF
suffrage on women, which were re-
ceived as information aud referred to
the committee on suffrage.
The report of the committee on
charitable and pcnal institutions was
again taken up, and MIR. GOodng
offered the following substitute to Sec
tion !. which was adopted:
The Governor. with four citizens Of
this State. to be appointed by the Gov
of l,,, Il
Of charities and corrections, Of which
the Governor shall DO cX-olicio chair
man. They shall appoint Il secretary,
whose compensation shall be fixed by
law ut the next session of the General
Assembly after the adoption of this
constitution. 1t shall be the duty of
the secretary to visit and inspect all
the public and private penal institu,
tiOns of the State. including county
and municipal alms-houscs, jails and
persons and report To the board,
who shall report annually to the
general assembly the state and condi-
and particularly. Said board shall be
advisory only, and shall not possess
executive authority
Mr.. l3ellinger offered the following
us Section 10. which was adopted
Section 10. The pcnitcntiary and
the convicts thereto sentenced shall
forever be under the supervision and
control of officers employed by the
State; and in case any convicts arc
bircd or farmcd out, ns may be pro,
vided by law, their maintenance and
| discipline shall be under the direction
! Of officers detailed for those duties by
the authorities OF the pcnitcntiary.
Mr.. GnOding offered the following tt
| Srntinp lubirb ia fol lou,,.
| Section 8 The Governor shall have
power to iii all vacancies that ma,
| occur in the offices aforesaid until tn
/ next session OF tn" general assembly
and until a successor or successors Sh al
be appointed and confirmed.
Add after aforesaid on 2nd line "Ex
cept where otherwise provided fo
with the pOwerof removal" This was
agreed to.
The report as amended was thcr
adopted.
The report Of the committee 0,
declaration of rights was thcn dis
| cu@Scd.
Mr.. Ragsdalc wanted TO strike on
the words sin such manner US they
may deem expodiont' in Section !
relative to the powers of the people tt
change their government. by this
| the right at all times to modify thcil
| form OF government az the public good
demands Mr.. RaSsdalc said that it
| might seem ridiculous to try to limit
the powers of the people, but it is best
that there shonld be no cquivocation
in tho constitution on the subject.
Section 3 reads: Representation
shall be apportioncd according to pop.
ulation." On motion OF Senator Till.
man ''in the House Of Representatives.
was inserted after representation"
10 Section 10, which reads as follows
was stricken out on motion Of Mr.. Bel
linger:
Section 10. The right of citizens o
this State to vote shall not be denied
or abridged on account OF race. color
or previous condition Of sUrvitudc.
Section II refers to elections and MIR
B. II. Tlilman moved to strike it out
I as the suffrage committee provides ful
it. Thorc is IL provision too that "clcc
tions shall be free and opcn,' and thai
| might prevent us from establishing
| the Australian ballot SYSTEM should
we ever want to.
| Mr.. JOhnStOnc said that the mana
| gers Of election should be forever pre-
vented from holding any secret clcc
tion. This is absolutely essential ans
the Australian system is entirely dif
ferent from that. II You ever hav,
secret elections you no longer have
freedom OF elections.
| Mr.. Tillman cOntcnded that the pro
vision should anyway be in the artici,
on suffrage. The article fully covers
the subject. 1t tproyided for managers
from each political party and tha
gives all freedom.
i Mr.. JOhnstOnc said there wasn't
constitution in America which did no
provide for IL free and open election
He was in favor Of the people kccpinA
the management Of elections in thci
own hands and not turn it over 10 tn,
managers. no matter how many pArtic
are represented. Managers shOult
not be allowed to count the vote i
secret, which could be done if this sec
tiOn was stricken out, because the Leg
J is]8turo would be absolutely untra n
mellcd in providing for holding O
elections.
Mr.. Tillman said that the trend O
the argument seemed to be that he wa
in favor OF secret elections in order t
have fraud. He denied this.