The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-10-24
embraced in this section, to wit"

apply to educetiopal or charitable in
stitutions where by will or devise it
becomes necessary for q special charter
to be granted. The. amendment was
adopted.
Mr.. JohnstoLe moved the following
as subdivision ID:
Nothing herein contained shall pro.
hibit the General Assembly from in
cooperating by special enactment cor
porations OF character other than
those herein named
Mr.. Sheppard said that tho amend
mont was unnecessary. If the Legisla-
ture is not prohibited from acting they
J have the power to act and he moved
to indefinitely postpone the amend
| ment.
Mr.. Johnstone said if such action was
| taken now tho plaa would not be
adopted at all. The amendment was
indC finitely postponed. Section 36 us
amended was then adopted.
The next section, 81, reads:
! No member of the General Assembly
of this State, during the term for
which he was elected shall be eligi-
bic to any Office to be filled by an cleo
tion by the General Assembly, and no
Judge in this State during his term of
Office shall be eligible to any other
than q judicial office.
MI. Sigh moved to strike out the
section. He thought it was q hard
ship that members of the Legislature
should not be allowed to aspire to po-
sitions to be filled by it. Members had
as much right to stand for those Offices
as anybody else. 1t would he undemo-
cratic not to permit them to do so.
Col. Talbert hoped that the section
would stand. 1t IS u good section.
One Office at II time is enough for any
man. There are IT enough to 20
around anyway. One man ought not
to hold more than one office. He
thought that no man should
have been elected to the convention
who had held another office. We have
Sheritfs, Governor, Congressman, Sen
tors in the convention, and some of
the delay in its work is due to them.
He moved to lay Mr. Sligh's motion on
the table.
Mr.. Zimmerman said that tho sec
ton waa restriction on personal
liberty Any man should have u right
to run for any Office he wants. 1t was
a monstrous proposition. he thought.
MIR. Prince, as the author Of the sec
tion, said he didn't want to take any
man by surprise and was willing
to exempt members of the General
Assembly from the provisions of the
law. A man should go to the Legisla-
ture with an eye single to the duties Of
| the position. 1t is now used only as q
I Mem bers should not be in the position
of having his vote influenced by fear Of
treading on any mans toes or the hope
of advancing himself. Our judges
should be absolutely free from politics.
That is too plain to need argument.
Mr.. Haynsworth was in favor of the
motion to strike out the section. 1t is
| best that members of the Legislature
should know the men they are voting
for and there is no better chance for
! them to know and learn II man than by
assOciating with him in the Lcgisla-
turc. If the people want to elect a
Judge to any other office they should
be allowed to do so. The time has not
come when our judges will descend so
low as TO neglect the duties Of their
positions in scramble for Office.
Mr.. Glenn. of Chester, thought that
there was wisdom in the provision. 1t
is u notorious TACT, as a rule, that in
order to be Judge Il man must be u
member of the Legislature. A mans
! conduct in the House would be very
much influenced should he be candi-
date for a judgeship for instance.
Senator Tillman said he sympathizod
with the Utopian ideas about elevating
the Legislature and that sort of thing.
But it is best to look at things square
ly. This section is al Indictment
against the past history II State.
It's equivalent to sayinr the Leg
islature have in the been bam
boozled and debaucF fhich he de-
MED a man comcS Legislature
and his talents areN I IN brought out
as no where else ana If this section
stands the State would be deprived Of
the services of such men.
The whole business appeared to him
to be a kind OF Trojan horse. He did
not wish to bring politics into the dis
cussions, but he would say that he
! never could understand why the legal
fraternity have never been in syln-
pathy with tho majority Of the people
We have been hampered in getting
men to fill certain positions in the
State because tho legal fraternity was
in antagOnism to us and we could not
] get suitable men. If we have to go out
[ side Of the Legislature in electing
judges we may be forced to put men
unfit on tho bench. That's why he
horse.
Mr.. Burns said that tho 100 men
composing the Legislature are entitled
to honor and respect and they should
have it aud DO have it. The best tai
cnt and virtue of the people should be
given chance. Many q young man
dies unknown because in many cases
he cannot by reason Of poverty come
to the Legislature and make his tai
cnts known.
Members of the Legislature are sent
here to work for the people, but they
do Il great deal for themselves. Ono
Office ut a time il enough. We want
thoso old fogy politicians who hold
three or four Offices to put them down
and give tho young and vigorous man
of Carolina q chance.
Mr.. Prince in referring to- Senator
Tillman's reference to q Trojan horse,
said that 80 far as he and tho commit
tee were concerhcd there was abso-
lutely no politics In 1t.
| Mr.. Gage endorsed what Mr.. Prince
said. He voted fdr it. because 1t seemed
I 70 be the very bhing to elevate the
| Legislature and mako it moro accept
ABLY perform its ldutics. Such guards
lshould betthrGYn, around them 10 keoE