Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-23
IL Attacks the ConstitutionaIity of the Regis
 tration Act.
EVANS AND Mccoy ARE RESTRAINED
From Holding an Election for Delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Sep tember-"The State of South Car
 olina is Still Sovereign

Columbia, 5. C., April 22.-Anothef Sen sation was created today by the publica- ton in the State of the fact that Judge Golf of the United States circuit court had issued another injunction against the state authorities on the ground that the registration act of 1882 was unconstitu- tional; that there was sufficient fraud at the polls in the election last fall to vttiate the calling of the constitutional con- vention; that there was then conspiracy between Tillman, Evans and others to commit frauds; that the agreement be- tween Tillman, Evans, Barnwell, Hemp hill and others was a conspiracy to de- fraud the negro of his right of suffrage; that Evans as governor had sought to carry out these conspiracies by removing notaries for taking affidavits from ne- groes; that illegal acts of supervisors of registration were part of the same con- spiracy, etc. The important portion of the order reads as follows:
 Tt is ordered that the defendants. John Gary Evans, governor of the state of South Carolina, and P. Butler Mccoy, a commissioner of elections in the said state, and all other persons charged Tn- der the laws of the said state with hcld- ing an election or elections for delegates for convention to be held on the second Tuesday in the month of September 1895, for the purpose of revising, amending or changing the constitution of that state, be, and they are hereby, enjoned and restrained from any and all action look ing to the holding of such election or elections until the further order of this court.
 Tt is further ordered that said defend- ants do show cause why they, and each of them, should not be perpetually en- IfNff1 .1lx.s ing to be held in the said state, any elec- tion or elections for delegates to a con- vention for the purpose of revising or changing the constitution of said state of South Carolina.
 And it is further ordered that the said defendant John Gary Evans make full, true and perfect answer under oath to the ineerrogatories filed with, the said bill, onior before the said 2d day of May, 1895"
 # Governor Evans hurls defiance at this order in similar language to that em- ployed by him in referring to the injunc- ton against the dispensary and declares that he will pay no attention to it. He made this statement today:
 T have not been served with any order or any other paper from Judge Golf, but from the published accounts it seems that have been enjoined, as governor of the state of South Carolina, and MT. Mccoy, as commissioner of election of the state of South Carolina, and not as individuals The state of South Carolina is still sov- ereign and independent, and it is my duty under the constitution of the state, to ex- eeute the laws of the state. l shall con- tnue to do this without fear of presump- tive interference of United States cir cult judge. I shall treat the proceedings with the contempt it deserves. We will of course act at the proper time in ac- cordance with the respect due to the con- stitution of the United States, and at the same time all arrangements for the car rying out of the proceedings in refer ence to the constitutional convention will be made and all duties required by me under the constitution and state laws of the state of. South Car olina will be faithfully performed. If am in contempt of Judge Golf he must make the most of it."