Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-09
SOUTH CAROLINA CONVENTION.
The Dispensary Question, After Hot De-
 bate, Was Killed. >~ -----


 bate, Was Killed.
 Columbia, 8. C.,-Nov S.-The conven- uion has been engaged all day today in a lively dispensary debate, the issue being MT. Patton's proposition to prevent the Assuing of injunctions by judges to pre- vent the commission of crime. The dispensary law permits judge upon affi- idavits to put a man under a perpetual Injunction not to sell liquor The mat ter was most extensively argued through the day, all the questions having weight on the subject being taken up and many members of the convention taking a hand. MT. Tillman recounted the deeds done under this provision of the dispensary law. Senator Tillman de- tended the dispensary law in his most pronounced style.
 The advocates of MT. Pattons measure argued for the preservation of the estab- lished principle of the right of trial by jury for a crime The measure was finally killed.
 Tillman Beaten Agaln.
 Columbia, S. C., Nov. S.-At the night session the suffrage article was called up for third reading and the most remark able session since the convention con- vened ensued. After several insignifi- cant amendments had been made Senator Tillman offered this amendment to sec tion1: Each of the two political parties casting the highest number of votes at the preceding election shall have repre- sentation on the board of managers of election at each polling precinct and on the board of county canvassers in each county"
 As soon as he put this in he called the previous question on the whole article. This was the measure that had been stricken out before after big fight. Till man made the most remarkable speech he ever made in his life. Senator Tillman said:
 MT. President-I do not desire to make a speech merely wish to make a state ment. The convention will remember that the article as reported by the com mittee had this identical provision in different place. The other evening on the motion, I believe, of the gentleman from Marlboro and with only one speech from the committee, the section was stricken out. The committee met yesterday aft ernoon and after the careful considera- -tion of the entire subject, not only in connection with South Carolina, but in connection with the matter from nation alstandpoint, decided that this convention cannot afford to put itself on record. the article having been brought here with this provision in it; that 1t will not keep 1t there and the committee is unanimous in this, that 1t should be an integral part of the constitution. But 1t is not only in dsference to public opinion, but from our own self-respect and protection that we desire to put it back there. Such pro- vision is in almost every constitution of the United States north of Mason and Dlxon's line. Every man who has been reading the northern papers must realize tilat we are being watched from one end of this country to the other We are al- ready twitted with proposing to perpetu- ate trickery and fraud and to strike down free American voters by our machina- tions and machinery. We have openly avowed one purpose to do certain things but we cannot openly avow this purpose. We ask you not to stulify this body, to put it on record that we propose to per 6etuate the conditions that have existed in the past, and we think you ought to give us some consideration. You invite attacks from congress to the supreme court of the United States and from all the enemies of South Carolina and all the enemies of the south and the friends of the negroes. But there Is another con- sideratlon. We have been laboring SO long under the fear of negro domination that In our efforts here to rectify our constitution and throw @ safeguard around our suffrage and the elections of this country we have been oblivious to the fact that we are making a consitu-