The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-09-25
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Senator Tillman is unquestonably
the most influential man In the con.
vention.
Mr.. Patterson who rushed to the pro.
.ection Of his friend. President Evans,
NAV be nice man, we know nothing to
the contrary. but be is the sort of friend
that we would pray to be delivered
from.
Senator Irby aud Senator Tillman
may hate each other. but when the ne
eessi:y arises they will pull together IN
State politics.
The Constitutional Convention has
wasted about week 10 wrangliDg over
matters that are in nowise related to
the framing of the organic Law Of the
State. First it was the row over the
naming of Salada county; then 1t was
the row about the editorial 10 The Stcte.
And the worst part Of the waste of time
was taat Ben Tillman seized the oppor-
sun;sy to stir up enough bitterness and
hell and damnation. az he dttingly
terms it, to embitter the entire Conven. :.
tion. The FIRST week the Convention
vas decorous deliberative body from
which the people of the State we're en-
couraged to expect much good the
second week it has borne striking re-
semblauce to a tom-cas fight. The
Con invention should reform itself and get
to work.
The action Of the Constitutional Con.
vention 10 the matter OF The States
editorial criticism of President Evans
was both unfortunate and foolish. Gov.
Evans did misstate vote, and the
proof is iodisputable on this point. but
wbeo his statement vas questioned
another vote was ordered aud the re-
suit was accepted as satisfactory aud
tia /! oy Senator Irby who objected to
,h. statement of the first vote by Pres
;isut Evans. The State has right to
its opiniou Of Mr.. John Gary Evans,
even it does, as 10 this instance,
give ill-advised expression to it's opio-
ion. Ii was merely single opio-
ion az it irst stood. but when
Mr.. Patterson introduced bis asiDine
resolutions the public was forced
10 the CONCLUSION. that there was
a very strong presumption that The
States opinion was we'll founded The
Convention has succeeded in making a
ridiculous spectacle of itself, has given
The State mighty advertisement and
left it in a stronger position than it
would have occupied bad the editorial
been quietly ignored. As we view it.
the editorial of The State was i'll sd-
vised and calculated to stir up venom
where every interest deuanded the sb-
sepce of venom, aud we sincerely regre,
that so much feeling should have beeu
created by 80 small matter.
We hope the convention will favor.
ably consider the proposition to pro
vide more substantially for the Con
federate veterans The ranks are
growing thinner and thinner eacl
year aud many of them are in need O
assistance They are disabled and
incapable OF making a support fol
themselves, and now is the time that
they should receive substantial! as
sistance. The small pittance they
now receive is wholly inadequate te
their necessities.
The memorial addressed to the Con
s:itutional Convention by numbe
of the colored citizens of this county
is on the right line, and asks no more
than every citizen should have, ane
no less than any citizen has right t.
expect. They ask for uniform
impartial, fair, unecuivocal and uu
cbapgeable regulation of the suffrage
which we all desire and with les
than which we cannot be satisfied
A majority ofthe intelligent citizens o
Souti. Carolina desire qualification
of the suffrage that will eliminat