The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-11-06
Constitutional Convention.
Work Done During the Past
Week.
COLUMBIA. November i, 1895.

frage issue. When the campaign was
at It's height the Importance OF white
supremacy vas urged w:Eh eli possible
force. so il was that w!:e;: the C2aven
tiou net the greatest i.teres' was 'nsnl-
Tested iu the suffrage plan that :Sou!c be
! adopted fer rhe future regulation o: sae
suffrage in this STATE. The Convention
has ,assed this stage aud is nots oct CT
the ,hroes oe the suffrage Ga;ser. mucn
to the delight Of everyone. Fer a
long tine no one scemed to kn3v exact
!y eha; was to be reported by the Com-
n;ttse on Suffrage, OF whico Senator
T;llmau, is chairman, except saas It w@s
to b. so,uething like the Misssssip2
plan That was DOT pleasing to those
WHO wanted 10 clarity tie eiect;ous III
the State out the com@;e:ee repari was
altogether surprise. Concessions
were made to the conservative meulosrs
and 10 the. way the coun,!t:ee made a
unanimous report and presented q solid
front. Senator Irby, 10 talking about
the committee remarked that it lacked
as if whenever an attack vas ua5e On
the report tha: vas one behind the log
waiting to fre. The coami:tee wss a
strooe Que aud seemed to Be we'll or
ganized. Senate. Eill.nan aad Mr. }.
P K Bryan. Of C5acss!oa, took the
most active part 10 the defense 2t &c
committee report. Ssnato: fillaian
was the general 10 charge and N]r.
Brysa, was called upoa to represent the
legal side Of the argument aud to this
technical legal arguneD;, was due
much Of the success o: quietly bur3iug
some Of the other p:oposi,io1a that had
becn presented.
When the committee report came 10
it was generally realized that it V7culd
be adopted, for the lack of something
better. The conservatives and refarm
ers generally accepted the plan as The
bes: that could be haa TIE ccnseT-
yatives seemed to give the proposition
more general support than vas e3-
pected. The Chief objection on ihei:
part was ca account Of she under
standing aud explaining" clause; out
it was shown that this vas abont tie
only way by which the illiterate w's''es
of the S:ase could be eofrancaise1 and
there seemed to be general o>si:,. 70
allow those now OF age who were ILL.,
,sra,e to quality. The illitera'e classes
are to be le; ii for Two years, ap':,.r toe
Notwithstanding ond explaining c.s':se,
and after that ail electors. before ''=iaS
accepted, uust be able 70 both rea.i aud
write, OF pay eazes ca $500, and :auss
have paid al! taxes due six uon;:@:s oe-
fore an electio,: The property quail
Gca;ioa is made 81; alternative, az! IS
expected to let in onc.5er Of yoehs
meo who bappeo 10 o~a $500 vorta Of
prapcrty, but VINO are unable 10 Tesd
AID write
1t vas to De expected ;:s*: tie nsgro
race would not be sss;>Gs.! Nth sny
proposition OF which she auuoaneed
purpose was to cut doan tic coiored
vo.e to the loves, marx :a:.oscoccl be
done withous conieg IL oorAios With
the Fedora! Consti:u;ion
The colore6 meuocfs were TIE Egst
to take the Aoor against the plan as
reported. aud they Kept Up ;ncir fight
until the battle vas ever &::fl tie sec
tion adopted.
Tie report vithss9od = strong Gre,
and cane cut substantially as reported;
at least SO far as the Couveut;oa bad
gone before agreeing to = recess.
First Of all ca1uc :ae woman saifra-
sist, a2d their uamoera varied from 70
to - They we're vanquis5ed, bat it
is the preses: iu:enticy Of the woclan
saHragipt to try again on the third read
ing &C the bill or TO have it added ou
toe present reading Gen. Hemphill,
Mr. Ciaytou, Of Florence, ard Mr
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