The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-09-30
HESTORM is OYER
And the Convention Of South Carolina
Will Go To Work.
GOVERNOR EVANS INTERVIEWED
The Governor Thinks the Mississippi
Plan, with Some Notifications,
Will Be Adopted.

| Columbia s. c. September z2-Without
| tho sligbt.st intimation of a coming hurri-
cane without a word of warning-as total
" unexpected as was the great ear'haudNe
| of some years ago-came the peIie0'
| clone of words and sensauohalisih ~
| characterized the opening day OF the So
| ond week of the session OF the cohsut'
! tional convention last week. SO far as any
one could foresee there was every i'iu
ton that the week would open Win peiieSs
Tranquility and that the tender ueoS
peace and harmony planted III the po'i.lIa'
field OF South Carolina would rapidly tahe
doom roof and grow to staunch dimensions.
BUT late Sunday night a little specK APP
peared on the horizon over in the direcuon
of Edgeheld Its name was Saluua anu
Tillmanic breezes were brushing IL oii"aru
But IL is useless to speak of It's dlmcnslohs
when II struck the convention nan ana
overturned the newly-planted trees. Ev-
erybody is perfectly familiar with what
transpired on that most sensational day.
And then there came the second Storm In
which The State (newspaper) inquired In
the last two days of the second week tho
convention has accomplished more towarus
the purpose for which 1t was caheu-the
framing of constituton-that IL mas III an
of the fortnight preceding.
The convention is now In condition
where il can go ahead and do the work LOT
which il was called-proceed to make
new constitution for the state OF South
Carolina that shall be in keeping with the
wishes of the leading men of the dominant
element.
The convention will probably start to
work on the most important committee re-
perS tsnsediately upon assembling tomor-
row moranS. and from that time onward
night sessions as well day sessions may
be looked for. Many of the sections OF
the leading articles reported will 80
through without debate to amount to any
thing.
The third week opens with practically
every idea that will he advanced already
presented to the convention and the public.
Really, the only thing that has remained in
the dark thus far has been the accepted
suffrage plan: and for several months IL
has been pretty well understood what that
plan would be. Now. however. by glance
at the interview with Governor Evans. who
Is president of the convention, given be-
low all doubt as to what the plan is has
been removed.
Committees Reports Have Precedence
The resolutions committees time limit ~
up for producing new schemes ana suSSes-
tons, and they will hardly even get
reference 10 "A standing committee. MI
the work from this time on will he devoted
10 ta,. consideration of the report of the
several committees. HtdAiS S4 ~ 49,
important Of which have been presented
ana To the consideration of amendments
that may be suggested from the hoor or
the convention. so far absolutely the only
thint- accomplished by the convention has
been tine establishment of Saluda county,
the adoption OF the resolution rebuking the
editor Of The STATE. and the awarding or
the convention printing to Charles a. Caivo
Many are expecting that the sessions OF
.he convention will continue through, at
the least, three weeks more. Some radical
changes have been recommended 10y the sew
eral committees which have so far report
ed. There is the proposition changing the
terms Of Office Of state officers and mem
bers Of the general assembly; the provision
for general debate on the matter of char
tering enterprises; the provision giving the
governor the power to veto part of a bill;
the provision fer a state board OF pardons;
the prov ision for manhood and woman sur
frage on a property qualification in NUM-
cipal elections affecting the issue Of bonds,
etc, ana so on.
Very little light has yet been thrown
upon the scheme for reorganizing the judi
cIarv and for dealing with corporations.
The new county scheme, providing for the
reduction Of the area, is rocking along ana
is sure 20 20 through in one form or an
other.
Governor Evans Interviewed.
Governor Evans, when asked last night
for an interview for the Southern Assocl-
ated Press. giving a summary OF the con
vention's work TO date and forecast OF
the work ahead, spoke as ioIoWs' ana
what ne says. in view OF his relations TO
the majority side, IS of course matter Of
widespread interest:
The work Of the convention so far has
been preliminary ana IL committee. but
Judging from the reports Of the committees
filed up to this time l am satisfied that
there will be very little wranglins and that
the work will be tremendously completed.
And | believe that it will be the best
constitution ever gotten up for any state.
There is some little tendency towards leg
islating too much. but ] believe that that
will be CXpunBCd 10y the convention as
whole. and that they will he governed by
tine general principles of government and
not by matters of legislation. The commit
tee reports will necessarily have great
force and they seem TO have been framed
with very great care, and the chances are
that they will be passed with but very
few changes. The most important commit
tees are agreed unanimously. am inform
ed. including the suffrage committee, and
the articles upon which we expected most
debate bid fair to be adopted with but very
little change from the committee reports.
| see no reason why the convention should
continue in session longer than October LIST,
certainly not longer than October 9TH.
las to the suffrage plan, there is but one
door open for Us, and that will be the unan-
inlous report of the suffrage committed /
believe that the vast majority of the mem
ber5 arc ready TO accept 1t now, but of
course there Will be some debate by one or
two members who have pet schemes What
/ mean is the Mississippi plan, with a few
notifications. That Is. that we Will pro-
Nldr That any person aggrieved shall have
a remedy by direct appeal to the courts.
leaving to the legislature to provide the
manner of holding and conducting elections
This report Will. of course preserve tho
eight-boX law and registration as now pro-
Vided.
am sorry to see that the ma ioritv of
the committee on executive departments re-
fuse to join in recommending giving to the i
governor power to remove defaulting otIi-
GERS i am satisfied. however that the
good sense of the majority of the conven-
ton will prevail and the minority report
VIII be adopted in this particular 1t is
ridiculous to say that the governor shall
see that the laws properly enforced
and give him dishonest and incompetent Of
hcialS to enforce them. with no power to re-
move or even suspend. There seems to be
disposition or fear on the part of some