The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-10-08

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all 1t is horrible as mstter o. la,
that a child be legitimate in one Stat
and under the band Of bastardy In an
other. And that is the way 1t is now
There are matters of legislation tha
should be common and 1t is almost Ger
tain that Congress will pass Law
making divorces one OF them. Whel
Congress enacts national divorc
law the Legislature should be able t.
enact laws conformable to it. Even |
Congress has no power to pass divorc
law, it has power to make legislativ,
enactments uniform In the States. III,
| Ii they want, let them have the power
to put divorce law in the Statut,
books.
Mr.. Hutson thought. that If In the
Judgment of the convention divorce,
should not be granted, Mr.. Sheppard
argument would fall to the ground
The advocates of divorces must show
that they are necessary for morality,
that they tesd to elevate society
They have failed to sustain eiUher o.
these positions.
Mr.. Breazcale did not believe that
the time would como when divorces
| would be necessary. He rather be-
| lieved that we are growing better and
pCoGOi' itO WOO otpooOo w " uiFOICS
| law not only on account of morality,
| but as a matter of economy. Nearly
| every session of the Legislature for
the past ten years has had divorce
bill before 1T, and to prevent this he
| favored no divorce in the constitution.
Mr.. McWhite said that he had for
several years while in the Legislature
advocated divorces. The command
ment against committing adultery was
sufficient justification for the adoption
of the amendment. Men and women
have gone to other States, gotten di-
vorces, returned here and remarked
and are now living in bigamy because
no protection has been thrown around
them.
Mr.. Bowman, in answering Lieuten-
ant Governor Timmermans speech of
the night before, when he read the
views of several eminent Baptist min
listers showing that divorces were
Scriptural, read directly opposite
opinions from DR.. Lansing Burrows
and the late DR.. Jas. @. Furman, both
of whom were eminent Baptists.
Mr.. Glenn wanted to know wheth er
divorces could be granted under the
constitution even if the Legislature
made no provision for them. Mr..
Henderson and Mr.. Sheppard both
Sdlu tlldI GnSy Coulu uOG.
The vote was then taken on Mr..
Bowmans amendment prohibiting di-
vorces on any ground in the State.
The ayes and noes were called, and re-
suited in the adoption Of the amend
ment by SO to 40.
Yeas: Aldrich, Alexander. Ashe,
Austin, Barton, Bates, Behre, Berry,
Bobo, Bowman, Breazeale, j. 5. Brice,
Buist, Byrd, Cantey, Carver, Connor,
Cooper, Cunningham, Dent, Douglas,
Doyle, Dudley, Ellerbe, Floyd, Gary,
Gilland, j. p. Glenn, Gooding, Gray,
Gunter, Hamel, Harris, Harrison,
Hay. Haynsworth, Henry, Hers
Houser, Howell, Hutson, Irby, Il. E
johnson, Willie Jones, Klugh. Lee,
Lowman, Lybrand, McCalla, McCown,
McDermotte, MCGOWAN, Matthews,
Meares, Mitchell Moore, Nathan,
Otis, Parler, PARROT, Patterson, Pat.
ton, Perritte, Redfearn, Rowland,
r.. T.. Smith, w. G. Smith, Smoak,
Sprott, Stribling, Talbert, G. d. Till
man, Won Konlitz, Waters, Watson,
Wells, Wharton, a. III. White, S. +.
White, Stanyarne Wilson, Winkler-
&c.
Nays: Anderson, Atkinson, Barry,
Bowen, II. w. Brice, Dennis, w. D.
Evans, Farrow, Field, Fitch, Fraser,
Gage, Garrs, j. l., Glenn, Graham,
Hemphill. d. S. Henderson, VIM. Hen
derson, Hodges, Jcrvey, George John
stone, Keitt, T.. j. Kennedy, j. w.
Kennedy, McMakin, McWhite, Miller,
j. ID. Montgomery, w. j. Montgomery,
Morrison, Nicholson. Peake, Ragsdale,
L. II. Reed, Rogers, Rosborough, Shop
pard, Smalls, Stackhouse, Sullivan,
Taylor, b. II, Tillman, Zimmerman,
Wnipoer, Wigg, w. B. Wilson, Wood
ward--49.
Senator Tillman then offered an
amendment to add the words, but the
courts Of this State shall recognize
and give full credit to the judgment of
the courts of other States in divorce
cases." He said we have had portray
ed the evils Of children being born in
Legitimacy in other States, while
they are legally bastards in an
other. believe it was carried
to the United States courts, he said,
they could get redress. 1t is the fun
damental law of the country that the
act of one State shall be recognized in
other States. 1t is a matter of simple
justice. It's an injustice for woman
to get a divorce out of the State and
come back here and claim II right to
part Of the property of her husband.
Mr.. Patton said that he would vote
against the amendment. He would
rather vote for Mr.. Henderson's
amendment. Under the Tillman pro-
vision our courts will have to recog-
nize divorces granted in other States
for the many common and Goddess rea-
sons that prevail. That will be the
inevitable result OF that amendment.
1t makes the divorce laws of ovher
States operate Immediately in our
State and If we are to have divorces at
all let us have law Of our own.
Mr.. MCGOWAN said he thought the
amendment was surplusage. If both
parties are under the jurisdiction of q
nize such divorces. Mr.. Klugh offered
as substitute that the General AS
scmbly may legitimatize the children
of parents divorced in another State.
Mr.. Patton moved to lay the motion
on the table:
Senator Tillman said the object he
desired to attain was to give relief tC
innocent children. We don't want q
married woman either to run oil and
get q divorce and have dover in her
husbands land.
Mr.. Henderson again offered his
amendment as substitute for the
whole matter. This was ruled out oil
order. Mr.. Klugh's amendment was
voted down.
Mr.. Bowman moved to lay Senator
Tillman's amendment on the table
which was adopted.