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

and complete the constitutional struct-
Eye In january next. 1t came from
farmers who urged that they were
needed~at homo whore they were los
ing q great deal of money. Tillman
urged That he would be needed at that
time at Washington, where his cam
paign promise is out to prog Cleveland
with p~itchforks and like offensive i'm
plements. This argument was q knock
downer and the body resolved to pro-
coed with their work to a finish. Dele
gate Wharton wanted speeches limited
to ten minutes but the suggestion was
throttled promptly and there is still no
limit to elegant CAB.
The Dispensary matter, it was under
stood, was to be left out of the constitu-
ton, and RENTED to the wise men who
compose and are to compose the Gen
eral Assembly yet it was lugged into
the instrument, with effect, as we
RATHER, to debar license to retailers.
andleave the whiskey monopoly to the
agents OF the powers that be, whoever
they may be, in the distant and doubt
I full future. The matter OF divorce or
NO divorce caused considerable debate.
h affirmative and negative sides both
claimed their fight in the interest Of
woman, divine woman, and especially
the. grandest woman in all the world,
the Carolina woman, and plumed and
= boosted their much chivalry and the
incompatible gallantry of the South
Carolina chevelier. The proud and
unique" position of South Carolina, as
r standing alone among all the commu-
mites of the big, round globe, on this
question, in great, big sounding
perfc2s, sounded and resounded
through the gAend Hall was overwhel-
ming, and SO Incorporation was killed
dead and is buried until another gem
%eaation shall demaMa revision of the
fundamental law. Henderson, OF Aiken,
very ably urged that for one, the
s. Scriptural cause, it should be allowed
and to this extent we entirely agree
with this broad and liberal delegate
Norrowness, hyprocicy, bigotry and
New England puritanism has largely
AIKEN procession of the State. Educa-
tion is the only cure. We are per-
suaded that the work ofthe convention,
however, will be q fairly good work;
much better than we were led to antic-
lpate. We are free to confess that the
good result, will be largely due to B.
Il. Tillman himself, who stands as a
stalwart check upon the dozens of
cranks and impracticable crooks, who
swarm In the convention and compose
the majority. Providence some times
takes care of us, and it was fortunate
Tor the State, now and hereafter, that
Sheppard and Barker were in the body
and taking a deep interest in this most
Important work.
The proposition that all factory towns
of 1000 inhabitants be incorporated
whether the people desire it or no, was
killed, Notwithstanding it was a pet
measure OF Benjamin, aided by Wilson,
Irby and Talbert, and the Laurens del
egation. A skeleton of the judicial
article has been presented; it creates
four Judges for the Supreme Bench,
makes the tenure eight years, and the
same for Circuit Judges. All wrong,
and extremely a~ristocratic and Bour-
bonistic. -Four years is long enough;
one lawyep'of fair skill in his profess
,~sionfs"about as fit for a Judge as an
other, as the world goes. Put the
names of all the lawyers in the State
in a hat and let a blind boy draw and
he will get as good a set as will be
chosen by the present or any other leg
islatnre. ClOthe o fool In ermine and
mount him on q pedestal, and we, us
and company consider him a Solomon,
OF course, satisfied that no ordinary
mortal could roach so lofty a station.
! Strip him of his robes, take him down
from his eyre, and he is Dick, Tom or
Z Harry. But you can't expect the Con-
ventiOnists to be wise all the time
Even Jupiter mods occasionally.
The educational provision of a three
Spifl tax should be two mills, and with
able legislature and wise legislation
providing for an honest assessment of
property in this State, fifty millions
would be added to the tax lists, and
there would be plenty OF money for all
purposes.
AS we have said, the indications are
now that the Constitution will be q
fairly good one, but it is too elaborate.
has got too much in it, and is certain
to be cumbersome and clumsy. The
suffrage makeshift is likely to be an
Improvement on the present status,
but 1t is q makeshift as OF necessity,
and we don't challenge it or object to
it. We only mean to say here that it
is a difficult matter for any set of men
to settle, and we can only hope that
the result will bring about a better
state of things(in tho State than has
appei lined for four years. There
should be little for the white people to
divide on when the body %adjourns, but
we have become chronically cantan.
: kerous, and are likely to carp on who
holds the offices, If on nothing more
important.
Since dotting the above, the body
has taken q recess and are at home
with their constituency, and have until
the 18th inst. TO ruminate upon the
measures before them, as reported by