Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-09
aetistellaneous aeading.
The CONVENTION ADJOURNS.
The Delegates Decide to Take Ten Days In
Which to Catch Their Breath.


cure an adjournment on Tuesday fail
ed to 90. Senator Tillman and Others
opposed it, and it was voted down
The majority also voted down propo-
sition to take a recess for 10 days
1t developed later, however, that a
majority of the delegates thought a re-
cess was the proper thing. Quite a
number of delegates were sick with
broken bone fever, many of the farm
ers wanted to 20 home to look after
their crops, and it was understood
that whether they could get excused
or not, most of the lawyers would be
absent on salesday. Therefore, on
Thursday, Senator Tillman renewed
the motion for a recess of 10 days, and
this time the proposition carried like a
flash.
THURsDAY-TWENT DAY.
Mr.. Patterson moved to limit the
speeches to 10 minutes, except on con,
sent of the convention. The colored
delegates wanted to except the suf,
frage article. Mr.. Sheppard said he
thought it would he false economy to
fix any limit. 1t would be better, he
said, to allow every delegate full and
free expression of opinion. Mr.. Won
Kolnitz thought if there was to be any
limit to speeches, the time should be
fixed at 80 minutes. Mr.. G. D. Tillman
said if there was to be any limit to de-
bate, there should be two rules. When
a committee made a report, there
should be a general debate on the
whole article. The convention could
decide how much time might be given
to general debate, and this time might
be divided among the members accord
ingly, giving an equal amount of time
to either side of the different PROPOSE
tions. The matter was discussed al
length; and Patterson's resolution
was finally adopted.
Mr.. Aldrich moved to strike out Sec
ton "a, which provides for the nullifi.
ton of marriages between whites and
colored. He said that it was altogeth-
er matter for legislation, and it was
not necessary to name in the constitu-
ton one crime and not another.
The Negro delegate Wigg, referred
to the inter-marriage of the races else
where and spoke as though he wanted
the practice legalized in this State.
The convention began to see the
point. Mr.. Johnstone said that the
Negroes were trying to make the con-
vention either recede from the position
it had taken, or legalize intermar.
riages. He for one was willing to deal
with the matter just as circumstances
NAV seem to demand, and leave the
outside world to think as it pleases.
Senator Tillman moved to amend
the section under discussion 80 as to
make it read as follows:
Section 33. The marriage of white
person with Negro or mulatto, or person
who shall have any Negro blood, shall be
unlawful and void, and the parties to such
marriage shall be punished as the general
assembly shall prescribe.
Considerable discussion followed on
the proposition. Some of the delegates
wanted to draw line somewhere.
They thought it would be we'll to per-
NIT intermarriages in cases where
there was, say only one-eighth or one
sixteenth Negro blood; but the con-
vention would have nothing of the
kind. Senator Tillman's amendment
was adopted by vote of SO to SS.
Wigg got the floor and took occa.
sion to thank Senator Tillman for his
help in the matter; but said that the
section was not exactly what the COL
ored people wanted. 1t was their
desire to prevent miscegenation. Till
man said that when the proper article
came before the house that if Wigg
would include miscegenation, he would
vote for it. "Why not vote for it now" "
shouted Wigg. "Stand to the rack
like white men it belongs here" Mr..
Prince said that he was tired of the
insolence from Wigg's automatic
mouth, and called for the previous
question.
At the night session, Senator Till
man moved that when the convention
adjourns on Friday, it stand adjourned
until October Is at IL m, and that no
pay be allowed during the recess,
except for mileage. The motion car
ried by a vote of S3 to 3S. Messrs. A.
H. and S. E. White voted against the
recess. Mr.. Brice voted for it. The
votes of Messrs. Wilson and Ashe are
not recorded.
Mr.. Stanyarne Wilson made an
effort to a reconsideration of the vote
whereby towns were authorized to
exempt manufacturing enterprises
from taxation; but was unsuccessful.
There was quite lively discussion
over a proposition to abolish the right
of dover in real estate. The matter
was not settled.
FRIDAY-TWENTY-FIFTH DAY.
The proposition to do away with the
right of dover came up again, and
after considerable discussion it was
decided by vote OF 80 to Is to incor-
porate the right of dover in the con-
stitution.
The following, offered by Mr. Pat
ton, was adopted
Resolved, That we, the delegates of the
people of South Carolina, assembled in
convention for the purpose of framing a
constitution for free and independent
people, extend our hearty sympathy to
the Cuban patriots now struggling for the
sane precious right: =,
Resolved End, That we call upon the
Federal government to recognize the Gu
bans ~ belgerents as soon as the rules OF
international law shall permit.
A memorial signed by a number Of
women and asking the convention to
grant woman suffrage, was received as
information.