The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-09-25

ton they did has been much talked Of.
Both Senator Tillman and Senator Irby
were on their mettle, and gave the Con-
vention the very best that they had in
their storehouse Of eloquence and thun-
der. There can be no question of the
vast influence Of Senator Tillman over
certain of the members Of the Convention,
but In this particular case it seemed from
the preponderanee OF Che argument that
the people of the Immediate section
wanted the new county named Saluda,
and that fact, perhaps more than anything
else, influenced the action of the Conyen-
ton.
The second occasion on which "things
broke loose'' was in the vote vindicating
President Evans from the charge of
Intentionally" falsifying avote in con-
nection with the Saluda-B Butler county
matter, and censuring the State newspa-
per on account Of an editorial that was
published in that paper. Mr.. Patterson,
OF Barnwell, introduced resolution In
which it was resolved "and wedo declare
the statement in the aforesaid editorial to
be unsustalned by the facts and untrue"
After series Of vigorous speeches, chief
among which was that OF Senator Till
man, the resolution was passed by vote
of i23 TO %. It was during this debate
that there was a lively tilt between Sena-
tor Tillman and Maj. Theo. Barker, OF
Charleston, who In the most collected
manner possible called Senator Tillman
to order for questioning his motives and
charging him with injecting factionalism.
Senator Tillman, after the vote, apologize
ed to any member whom he might have
offended in the heat Of debate.
i The general expectation now Is that the
skirmishes are all over and that the Con-
5vention viii yet down to hard work.
Several Of the important committees have
reported, and the proposed sections for
the new Constitution are now ready for
consideration.
& The Committee on the Legislative De-
partmer,t Is one Of the first that proposed
q section for adoption. It recommends
four-year terms for members Of the
House and Senate, with annual sessions
of the General Assembly. The commit
tee wants to get the salary matter out of
way Of the stump speaker, and proposes
to fix it in the Constitution, and has sug-
gested that members salaries be fixed at
$3. Another proposition incorporated In
the Constitution, as recommended, Is to
make members Of the Legislature inellgi
BILE for election to any positions to be
elected by the members themselves.
This is done to prevent any juggling
tions are to be filled. The Legislative
Committee proposes to fix the homestead
law 30 that in the event Of the sale Of a
homestead that the money 30 derived
will have to be reinvested In another
homestead. Some such provision will be
insisted upon, although many members
think that its chief effect will be to
deprive those who are most in need of
credit of tbs basis Of the credit they now
enjoy by being able to pledge that amount
4 OF, property which tits proposed to reserve
against such use. The proposed section
provides that all Senators are to be elected
in November, 1899.
An important and entirely new section
comes through the Committee on NUM-
cipal Corporations and Police Regula-
tions. Full provision is made for all city
elections, and the first step towards fe-
male suffrage is made by this Committee
in its Recommendation that women hold
ing property be allowed to vote in cleo
tions involving the increase Of the bonded
indebtedness. This plan will be vigor-
ously opposed. The Committee recon-
mends section that will cover the Dis
pensary, and the State Is given the right
through the Legislature to license the
liquor traffic to corporations or individll-
ais, or to engage In it through State or
Comfy agents. This Committee makes
the maximum limit for municipal in
debtedness ten per cent. of the entire
value of property, while the Committee
on Finance and taxation limits it to eight
per cent.
Closely allied to the suffrage problem
is that of providing for the schools.
There is q popular wave here just now In
favor OF the public schools, and 1t is safe
to say that ample provision will be made
for their support. The COMMITTEES on
Finance and Taxation has proposed that
at no time shall more than one-sixth OF
the school fund be used for higher educa-
tional institutions, and 10 this way the
friends Of higher education are expected
to rally to the common schools. The
Finance Committee recon mends two
mills and dollar poll tax, and the Edu-
cation Committee will recommend about
the same, although many members want
a three mill tax, The great fight is going
to be on the distribution Of the school
fund. The committees seem to think
that there is constitutional objection to
providing that the school fund be dis
tributed through the Constitution or paid
under its direction to either of the races.
The present purpose seems to be to leave
the manner Of distribution to the Legis-
lature, 80 that fit cannot stand the tiIe
Of legal test it may be changed. An
other plan by which it is intended to in
crease the common school fund is by pay
ing all the School Com missioners, Exam.
iners, Superintendent and other official
salaries out of the general school fund,
and divert to this school fund all money
derived from the forfeiture of lands or
from escheated estates.
The Committee on Militia will report q
section which will make 1t compulsory
on the Legislature to provide for the
Support of needy Confederate veterans
or their widows. The intention of the
committee Is to make the Confederate
pension something more substantial than
it now is, and the Legislature will be
asked to increase the pension fund to
$l00, 1000, twice what it now Is.
Fortunately for the serenity Of the pro-
ceedings, all Of the new county schemes
have been told to refer their grievances
to the General Assembly. Provision is
likely to be made that new counties may
be formed after certain conditions have
been complied with. There will be
fight as to the area Of the new counties,
and it is understood that the Committee
on New Counties. will report that new
counties may be created with 400 square
miles, provided the present counties are
not cut down to less than 500 square miles.
The Committee on the Bill of Rights
has made preliminary report, and two
of the interesting Suggestions in that
clause are /: there shall be no whipping
post, and that no one shall be imprisoned
in the penitentiary on contempt proceed
ings. There are regulations as to the
right of search and seizure.
The Committee on Suffrage will not
make its report until the latter part of the
week. The committee has given patient
hearing to those who have suggested
various schemes for the solution of the
suffrage problem, including the women,
who are advocating female suffrage. The
committee will try and get out all the
good things that have been suggested by
the various members, not including
female suffrage, and make up plan that
is expected to be generally acceptable.
From what can be understood the plan
will be modified form of the famous
Mississippi plan. In word, the idea is
to have straight educational qualifica-
ton, which, however, is not to apply for
some time, and in the meanwhile the
gates are to be left open in order that the
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