The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-11-27
A SURFEIT OF GOOD THINGS.
THE CONVENTION SICK OF DEBATE AND
NEWSPAPER FAME.

THE CONVENTION SICK OF DEBATE AND
NEWSPAPER FAME.
The Delegates Think That il il High
Time They We're at Home, and the
public will Agree With Them
Their Work is Virtually Done.
and for the Most Part Well Done,
md the Delegates May COngratu.
late Themselves on Having Met.
the Resulting Better Acquafht-
ance and Better Feeling Being
Even More Valuable Than the
New Constitution.
News and Courier
Columbia November 2l.-There is snch a
thing as getting enough oi even tnu ueso sor =" o
things. The Constitutional convention noa a
70 % many OF the mem bers, and. as Col. Talbert
would charge. many let their autoIiatle 'hare
mouths run just TO hear them 60: imele
was q lime when we'll rounded ana rhetorlcaI
sneecbes were the delight OF the members
and visitors, and when an hours speech was
quite the fashion. Things have changed won
derfplly since then. Ieh,nlnuIe SpeeSars PEE go
even anxious at times to divide the minutes.
The members, now that they nave peen
inrced 10 make short speeches ana eXpana-
tions, seem to have deVeopeu tnv ,; fniiy,V VI
SeI.lns Sois ~ worv ,nnch MS II members have been
seized with general weariness coupieu VIII WIZ,
desire to get home, many are bent upon geG G
ting through in time TO go TO Atlanla, anG
Iihe sssteeripg committee" has helped mateTl-
aIly In expediting the work Of the booy' 10
fact many things have consplred 10 Iusn @ l,e ne
work and the members are quite wllllnS w
90 through the strain OF q ten.hour session u
they can only see the prospect lof returning
10 ther business and families ,,,
The "steers," as they are popuiarly known,
are getting more acceptable. and the fact tnat
thew have saved much time seems TO counter
act much Of the feeling against tneIn WuIon hos
was shown at the outset. Ine tn,hott.y ih ;y,r,oiI
ment OF the debate, and now natlels a. aie
moving along without that element VI ir'e
tIop. .,. o, soop,s
To be to get through with the various articies
by Tuesday night. and If need pc 10 Ie,uln n,
here the next week and receive the rePotis Pi, ",
the committee on order, style ana Ievision Iei
and ratify the Constitution. The steering
Committee promise that this can be done anu
the members are hoping that the promise Will
he fulfilled.
WORK PRACTICALLY FINISHED
Every article of the new Constitution has
been practically agreed upon, none Oh tne ar
ticles remaining lof Inc 1o sec9n1 aereed MON
and ordered to be enrolled are on tne Calen
dar for third reading, which is the hnai con,
sideration. The calendar shows that tnefe
nance and taxation, education, legislative
department and judicial department. inc
other matters that are TO be considered are OF
somewhat minor importance, oelng pnop,4iss' ,iss
tions for the creation of special new counties
the payment OF Court expenses by the stare
the creation of a sinking fund 70 pay COUNT ny
publications and operations OF the new Con-
stitution. or ,h.
unfinished business for the genera , tu'e ,on 70
foh Sec
ond reading, and 1t Is exceptional "hen
changes are made on the third reading. for
instance, In the article on corporations
which was considered yesterday, tnere wers S
very few changes of any consequence and
those with reference TO street car lines ano
the surrender of the common law LIABILITY on
freight by contract were the only maoer'ai
changes. Ill, l..
The general opinion is that there Will be
more litigation resulting from the article on
corporations than almost any otner tnat a nas
been adopted. Some seem to think the Pro.
visions of this article drastic, others that II Is
purely legislative. Others that 1t has under.
taken too much Thiie sne % fnr tbe o COM
mon good OF the people and may as wen Te
fixed in the Constitution, so as 70 aVo,d
changes by the Legislature.
=. TO SUSTAIN THE COLLEGES.
The article on education, which seems to be
growing in popularity, will be considered 10.
morrow, and the expectation Is that the only
higher educational institutions and the use o!
the dispensary profits for the schools. Inc
likelihood is that mandatory provision,
with maximum amount OF taxes @ 10 De , nsea
provision leaves 1t discretionary TO continue
any of the States Colleges, and members
think that If the Legislature be restricted 10
the amount of money TO be appropriated, the
mandatory provision will prevail. Some OF
the members continue to oppose the use OF
the dispensary profits for the SCHOOLS, put
have not yet made any fight against such use
of the profits, and have decided majority
against them. The intention Is 10 nave the
dispensary profits 60 towards blottlng out Tue
sarY sapt account the only constitutional tax
that would be imposed would be the
three mills and the one dollar poll TAX,
as the three.mill tax; the poll taS anS tne n als
lars that is constltutionally provided for each
pupil. There are some OF the members who
continue to think that the people DO not
want more than a two-mill tax and do not
want to make even that constitutional.
There may be some contention as to whether
all of the dispensary profits should go direct
ly 10 the school fund or wnether tne muhlci- ,hna
now do. The fairness of giving the city It's
share Of the profits seem to be generally nc
knowledged.
THE HOMESTEAD.
The legislative committee report seems to
have abounded in snags, and the homestead
matter perhaps consumed more time in de-
bate than any other one question that was
considered by the Convention. A month ago
the article seemed to have been agreed upon,
but the very provision that JAILED at thai
time was carried through this week. thereby.
II Is thought, making the homestead more OF
protection than at first, the essential points
OF the entire provision being mo waiver,
mortgage or other lien shall be permitted TO
defeat exemption in lands after the home
stead has been claimed" The only fear
about this provision is that it will cut off the
base of credit OF the very class OF people IL Is
expected to assist.
In the last moments OF consideration Of the
article Mr.. McMahan's provision as to foreign
land ownership and DR.. Doyles protection OF
small estates were accepted without much
question.
BLACK AND WHITE.
No matter where the race question has pre-
sented itself during the progress OF the Con-
vention it has been the occasion OF much de-
bate, and the representatives OF both races
seem bent upon keeping them as distinct as
possible. The discussion on the question OF
mscegenation showed a great deal OF the
feeling that prevails in this and all other
Southern communities on the race problem.
THE DIVORCE FLOP.
, The provision of the section recognizing d.
yorceS granted In other States, where marrl-
age actually occurred in other States, and one
OF the contracting parties was not citizen OF
mental effect OF the letter read by Senator
Tillman than because the Convention wished
TO recognize any form of divorce. 1t was the
peculiar circumstances that have been
brought about in communities and which
appealed directly to members, that induced
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