The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-10-09

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crease the per diem of its own mem
bers, and members of the general as
sembly, when convened, shall receive
the same compensation as is fixed by
law for the regular session and no
other.
SECTION THIRTY -FOUR.
The section over which there was
something of sensation. on ,,Weupes:.
day pight, caused by the Smalls reso-
luton. was then called up.
Mr.. Aldrich moved to strike outsec
ton 3i.:* Why was it necessary to
name one crime and not name all?
Was the crime mentioned more helm
Gus than murder, manslaughter, ETC.?
They had done wrong to put that Sec
ton in there. and they could not pass
cnd stand before the world without
passing something else Supposed
reference to the Smalls amendment.
Mr. johnson, aftera speech in which
declared that God Almighty, declared
the speaker never joined together the
African and the AngloSaxon,
He moved to lay all amendments on
the table.
MIR. Tlllman attempted to get the
floor.
MIR. B. R. Tillman believed that if
an indiscreet act had been committed,
the gentleman from Barnwel: :(Mr.
Aldrich) was responsible forit in try
bing to obliterate section 81. Theques
ton was here; should we not meet it
like men2 Whether the committee
was wise in bringing in the section he
would not say. If we pass law max
ing it. unlawful for intermarrlage: OF
the races, We cannot IN common JUS
tice refuse to punish white man for
ssbauching a negro woman. He Of
fered this amendment and substitute,
the amendment to follow sectlon:34:
And. the parties, to such marriage,
upon CONVICTIONS shall be punished as
tie general assembly may prescribe. "
Section So. Any white person who
shall live and caohsbit with negro or
mulatto, or person who shall have any
negro blood. shall be e'guilty'of a,riis:
demeanor, and shall be. punished as
| the general assembly may prescribe.
We dare not, said Mr.. Tillman, pub
lish it broadcast that after this ques-
ton has come up we are afraid to act
upon it.
Mr.. Johnstone declared that his mo-
ton was pending, and Mr.. Tillman's
amendment.w was out of order.
1t was SO held.
Mr.. TTl,aan said that the question
having been presented here, it should
be acted on. Alluding to the sentl-
ment at the north, he declared that
we knew nothing about it de#n-here.
They looked upon the intermarriage OF
races as natural, and he supposed we
would be forced to shake them up
there in this matter. Public sentiment
wasindicated when the last census for
New. York State showed that 1900
white women were wives of negro
men. He had seen white girls walters
in Massachusetts, under orders of a
negro head waiter. He had seen-a
sad sight-a pretty girl, evidently with
gentle blood in her veins. butwho had
becomepoor, "a rried to negro, and
with two mulatto children. He cited
these things to show our ignorance
| OF nOrLnern SentlmeuL.
Mr.. Tillman then moved to lay all
pending amendments on the table:
This was carried with little opposition
by viva voce vote, the convention
not seeming to realize that they thus
disp6sed of the Cooper amendment to
Smalls' amendment, which they adopt
ed the night previous after lengthy
debate by vote of.slQ3. to %, and
which reads as follows:
.''And that any white person VINO
shall live and cohabit with a negro or
mulatto or person who shall have one
elgth or more of negro blood shall be
disqualified from holding any office of
emelument or trustin this State D.
The question turned upon motion
BY Mr.. 6. D. Tillman to reconsider
the vote by which the amendmenttot the
original section, offered by Mr.. John
stone, was adopted. That amendment
inserted any instead of "one-eighths
or more" so that no intermarriage OF
white persons with one of any negro
blood is permitted.
Mr.. Johnstone spoke earnestly
against striking out his amendment.
He wanted Anglo-Saxon pure rule and
.Apglo-Saxon pure blood supreme in
this State. He was opposed to any IN
term!xture, whether there was 1:16 or
1872.
Mr.. Sigh-Would you force man
of 1-16 or 1872 to 60 back and raise up
negroes. I should think it better to
raise up white families. Otherwise,
it seems to me, it would be unjust.
Mr.. Johnstone declared it would be.
better by far to keep the man of all
ages in the negro ranks than to mon
grelize the races. If you are going to
keep them separate, keep them separ-
ate. If you are going to take down
the barrier, take it down.
After further discussion the motion
to table Mr.. B. R. Tillman's amend
ment, reading and the parties to such
marriages shall be punished as the
general assembly may prescribe, was
lost, SO to 33, as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Barker, Behre, Brice,
J. S.; Cunningham, Douglass, Evans.
w. D.; Farrow, Fraser, Gage, s9am::
BILE, Garris, Gary, Gilland, Glenn, J.
L.; Gray, Jervey, Johnstone, Jorge,
Kennedy, Z. j.; Klugh, Lee. Meares,
Peake, Ragsdale, Read, J. H; Red
fearn, Sigh, Stribling, Taylor, Till
man, G. D.; White, A. H; White, S.
E.; Wilson, W. B.-3355:
Nays-Alexander, Austin, Barry,
Barton, Bobo, Bowen, Bowman, Brea-.
zeale, Buist, Burn, Byrd, Cantey, Car
yer, Clayton, Connor, Cooper, DELAY,
Dennis, Dent. Doyle, Dudley, Efrd,
Ellerbe, Field, Fitch, Glenn, J. P;
Gooding, Gunter, Hamel, Harris,
Harrison, Haynsworth, Hsnder-
son, D. s.. Henderson, VIM. Henry,
J Hers -HLsser -Hasser. Howell. -Hutson, Irby,
johnson, T. E.. Jones' Wine: Eeeiitt;
Kennedy, J. w; Lowman, McCalla,
McCaslan, +NcCown, McDermotte, Nc