The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-09-26

proposed new county of Greenwood
and the Buffers have been born in tho
new county that is to be given that
name.
Col. II. B. Watson, Of Edgetield, said
that he had no feeling in the matter,
that his ancestors and those of Gen.
Butler had been killed side by sdo in
the Revolutionary war, but the people
Of 1.-THE new county wanted it called Salu-
da, and that was why he favored the
name. He said he had no sympathy
mons names and characters, and he for
one was not ashamed of the record
that Calbraith Butler had made :;
neither was he ashamed of tho name
he had made in the Senate. in rs or on
the battlefield.
The convention was ready for u vote,
and the aye and nay vote was called
On the subject Of tabling the report to
change the name from Saluda to But
ler, and the convention did the justice
of callingthe new county Butler, by the
following vOte Yeas, for Saluda, "a: :
nays, forButler, rs.
The report adopting the change Of
name was then adopted and tho But
ler County ordinance was given the
third reading without further debate.
Il tOc
the fact that the sooner it was Cotton
outOf the way the better it would be for
all concerned, and with the gates be-
ing shut to oil others, there seemed to
be no objection to the old Saluda Coun-
ty plan going through, especially as
the entire territory came from Edge
field County.
THE PRINTING OF THE CONVENTION,
The next matter for discussion was
that of the printing for the convention.
The committees report on the cost of
q stenOgraphic report was read and
disposed of, being received simply as
information.
The other report of the same COM
mittee was in reference to the award
Of the contract. The majority report
recommended that MIR. Calvo be elect
ed under the scale OF prices allowed by
the statute. The minority report re-
commended nothing except that the
majority report do not pass.
MIR. Otis moved that the minority
report be laid on the table, but with
drew it in order to give Mr.. Behre of
the minority chance to explain his po-
sition. He said the minority had act
ed as they did in order to do justice to
all. He didn't know whether any
other printing Office in Columbia, cx-
cept Mr.. CalvO's, could do the work or
not, but he thought that it should be
seen whether there was or not and
whether the work could not be done
cheaper. The committee had found
out nothing about prices. He believed
in special privileges to none-to no
faction or the newspaper of any fac
tion.
Mr.. Talbert said that The Register
was better prepared to do the work
than any other office. Mr.. Calvo had
been elected State Printer and the
natural consequence was that he
should have this printing. So far as
he knew no other office was prepared
to do the work, and we know that MIR.
Calvo can for we have evidence of it
before us.
Mr.. r. r. Homphill argued in a
clear and conclusive manner for his
report. He said Mr.. Calvo was the
only printer in the city able to do the
work and that the State was under
moral, ii not legal, obligations to give
it to him. That tho convention and
all 9th =r printing for tho State was
covered by the Act passed by the Leg
islature in 1893 and the work should
be given Mr.. Calvo who was prepared
to do it.
Mr.. Zimmerman moved to lay the
minority report on the table. and the
ayes, and noes being. demanded the
result was in favor of laying on tho
table by a vote of 70 to 3d.
Mr.. Stanyarne Wilson had the ma
jority report so amended that Mr..
Calvo was declared printer for tho
convention. With q few unimportant
motions and the introduction Of few
resolutions the convention adjourned
until Monday.
The committee on municipal cor
porations will not report favorably on
woman suffrage generally in city
elections, but the recommendation is
to be that women holding property
should, through their agents, be
allowed to vote in elections affecting
the bonds or Indebtedness of the cor
poration only.
The committee on executive depart
ment will recommend an advisory
board Of pardons to recommend and
consider applications for pardons.
The right of the Governor to veto
portion Of general appropriation bill
is to be recommended. The question
of making the Governor ex-oilicio
chairman OF mostYof the boards is being
seriously considered. The idea APP
Pool oo W SiFO illLi Oilo IlS lU w
call for reports from all boards, but
not put him on them. The Governor
is to have the right to suspend officers
for malfeasan1e in office pending in
vestigation.
Congressman Wilson favors labor
and offered the following
for the purpose of accomplishing that
object:
Whereas, by the nature OF their
avocatiOn tho great nody Of wage
earners are at q great disadvantage in
the protection Of their rights of person
and property, and the supervision
and friendly hand OF the Government
is needful in order that the conditions
of labor may be known, evils disclosed
and the cause of their existence dis
covered and the proper remedies for
their removal applied, healthy
system OF labor secured and the in
terests of the laboring classes ad-
vanced:
Be it resolved, That the General
Assembly, at it's first session after the
adoption OF this constitution, shall
create and provide for the establish
ment and maintenance of bureau OF
labor State statistics, which shall be
under tho charge Of the commissioners
Of labor statistics, who shall be ap-
pointed by the Governor by and with