The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-10-03

table, complaining Of waste Of time and
SLOW progress and Senator Tillmun
Withdrew his motion, rcmarkinr that
he didn't want to have any row about
| it.
Mr. Elird renewed the motion 10 pass
the section over when it could be seen
IN print and members could under
stand it better than they could bv
hearing il read. He warned the con
Vcntlon that the section it was passing
| would have to undergo the test Of the
coIrts and that there wOuld be found
rock after rock in the way Of the on
lorccment Of tho laws unless the almost
pains were taken. The convention
voted 10 continue the section.
| -Four, ccnth Day.
The fight onYaes,ex xecutivc section of
the constitution WIS again taken up on
| the suspension clause.
MIR. Talbcrt, Of IIdgciicld, took uD
the matter and argued that there was
! toe much Legislation attempted The
delegates were here to declare princi-
pies, and he saw no use To discuss
either majority or minority reports us
to the removal Of officers. an that
ought to be done WAS to let the Lcgis-
laturc attend TO this matter. lie
wanted all cXtrancOuS matter thrown
out, and he moved to indefinitely post
pone the entire matter.
Mr.. Sheppard, Of Edgclicld. sad
that alter rejecting on the matter all
night he wanted TO urge that the sec
tlon should not be adopted 1t was
proposed to lcgislatc againstlOnc class Of
trustees. Those who had funds in trust
outnumbcrcd by Il hundrcd-fold those
aimed at in this section. There a
prlnclpie. that is dear to the heart Of
y every citizen and that should stand as
long as justice holds the scales evenly,
4 and that principle is that ninety-ninc
d guilty men should escape rather than
: that one innocent man should be con
n vlctcd. Yet the moment the Governor
h issues the proclamation Of suspension
ne puts ON that man the brand Of guilt
= Ihc proclamation would, he urged
tend to operate against the accused
, party. Ion will by this be establish.
, ing rule Of evidence that will do nc
good. Every man, whether hc be
charged with murder on larceny, is
entitled to the presumption Of nno-
ccncc. You will establish Il rule for
Office holdcrS<,, from which murdcrcrs
and (clons will he exempt. The Lcgis-
laturc may adopt II uniform law.
DR.. Zimmerman, OF Edgclicld said
that there was Il statute law requiring
annual returns to be made Of those
holding trust funds. Any man who is
conducting his Office honestly will not,
mind investigation.
MIR. klugh, Of Abbevillc, who is a
member OF the committee, said that at
hrst the minority report impressed
him favOrably, but he was satisfied
that The whole case was covered in the
Legislative report. The matter prop
crly belongs in the General Statutes
ana not IN the consultation. The leg
lslatlVc report provides that the Cen
cral Assembly may pass laws to re-
move Tor cause, and he wanted to give
the right OF suspension in addition to
the right OF removal.
Mr.. IS. X Tillman, in his customary
ioreiblc manner, said that he did not
| intend to weary the convention and
would have had but little to say, but it
appeared that certain members had
slept over the matter and come in
with new ideas, and he wished only to
reply.
llc said that no matter what might
be said about the desires Of the people,
there was no question about il that
they did not want a thief in Ollicc. lie
said that he could see no reason why
| the Governor OF the State should be
| liable to suspension and an ordinary
county Official should not be. lie said
! thh: ever since 1865 the provision in
Snc constitution which gave the Legis-
laturc the right to pass regulations for
the removal Of officials had existed,
but had never been used The pre-
sumption is that it will be left as it
now is. If the Legislature has not.
and will not, undertake to regulate
the matter then the convention should
90 SO. lie said that the protection OF
the widows and orphans demanded
some such regulation. He then went
| lOr the system OF bonds that too often
prevails in tho State, and charged tha.
it was only after some deficiency was
found to exist that it was discovered
that the bonds were made of straw,
ana that the bondsmcn had in some
way transferred their properly. He
could sec no possible harm in the pass
age OF such regulation, and it would
relieve the Legislature OF the matter.
The convention, he said, was not sub.
jecL to the same Influences that too
often affected the Legislature. He
said that every one know Of the in
ilucncc that county officials had over
members, and Thought it best to get
rid Of the whole matter at once. The
convention had already practically
agreed on what it wanted yesterday,
and ne thought It ought to without de-
bate adopt the substitute of Mr.. Gage
Mr.. tags1alo, OF Fairfield, urged
that the section as reported by Mr..
Gage should be adopted. The grand
jury, he insisted, could be trusted II
was wrong to presume that grand
jury would not act with the best mo-
tives.
MIR. Rogers, of Marlboro, said that if
the section was to pass it was now i'm
its very best shape. Constitutions
originated in the efforts OF the people
to protect themselves against their
rulers. He wanted to know what be-
comes Of the rights of the bondsmcn.
: The bondsmcn have right to protect
themselves and yet they are required
; to take any man appointed by tho
+ Governor
t MIR. Talbert insisted that the oon