The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-11-13

Douglass, Etlrd, Evans, w. -. 4 lelQ,
Fitch, Floyd, Gary, Gooding, Hamel,
Harrison, Hay, Hemphill. Henderson,
VIM. Houser, Johnson, T. f. Jones,
l. B.; Jones, Willie; Keitt, Kennedy,
E. j.; McCalla, McCaslan, McMakin,
McWhite. Matthews, Moore, Morrison,
Parler, Rosborough, Rowland, Rus
sell, Shuler, Sigh, Smith, a. j.; Tai,
bert, Taylor, Waters, Wharton, Will,
son, Stanyarne; Wilson, w. B.-54.
Nays-Anderson, Bellinger, Berry,
Bowen, Brice, J. S.. Bryan, Derham,
Doyle, Dudley. Fraser, Gage, Glenn,
J. L.; Harris, Henderson, D. S. How,
ell, Hutson. Johnstone, George; Nc
Gowan, McMahan, Mears, Miller,
Mower, OTIS, Patton, Prince, Reed, L.
R. sheppard. Sloan, Smith, Jeremiah
Tillman, B. r.. Wells. White, A. H.
White, S. E.; Wigg-35.
The clincher was put on by Mr..
Stanyarne Wilson.
Section S was then adopted in this
shape: =,
Section s. The general assembly
shall provide by law for the registra.
ton of all qualified electors, and shall
prescribe the manner of holding elec,
tions and of ascertaining the result OF
the same; provided, at the first regis.
tration under this Constitution and
until the 1st of January, 1898, the reg.
istration shall be conducted by board
of three discreet persons in each coun'
ty, to be appointed by the governor,
by and with the advice of the senate,
for the first registration to be provided
for under this Constitution. The reg
istration books shall be kept open for
at least six consecutive weeks and
thereafter from time to time, at least
one week in each month up to 80 days
next preceding the first election to be
held under this Constitution.
SECTION NINE.
Section was then taken up and the
section was given several small
amendments, Gov. Sheppard having
the word election" in lines 1 and 4
changed TO polling"
Mr.. Johnstone offered an amend
ment looking to the transferring of a
voter from one voting precinct to an
other and this brought up quite a dis.
cussion as to the territorial lines OF
voting precincts.
After further debate. section 9, to-
gether with an amendment offered by
Mr.. Stanyarne Wilson, was passed
over.
SECTION TEN.
Section 10 was then amended SO as
to read:
Section 10. The general assembly
shall provide by law for the regula,
ton Of party primary elections and
furnishing fraud at the same.
: In this form it was adopted.
SECTION ELEVEN
called forth some discussion on
amendments offered by Mr.. Fitch and
Governor Sheppard. 1t was passed
over.
SECTION TWELVE
was adopted, as follows:
Section H.. Electors in municipal
elections shall possess all the qualifica-
tions and be subject to all of the dis
qualifications herein prescribed. The
production of certificate of registra-
ton from the registration officers of
the county as an elector at precinct
included in the incorporated city or
town in which the voter offers to vote,
is declared condition prerequisite to
his voting, and in addition he must
have been a resident within the in
corporated limits at least four months
before the election, and have paid all
taxes previously due and collectable.
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE AGAIN.
Section 13 was called up, reading as
follows:
Section 13. At any special election
in Incorporated cities and towns OF
this State for the purpose of bonding
the same, all resident owners of prop
erty of the assessed value of $500, in
said cities and towns, who are other
wise qualified under this Constitution
shall alone be entitled to vote. At
such election the voter shall produce a
receipt for all taxes, county, State and
municipal, due and collectable, for the
previous year as evidence of his right
to vote.
Mr.. Meares rose and offered to
amend by inserting after "electors" on
the fourth line, the words Except as
to SEX" which was to allow women to
vote. He spoke at length to his pro-
position. This wasa a different thing,
he said, from the proposition already
fully discussed and voted down. This
was kind of election that might not
occur in many years, and it was but
right that the women should be al.
lowed to have a say about their prop
erty. The convention should measure
the matter.
Mr.. D. S. Henderson said he was the
one member of his committee who was
against it. 1t was simply question
wheher they were going to make an
entering wedge and allow women to
vote at all or not. He was opposed to
it.
Mr.. MCGOWAN said the women who
had property would be perfectly safe,
because no property holding men
would vote tax on their own proper
ty that would be onerous.
Mr.. McMahan thought it would be
we'll to allow the women 10 decide
when there was a close vote,
Mr.. Meares said thatpolitical voting
was concerned before; that was not
the case now-it was pure question
of property.
Mr.. Henderson renewed his motion
to lay the amendment on the table and
on this Mr.. Meares demanded the roll.
The vote resulted as follows, the
being killed: