The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-30
WOMEN DENIED THE BALLOT.
CAROLINA's CONVENTION VOTES
AGAINST THE FAIR SEX.

Against the scheme-Ar. Patton Of
fers Substitute for the General
Suffrage PIan-He Takes Excep-
tiOn to Some of the Statements
Made by the Negro Delegates in
Their Speeches Last Week and
scores the Race ROundIy.
Columbia, s. c.. Oct. 2s.-After a fight
lasting all OF last evening and through to-
days session the constitutional conven-
tion at 2:l5 o'clock, took an aye and nay
vote on the proposition to allow woman's
suffrage, with property and educational
qualifications. The cause OF woman died
by vote of 12l TO 26
'Uncle George" Tillman made a mag
nidcent argument Of about an hour %
more, favorng womans suffrage.
The debate was intensely Interesting all
through. Mr.. Sleigh introduced an amendS
mont to leave the womans suffrage mat@
ter to the general assembly. This will no
doubt be voted down promptly.
When the convention reassemhled az
1880 b. m, Mr.. Sligh offered an amend-
ment to section 3 of the suffrage article,
designed to accomplish what had been
voted down in rnilder form. It was 70
allow the general assembly at any tima
"a =
ne made a strong speech, but IL was %
no avail The convention voted It down
! by heavy vote, only twelve votes being
cast IN favor OF It, Thus died all posi-
sible chance OF the cause Of womans sufA
lraBe ever prevailing in this state until
another constitution has been framed
Ihcn the all-important section containV
ing The suffrage plan itself was called un
ana the war began. Mr. Patton offered
a substitute plan, the leading provisions
1. Every male citizen Of the state of
| South Carolina OF the age of 21 years,
| not laborng under disabilities named ii
| TINS constitution, who shall have resided
| m the state two years, and in the convenl
| ton IN which he offers to vote one yeap
| next preceding any election, and who shall
nave paid all poll or other tax due by
| him TO the state for the fiscal year pre-
cedlng that in which he shall offer 10
| Votei and who, In addition thereto:
(A) Shall be able to read the constItuv
uon IN English print and sign his namef
(B) Shall have been engaged In the
active military or naval service OF the
late confederate states Of America, or
V1 81 the United states Of America, during
Co Shall be the lawful llneal de-
scendant OF person who was engaged
| IN such service, and shall be alive at the
| time Of the adoption OF this constitution.
shall be a qualified elector Of this state.
ana, when duly registered. shall be en-
now or may hereafter be elected by the
| people and upon all questions submit
/
| Mr., Patton said he could see very little
| In the speeches made by the negroes be-
fore the convention. He granted a great
/ deal Of what the negroes had said par
| ticularly in the conduct OF the negroes
/ to their eX-masters' families. 1t was a
complete yindication Of the treatmant
| given to the negroes by their masters.
| He reserved the right to doubt some OF
the things said about the negroes as
| soldiers and sailors. There never was a
| race which, coming from real cannibal-
/ ism, has ever reached the state Of civIli-
| alton that the negro has gained in this
| state. But when the negro member pro-
| claims that South Carolinlans were not
| brave and courageous in the revolutions
airy war. Justice demands that this stmte-
ments shall not go unchallenged. He must
| not attack history with untrue state-
| ments The statement that South CaTo-
/ lima furnished not more than 600 i1en
| In the whole revolutionary war was abb
Delegate Miller asked Mr. Patton II he
| had anything to give IN the way Of evi-
/ dence, in Gods name to please present It.
Mr.. Patton then recounted The glos
rious history Of the South Carolina fiag'f
and the battle in which Il figured He
went on to detail the particularly brilliant
| and daring acts of South Carolinians in
| the beginning of the war. He quoted from
! Mr.. Greeey's american Conflict" If
/ South Carolina had not troops IN the
war. tear down those pictures Of sumpter
| Henry Knox Of Massachusetts, was quoted
\ and other high authorities to prove that
! South Carolina furnished $1,000 men and
more.
Mr. Patton was particularly severe on
! the negroes. He then made powerful
| speech against the subtertuge section in
| the committees article.
| After speeches from the negro members
in reply, and several other members. Sem
ator Tillman gave notice that tomorrow
! during the day he would call the previous
| question on section 4, and asked all who
| had amendments or substitutes TO offer
| to send them up tonight so as to have
] them printed. -Four went up, one provid-
| ing for the Australian ballot system.
n
| ing
Mr.. Patton, in the course of his remarks
| tonight, said:
Now these delegates admit that their
i race was unfit for the ballot. If these
/ walls could tell tales they could tell OF
wild scenes OF debauchery and negro mis-
/ rule.
II say they were mainly responsible for
this. They had IT in their power to put a
! stop to these scenes and acts. They re-
| fused % go to the white people of this
| state. The white people of this state were
| into the courts. tried without jury. They
| had to fight for their lives with bayonets
! over. them. They were seduced, indeed,
/ by the worst of white men, but was nor
| that the fatal defect in their argument,
| admitting that they were such a race that
1 they could be misled.
| Mr.. Patton said: What better proof
/ do we need yet to show that the negro is
unfit to cast the ballot than his action in
'I regret to have to refer to It, Mr..
President, but who have they chosen as
their representatives, the type Of their
/ manhood. the flower Of their civilization.
| / regret to mention il, / repeat, but since
| this matter has been forced upon US, as
| we have been subjected to stringent crit
| icsm and reflection, / say deliberately
| that when the negro race this summer
! elected as their representatives, as the
| type of their civilization a man whom the
/ public records of Richland county show
| TO have been convicted of receiving a
| bribe in his official capacity as state
! senator, and another man whom the leg
! islature of the spring of 1876 elected to
/ the circuit bench of this state whom
! the governor OF his own party refused
/ to commission upon the ground that he
/ was STEPPED in every shame-I say when
/ the colored race come before the people
/ of this state and present them as the
/ principles of their civilization they have
demonstrated that they are unworthy to
/ cast the ballot"
CLEVELAND MOVES TO woODLEY.