The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27
FOUR DOLLARS A DAY.
SUCH THE PRESENT Paw OF THE
DELEGATES.

OCF iFG PRESSNi SHV OF ne
DELEGATES.
Ths Convention, After Very Lively De-
bate, Fixes the Per Diem Since the 18th
Of October.
COLUMBIA, Nov. 19.-Special: To-
;sht,s session of the convention was
:.,e of the liveliest. The debate arose
IN the ordinance the first section OF
which reads as follows:
Section l. That the following sums,
$50 much be necessary, be and the
>ame are hereby appropriated to pay
NE expenses OF the Constitutional
convention from the 10th day of Sep
TIMBER, 1895, to the close of the ses-
sion Except the time of the recess
taken from the 4th day of October,
1895, to the 18th day of October, 1899
to the close of the session, as follows:
For the per diem Of the members at
81 and an additional per diem OF 81
from the 18th day of October, 1895, to
The end of the session; for the pay OF
). W. Vancg, secretary of the con-
vention, $500; for the pay OF ?. L.
Melton, assistant secretary Of the con
vention, 81 per day; for the pay OF Il.
r. Flaunigan, second assistant secre-
tary, So per day; for the pay OF J. 7.
CAN'T, journal clerk, IS per day, and
IS per day for indeNing after adjourn
ment, not to exceed 20 days, such
number Of davs as are absolutely nee
essary, to be certified by the secretary
% the convention; for the pay of D.
Il. Whitherspoon, bill clerk, s. per
day; for the pay Of A. 3. Dagnall,
reading clerk, IS per day; for the pay
of E. P. jenkins, postal clerk, 50 per
day; for the pay of A. N. Jolly, door.
keeper, $3.50 per day; for the pay OF
Joseph Witherspoon, assistant door
keeper, 50 per day; for the pay OF w.
J. Shelton, gallery doorkeeper, 50 per
day; for the pay of Glenn SMITH,
James Robinson, J. B. Hughes, Bel
ton Drafts Caughman, J. W. Mccall
la. U. R. Brooks, Jr., pages of the
constitutional convention, each S1.50
per day; for the pay of W. W. Lazen-
berry, West Oliphant, Damon Canty,
Council Cross, James Adamson and
Aaron Owens, laborers, each $1.50per
day; for the pay of W. Boyd Evans,
clerk of the Judiciary committee, 50
per day; for the pay of Benjamin w.
Crouch, clerk of the suffrage commit
tee, 50 per day; for the pay of Levi
David, clerk of the educational com
mittee, 50 per day; for the pay Of A.
r. Harmon, clerk of the executive
committee, 50 per day; for the pay Of
J. W. Wessinger, clerk of the legisla-
tive committee, 81 per day for the pay
of r. L. Freeman, clerk of the COM
mittee on finance and taxation, 50 per
day; for the pay of G. P. Smith, clerk
of the committee on declaration of
rights, 81 per day; for the pay Of Z.
W Townsend, clerk of the committee
on miscellaneous matters, 81 per day:
for the pay of B. II. Charles, clerk OF
the committee on counties and county
government, 81 per day; for the pay
of W. II. Yeldel, chief clerk Of the
engrossing department, s. per day;
-for the pay of n. Il. Stansell sergeant
afsar1as,-$S per day; for the pay OF
chaplain of the convention, 500.
Mr.. Nicholson moved to fix the per
diem at $500 from the beginning to
the end of the session.
Mr.. Fitch opposed this amendment.
Mr.. D. S. Henderson said that every
mans vote must be according to his
conscience. The legislature called
this body together and it fixed the pay.
He felt bound to take that and no
more.
Mr.. Cooper-Didn't the people call
the convention? Isn't the legislature
under US; aren't we supreme?
Hr. Henderson's position was that
the delegates went into the canvass
with the understanding to take 81 a
day. They were therefore bound.
Mr.. Burn said that this matter had
been done by the legislature, and he
was there when it was done, laboring
under burning sense of wrong.
Iaughter) He said that for the leg.
islature to try to fix the amount of
their pay was resented by the people
bv his county. He wanted to see the
delegates paid enough to live on at
least.
Mr.. Connor-We were undera NOR
al contract to take 81 day when we
came here. If we are not satisfied
with 50 we had better resign and go
home. Do we want to be legal burg
lars and legally burglarize the State?
Mr.. Cooper-Didn't we put ourselves
under an implied contract to stay
here till this thing was fnishedl
Mr.. Connor-He can resign If he
wants
Mr.. Fitch-Would you give your
extra 81 to charitable institution
Mr.. Connor-Have you any poor
kin2 Naughter.)
Mr.. Klugh-We have been told that
this ordinance would have to 60 to the
Legislature, and get its approval before
the State officers would dare to pay
out any money.
MIR. Tillman-I viii call the gentle
mans attention to the fact that when
the appropriation TO: the Georgia con-
vention ran out Bob Tooms gave his
individual check for $50, 900 to run 1t
on to complete its work, and had to
wait until the legislature reimbursed
him.
4 voice-Bob Tcombs is dead,
though.
Senator Tillman-The contract was
in going before the people after it had
fixed it at 81, and running for the po-
sition of delegate.
Mr.. klugh-I haven't had man in
my county to say that should serve
for 50: but I have had members to
say that it was shame that we
should serve for 81, when hey got 81.
That was piece of political buncombe
when the legislature fixed 1t ats2.
DR.. Smith moved to amend, but the
amendment was not in order.
Mr.. Barton moved to strike out the