The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-02
NO DIVORCES IN CAROLINA.
THE NEW CONSTITUTION VERY
RADICAL ON THE SUBJECT.


Suffrage, Reported-An Education
al and n Property Qualification
Proposed as the Provisions Now
Read.
Columbia. S. c., Oct. AFTER debate
continuing all through all last nights
session and to-day the convention has
decided that there shall never be di-
vorce granted i'm South Carolina for any
cause.
The vote was S6 to ~. Senator Tillman
did his best to have the divorces of other
states recognized in this state. but for
once his appeals were heard with diff
Guilty and he was voted down. The bible
was quoted from very freely during the
debate. The parliamentary clincher was
put on after the matter was adopted.
There was also a big fight to-day 10
have the convention take a recess until
Jan. H. This was killed. Then an effort
was made to have recess Of ten days.
1t too failed, the vote being Sc to SO.
At o'clock the provisions relating TO
the suffrage were reported. They read
as follows
Sect. a. The qualifications of suffrage
shall be as follows:
A. Residence in the state for two years;
in the county for one year: IN the cleo
ton district in which the electors offers
to vote four months; and the payment of
poll tax six months before any election.
Proved, however, That ministers OF the
gospel in charge Of any organized church
shall be entitled TO vote after six months
residence.
b. Registration. which shall provide for
the enrolment OF every elector once In
ten years.
c. The person. applying for registra-
ton must be able to read and write any
section OF this onstitution, and must
show that he owns or pays taxes on $500
worth Of property in this state, Provided.
that at the first registration under this
constitution and up to Jan. 1, 1885, all
male persons of voting age who can read
clause in this constitution or under
stand and explain IL when read to them
Dy the registration officer shall be entitled
10 register and become electors. A sep
arate record OF all illiterate persons thus
registered, sworn to by the registration
oihcers, shall be filed one copy with the
clerk or the court and one In the Office
Of the secretary of state, on or before
Jan. j, 1898, and such persons shall re-
main during life qualified electors unless
six Of this article f'he' eertiacSte of the the
clerk OF the court or the secretary Of
state shall be sufficient evidence TO es-
tablish the right of said class OF citizens
TO registration and the franchise
ID. Any person who shall apply for reg
istrauon after Jan. l, 1898, II otherwise
qualified, may be registered provided he
can both read and write any section of
this constitution or can show that he
owns or has paid taxes during the pre-
yious year on property in this state on
$500 or more
Il. Managers Of elections shall require
of every elector Offering to vote at any
election, before allowing him to vote proof
OF payment of all taxes, including the poll
tax assessed against him for the previous
year.
F. Registration certificates, when lost.
shall be renewed If applicant is qualified
under the provisions Of this constitution
or II he has beer been registered as provided In
Sect. s. Any person denied registration
shall have the right to appeal to any and
all courts Of this state to determine the
question under the limitations imposed In
this article; and the general assembly
shall provide bylaws for the correction of
illegal or fraudulent registration and the
punishment of the same.
Sect. 6. The following persons are dis
qualified from being registered as vot-
First Persons convicted Of burglary,
theft arson, obtaining goods or money
under false pretenses, perjury forgery
robbery, bribery adultery, embezzlement
bigamy or crimes against the election
laws; Proved, That the pardon OF the
governor shall remove such disqualifi-
cations
Second. Persons who are idiots. in
sane, paupers supported at the public ex-
pense and persons confined in any public
prison.
Sec. 7. For the purpose of voting. no
person shall be deemed to have gained or
lost residence by reason of his presence
or absence while employed in the service
Of the United States, nor while engaged in
the navigation OF the waters Of this state
or OF the United States, or on the high
seas
Sec. 8. The general assembly shall pro-
vide for the registration of all qualified
electors, and shall prescribe the manner
of holding elections, and of ascertaining
the results of the same, provided that each
of the two parties casting the highest
number of votes al the preceding election
shall have representation on the board
of managers at each precinct, and on the
board of county canvassers in each
Provided at the first registration under
this constitution and until the first Of
January, 1898, the registration shall be
conducted by a board of three to be APP
consent Of the Senate
Sec. 9. The several counties In the state
shall be divided into election districts
with one precinct in each of the same al
which alone the voter registered for that
precinct can cast his ballot.
Provided, that voter may be trans
ferred from one election district to an
other.
Section TO- The general assembly shall
provide by law for the holding Of party
primary elections and Furnishing fraud at
the same
close at least 30 days before an election,
after which transfers and registration
shall not be legal, except as to the per-
sons coming of age in the interim.
Sec y. Electors in municipal elections
shall possess all the qualifications herein
prescribed, and the general assembly
shall provide for a special registration Of
voters for each municipal election.
Sec 13. At any special election In incor-
pOrated cities and towns OF this state for
the purpose of bonding the same, or for
the raising Of revenue, all resident owners
of property in said cities and towns Of
the assessed value of 800 who are o1laIi-
fed electors under this constitution shall
alone be entitled to vote. At such election
the voter shall produce a receipt for an
taxes, county. state and municipal for the
previous year as evidence Of his right to
vote.
Section 14-Electors shall In all cases
except treason, felony, or a breach of fhe
peace be privileged from arrest on the
days Of election during their attendance
at the polls and going to and returning
therefrom.
Section l5-No power, civil or military
shall at any time interfere to prevent
the free exercise of the right of suffrage
Tonight the convention divided into
the dispensary problem, taking up the
motion to indefinitely postpone the CLAW
ton substitute, which provided for the
absolute incorporation Of the system into
the constitution. A battle royal resulted
the advocates of the perpetuation Of the
system almost overriding the counsel
earnestly given by Senator Ti1lman as 10
the effect Of possible decision from the