The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-09-24
rHE pRINrINa or rHE coNvENrIoN.

: gndt Vi tnS prlntinB lot tno cOnVentlO
:. The committees report on the cost
disposed of, being received simply
information.
The other report of the same cor
Inittee was In reference to the awal
OF the contract. The majority repo
recommended that Mr.. Calvo be elec
ed under the scale of prices allowed
the statute. The minority report r.
commended nothing except that til
! majority report do not pass.
!, Mr.. Otis moved that the minorit
report be laid on the table, but with
drew 1t In order to give Mr.. Behre
the minority chance to explain his pt
sition. He said the minority had ac
ed as they did In order to do justice
all. He didn't know whether an
other printing Office in Columbia, OK
cept Mr.. Calvo's, could do the work o
not, but he thought that it should b
seen whether there was or not an
whether the work could not be don
cheaper. The committee had foun,
out nothing about prices. He believe,
In special privileges to none-to n,
faction or the newspaper of any fac
sion.
Mr.. Talbert said that The Register
was better prepared to do the worl
than any other Office. Mr.. Calvo hat
been elected State Printer and the
natural consequence was that he
should have this printing. So far a.
he knew no other office was prepared
to do the work, and we know that Mr.
Calvo can for we have evidence of Il
before us.
Mr.. r. r. Hemphill argued in O
clear and conclusive manner for his
report. He said Mr.. Calvo was the
only printer in the city able to do the
work and that the State was under
moral, IL not legal, obligations to give
1T to him. That the convention and
all 9th 81 printing for the State was
covered by the Act passed by tho Leg
islature in 1893 and the work should
be given MIR. Calvo who was prepared
to do it.
Mr.. Zimmerman moved to lay the
minority report on the table. and the
ayes and noes being demanded the
result was in favor of laying on the
table by a vote OF 10 to So.
Mr.. Stanyarne Wilson had the ma
jority report 80 amended that Mr..
CalvO was declared printer for the
convention. With few unimportant
motions and the Introduction Of few
resolutions the convention adjourned
until Monday.
The committee on municipal cor
poratiOns will not report favorab bly, on
woman suffrage generally in city
elections, but the recommendation is
to be that women holding property
should, through their agents, be
allowed to vote in elections affecting
the bonds or indebtedness of the COR
poration only.
The committee on executive depart
ment will recommend an advisory
board of pardons to recommend and
consider applications for pardons.
The right of the Governor to veto a
portion of a general preparation bill
Is to be recommended The question
of making the Governor ex-officio
chairman of mostof the boards is being
seriously considered. The idea ap-
pears to be to give him the right to
call for reports from all boards, but
not put him on them. The Governor
is to have the right to suspend officers
for malfeasan1e in Office pending in
vestigation.
Congressman Wilson favors a labor
commission and offered the following
for the purpose of accomplishing that
object
Whereas, by the nature of their
avocatiOn the great body of wage
earners are at a great disadvantage in
the protection of their rights of person
and property, and the supervision
and friendly hand of the Government
is needful In order that the conditions
OF labor may be known, evils disclosed
and the cause of their existence dis
covered and the proper remedies for
their removal applied, a healthy
system of labor secured and the in
forests OF the laboring classes ad-
vanced:
Be it resolved, That the General
Assembly, at its first session after the
adoption of this constitution, shall
create and provide for the establish
ment and maintenance of q bureau Of
labor State statistics, which shall be
under the charge of the commissioner
of labor statistics, who shall be ap-
pointed by the Governor by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate.
and 1t shall also prescribe his term OF
office, powers, duties and compensa-
tion; and succeeding General Assem-
blies shall provide for the continued
maintenance thereof, with powers of
amending such original Act and
amendments thereof"
Mr.. Smoak offered the following
resolution for the protection of morals
SIN the TRIAL of grossly immoral
cases, such as rape, adultery, fornica-
tion and sodomy the court shall ex-
clude all boys and young men from the
court room, and may at its discretion
exclude all persons such as are un.
necessary In the conduct of the trial
and the publication or transmission
Of the immoral facts and details in the
trial OF the above mentioned cases or
any others not designated above shall
be deemed felony.
1T shall be the duty of the Legisla
ture to enact laws for the enforcement
Of this section"
Mr.. Derham proposes to make eact
race pay for its own schools, but want,
those schools to be good ones. He of
fered the following:
That the General Assent bly, shall
levy at each regular session after tn,
adoption of this Constitution an annua
tax of not less than three mills on tn,
taxable property throughout the Stat
and there shall b. assessed on al
taxable polls in the State an annua
tax of one dollar for each poll, for th
support Of the public schools of thi
State. There shall be two funds Il
each county--the one for the supper
of the public schools for the whites t
be known as Fund A. and the one 10
, the support OF the schools for the ne
grOes to be known as Fund B. At tn
, time OF making the return each tax
7 payer may designate to which fun
his school and po tax shall be applied
: and the auditor shall so apply IL. |