The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-10-12
WORK DONE
THUS FAR.
WHAT THE CONVENTION HAS
DONE COMPACTLT
PRESENTED.
Five Out OF Fifteen Of the New Arti.
cles Of the New Constitution
Adopted and Done With.
Now that the Constitutional con7e14-

done up to date, together with the text
Of the most important articles Of the
Constitution adopted, will be Of the
agreatcst Interest t. The people Of the
sSt2:e. who, no n1Gtter how closely they
kept up with thc proceedings,
souil not retain such summary in
y;sSsheir minds. Forgetting the endless
sSalk apl thos: frivllous matters which
caused greut deal Of time 10 be lost,
it cunGpt but le said that tie conyeu-
tiua has 'otel down q great many rail
ice! propositions and when it came 10
p tie .nattcr. Of putting g clause IN
shape to 50 beyond the control Of the
convention, nearly every time the
greatest care has been exercised.
Tie CONVENTION assembled TO formu-
late new Constitution. contailipg Is
articles On as m@Hr different sabjects.
OF these, the convention hes completed
five articles suG those articles are now
beyond the power OF the convention
to cha1Se, as they have gone into the
hands II the committee on style and
revision. They are the articles
> |. ~ executive department.
:. Cnjmpeachments.
,. Or municipal corporations and
police regulations.
(. On amendment and revision OF
the Constitution.
:. On miscellaneous.
IN addition 70 this, the convention
has completed the passage to !: thirt;
/. aiding OF all the sections Of the arti-
Gle on Legislative department, save
three. MIST OF the important sections
have had, the parliamentary clincher
attached and therefore are rs fixed as
II they Lad passed their third reading.
There are1two Of The sections yet to be
considered that will likely occasion II
debate extending. over several days.
One is III regnI'l,to the. homestead cX-
emmticn I'D the o;!ler is the section
specifying tn c matters ulon which the
general assembly will be REQUIRED to
pass general Laws.
The articles adopted arein the main
patterned On the same articles oE th=
old Constitution, but in some instauc
notable innovations have been iCt.'o-
duced. There are no charges wor;A
mentioning il the articl.s or impcacil
ments and amendments and those t"o
articles occasioGeSl practically no dis
cussiop. 49, :-..
In the article on the executive de-
,,artmeut there are really only two i'll
noratio2s. One is the section giving
the governor the right TO remove and
suspend dishonest officials, when the
grand jury renders q true bill against
them. Is this section stands It meets
with universal appreciation; as Coy.
Evans friends wanted it to stanI It
wonld have been dangerous io the "x-
treme. The other lnuov~tion IS the
section giving the governor the right
to veto part Of bill presented FOR his
approval without the necessity of rc.
toirg the whole. So much for this
article.
The giving to the cities and towns of
the constitssiional right 70 foster man
ufactpring ind:,stcies by cxempt;ng
them from taxation for & number OF
years IS an Innovation II the Cog=tiIIs-
ton, vet It HIS been allowed under the
statutes for some tine. It viii doubt
less meet With universal favor. The
action OF the &Onveus;ou III refusing to
pass Senator Tillmaa 5 scheme to place
manufacturing enterprises at the
mercy of their. employees also meets
with general &pprc alton. The incor
poration Of the lispensay system into
the Constitution, in. the shape with
which every one is familiar, is another
material change from the old Consti-
tuition. The same'is applicable !" tie
section which provides that q divorce
shall never. be granted in South Caro-
lima. Many good amendments to this
section were presented and voted down
one after another. The provision re-
curing the general assembly 70 pass
general laws and do away with special
legislation il every possible Gas" lsal~o
q notable change from the oil organic
law,zand one that will lessen the work
OF futures legislatures very mHca,
though entailiug heavy work OF tlle
next ensuing general assembly, for il
will have the making Of these general
laws upon its shoulders. The "stsh-
ishment OF the board Of ra:,io;.s is
also another Of the new things iutro,iuc-
ed into the Constitution. Mr.. tarrow
made gallant effort to get lis p:o's-
ion to help Summcrville out 0; her
difficulties through, but succeededpa!y
in getting through such g provision as
Supplying to the future. The section rs
adopted in regard to marriages Dc-
tween ~hite persons and persons pos.
sessing 'tany negro blood. it is cin!In
ed, is going TO result IN great harta to
property interests, unless the couvcn-
zion goes back and SAYS Persons Of
''one-eighth negro blood" Tie ci;au@-
Ing Of the time for the ho!'llug G; ,Ac
legislative session from November -
January Of each year is another Il :he
changes made il the present orsaajc
law. Beyond those things tn" cvnTrE-
ton has not wrought auv Hat"rinl ii.
novations, when the articles arg cpn,-
pared with the old.
The work ahead u TIC convyI!;i"u !,
heavy. The public has before i. how
lever, all the other articles as reported,
SAsye two. which have Icver yet been
to the convention by II"
having ,hvm II charge
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