The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-28
CAROLlNA'S BALLOT CONTEST.
NOT \ VOTE CHANGED by The
PLEAS OF THE NEGROES.

So Far as Final Action Is Concerned.
Everything stands Exactly where
IL Did at the Conclusion OF Last
Weeks WOrk-A Big Fight StiI
Ahead ON the Suffrage Article.
senator Irby'S Plan 10 Have Il
Passed Upon JudiciaIIy May Cause
Delay.
Columbia, S. c.. Oct 27-viewing it
from the standpoint of the completion
OF portions Of the new constitution, the
past week has been a nullity in the con-
stitutional convention. Not single
fragment Of matter has been completed
during the week. and 50 far as final ac-
tion is concerned everything stands ex-
actly where 1t did at the conclusion of
the previous weeks work.
Yet considerable headway has been
made during the week by the conven-
tion, and AT last the body has reached
the discussion Of the article for the
adoption of which the convention was
called-the suffrage article. 1t must be
said that considerable headway has been
made on this article, now up for its sec
ond reading, when one considers that all
of the leading negro members have fin
ished their speeches on the subject OF
suffrage as n whole. There is big fight
ahead on it, however and there is no
telling how long the discussion viii last.
II Senator lrby's plan TO have it passed
upon judiciauy prevails, the further con-
sideration win be postponed for several
days at least.
Then there is Senator Irby's "intelli-
gence" qualification substitute, which will
be presented at the proper time. on it
there will come a great fight. What
chance it will have no one can dare as
sumo to say.
Mr. Sigh, it is understood. win present
the amendment looking to the establish
ment of woman's suffrage, and this will
necessarily occasion a long debate, for
there are a great many advocates of wo-
mans suffrage on the floor of the conVen-
tion-more than would suppose.
Look at the situation as one may, moth
ing but interesting debates and some live
ly fights may be looked for. AS TO the
ultimate result neither a prophet nor the
son of a prophet would be of avail. 1t IS
a difficult problem, and right now ii does
not look as If the convention intends 10
sit down and let the committee report go
through without having great deal TO
say about il.
The negro members have made strong
presentations of the cause of the negroes
and have been listened to with marked
attention, though no one could believe that
they have changed single vote. Ihey
have, however taken a pretty high ground
and many members speak OF the favorable
Impressions made.
II there IS no sidetracking done and the
discussion goes ahead when the conven-
tion takes II up again at 7:30 O'clock to-
morrow evening, the matter should be
concluded by the end of the week. This
once done, il Is thought that the delegates
0ignOgp0 complete EtmNlD-
der of the work yet to be done with
much less talk than they have INDUCED
Yet there still remains the homestead
matter, tho article on the judicial depart
ment, three sections Of the article on
Jurisprudence, the vitality important dy-
namite-loaded article on corporations and
a good many other matters TO require
mature consideration; not to mention the
article on education and the sections of
the article on finance and taxation bear
ing thereon.
The convention devoted most of the past
week to shaping up an article on new
counties and county government, and af-
ter four and one-half days debate and
no end of amendments, the article passed
to a third reading 1t viii scarcely be
tampered with on it's third reading. 1t
allows the formation Of new counties un-
der the restrictions already published and
provides that the legislature may estab-
lish a system of township government.
Yesterday two sections of the article
on Jurisprudence were passed TO third
reading, but they were merely the un-
important articles. The anu-lynch law
section has not been touched upon at
all.
The balance of the weeks work was de-
voted to the article on militia, which has
been sent to its third reading, without an
amendment and without any discussion
whatever.
Tomorrow the homestead section OF the
article on legislative department will prob
ably be taken up at the morning session,
and the effort made to dispose Of It in the
three hours that the session viii last.
On the suffrage subject there is now be-
fore the convention the report of the COM
mttee the provisions Of which are well
known now-and Delegate Whippers sub
stitute therefor, making the only quail
fication the ability of the applicant for
ters on the subject which are in sight are
Senator Irbys "nteligence" qualification
scheme and the womans suffrage scheme.