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FOUR DOLLARS A DAY.
SUCH THE PRESENT Paw OF THE
DELEGATES.
The Convention, After n Very Lively De-
bate, Fixes the Per Diem Since the l3th
of October.

The Convention, Alter very Lively De-
bate, Fixes the Per Diem Since the 18th
of October.
COLUMBIA, Nov. 19.-Special: To-
nights session of the convention was
one of the liveliest. The debate arose
on the ordinance the first section OF
which reads as follows:
Section l. That the following sums,
ifso much be necessary. be and the
same are hereby appropriated to pay
the expenses of the Constitutional
convention from the 10th day OF Sep
lember, 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, 1S95)
TO the close of the session, as follows:
Tor the per diem of the members at
50 and an additional per diem OF 81
from the 18th day of October, 1895, to
The end of the session; for the pay OF
S. W. Vance, 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 f..
r. Flannigan, second assistant secre-
,ary, So per day; for the pay OF }. L;
CAN'T, journal clerk. SO per day, and
s. per day for indexing after adjourn
ment, not to exceed 20 days, such
number of days as are absolutely nec-
essary, to be certified by the secretary
OF the convention; for the pay of D..
81. Whitherspoon, bill clerk, 50 per
day; for the pay of A. II. Dagnall,
reading clerk, So per day; for the pay
of E. P. Jenkins, postal clerk, 81 per
day; for the pay of A, M. 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, 81 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 81. so
per day; for the pay of w. w. Lazen-
berry, West Olphant, Damon Canty,
Council Gross, James Adamson and
Aaron Owens, laborers, each 81. 0per
day; for the pay of w. Boyd Evans,
clerk of the judiciary committee, 81
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, 50 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, 50 per day; for the pay of <.
W Townsend, clerk of the committee
on miscellaneous matters, 81 per day; !;
for the pay of B. Fl. Charles, clerk of
the committee on counties and county
government, 50 per day; for the pay
of w. II. Yelde1, chief clerk of the
engrossing department, So per day :;
for the pay of N. b. Stansell sergeant.
alarms, 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-Didnt the people call
the convention? Isn't the legislature
under us; aren't we supreme9
Hr. Henderson's position was that
the delegates went into the canvass
with the understanding TO take 50 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 a burning sense of wrong.
Garghter) He said that for the leg
islature to try to fix the amount of
their pay was resented by the people
by his county. He wanted to see the
delegates paid enough to live on at
least.
Mr.. Connor-Wewere under a NOR.
al contract to take 81 day when we
came here. If we are not satisfied
with 50 we had better resign and 20
home. Do we want to be legal burg
lars and legally burglarize the State9
Mr.. Cooper-Didn't weput ourselves
under an implied contract to stay
here till this thing was finished?
Mr.. Connor-He can resign if he
wants to.
Mr.. Fitch-Would you give your
extra 50 to a charitable institution?
Mr.. Connor-Have you any poor
kin2 Gaughter.)
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.
Mr.. Tillman-I will call the gentle
mans attention to the fact that when
the appropriation fot the Georgia con
vention ran out Bob looms gave his
individual check for 100000 to run il
on to complete its work, and had tc
wait until the legislature reimbursed
him.
A voice-Bob Toombs is dead
though.
Senator Tillman-The contract was
in going before the people after it hao
fixed it at 50, and running for the po
sition of delegate.
Mr.. Klugh-I haven't had man in
my county to say that should serve
for So: but have had members tc
say that it was a shame that we
should serve for 50, when they got s.