Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-02-05
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Representative Werner Asks Some
Very Pertinent Questions, SS

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Columbia, s. O., Feb. 3.Speoiat.
4 am writing this letter to tell you
of a condition OF affairs now SareyaflS
Ing In this State that ought not To
The constitution OF the state Az
ticie II. Sec. 2.) reads: "No person
shall hold two Offices Of honor Or
|proht at the same time.
Article a II, Sec. "a, reads: emo
person shall be eligible to seat In
the General assembly while he holds
any Office or position OF profit or
trust under this State, the United
states OF America, or any lof them !,
or under any other power, except
omces in the militia and notaries
public; and Il any mernber shall ac-
|cept or exercise any of the said dis
quaiifying Offices OF positions he sbah
!, In Article III. Sec, as, We md the
following: Members ofathe General
Assembly before they enter upon.
the duties of their respectiva offices,,
shall take and subscribe the follow
Ing oath: do voluntarily swear
that am duly qualifed,. according
to the constitution Of this State, to
exercise the duties of the Soffice to-
which have been elected !, Mud that
will, to the best of my, ability, dis
charge the duties thereon, and pre-
serve, protect and defend the consti-
tuition of this State and the United,
States. So help me God u
This oath is administered. to all
members of the General Assembly.
Now, how can member take this
oath and remain member, and at
the same time hold another office,
under the State, without Violating
the constitution, Is more than i can
not he violates his oath. t5
The constitution (the fundamental
law of the land, the law above ali
other laws, the law with which all
laws must comply or they are no
laws at alb, says: 'No person shall
hold two offices OF honor or profit
at the same time" Again, NO, per-
son shall be eligible to seat In the
General Assembly while he holds AN!
Office of trust under this State"
Now, OF course. the office of truss
tee In Statep college is an office OF
trust under the State therefore the
member OF the Legislature VINO holds
the office of,trustee Is holding two
Offices, and Ii thereby violating the
constitution of the State, which he
Is sworn to preserve. protect and de-
END.
Now, 'sthere is a riem.,sr of the
Of Clemson College. Thts member
claims that he Is lifetime trustee,
appointed under Clemson's will, and
not a trustee under the State; that
he is q trustee under the will. is
true, out the Supreme Court dectded
that Clemson Is State Institution.
1t would, therefore, al.pear, that all
trssStees Of that college would te
trustees under the, State, no mnttsf
how they became trustees, and aye
holding two offices under the State-2G
the Office of trustee in state tnstl-
tuition and the office of Fthe State
|Legislature. lSp
Senator Tiilman is trustee of
Clemson College, and a trustee OF
winthrop College. He is,stherefore
holding three Offices under the State
eieafiy III Direct violation ISf the con:
|stitution f Ftr
; Do you ask where the harm siss
answer, what do you expect of the
so-called common people when those
high In authority live daily In known
Violation of the chief law of the
land?
Again, do you think man has a
right to hold Office in q public col
lege, and also have the right to "a
seat in the Legislature, where he can
vote the public money to that col
lege?
now have resolution on the
calendar to look into this matter. 1t
seems very important, especially as
the Legislature recently elected two
of its members trustees of Clemson,
giving that institution three trus-