The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-08-12

Hiiiii'T dS Ihly De prOfin"u DE law:
Provided, In all caEes OF lynching
when death cnsuea, the county whore
such lynching takes plac" shall with
out regard to the conduct of he ohi-
GERS. be Liable in cxcmplar" damage;
OF not less tina. two thousand dollars
TO the legal representatives of the
pcr"rsoEs lynched: Provided. further.
That any county against which a
Judgment has been obtained for dam
ages in any case OF lynclIng shall
have the right to recover the amount
O: said judgment from The pariic: en-
gagged in said lynching in any court OF
competent jurisdic:ion"
When ! was sworn in ;,s a member
OF tie state Legislature from Sumter
county. took the following oath:
Il 40 solemnly swear that will. to
tho best Of my ability PRE-
SERVE, PROTECT AID DEFEND the
Constitution OF this State and of the
United States, $50 help me God"
did not introduce in the Icg:sIa-
ture the bill tn carry oni the prOvis-
ions Of the above section OF the Con-
sti;uficn. was not Il member OF the
constitutional convention which wrote
this provision sntO the organic law
~ wv oshtSh pEONlS-
ION which Is binding 'iu0n the eXecu-
tive. Legislative and judicial members
or the state government deny em-
phatically that the section of tie con-
stitution above Jcferrcd to makes any
allusion to negroes whatever.
Now. what are the facts" This is an
attempt only to distorl the provisions
Of the constitution Of the state and
hn v.1,,
ing the negro question, which is evil
dcnced by the fact that Governor
Blcasc as legislator and state senator,
as far as can find, did not Introduce
u bill for the repeal Of this section
Governor Blease. SO far as / have
been able to ascertain. in his nenrly
four yenrs as governor has not made
any recommendation to the legisln-
ture for the repeal of this section Of
.hc constitution.
Does anyone believe that the Re.
formers of 1896, under the leadership
OF Is. Ii. Tillman, deliberately wrote
into the organic law of this state
provision giving to fhr family of u
negro rapist two. thousand dollars
such proposition Is not only absurd
but an insult to the intelligence of the
~Ati6ShoheP VI OOulu \dIOllud.
Reference to the constitution and
law above referred to shows that 1t Is
left to n jury to decide ns to the lin.
bility of county. Our juries are
composed OF white men who have not
and VIII not render verdict that is
against the spirit and sentiments of
the Anglo-Saxon race. Ao q matter
of fact no judgment has ever been
recovered in any. court OF South Car
olina under the provisions of this Jaw
In favor Of the family or n negro rap
list.
{3.) DID VOTE For sEraRATE
COACHES FOR THE RACES.
On page 422. Of the Journal of the:
House of Representatives of South
Carolina OF 1898. will be found the
following: 4
MIR. Cnughman moved to amend
the substitute bill by striking out all.
after the enacting words and insert
Ing In lieu thereof the following:
Section /. That all railroads or
railroad companies engaged In this
state as common carrier of passenger :.
fo hire shall furnish separate apart
ments in first class coaches for the
accommodation OF white and colored
passengers; Provided, Equal accom-
modatiOns shall be supplied to all,
persons, without distinction of race,
color or previous condition, in such
coaches. .
Sec. 2. That any first class coach
of such carrier of passengers may be
dicided into apartments fseparated by
substantial partitions, in lieu of sep
arate coaches. /.
Z Sec. 3. That should any railroad
or railroad company, its agents or
employees, violate the provisions OF
this act, such railroad or railroad
companies shal lbe liable to n pen
atty OF not more than. five hundred
dollars nor les than three hundred
dollars for each violation, to be COL !
lected by suit of any citizen of this
shal lbe equally divided between the
citizen bringing the suit and the
state of South Carolina.
Sec. 4. That the provisions of this!
act shall not apply to nurses on
trains. or to relief trains in cases OF
trains.
Sec. s. That the provisions of this
act shall not go into effect until July.
{1st. 1898.
Sec. 6. That all acts and parts of
acts inconsistent with this act nrei
hereby repealed.
MIR. w. S. Smith called for the pre-
vious question on the whole matter,
which was ordered by the house.
The question being put. "Will the
House. agree to the amendment to the
substitute bill offered by Mr.. Caugh-
MANI" 1t was decided in the affirma-
tive. .&5its
The yeas and nays were requested.
and are as follows: Yeas, 60; maps,
26.
Those who voted in the affirmative