The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-07-22
TIE CONTESTED ELECTION.

We make the following extract from the report
of Legislative proceedings on Friday last, con-
corning tho contested election from this District
Private information of later date gives no ASST
rance that the House will regard truth or justice
in this case and the community may as we'll come
to- the conclusion that they are to be misrepre-
sented in the House of Representatives BY the
two Radical contestants. 1t, is equally certain
that the Senate will not revise its action respect
ing DR.. REID, but that he will retain his seat,
whether or not the House excludes the Democratic
members. Tuesday next has been fixed for the
trial before the committee, and we learn that
Messrs. SLOAN, WILSON and MOORE are now at
homo for the purpose of procuring evidence to
refute the charges of fraud and legality in their
election. Every Democrat and every conservative
man in the District should assist these gentlemen
in their efforts to obtain evidence, and thus show
up the yillainy and corruption of the Radical
party and its leaders.
The following proceedings of the House ore
copied from the Phenir:
Ransier called up the Special Order, which was
the report of tho committee to whom had bean re-
fcrrsd the protest filed against the delegation from
commended that the matter be tried directly by
the House; and that the committee bo authorized
10 send for persons and papers.
An animated discussion ensued. j. B. Moore
representing the delegation ono of its members,
made ON elaborate and able argument, reviewing
the ground on which the delegation had appeared,
and presented the credentials as the other
members in the House-that is the certificates of
General Canby-that they were duly elected. He
said that protest had before this been filed with
EGen. Candy, and for more than two mouths he had
refused to issue their certificates. In the mean
while lie appointed Special Commission TO inyes-
tigate the matter, which commission had gone to
Anderson, examined persons, returned with ia
vorable report to General Candy; and upon the
strength of this the General had issued their
Z. tifcates. That many Of the persons who were
parties to this new protest, wero obscure, ignorant
persons, who did not know what an affidavit was
and one Of them, who swore that there was fraud
tst Greenwood Poll, was register at Calhoun's,
: twenty-five miles distant, the same day; and,
could therefore, have gained his information only
By hearsay, which was no evidence. All that he
and his colleagues asked was justice-they neither
begged nor would accept any favor. They wanted
the persons, not the aidavts before the House, as
one could be cross-e1arnned, and the other could
, not.
:, Whipper, DeLarge Crews and others, opposed
the report, on the ground that it would entail an
of Ransier, amanded by Whippsr, the House adopt
: cd an order for the committee to proceed at
with the trial. and decide for themselves all qucs
tions that might be raised in the progress of the
trial by either party, subject to the ultimate de-
cison, ofthe Houses when the final report is male.
8 and that all af;davi.s be admissible. as evidence
s.Personne," of the Charleston Neps, telegraphs
!; as follows to that paper:
In the House long debate took place on the re-
port of the Committee on Privileges and Elections,
requesting the House to decide whether the affi-
davts of the contestants in the case of the Ander-
son delegation be received.
Mr. Moore, one of the Democratic members,
made long and plucky speech. lie told the
House that he dared them to ignore the certificates
, of General Candy and the managers OF elections
!, This produced groat sensation.
- The Anderson delegates are anxious to secure
the af6dayits of certain witnesses, but the House
was unwilling and decided against them. The
@probability is that they will be ousted.