The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-08-05
TWENTY-FIRsr Day.
SENATE.

SEN ATE.
immediately after the call of the roll
and the confirmation of the journal Of
| the preceding day, the Senate, in ac.
coraance With a JOINT RESOLUTION to that
effect, repaired to tho House of Repre-
sentatiVes, for the purpose Of uniting
with that body IN a ballot for Chief Jus
,Ice and two associate justices of the Su
preme Court, and after returning there
from without the transaction Of further
business, adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
At this stage of the proceedings, the
Senate was announced, when. in com.
pllance with a Joint resolution, the. two
Houses proceeded to ballot for a Chief
Justice OF the Supreme Court.
Tomlinson Nominated D. r. Corbin,
Senator from Charleston, and Um:ed
States District Attorney; Coehlan
nominated Judge T. J. Moses, ST.,
Hoyt nominated Col. A. J. Willard
late Chief Of the Military Bureau Of
Civil Affairs under the administration
Of Gen, CaHBy.
TomliHson rcddestcd and obtained
leave to have read from The clerks desk,
section two Of article eight, section one
oi article fourteen, of the Constitution
of the State, and section tEreo OF tue
constitutional amendment. all Of Which
indicated indisputably that, if elected,
Judge Moses would be disqualified from
taking his seat
a motion was made that the opinion
of the Atto;ne General be asked us
to whe her or not a man who was dis
qualified by the constitutional amend.
ment and elected TO Office could take his
seat.
This The Chair ruled out of order, and
the ballot proceeded, with the following
result. the Democrats casting the scat
tering votes:
Whole number Of votes cast 1870 :;
NECESSARY to choice &C; of which II. J:
Moses received So; b. II. Corbin SO B.
f. Dnnkin 8; a.. j Willard 6; j. l..
Orr3 D. Il. Wardlaw 2; TN. Daw.
kips l A p. Aldrich 1.
No candidate having received sufli-
cient number Of votes, it Was declared
that there was no election, and d sec.
ond ballot was held, with the following
result:
FL. Moses S2 votes; B.T. Corbia
Sc; B. +. Dunkin 8; j. L. Orr; 4; A..
j. Willard Q; A. P. Aldrich |.
The Clair announced that there was
no election, and third Ballot was taken,
as follows;
Whole humber of votes Cast l33 +;
necessary to a choice 67; of which T.
J. Moses received 70; D. II. Corbin
bin 40; A. j Willard 2; j. l.. Orr Q +;
t. N. Dawklns @; Wade Hampton | ;
Rev. Senator Burnt District Ran.
dolPh (negro) l.; Beverly Nash (ne-
gro) /.
The vote for Gen. Hamptoniwas cast
by the radical Senator Charles p. LES
lie, from Barnwell, who, discovering
what the result was before it was an
bounced officially expressed his thbt.
odgh disgust tit. and his conviction,
that universal suffrage was dead, and
begged leave TO change his vote, which
lte did from Corbin to Gen. Hampton.
The vote was greeted With Kisses from
the Aoot, and some applause from the
spectators, and, amidst great cdhfision,
the President announced that Franklin
}: Moses! having received the requisite
number Of votes; Was duly elected Chief
Justice. This was followed by great
cheering from lis friends.
The joint assembly then proceeded to
ballot for two a5sotiate justices.
Hayes nominated temuei Boozcr
Maxwell nominated J. Nj. Rutland
tor General of,he FiresdmeSs) Barsaps Bureaus; J,
J. II. Ferri,er RodiiHa,ed Hon. John A;
Inglis; G. P. Beslie (radical) said tha,
the experience of to day proved conclu.
sively to his mind that universal uffrag
was dead i'll tile. State, and that taking
his cue from this fact, he would hencs;
forth vote only Tor men of well defined
principles. He, therefore,, nominated
Judge a: F. Aldrich; Of BafR&sll.-
| (Hisses.) The vote resulted as follows
Wh8le Humber Of votes cast l3i; nee
essary to a choies &C.; Of Yhjeh A. j
4 t3et'Ae1 at'6Rafe5 4Ra Z; !. A. tngliis ::
Hoge ls; +: J, Moses, Jr, Q; Judg'
| Aldrich Q; @. P. Leslie 4; Senator J
J. Wright tAe&td1 3; Maj. M. r. De
lahey {negro) |; j: Fl. Rainey (negro
| i; Seiiatbr Daddy Cam (negro) !; Johl
Moriissey, NJ. G, Of New York, j; 9
P. Leslie and j. L nayne, both radi
Gals, voted Tor Judge AldricR. Ne,he
Of the candidates having received
sufficieht Rutiibet Of VOTES, 1t was declar
ed that there was ho election where
upon, on mdtl6h, tho JOINT assembly dis
persed, to fleet agaiH Al hoon tomprrcv
when the BallotiKE, will be Resulted.
The House Of Representatives thsi
ad]onrhed until II o'clock to ni3rtoy
motRing.
tHsAFT:SEoosD D4F.
SENATEj
Tho Senate convened al ID o'oioSk; sS