The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-10

to elcct illelr Omccrs-COlltns Is not
afraid OF tho Ku-KIux-Klan, and
wants them Thoroughly Organize1a- =
Protest OF Corner Whiting List Of
Officers not Elected.
PRELIMINARIEs.
The excitement engendercd by the election
on tuesday night last has steadily increased as
was evinced by the large attendance during
Council proceedings last night, and the fever
ish ate of all present Except the members Of
the press and L. J. Mackey, the latter one of
whom. by the way, never gets excited, unless
nominated for office,) were In. - ~+
The Police Department has been the'bone of
contention among the PlIsburyites ever since
the last meeting of Council. and numerous are
the caucuses that have been held, and argu-
ments and entreates and promisee made to
settle the vexed question, whether @. B. Sig
wald, II. W. Hendricks, r. H. Willoughby, or
N. Taft should be Chief. and whether or not
it would be to the interests Of the Republican
party ii. e., the Plllsbury faction, consisting
mainly OF Mayor Pillsbury and his stepson,
Captain jerks, of the City Inspectorship
ofioe) to have colored man as an
officer Of the force. A caucus was held Fri
day night. AS all Of the Offices had been pronA
ised or bestowed, something was required to
satiate the hungry stomachs Of the members
OF the faction, whose desire for Office had GREAT
ed a morbid appetite, which was always crying,
not so much like Oliver Twist, as like another
personaae with whom T. J. Mackey has made
the public acquainted, 'sMore, more more II
IL was found necessary in lieu thereof to lavish.
ly dispense champagne. cheese and crackers
and sandwiches. During this meeting Alder
man Barrow proved q very apple Of discord, and
it is reported that the members refused to pro-
ceed with business in his presence, and the
caucus broke up in confusion. Yesterday morn
ing the caucus again assembled and Alderman
Barrow was again present and vexatious, but
was quieted. and by four O'Clock full ticket
had been resolved upon and was sent down to
be printed. 1t was decided to support Hen
bricks for chief. T. B. Chapman for first and
B. Holloway, col0red, for second lieutenant
tie latter being done to retain the influence of
Alderman Holloway. colored, who it is assert
ed wanted to bolt and start q caucus of
his own.
The names on the ticket were printed in two
rows on one side Of a sheet OF paper. When
the ticket was brought to the Mayors Office,
before the Council was called to order, the
sheet was torn down the middle, making two
strips. The upper portion of the first strip,
containing the names of the officers to be sup
ported to fill the posts in the Police Depart
ment was torn Of. and the remainder sent into
the Council chamber and laid upon the dosks
OF the '.faithful"-among whom is Alderman
6mait. who vows he'll never vote wrong SO long
as his friend Collins will sit by and tell him
now TO exercise the right Of suffrage, and pre-
vent his getting confused.
CALLED TO ORDER.
Matters inside Of the Council Chamber. while
waiting for the Mayor to come in and call the
unterrifed to order, were not altogether de-
void OF interest. There was much talking
about the candidates, betting upon the success
Of this or that officer for chief of police, great
deal of walking to and fro. sly sh ,wing Of tick
cts, and great deal Of writing OF resolutions,
which did not see light. The leader Of the
Mackeyites pondered, evidently deciding whe-
ther to waste his sweetness on the desert air
by voting for his old friend, or to bolt the or
thodox ticket; but the musings of himself and
the conversation and noise Of others were in
terrrpted by the entrance of the Mayor, at
nine O'Clock, and the ''faithful," who before
were afraid to open the game, now. with de-
termined look, seemed to say we are ready to
make short and decisive campaign, and to
march our caucus ticket through the hostile
ranks and bear down ali opposition.
When Council was called to order at 8 O'Clock,
the following were present: The Mayor; Alder
men Geddings, Potter, CUNNINGHAM, voigt,
Collins, Greene, T. J. Mackey, e. W. M. Mackey
and Barrow, white; AMI Hampton, Thorne, E.
P. Wall, L. F. WALL d. Brown, McKinlay, Small
and Holloway. coiored.
FoRCIBLE ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
Alderman I. j. NJ Mackey offered the following
resolutions. saying that he presumed that they
would not excite any discussion:
Resolued. That the Mayor be and ia herebv
authorized and required to summarily eject
from Office any officer OF the city who shall ra.
fuse to surrender his Office on the demand or
his duly elected and qualified successor.
hesolued, That the Mayor is hereby empow-
cred to use the police force of the city, should
the same be necessary, to eject any such
officer.
Alderman Voigt seconded the resolutions.
Alderman Geddlngs moved to lay the reso-
lutions on the table, which was seconded by e.
P. Wall.
The yeas and nays were ordered on the mo-
ton OF Alderman Geddings, and the roll being
called the vote was:
Ayes-Geddings. Potter, Howard, Thorne,
L. F. Walls.
Noes-Cunningham Barrow, Holloway, voigt,
Hampton. Small, Brown, E. P. Wall, r. j.
Mackey. E. w. M. Maokey. McKlnlay, Greene.
Collins, the Mayor--14.
e. 2. Wall. in exclamation OF his vote, said
that the resolution had violent character,
and would be likely to cause q revolution in the
community. The Republicans were law-abid.
ing people, and the Mayor ought not to have
power TO call in his policemen and elect off,
GERS. whether they were legally in Office or not.
nc mad seen enough in this chamber Of the