The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-11

VETO OF THE GREENvILLE AND COLUMBIA RAIL-
ROAD BI1L-CoNTINUED DISCUSSION OF THE
EI4EcTIoN BILL-IT is AMENDED AND PASSES
THE SECOND READING.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DAILY NEWS j.
COLUMBIA, February 1O.-This morning Gov
ernor Scott sent to tho Senate his veto of the
act to re-enact certain acts lending the name
and credit of tho State to the Greenville and
Columbia Railroad Company. and to validate
the action Of said company hereunder. The
message was made the special order FOR Friday
Corbin offered q resolution to adjourn on the
18th instant which was laid over for conside-
ration tomorrow.
The consideration Of the Charleston Election
bill was resumed Attor speeches by Corbin,
Cain and Leslie, the bill was considered by
sections. The word elect was stricken from
the second section. The third section was
stricken out and the following substituted, and
the bill then passed. its second reading by
vote Of ayes Is, nays s.:
SECTION 8. That for each and every days de-
tention or holding OF the Office of Mayor or
Aldermen of the City Of Charleston, contrary
to the provisions OF this act, the person or
persons 30 offending shall be subject to pen
atty Of fifty dollars, the said penalty to be re-
covered in any action of debt by tue person or
thereby.
SEC. 4. Any laws continuing in Office persons
elected or appointed to Office previous to, dur
ing, or under the late provisional government
of South Carolina, or under or by virtue OF any
military orders, shall be held not to apply to or
continue in Office the present Acting Mayor
and Aldermen Of the City of Charleston, but
as to them said laws shall be held to be null
and void. All acts or parts of acts inconsist-
ent with this act are hereby repealed.
In THE HOUSE, NJ Knlay introduced bill
to amend the act to authorize o loan to pay
the interest on the public debt.
Johnson introduced bill to amend an act
to incorporate the Town OF Winnsboro'.
The bill to authorize loan for the relief Of
the State Treasury was passed and sent to the
Senate.
The bill to amend acts incorporating the
South Carolina University was amended SO
that the Legislature shall elect the trustees,
and no distinction as to race, color OF creed
shall be made in tho admission of students.
The act then passed the second reading and
was ordered to be enerossed.
EXCITING SCENES IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE
WADE AND BUTLER FIGHT FOR THE MASTERY
CAME OF TT.
WAsHNerof, February 10.-At one o'clock
the senator's, arm in arm, went into the hall of
! the House of Representa- tt::@es. Waddo look the
chair and Colfax was seated near him. Sena-
tor Conkling and Representatives Wilson. of
Iowa, and Pruyn, acted as tellers. Pruyn read
the Democratic votes; Conkling and Wilson al-
ternately recording the Republican votes. All
went on smoothly until Louisiana was reached,
when Mullins, Of Tennessee, objected, declar-
ing that no valid election had baen held.
Tho joint session separated, and the House
voted, ono hundred and twenty-six to sixty
! three, to count the vote of Louisiana. The
+ Senate, after q severe struggle to draw in ex-
! traneous matter, voted to count Louisiana.
The Houses again met and proceeded with
+ the count until Georgia was reached. when
: Butler objected, because tho Georgia Electoral
. College had not voted on the proper day and
for other reasons. Much confusion ensued,
which Wade ended by ordering the Senate to
it's own chan,bcr.
The House then voted, noes one hundred
and fifty and ayes forty-one, that the vote of
Georgia should not be counted.
The Senate after .aost peTplexing and
laug habIe struggle declared, in face of the
concurrent resolution concerning Georgia, that
= the objection made in the Joint session was
out of order.
The Houses again met in joint ses sion in alb
soute conflict. Wade ordered the vote OF
Georgia to be read as directed by the concur
rent resolution. Butler objected. Wade
would hear no objection. Butler appealed
from Wade's decision. Wade would allow no
ap peal and ordered the count to proceed.
Butler moved that the Senate have permission
to retire, which was ruled out Of order. But
ler insisted that tho House should control its
own hall. Amid the most intense excitement
z Wade ordered tho count to proceed. Conkling
commenced reading the result, but his voice
was dro 1ncd by cries Of order. The
noiso became deafening, when Speaker
CofAx sprang to the DESK proclaiming that
the Vice-Presldent must be obeyed In joint
/ session, and ordering the Sergeant-at-arms to
arrest all disorderly persons. Colfax or
: dering and appea ing for probably two minutes,
during winch timo the Sergeant-at-arms had
distributed his men all through the House be-
fore partial order was estored. The reading
of the result and the proclamation Of the
election followed, the Houses separated, and
the Senate Immediately adjourned.
! In THE HOUSE, Butler introduced q resolu.
ton that the action OF Wade and the senators
was gross invasion of the rights Of the House
which resolution was pending when the House
adjourned.
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