The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-25
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.
The Annual EIcsxnEc or Governor Scott.
The Lnhor OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
in the General Assembly Yesterday
The Blue Ridsc Contractors Want co
Hold Fast To their HnrSs:in. iSc.
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The Labor Convention met this evening. About
three hundred delegates were prcscnt-ncarly all
black, and mostly Legislators. The chairman was
II. b. Elliott, cOlored The first speakers were
Stamford and Wright, cplorcd, AMI Speaker +. J.
Moses, Jr. They I'LL counscllcd temperance anu
moderation, but did all they could TO iniane The
passions o! their hearers. Moses significantly re-
minded the convention tia. he negroes had not
obitcratcd Ivy blood skcd hy negro hands the
blou'iy stains OF agrs OF oppression. J. J. Wright
held large tracts Of Hand, iaborcrs would be dc-
!faWdcd OF their jus; dues. lie was in favor Of
dividing the lands or the profits equally, and
wanted TO show that the iahorcrs were the equals
and superiors OF the employers.
The Committee on Organization nominated Il.
b. Elliott co'orcd, for rrcsdent; T. J. Moses, Ir.,
S;gwali, W. J. whiprcr, l.. c. Dci.argc, W. d.
Fash. =. j. L0mnX l.. wimhnsh, coiovct. md ].
H. &pss. white, vice presidents; ~. J. Ransicr,
coloret, secretary, aud B. r. Jackson, white, AZ
sIatani. mo;i0r 10 rccOlnmit was made on the
ground that all the officers were lawyers and poll
ticians, and that the workngmcn were not rep
resented, especially the Charleston longshorc-
men.
Turbulent speeches IVY Elliott, Ransicr ana
Whippcr followed, III which the ,ongshorcmcn
were denounced as making it q political conyen.
tion, and their leader as trying to rcenact tho
scenes OF Military Hail. All the officers named
,lc n
| Cd Elliot: WAS then elected president, ana T. F.
Clark, president longshorcmen viccprcsident.
Amid tremendous confusion bawiing and hoot-
ing, the convention declared organized, and
adjourned.
1t ia reported tina: Crissycn Il Co. viii, resist
the canccmcnt Of The blue Ridge contract OH
the ground that their delay was caused Ivy uu.
avOiiab.e circumstances.
The bill to repeal the township law viii Doubt
less nc passed; there are only fsc votes against
il in tho House.
In the Senate, Donaldson introduced a hill 10
authorize the Legislature to purchasc the 10; nu
Meeting street, known as the Clubhouse. for
United States Courthouse, which received its iirst
amend the charter OF the Charlotte and Augusta
Railroad; by ji,lson, q bin 20 establish system
| of free common schools; by Wright, u bill to in
| corporate the Irovitlent llfc Insurance Company,
and Il Ol to regulate pilots ana establish rates or
piloiage by Donaldson, bin to incorporate Olaf
lin University, anu bill TO incorporate the Edsto
| Phosphate and FertiiIZng Company The Com.
m:ttee on Railroads reported In favor OF the in
definite postponcmcnt Of the Port Royal Railroad
bill; bill declaring; tina; the public debt shall not
DO Increased was laid on tho table; hill 10 define
contracts with laburcrs wns postponcd; a bill to
incorporate the Ashley Bridge Company was re-
fcrred; bill to create tho County OF Coosaw-
hatchc has been postponed until next week; bills
providing for an election defining the powers of
Justices of the peace and regulating the practice
In their courts was postponed.
in the House, notice was given OF Il bill 10
change the county scat of BarnwclI; bill to re-
charter Ranowle's Ferry, and bill to charter the
Delany Guards; Ransicr introduced a joint rcso-
luton instructing the county commissioners to
Inquire az to what lands belonging TO the State in
ST. Johns Berkeley are neld by private individ-
das; refcrred. Ey whippcr, a bin TO charter
the Comet Star Light Infantry.
At O'Clock Governor Scott scnt In his message,
which was read and referred After which both
Houses adjourned
The Governors Message.
The message opens with q flourish OF fcllci-
talon to the members OF the General Assembly
upon their occupancy OF the new Legislative quar-
scrs In the unfinished StatehOusc and the hope
il Expressed that the lustrous beauty OF the new
halls may be typical OF the Frightening pros
pcrity OF our beloved State OF her unstaIncd hon.
| or and untarnished credit and may witness the
purity, the patriotism and the wisdom OF her
councils, until her principles are as firmly estab-
lished as the foundations OF this cdlcc and peace
and prosperity prevail within her bortlersn
AN lNCoRRuPTiBLE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS fAyORs
REDUCTION or TAXES.
The Governor then proceeds to boast of the i'm.
proved condition OF the finances OF South Carroll
ma, which, with wonderful eHrontery, he attri.
butcs TO the refusal OF the Legislature to Yield 10
tile gentle Influences Of individuals and corpora
tions seeking state aid for railroads. lie virtu-
ously cxhorts the Legislature to pcrsevcre In the
same incorruptible course a cheap bid for pOpu-
iarity, In the shape OF q declaration I'm favor OF n
reduction OF the United States Internal revenue
tax twlat has Governor Scott to do with that y
Is followed mp by this paragraph:
When the present state Government came into
power we found that the Provisional Government
controlling the state from the close OF the war
lin contracted many debts, for the pronipt pny.
mcnt OF which, US well as to meet the current
expenses OF the State Government, IL was ncces-
sary to provide. Among the liabilities was a
ioatihg debt amounting to S477,065 80. This debt
was due To yarior3 county Oflicias-slierin3
Dsf
INC state by authority OF law there hail also
hecn put In circulation hills receivable to the
amount OF s222,O0D In addition to this was the
past due Interest on the State debt, which had
accrued from Tho Is: Of July, 1861 All of these
various amounts have been paid, and the hills
receivable redcrmcii. At the present time ihcrc
IL but small iioaing debt that the State Treas.
uler will be compelled to meet. Owing to these
payments the expenses OF the State Government
were heavier last year than they win be for the
present iiscnl year and the assessment OF taxes
MAY therefore he considerably reduced for the