The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-07
ELECTION OFF MUNICIPAL oFExCHRs.
MEETING OF COUNCIL LAST NIGHT.
Tho Phnsbury Caucus -POpulari-
ty OF ID. II. Corbin. who rs looted CITY
Attorney. and Rcccivcs Ono votc for
cvcry othor Omce-Facetious Ito
marks of Alderman II. j. .Mackey
which Fail to Secure his Election
as Flour Imspcc tor List OF UMcers.

which Fail to Secure his Election
as Flour Inspoc tor-List or UMoers.
THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
Last night-the time appointed 10 gil the
city offices declared vacant by an ordinance of
Council in May last-tound every member OF
the body in his seat The asplrants crowded
into the Council Chamber. thro 2ed tho door
way, sat on the window sils, with legs dang
ling outside, in each others laps, hung by
their chins, arms and legs on the b nisters OF
the stairway leading up to the room in whlch
sat the body sooD to decide whether they
should be exalted up to the seventh heaven by
success or plunged into the slough OF despair"
By defeat, and crowded on the street o0Tn.T
all anxlously awaiting the dec,slon. inside
OF the Chamber there was perfect order, each
member, especially the colored ones, being ap-
parently profoundly impressed with the
importance Of the occasion and determined
to vote acco :dlng to the dictates of his con-
science, or as Mayor Pillsbury or Aldermen
Mackey had dictated. The spectators, most Of
whom were asplrants, like the Aldermen, held
little conversation, but listened breathlessly
and restlesslY to whatever was uttered, and
furt,vely glanced ct the door of the Mayors
Office, through which the incumbeuts of the
city Offices we're constantly passing and repas-
sing.
CALLED TO ORDER.
Thus the minutes dragged slowly by until q
quarter to nine O'Clock, when the Mayor came
in, took the chair, and ordered the Clerk to
call the roll. This was DONE and Aldermen e.
w. M. Mackey, Barr ow, II. J. Mackey. Voigt,
| Collins, Cunningham, Geddings, Potter. Greene,
white; and Hampton, Thorn, L. F. Wall, Nc
Kinlay, E. p. Wall, Small. Holloway, Brown,
Howard. colored, promptly answered.
Mayor. This meeting was called for the
purpose Of filing the Offices declared vacant
by an ordinance, in May last.
Alderman Cunningham. move that we
proceed with the election Of city officers, and
commence with the Office OF City Attorney.
The motion was put and unanimously car
ried.
Alderman Potter. nominate the Hon. D,
T. Corbin.
Alderman E. w. M. Mackey. I nominate
Colonel r. ". Seymour.
Mayer. have received from Mr.. r. s. Tha-
rim an application for the Office.
THE PILLsBURY CAUCUS TICKET.
At this point the Pillsburyites were each OBJ
served to flourish freely neatly printed ticket,
which, upon investigation was ascertained to
be the ticket determined upon by the PllIsbury
faction. at caucus held in the morning. It is
as follows:
For Clerk Of Council, W. R. Mitchell. color
for City Treasurer. Stephen Thomas; for As.
SCISSOR, r. J. Coogan; for Assistant Assessor,
DIR. M. G. Camplin, colored; for Harbormas-
ter, G. B: Stoddard. present incumbent; for
fror nr TDIh o.
health officer; for City Inspector. Joseph 81.
Jenks; for Physician to Orphan House. DR.. W.
r. Huger; for Inspector OF Flour, M. Caul-
field; Gaugers OF Liquor, Clarence Levy, A.
Jarvis; City Coroner, Joseph 2. Howard color
ed; Keeper Tidal Drains. Alexander Williams;
1nspectors Naval Stores. t. w. Stnnland, w.
=. Bevin; superintendent Public Cemetery, j.
smons ST 11oT1e; ely sh;ss RhssGsns Ia Dr. T. Grange
J. Somers Buist; Inspectors If Lumber, s. P.
BENNETT j. G.. Renters, O. M. Besselieu, O. s.
Jenkins; William Burke, colored; William
othy Johnson: Geo. O'Neill, JAS. w. Anderson,
colored; ]. @. Holloway, colored; for CITY
Sheriff. Geo. Addison.
Alderman Geddings. hope, Mr.. Mayor, that
you will. before proceeding with the election,
announce the candidates for the Office.
Mayor. intend to do 80.
Alderman Geddings. I'd like, also, to have
the names Of she applicants read.
Alderman voigt. do not see the necessity
OF reading them.
Alderman Geddings. do not see how you
are to get around it.
Mayor. Some Of the applications are two
pages and some one page long.
Alderman GeddinGs. We cannot get along
without doing that. He then proceeded to
read an ordinance, adopted on the 18th Of Oc-
tober, 1sO6, which provides that the applicants
for each Office within the gift Of Council shall
state in his letter Of application his surety or
sureties. and IL he did not furnish the bond
two weeks after the election, he should forfeit
the Office. Said the Alderman, the ofioe of
City Attorney requires o five Thousand dollar
bond with two or moro suretles, and we should
know something about them before proceeding
to an election.
Alderman Collins (excitedly.) NJ. H. Collins
and P. j. COogan are his sureties, and are as
good as can be gotten
The Mayor then read section Of an ordi-
nance in support Of o position that he took in
opposition to that taken by Alderman Ged-
| dings, which e. P. Wall. colored, did not hear
and requested its re reading, which was grant
ed, and all the Councilmen referred to it. 4,
McKinlay. colored. Iconsider the ordinance
read by Alderman Geddings as q mere formal
lty-the non-observance Of 1t having been the
rule and the Observance Of 1t the exception.
Alderman Cunningham. / move we 20 into
an election. N.
Small, colored. I concur in your proposi.
| ton. Il.
Alderman Geddings. Mr.. Mayor, I hope be-
fore you procsed, you will state upon what
grounds you 90 outside OF the ordinance.
Alderman Cunningbsm. On the same ground
that other Mayors went outside Of it.
Alderman Geddings. An Illegal action in the
past does not warrant an illegal action now.
Alderman CUNNINGHAM, (excitedly.) Eve
ry matter will be found illegal if you don't want