The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-23
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Faction.


sKIRMISHING.
1t seemed to bo the object of each faction to
prevent meeting, yet to be on hand If there
was one. In pursuance Of this policy, each
| faction watched the other closely. II the Pills
burSites were the stronger. the Mackeyites re-
| tired. Thoy would be reinforced by member
| or two and then came in, whereupon the Pills
buryites retired. Thoy in turn would be rein
forced and would return. This was kept up
until five minutes of nine oclock--the Pills.
buryites having nlne and the Mackeyites seven
present. The Mayor then camo in and took
his scat, but not more than one or two of the
opposition were to be seen. Mr.. Charles Yoigt
was present, appearing as if anxious to qualify.
The Pillsburyites appeared uneasy, although
conscious ct victory over the rival faction.
QUORUM.
AT one minute of nine o'clock Alderman
Greene arose and said: MIR. Mayor, am graft
fed to SEQ that Mr.. Voigt is present, and
asl1 that he be allowed to take the oath, and be
admitted.
The Mayor. Is Mr. Voigt preseut?
Mr.. Volgt stepped forward and was duly
sworn, after which he assigned a scat by
Holloway, colorcd, who, as the newly qualified
Alderman took his scat, gave him q most
cordial shake OF tn hand.
The clerk col ed the roll, and the following
answered: Aldermen Geddngs, Potter, Gun
ningham. Volgt, Green, Holloway. colored,
Small, colored, Brown, colored, Howard,
colored, McKiniay, colored.
The Mayor. AS quorum is now present.
the Council will como to order.
Tho Mayor. The meeting is called for special
object, and the Council will proceed to business
At Uhis point Aldermen L. J. and L. w. Nj.
Mackcy and Barrow came in and took their
seats.
McKinlay, colored. 1 have resolution to
offer, but before doing 80, I would like for some
one to state the object OF the meeting.
Thorne. L. P. Wall, E. P.Wall and Hampton,
colored, came in and occupied their respective
seats. making seventeen members present,
Collins being the only one absent.
The Mayor. The special object ofthe meet
ing is TO give notice of the time for the election
OF city officers.
Alderman Geddings. would be pleased if
Alderman McKinlay (who had just started to
speak) would let me have the floor.
McKinlay sat down, aud Alderman Geddngs
proceeded to say, in great many words, that he
had seen the call for meeting, and since his
arrival had learned that it was for speci II
purpose, and therefore thought it incumbent
upon the Mayor to state its object, and what
ever the business was he wanted it attended
to at once and be done with it, so that all could
go home.
The Mayor. You express my views exactly.
The object of the M .eting is to give notice of
the time for holding election for city
officers.
McKinlay, colored. There has been an or
dinance passed declaring all Offices vacant,
and with the view of filing them I have prepared
resolution, which now propose to offer, but
as my eyeslght Is bad, hope I'll be excused
from reading it.
Tho resolution, as follows, was thon hnnaza&
to the clerk, who read it:
Rescued, That special meeting of the City
Council be held on Tuesday evening, the 9Th OF
OF July, at oc.ock, for the purpose Of elect
ing officers for the various offices vacated by
an ordinance ratified on the 2Oth of May last,
quasted to give ten days previous notice in the
city newspapers, as is required by an ordi-
nance.
Howard, colored, rising. second it.
Alderman Geddings. I hope before the reso-
luton is put the ordinance referring to the
subject will be read.
The ordinance was read by tho clerk.
Alderman Geddings bstAntially.) May I
now ask if it is proposed to go into an cleo
tion on that ordinance? Section Of this or.
dinance provides that five days notice must be
given. AS the provisions Of the ordinance we're
not carried out by Council this section is dead
letter, of no use at all. and that as the third
section is an integral part of the ordinance,
and it has failed, the whole ordinan % has
failed.
The Mayor. Tho question is now before you
for your expression OF opinion upon 1t.
Alderman T. j. Mackey (subs,antially.)
differ with Alderman Geddlngs, aud regret
that he did not present his reasons for his con-
clusons, in order that I, in :dtion 10 my
owu, may prove by his that ho is not warrant
ed in the assertion that this ordinance is dead.
The ordinance of May 10th provides that all
Offices be vacated, and we have, therefore, the
right to Gll them at pleasure. This ordinance
repeals that OF October 8, 1905, under which
elections to fill offices were held; in this that
the ordinance OF 1905 provided that no cleo
tion should be held by Council without ten
days. notice, and the present ordinance pro-
vides that only five days. notice shall
be given. The argument of Alderman Ged-
dings, that we are now without any ordinance
because, as he asserts, one OF the sections
failed and is of no offeet, therefore tho whole
| ordinance is Of no effect and Council has
right to make another ordinance, is o novel
doctrine in law, practice and sound reason.
The present ordinance is an.agonistic to that
OF 1905 and repeals it, and gives us the right to
go into an election on motion, or to fix the
time as we choose. These my views upon
| the matter, and think them ten able.
McKinlay, colored. When offered that re-
ISOLATION, Mr.. Mayor, done so under the full
conviction that all OF the various offices were
vacant, mado 80 by this ordinance {at the same
time locking all over the shoot OF paper, al
most as large as the main sheet Of o man-oe-
wary Itis true, as Alderman Geddngs says,
| that a section of this ordinance provides that
within five days after the Offices become vac int
an election must take place. The preceding