The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-25
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small import, it has, from the opportunities pre-
seated by 1t to defraud the State, become the
Mecca OF strugglers after the public pap. A chap
ter Just here on the n,odus operand Of legislative
adding at Columbia may not be uninteresting.
L.C~C Carpenter, recent Importation to the
shrine Of carpet-baggers, and at present editor,
manager and local for his new Sheet the Union
IA poor substitute, by the way, for the GuardiapD
has been the brains and has done the work for
CLIQUE Here who are asplrants for the legislative
stick and rule. In the prosecution OF his scheme,
he some time since made visit to the North for
the purpose OF securing employees, promising
them as part remuneration that he would secure
them sinecures under the present administration.
or course, this was discovered by those holding
the places he sought to trade or and quite fuss
waSlalsed about 1t. One officer, whose name We
have, was supposed to be working against this
clique. He was about to be officially decapltated
when he discovered what was in the wind, and by
prompt measures exposed 1t all, thus saving his
bacon.
1t is really amusing, to say the least, to read
what these fellows say through their correspon
dence to the Radical sheet OF your city. The state
ment that Colonel Patterson Is mixed up in bid
ding for the printing. he himself pronounces
wtlrul fabrication. We reckon he plays for larger
stakes None of the Carpenter clique know anS-
thing practically Of printing. But that does not
seem totInatter, and although our friend Seloy
will undsrbId all other applicants. he is doomed
to fail.
"AS OTHERS BEE U.s."
or all the tricks of journalism, and Lord only
knows how black and varied they are, we know
of none 80. contemptibly small and SO brazen-
faced as one which has been practiced by that
hIgh.toned Radical journal published in yourcity.
Their correspondent here is q sort of journalistic
Coron; corresponding fer one or two prominent
and large batch Of unimportant papers at the
North. He Is, moreover, stocShoder In the
Scottcombination Journal II any one takes the
pains to run over few numbers OF the latter
jorrnal, they will and coplous extracts from the
washington Chronicle, one Of the papers alluded
to above. Sometimes 80 correspondent In South
Carolina is vaguely mentioIed;. sometimes these
excerpts are presented III other ways. They all
pile 1t on thick on everything here that is Radical
When paper has to send its own putrS OF itself
out OF creation, and waits for their return to use
them Sss some one else's, 1t Is about time their
presses were reversed, and they turned to print
ing "gutter-snipes."
TuAT CARPET.
.suow much do you think that carpets worth -
we overheard one Radical ask another today.
aI think it's worth not less than S2500."
"It cost $4,000, though" said one Radical, with
wink. =.
Taxpayers can seet the carpet free gratis from
the gallery Of the House.
wHIrEwAsHING COMMENCED.
So the Blue Ridge Railroad Company is to go
through its now annular process Of investigation.
Why not just as we'll have few hundred copies
OF last years. Investigation By committee reprint
ed? The company must officially report ere long.
whipper's resolution to-day caused Wilkes to
draw from him (Whipper) the following state
ments. He did not wish to make any attack
upon the company. He meant the affairs OF
the road for the best OF reasons, should be invest
igated. Knowing, as he did, that there was q
power to sell out the entire interest OF the State,
and that there was movement to do 1t, he
wanted an investigation. He cared not at whose
door the blame fell. The House was In duty bound
to investigate every affair connected with the
road. The interest OF the State should not be
trickled away for triie, which he believed was
about to be done.
Wilkes remarked that what Whipper had said
only revealed the impropriety Of the law that
would put such power into the hands Of any class
OF men.
Now let Us look out for some Bulge Ride develop
zpents, Mfr: wh1pper knows what ne is talking
about, and r the B. R. Ring wants things to move
smoothly t had better admit him into the CHARM
cd circle.
A LITTLE MORE STRING.
The House lion, Franklin j., Jr bad few more
inches Of string given him today. he might
gnaw himself on and run at large If lie choose to
WhIppper introduced q resolution today, which
was carried, reading as as follows:
Resolued That Rule TX, which prohibits the
speaker from taking part in DEBATE, be suspended
during the remainder OF the session OF the Legls'
lature.
PROTEST FROM. LANCASTER.
Senator Hayes this morning presented the pro-
test Of P B. Tomkins against the right OF F. A
Clinton, colored, to the seat on the floor OF the
Senate as senator from Lancaster County. The
protest states that Clinton received but minorl-
ty vote; that his certificate was secured to him,
and the returns made to show him elected by lille.
gal, fraudulent and corrupt practice on the part
OF those having management OF the election; that
at one precinct at which Clinton received ma
ority, the election law was so completely Ignored
as to render the whole proceeding null and void.
and to require the rejection OF the whole vote
taken there; that, nevertheless, Tomkins was
elected even with the whole vote Of the above pre-
cinct counted and allowed. The petitioner asks
that his protest be referred to the proper commit
tee, where he will fully substant!a:e his claim by
Irresistible proof.
PETITION FOR INCREASE OF TAXATION IN RIcH-
4 LAND COUNTY.
The county commissioners Of Richland county
this morning, through Senator Nash, presented to
the Senate petition asking for authority to levy
ajax Of six mills on the dolar'on the sssessed
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