The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1870-12-02
MEETING OF. THE LEGISLATURE.

MEETING OF THE LEGISLATURES
/ TThe,notice of the organization OF
the Legislature should have appeared
In our last. but, was Enna8oidaoly
crowded out ~. - >,>,,,-'
The Legislature met in Columbi;
on Tuesday, the s22d nlt., at noon.
with q auorxm Of 10th bodies present.
! The Senate organized by the sclec.
ton of Colonel Montgomery rs tenn
porary President. Joseph
the principal Clerk of the last Senate,
was reelected without opposition.
Mr.. Sisson was elected Reading Clerk.
Mr.. Green, the old Sergeant-at-arms,
is continued in his former position,
and Rey. Mr.. Webster chosen Chap
lain. ....., .T.%z.
T House Of Representatives - The
House was cal!et; to order by the
Clerk; Mr.. A. o. Jones, and Mr. Whlp-
Der, of Beaufort, moved that Speaker
Moses. be called to preside until g per.
mancnt organizations could be effected.
& After tho swearing in Of the mem
hers had been effected, the House PRO
-ceeded to q permanent organization
bv unanimously electing General
Moses as Speaker. Mr.. Jones was
also unanimously reelected Clerk, and
Mr., John Williams, Of Edgcfeid, was
elected 'Sergeant-at-Arn,s. Z - q .,.'.
-.- STATE HOUSE.
Extensise repairs and improve.
ments have been made upon the new
State House-new upholstery, car.
pets of improved patterns, gas fix.
lures, clocks, &c. have been furnished.
There has been q general re.arrange-
ment of the offices of the Govern
ment, and the work of emhe!lisbing
within and adorning without has been
rapidly completed. =. It is to be hoped
that the tasteful ard refining inau-
cncss of tho surroundings will have
some effect upon the character Of the
forthcoming legislation. :
WORK OF THE SESSION.
The United States Senatorship, the
vacancies IN the, judicial departing ent,
including Associate Justice of tho SUI
prcme Court, and Judge for the First
Circuit, the State Printing, are just
now thesmost$ inn portant topics.tgl
For the vacant United States, ,Sena-
torshipatbe nam es Of Senator Robert
sou, Mr.. Bowen, Comptroller sNag'e,
of State Cardeza, Attorney
General Chamberlain and Chief Jus
lice Moses are among the I most st prom
inent, -, 81. Ia:
Associate Justice Wright will be a
candidate for reselection to the su:
preme Bench. Col. .sR:F +. Graham is
spoken of as SUCCESSOR to- JudgegCar-
pentcr. t.2s-2 $s2H'Sss' |'ssss| s'sE5'
THE State Printing furnishes . fat
Job for which there's are many aspi-
rants / j. ~ &. s FFs.
!" Afr. caucus Of the prornincnt. mem
oers of the Legislature it was deter,
mined that no action should bo taken
It this session, with regard to Funding
the$nsw bills of the Bank of tM State.
the INAUGURATION.
The Inauguration, OF the Governor
and Gieu: enant. Governor came off in
the hall Of the House of Representa-
tives, on Monday last. -;a .
. At1 b. N: the Governor and hient
enant-Govcrnor e7cct, and the Chicf
Justice, escorted by the joint com nit.
tees Of both houses then ehtereds and
was offered by tho REV" TAf.
EMr. Montgomery, President, pro.
TEN. of the Senate then introduced R.
Ks Scott, the Governor elect, aRhotpro-
ceeded to deliver his inaugurals4ad-
dress. Chief Justice Moses then. ad-
ministered fhe oath Of Office. ~ -.
& Mr.. Mont gomery then introdu duced
A. ]. J.Ransier. the lieutenant -Governs
or elect. Mr.. Ransier~ expressed his
willingness to accept and bis readiness
to qualify, and tooktbe oath admin
istercdsby thee shief 1Justiee. = =
The Joint veHtion was thcn2dis,
soiSsdS and tho Governor, rbieutenant-
and suites left the House,
followed by the Senate. -.
MESSAGE, sENAToRsHIP. sc;
Tha Message was read on Monday,
and 3;0oe copies ordered to be printed.
The election for United States Sen;
ator comes off,on Tuesday, 9th, :inst,
Chief Justice Moses and Attorney
General Chamberlain seem to DO tho
prominent candidates. . / E L
5s TIE LAND COMMISSION. / j
>s%The Lahd Commission wasthe SUBJ
iect Of long comment in both Houses.
Mr.. Mcintyre introduced resolution
raising o Special Committeee to invesfs
tigate .tho $4,000 laud3 swindle,H Y
which went over under the rule. - ~
In the House, Mr. Wilkes, of An
dersou, ,introdpcet, be- asaid, at the, re-
quest af The. Land Comm missioner, q
resolution raising a Special Committee
for minute and thorough inrcstiga-
tion: 4- ~ .stls Szt..,,,77 =, I e, e.
- CONTESTED SEATS: 4 - p p
The seats of Maxwell, Republican,
and Davall, Democrat, in tho Senate,
are tosbescoI tested .zEs. i;sea
BEN RyrLEH ON THE SITUATION