The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-08
THE MAYOR ON THE SITUATION.
An Interview with MIR. Pillsbury About
tho Results of the EIection-HIs Proc
lamattun to be Issued To-day.

present c0nditl0n OF pourlcal AFFAIRS III lne WY
and the following conversation occurred:
Reporter. Mr.. Mayor, have called to ask you
whom your official announcement OF the results OF
the late election will be promulgated.
Mayor. 1t will be issued, sir, just as soon as IL
can be prepared by my clerks. There are two OF
them at WORK upon 1t now, and II taey get
through before the end OF Office hours 10 day, it
will be sent to TIE NEWS fo-. publication to.mor.
row morning. II not completed today, feel
sure that it will be finished tomorrow morning,
In which case 1t will be printed In the evening
paper, which is our official paper. They can
hardly finish it today, as 1t involves considera-
BILE amount Of clerical labor, and, besides, mum.
Der OF discrepancies have been found between the
general return and the returns Of the different
precincts.
Reporter. Are these discrepancies important7
Win they effect the general result in the case Of
any Of the candidates.
Mayor. Oh, no. They are mere clerical errors
in the transcript. and they do not in any case
alter the result. For instance, the precinct re-
turn OF the first precinct OF Ward 4 gives q vote
OF 2sI for Mr.. Brown for alderman, while the gen.
eral return gives him 3sl. In either case, how
ever, be has majority OF FIVE hundred votes:
Reporter. What have you done about these In
accurecies9 Have you corrected them'
Mayor. No, did not want to take the respon-
sbility of altering the figures. / have sent for
Messrs. Bruins, Sage and Mackey, who were the
committee having charge CT the general returns,
and will leave the corrections to be made by
them. All these things you see take time, and
that Is why say the proclamation cannot proba-
bly, be made to-day.
Reporter. Yes, sir. stil it is desirable that the
announcement OF the result Of the election should
be made as soon as practicable
Mayor. Yes, and want to haveit done as soon
as can, because there are among the poor peo-
pie OF my party number who are 30 Ignorant as
to Imagine that my holding back in this matter
may somehow alter the result, and 1t will tend to
dlspel false hopes and allay the excitement to
have the official statement made and the whole
thing done with.
Reporte-. What do you propose to say in your
proclamation about the time for the Mayor and
Aldermen elect to take their seats'
Mayor. shall announce that they have been
elected to serve from the first Wednesday OF No
vember next for one term.
Reporter. For one full term OF two years e =
Mayor. lon't know about that I shall not
say In my proclamation "for the term Of two
years, ~ because prefer to leave that to be SET
tied afterwards Ny own opinion is that the law
Of 1871 changing the date OF election from No.
yember to August, also changes the time OF In
duction into ONCE from November to August.
Reporter. Then you think that the recently
elected administration will only have until Au-
gust, 1878, to serve?
Mayor. That is my impression.
Reporter. Then they VIII only have term OF
twenty.one months instead Of q full term OF two
yearsP
Mayor. Exactly.
Reporter. But " do not think that that same
law Of 1871 changes the time OF the retirement OF
your administration from November to August Of
this Year,
Mayor. do not
Reporter. IAaye heard rumor, sir, that you
had announced yonr Willingness to resign your
office now, aud let General Wagener come In, If
your salary for the remainder OF your term would
be paid you. Is there any truth in thai report
Mayor. Well, isn't that pretty, impudent
questions
Reporter. Yes, sir. But that does not prevent
your answering 1t, II you choose to.
Mayor. Well, there is nothing In 1t at all. 1t
must be one Of those Wild rumors that always
prevail In excited times. i have certainly had no
intenfioa-s set:aae crnra -.-* s-oes..--
expires for which was elected, unless Of course,
am put ont BY force. sS2;iS d
Reporter. Aud your term Of office, as you un.
derstand 1t, extends o.?
Mayor. To the first Wednesday In November
next, waent 1snslls be very happy to gracefully
bow myself out
Reporter Which is precisely what would be
happy to do at this moment, but desire to ask
you one more question. There have been several
dIsoraery occurrences reported to US since .elec-
ton day, inwhich the citypollce are said toshave
failed utterly to do their duty, seeming to be dts
gusted and demoralIzed by the defeat OF the po'
itical party to which most Of them belong. Have
you heard Of such occurrencesf
Mayor. Not officially. There have been no in.
stances reported to me or to my,captain. l e1
pected some such condition OF Affairs, however,
and have watched the, conduct OF the police mar
.rowiy since the election, and have been eurpris-
ed to see how little Decentralization thse has been.
On election day the policemen dMtheir duty i'm.
partially, bringing 70 the Guardbouse disordery
persons OF both parties.
street last Saturday EVENING"
Mayor. 1t has not been reported to me.
Reporter. As heard the circumstances OF that
affair, they were as fa2ows: Astore was attacked
and entered by number Of colored men, all o.
tn E1ed with clubs, who, after frightening
III Keepers family on t OF the house, left and
istai sdown King street, ru nj ewuck
against Ahe colored men who h fd for
WAGNER. They we're finally arrest t@ some
police and citizens and taken to the upper Guard
house, where 1t is said that the sergeant on duty
hearing that the rioters had been shouting for
your Honor, would hear no complaints, but told
them they were free to go and shout, and fight
too. for your Honor as much as they pleased. Do
you intend to take any action in regard to this'
Mayor. Yes, will investigate it II an OF the
witnesses Of the affair come forward and report
it to me- OF conrseI cannot act upon hearsay
evidence.
Reporter. Have youissued any special instruc-
their hehavior2
Mayor. Yes have instructed them through
their captain that they reust do their du'y fear
lessly and impartiany, and remember at all times
and above all things that they were. not appoint
ed as partlsans or for partisan purposes, but to
preserve the peace and guard the property Of the
community.
Reporter. Have You taken any other steps to
prevent infractions Of the peaceG
Mayor. Yes sir. To-day Irefused two applica
tione IN allow nnh1tc hal,s To take Mace as de.