The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-12-20
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COLUMBIA, Tuesday, December IL.
In the Senate to-day resolution was intro
duced to authorize the ptroller-general to
purchase the Spartanburg and Union Railroad.
The nomination of \. T. Spencer as jury COM
missioner, o. Charleston County, was con-
frmed.
In the House the following bills were passed:
To revive and extend the charter of the Rsief
Loan Association of Charleston; to repeal an
act to establish bureau of agricultural statls-
tics, aud to repeal joint resolution auihorlz-
ing the Governor to purchase two thousand
stand Of improved arms with ammunition.
A resolution was passed ordering the Dennis
Joint Investigating committee on the finances
to make their report TO the House on Friday
next, under penalty of the expulsion OF the
members of the committee for contempt in
case of failure 10 present the report.
At three o'clock, the House reached the con-
sideration Of the resolution introduced yester-
day by Mr.. Bowen, that Robert X. Scott, Gov
ernor OF South Carolina, be impeached OF high
crimes and misdemeanors. Bowen took the
6aoor and, in a speech which occupied Two
hours, advocated the resolution. He declared
that he was terribly In earnest, and meant TO
impeach all the guilty State officials In success
sion. Chamberlain, he said, would be spared
for the present, because he was engaged In
prosecuting the Ku-klux. Bowen charged
that Scott had admitted 10 him, when In New
York, that Parker and Kimpton were using
s22.OoO,00O of fraudulent bonds, and that they
had said 10 him (Scott) that he dared not ex-
po.e them because he had shared in the
fraud. Within three days Treasurer Niles G.
Parker had said that the Legislature dared not
open their mouths against the State officials,
because they had too much of the money
themselves. He knew OF a recent instance in
which $3.50, 900 in State bonds had been hypo-
thecated for private loan ir Columbia, and
afterwards sold for SAL 500. In closing his
speech Bowen said that he did not want
vote upon his resolution to-day, because
he had understood that ruling was TO
be maize that would require two'thirds
vote of the full House-one hundred
and twenty-.our members-to pass the
resolution. Therefore two votes would be re-
quired to overcome the opposition OF every
absentee, including the dead members. He
intended 70 Offer resolution 10 postpone the
further consideration of the impeachment
question till after the recess, in order that
meantime the speaker might order special
elections to fill vacancies, and when the hnal
vote comes, send the sergeant-at-arIns to bring
every absent member to his seat. He would
have no snap judgment on the measure. He
wapsed tul house on the final vote. If full
hohe should reject the resolution of impeach-
ment, it would be time then to go to the
courts. He pledged himself to assist with his
testimony, aud with all the other means in his
power, any persons who might go Into court
to invoke the power of the law against the
robbers IF the State.
The speech created decided sensation.
Governor Scott said to-day In the course of
an interview, that the charges against him
were base fabrication. founded on malice.
Bowen, he added, was in New YORK last sum-
mer, and knew and approved his (scott's) ac-
TONS All the bonds issued within the last
twenty-four months had been specified.
Boweu's threats were mere black mailing
expedlent The Governor, however. admitted
that if the impeachment went to the Senate,
it would, in all probability, result in mis- con-
vlctioN
There Is runner .urreat on the streets to-
night, which have been unable to verify,
that Governor Scott will resign within the
next twenty-fJpr hours PICKET