Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-28

"Ltttte Gane-HoW Sowe1 -tre
ated a Vacancy I'm the Legislature
How ne got Elected-Nhat ne says
aSSut the Ring-Whe il Bias?-Pea
and Ink Portrait of the Present VI RS
Bowen-A Remarkable Woman.
Whatever else may be said of the Hon. c. G
Bowen, of South Carolina, ii is agreed that IA
is making sharp fight against tie Scott ring o.
that state. He announces himself to re in
"terrible earnest" and that his efforts have no.
been discouraged by the reeeHt temporary sue
cess Of Gov. Scott before the Legislature. H. i
now here. and the representative of TIE SrAE
visiting him at his house in this city a few dav-
since. interviewed him follows:
q. " Have you given NJ hope OF success il
your tight, or is il true. stated, that Won vii
commence again after the holidays"
A. " No, sir. Ill commence again with re
newed force and freshened vigur. / repeat that
J am
TERRIBLY IN EARNEST,
and those who know me, know that that mean
something. It's true that they have got ahead
OF me, and arc able to crow over me just now
but their tricks won't avail them long"
q. hat was that trick the papers talk aboul
SO mueh?"
| A. "Simply this. We had agreed on a recess
from the 22d instant To the 9th of January. A
friend of mine held the floor AT Tie adjournma nt
on the ~, ~ that We would have il again
| assembling.
was not TO take vote before the recess for
| however strong We might have been then,
knew that after going home to their constituent
the members would be stronger yet in my sup
| port. Scott knew this, also, aud through hi>
friends tried TO force vote before our adjourn
| ment. Failing in that, because We held tn
| floor, he called an extra session for the sd.
| Stories were III circulation that those members
| who voted with me would not receive their Der
| diem, and II is certain that SCOTS friends did
| get their pay easier than mine. The House waS
slim on the sd, many Of my friends having gone
home, aud failed TO get the required two third
| vote. Moses, the Speaker, had been instructed
1 10y Scott or some one else how to make his
| rulings, aud they were made that day without
regard to law or anything else except - force the
| vote.
q. " How did YOU get at the bottom OF this
| ahair-how did you first get your inf0rmstion?
A. " Partly by accident. There was a legs-
| latlve committee of investigation in New York
| happened to be there and got myself appointed
| to be counsel to that committee. L soon dis
covered tiat they didn't intend to DO anything or
rather that they did intend at that time 70 ma AXE
| wHITEwASHING REPORT.
| | made up INV mind at once that the place for
| me was in the Legislature, and played my car,ls
accordingly. l teleg.sphed TO a friend iu
Charleston to meet me in Columbia; met that
| engagement
CREATED A VACANCY
in the Legislature; got myself elected to it; and
! commenced the fight
| q. Created vacancy, What do you mean
| by that ~
| A. "Why, YOU see the friend that / tele-
| graphed TO, 10 meet Inc in Columbia a m I'M
Der of the legislature, and when told him what
| was III the wind, he
| AGREED TO RESIGN.
j was elected without opposition. Or course
| that election grstified me a. an endorsement OF
| the confidence Of my friends but, after all,
was more gratited to be able to carry out nv
designs. There were those who asserted that
was only trying to get into the ring myself, bat
| they were of the kind VINO never have been ca
| pable of sacrificing personal or Pecuniary M
| tive for the public benefit. l had made u1 M
mind TO meet such calumnies, and have Lad
plenty Of them to meet. They say down there
that offered 70
SILL OFT FOR So 900;
but they'll find out after a while that L m not In
the market at any price"
=. 49, you are bound 70 try II n yain?-
A. "Of course, j am As sure as Won are alive
now and am alive on the fifth of January, III
commence again. Why, they haven't contrO-
vented single one OF my charges-havcn't even
attempted to get around my testimony The
articles OF impeachment were carefully drawn.
on RENE mbeT that had some experience i'm, on
rather was an active witness OF, the impeacl-
mcnt of Andy johnson. Well my articles ar
based on those prepared in his case, and know
that they will be more successful. II is possible.
| that Scott, Parker * Co. may be able To buy OF
another vote. 1t will cost them
| ROUND HUNDRED THOUSAND
| to do II, though, and another hundred thousand
week afterwards, for shall not give up with
| one. two, or even three defeats. How long do
you think they can stand that kind of pressIlrec
| And then in the end, IN 60 to the courts"
| =. q VIII you in the mean time give up your
| contest against DE Large Tor your seat in Con-
| gress?"
| A. "No, indeed; but that will take care O;
itself TO certain extent. feel that my place OF
| duty is now in the legislature, and also fee
that that the path of duty Is the path OF safety: ]
Congress by the justice of my claims, and ian the
one before the legislature by the dint of harJ
work, though both are equally just. You see The
| evidence against Scott and his ring il conclu-
| siye that SIX millions three hundred and some
4 odd thousands of dollars OF state bonds hay,
| been Issued, over aud above the amount desig.
mated by law; but after all that is not glaring a.
1 tk, the most palpable delinquency of the ring
| Inc ruth IS, they bought property on the sea
| manner that have
| GOT THEM DEAD
For instance property OF this class, offered FOR
sale at $3.50, was bong hit b. members of the RIM
at that price, and subsequently sold to the stat,
! for - 600, &c, &c. Thousands OF dollars were
| >qHandered and stolen in this way. In fact,
nhd That the people up here are partially salts
| fed with SCOTS explanation about the over
| issue Of bonds with his name Autographed or
| them, and that they know very little about the
details of the minor, but, 50 far as he Is con
| cerned, unexplained charges that have brought
against them. Democrats, as well as a majority
| OF the republicans / have met here. seem q,
think that our affair is merely a quarrel amongst
| republicans. Now, let me tell you that the
| greatest republican victory ever won in the
| south impends on the success OF my Efforts"
| q. s. Do You find much active
SUPPORT FROM TIE DEMOCRATS -
A. :" didn't at first, but they are coming
| round now Even their leading newspapers, in
Guiding the Charleston Mems, which used to as
| sail me bitterly, are now quite friendly to me
and my scheme. They were inclined at the OUT
| set TO do as they are trying to do in Congress
! or, in other words, let US radicals fight il out
| amongst ourselves. But you see they have been
so loud In their cries Of corruption that they can
| lot any longer consistently remain quiet / ex-
pect after the recess to get still more aid from
| them" -
4 Here the conversation took q general turn.
l and after some desultory remarks the interview
ended; but IL The STARS readers imagine for
moment that the foregoing statements were
ELECTED without trouble, they are sadly mista-
ken. The circumstances connected Herewith
are simply these Mr.. Bowen resides on lith
street, near l., in q French-roofed house that
has an English basement. After ringing the
bell L was ushered into his cosy dining room
and found him with his wife seated at the table
1 accepted the madames invitation to aid In the
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