The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-01-25

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The Ventilation of Gov. Scott in the House
OF Representatives.
Asa part of the history Of the times in which
wa live. and not from any admiration OF the
style adopted, we give below full report OF the
discussion in the House of Representatives last
week, in which Gov. Scott was freely ventilated
before the public, for his official and private
actions:
Special Correspondence Of tie Charleston Ne'0s'
COLUMBIA, January To-.
whatever the object or whatever may be the
result of the present determined movement on
the mart of the Reformers of the Assembly to
onst Governor Scott from the high Office which
shey claim he disgraces, it is certain that the
notation of the subject is day by day bringing
tn lipht such new forms and instances OF rascal
itv siIch new developments of official corrup-
t;on and mendacity, and such new proofs OF the
ahsolute and utter rottenness of the dominant
naffy in this State as must SO far toward open
ine the ewes of the people, not only OF South
Carolina, but of the whole country 10 the char-
acter of the scoundrels who have taken advan-
tace of the ,disorganization inevitably conse-
quent upon civil war to rlde INTO power IN 1 sne
Sorthern States. In the House, to-day, Mr..
Bowen made four hours speech, In the course
of which he went from one misdeed to another,
Charging fraud after fraud with such minute
mess of detail as seemed to- leave no doubt OF
their correctness, and covering the Executive
f this State. if one-half of tine charges be true,
yViElf q load of infamy from which, In the eyes
of anv intelligent or honest man, he can hardly
hope to clear himself
At the conclusion of his speech, MIR. Bowen
retained the floor on a question OF privilege
he said that the Governor had, IN his special
message, attacked him personally ana oy name,
speaking of his "moral nakedness," &c, and ne
wanted to say something in reply TO that ne
asked why iS was, if he were SO DAD man as
the Governor said, that the Governor had re-
,,eateclv lv sent bo him Just after his election to
The Assembly, and begged him to go to see him
tthe Executive Mansion. he had gone there,
he said. at the repeated and earnest invitation
of the Governor, and there Scott had offered,
if he would Withdraw from the fight against
him. to support him (Bowen) for the next Gov
ernSr of the State, and to back that support
with all the power, all the influence and all the
patronage he could command. Hehad refused
The offer because he could not consent 10 heip
him cover up his swindles, and he cited the
Speaker of the House, who had been present
and heard the conversation, IN PROOF OF what
he stated. Speaking of "mOral nakedness," ne
sid that he would show how certain young
lady scbool-mistress in Walhalla, who had
haeri persuaded to come down here by the wife
of this yery Governor Scott, had been staying
for one night under the roof of the Executive
mansion, and how, when no one else was IN the
hOuse. her room had been entered Dy Governor
Scott and ...
This raised perfect storm of interruptions.
The chair was occupied by Lee, OF Edgeheid'
during the temporary absence OF the speaker,
and he was kept busy alternately commanding
silence and ruling upon points OF order ralSed
by the excited adherents of the Governor. by
as objected to this invasion of the Governors
nriyate history as unparliamentary and unbe,
coming. and the temporary chairman sustained
fhat view of the case. Bowen didn't like that,
and made some remark about officers OF the
House Sinking their duty, which brought the
Sneaker back to his desk, to the evident relief
of Lee. Then Jamison, Jones, Mobley and
half dozen Others raised points OF order, all OF
them amounting, when Strengthened into Eng
lisb, to the proposition that Bowen had no 0us- m
iness to attack SCOTS private character: Inc
speaker overruled the point. be SAID the
members language might DO unbecoming, ana
he believed it was, but he knew OF no law OF
parliamentary usage that forbade member 70
~ on ionr az he was not a member of the
House. he said that perhaps tomorrow the
boot might be on the other leg, and then some
members would see the justice OF ruling Dy
1rb;ch he refused to rob member OF the House
of his right to criticise au officer. !,
,Tbis stilled the storm for little while, and
Buwen continued. There were, he said, men
In the pen;tentiary serving long terms OF ,years
for doing that which Governor Scott had that
NIGHT done to that poor woman under the TOOL
os che Gubernatorial mansion, and this was TIE
man who talked of "moral nakedness.| ne
had written that w0man threatening ietter,
and it was that letter, shown by her to some
sympathizing friends in Charleston, which mac
furnished proof against him, and had sn0wn
that even the Gubernatorlal mansion lurnisneo
no protection for the virtue OF woman. .;
Here Byas again arose, and in the most excl
ted manner called Bowen to account. He didn't
zgant to hear about the virtue of woman, ne
didn't know what that had to do with impeach-
ment and he threatened Bowen with expulsion
and ali manner of terrible things if he dldn't t
stop. $500. ,.h;,c for
his threats. then, turning to the Speaker, ne
continued that he cared nothing for the threafs
of any man whose vote you could purchase any
day for FIVE dollar bill.
This shot quite upset the little man from Or-
angeburg, and, allowing his passion to get the
better Of prudence, he rose to a question OF
privilege, and began to bluster out denial.
The Speaker asked him how he made the
members remark apply to him, which caused
o general laugh at the expense OF Byas, ana
he gradually subsided.
Bowen remarked that he had been bothered
nv that man about as long as he meant to be,
on6 advised him not to put the coat on IL 1t
didn't fit He then said that if time permitted
he % would proceed to show the ten or dozen
victims VII of the same crime that the Governor
had committed on that poor young lady from
Walhalla. Wa he would like to trace his wander
ings and his crimes from Columbia to Washing,
ton. where the books of Willard's Hotel would
show him as registered with notorious woman