The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-27
THE EYE OF THE ORGANIZATION.

A FREQ Exhibition OF tho Coming Leg
misunderstanding Oat tho b attle
Ground OF thu Campaign-Tho sena-
iorial Squabbie-What aho Candi-
dates Have to say About Themselves
and About Each Other.
[FRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
COLUMBIA, November rs.
The legislative campaign for the session of
1923 may now be said to be fairly opened.
/ The members OF the House had caucus
this evening With open doors-a sort OF free
show-to which all the .Jtanearrs of the capital
resorled, and at which, In addition to the osten-
siole purposes Of the consultation, there was
q sort OF general gathering of the clans and
chalking out OF lines of attack and defence.
The scene WAS peculiar and Characteristic
one, the assemblage closely resembling the
lower house OF the General Assembly, with
the exception that every person present felt
some degree of strangeness, and was more
diplomatic and therefore less ''off hand" and
aggressive than the majority of them are after
they have become accustomed TO their
surroundings. There was also q larger
preponderance Of the colored element
than in the last House of Representatives,
and with the elegant but sombre black walnut
furniture and damask hangings OF the cham
ber, the dark shades decidedly predominant in
the picture. To sum up the lower house from
such sample as was shown tonight may be
unfair, and 1t may be that an estimate of Its
composition, formed and expressed at this
writing, will need some modification, but
Judging from the appearance of that body at
lts caucus tonight 1t is safe to say that 1t will
be, as whole, somewhat unmanageable.
The new colored members are inferior in in.
tellgence TO those whom they dlsplace, but
they are also, happily, Inferior in their ac-
qualntance with the ''wsys that are dark and
the tricks that are vain." They are wretch
edly Ignorant, but not, as yet, depraved.
As q matter OF course these remarks apply
only to the Republican side of the House and
chiefly 10 the colored element on that side.
The Conservatives who have been elected to
this Assembly are, as rule and perhaps with.
out an exception, men of ability and courage,
and with their increased numbers and i'm
proven cdtlUEoi tucJ uoSo ~ Au eue'A Po"eA "
accomplish much good in various ways.
The object OF the caucus was to facilitate the
organization of the House tomorrow by
agreeing upon the appointments to the prlncl-
pal Offices connected with the House, and the
| results of the assemblage have already been
| furnished by telegraph. The selections made
| for speaker, clerk and sergesnt.at-arms were
certainly as good as were to be expected.
Colonel Samuel J. Lee, of Aiken, who ia
agreed upon for speaker, Is an Intelligent and
courteous young colored man, with good
knowledge of parliamentary law and practice
as adapted to the necessities Of the case In a
South Carolina Legislature. Mr.. A. O. Jones.
of Charleston, who was unanimously retain.
ed In his position of clerk, Is an excellent OH.
Ger, who has won during his two years. of ser.
vice the hearty good will of all with whom be
has had official relations, and who is probably
as popular with both the Conservative ant
Republican members of the Assembly as an,
man who could have been named for tht
position. The sergeant-at-arms who ha
served during the past two years was also re
elected, and will no doubt give the same de
gree of satisfaction as heretofore.
have given the hrst place to this caucus Q