Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-12-19
ELECTION OF U. 8. SENATOR.


The Columbia correspondent of the Charles
ton Courier furnishes that paper with the fol-
lowing particulars in relation to the election
for United States Senator, on Tuesday of last
week:
The readers of the Courier have already
been informed, through its telegraphic COL
umns, of the result of the Senatorial fight in
the General Assembly to-day. Whether it
was owing to the extreme SAVIOUR Of the Pat
terson flesh pots, or to the unpopularity Of the
opposing candidates, this correspondent is not
prepared to say but the one fact remains, that
it was not much of fight after all. Honest
John had what is known in the vernacular,
(and, as your correspondent had predicted,) } as
"softa thing" as a man can have. He walked
the course, leaving his competitors far in
the distance, and was, in the language of the
orator, "triumphantly borne on the swelling
tide of an overwhelming majority" right into
the United States Senate Chamber.
SCOTS past record dwindled down into some
halfdozen votes, and Elliotts merits were en-
craven on the hearts of some thirty members
only. The Legislature was overwhelmingly
Patterson, and on the first ballot settled the
long disputed matter. There is no denying
the fact that this is defeat of the State ad-
ministration party, who, with a few exceptions,
were arrayed entirely on the side of Elliott.
The Governor the Attorney General, the
Comptroller General, the State Treasurer, the
Speaker of the House and the Chairman of
the Committee on Ways and Means, were
openly committed to Elliott, and the avowed
supporters of his claims. Patterson worked
upon the finer feelings of the members, and
having the entire Charleston delegation at his
back at the outset, obtained comparatively
easy victory. twill be seen by the record OF
votes given below, that the Charleston delega-
tion voted to man tor him.
Whatever may be said of the means used
by Colonel Patterson to secure the support OF
the members of the Legislature, am not dis
posed to believe that the same means were
used to influence this delegation. 1 am fur
ther induced to this belief from the fact that
there are some men in the Charleston delega.
ton who are above suspicion. MIR. james +.
Greene, who heads the ticket, is generally &C.
knowledged to be man Of integrity, and l
scarcely think he would allow himself to be
the matter seems to be IN arrangement made
between Patterson and the Charleston men,
by which the former agreed to give to the lat,
ter voice in the dispensation of the Federal
patronage in Charleston, and the rumors now
flying around about the sweep that is to be
made in the Federal offices in that city, give
color to this supposition. 1t is generally un-
derstood that the delegation will recommend
Major Louis E. johnson for the position Of
Collector of the Port, and that the new Sena-
tor will secure the nomination. But to return
to the election.
At 12 o'clock the Speaker of the House an
nounced the special order of the day, viz:
The election of United States Senator, and
called for nominations. w. NJ. Thomas, a
colored member from Colleton, obtained the
floor first, and nominated R. B. Elliott for
the position. He said his candidate was
man and a gentleman, and was we'll known to
the citizens ofSouth Carolina as man we'll
qualified for the position. During his re-
marks diversion was made by another col