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sault that be had his price. In
replY TO a threat of Ryaa 70 hold

sault that be had; his price. In
reply to a threat of Byas to hold
himresponsible in a cour. of Justice
for his words, he replied : Justice |
Great God, if Justice weremeted out
that man (Byas) would live in a
|place where the light of the stars
never penetrated. He then went
on. Although, he said, crushed by
Votes purchased with lucre stolen
from tho Treasury, he. had not yet
yielded. The load Of this infamous
trans action had been saddled upon
the Republicanparty, but he would
not lend it his support. '
Hurley next obtained the floor,
and made the first serious speech
| havo ever heard from his lips.-
That "infinite jestS' which is so
characteristic of'the man, was for
once put entirely aside, and he
grew more eloquent as he went
on to say, that if there was any
act in his life of which he was
proud, it was the tact that he had
voted as he did today on this
question. He would say to those
members who had sold out for less
than thirty pieces of silver, that
he had i'll his pocket a letter. from
one of the thieves, in which he
(Hurley) was urged to vote against
impeachment, and name his fgur-
es. He would say to the hirelings
Iof the ring that his vote records
the fact that they had not, enough
money to buy him. He had
more interest in the State than all
of them put together. i2 sid' 'i
Byas here jumped to his feet
and said that lie had known Hur-
ley when he came to this State,
and did not have two shirts to his
back. Having said which, he sat
down, with vague threats of going
for him in the courts of justice.
1t was at this juncture that tile
merry twinkle returned to Tins
eye, and with his usual comical
blandness, which had hitherto
given way to a sternness quite un-
usual with the man, he begged to
be permitted to ask the gentleman
from Orangeburg question.
Permission having been accord,
ed, he turned to Byas and. said !:
Have you not now in your pocket
a check for $12,2O3, which was
given you last year for reporting
the bill for fitting up the State
House.
This was a hit that staggered
Byas, and with much staggering
talk and many muttered oatl,s, he
left his seat and troubled Hurley
no more. He concluded his speech
| by saying that when men so far
forget themselves as to sell their
votes, he had sympathy for them
but no contempt.
w. M. Thomas next spoke, and
he was in turn followed by Yocum,
the latter of whom commenced by
saying, that he was one Of those
happily disposed men who always,
when he found himself in the min.
ority, yielded to the good sense Of
the House. But in this instance,
he was not disposed to yield to the
good dollars of the ring.
Bowen closed the debate by say.
ing, that he would make this pro>
position to thieves and robbers
They had asserted that the bonds
were issued in accordance with
law. He challenged them to pick
out an attorney, Iand make mp a
case involving the point for the
decision of the Supreme Court of
the State. If they did not agree
to this, they must plead guilty.
AT this juncture, a vote was
taken on the resolution impeach.
ing the State Treasurer, and it was
voted down by larger majority
than Scott received. The vote was
as follows On the call of the roll {:
Whole number of votes cast,
80; necessary for the adoption of
the resolution, S3-(two thirds of
tho Whole number of the mem
ers)-ayes 81, nays SO.
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