The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-08
enough already with your - Hobson's
Choice, and I'll be - # I'll be interviewed.

| enough aITtduy Will Soul -
| Choice, and I'll be - II I'll be interviewed.
Good -, why In - can't you let me
| alone.n The reporter quietly waited, and after
| a few minutes lhe effervescence subsidized and
the gentleman proceeded In o strain
which will bear reporting Without 30
many dashes. He said, In effect: "You
may bet on one thIsg; every man
| on our ticket whose lame you have printed
| will come out and repudlate your action, or
else they will be stricken off OF our ticket.
| We believe that The course taken by Il
NEWS Is wholly and simply in the interest OF
| Ell. Mackey, and that 1t Is the result OF a bar
| gain made W weeks ago.. Mackey GEES now
| hat he can't elect his ticket against ours' ana
he wants to save bis county ticket by saerla-
| cling halt his legislative ticket. We can beat
him out anyhow, however, even with
| the whole rebel vote o q top of his own.
The only difference is If you had minded your
own business and let us alone We would nave
beaten him by eight thousand, and now we
| will only beat him by FIVE thousand. But wen
beat him, and If you want to be on Inc WIN
ming side you come in with us"
The next politician whom our reporter en-
countered was a prominent Mackeyite. He
was less excited, but still far from tranquil.
He had a long string OF complaints against the
selection of names for the Hobson's Choice
ticket. and of course objected to every BoWen
name that was put on, and every Mackey
name left of. he said, "What did you mean
by putting Levy and Tim Hurley on your
ticket? You might much better have put on
Frank Miller and T. H. Jones from our ticket.
You showed good sense In taking our whole
county ticket, but you would have done much
better If you had taken our whole legislative
ticket too. The fact Is we are bound to win,
and If you want to be on the winning side,
you come in with u.s."
The reporter next made a call upon his Elk
cellency, Governor Scott, who had arrived 10
the city, and Is the guest of General VIM.
Quincy, the candidate for Congress from this
district. The Governor protessed almost COM
plete ignorance OF the local political compli-
cations, but thought the Hobson's Choice
movement would be o winning card. He said
he had come to Charleston to escape the pollti-
cal turmoil In Columbia, and upon private
financial business connected with the support
Of the Insane Asylum. The rumor OF his
500, 900 libel suit against the New York Tri-
bune for defamation of character was, he said,
perfectly accurate, and he was determined to
press it vigorously. He mad sent Judge
Mackey 10 New York TO put the case In the
hands Of Chas. O'Conor. Clarence Seward, 8.
L. NJ. Barlow, Charles Spencer, or some other
good lawyer, and had received word that
Henry Clews q Go. were going to join In the
suit against the Tribune. The Governor Ia In
excellent health and spirits, aud has an mex
baustlble fund OF anecdotes about the rival
political aspirants now fighting for the State
offices, which he dlspenses freely to any caller
with whom he has q casual half hours chat.