The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-12-25
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE,
Letter from the Junior.

Dear Press and Banner:
Idrop you e few lines from the
Capital city on the eve Of the ad'
| |iournment of the Legislature fol-
the Christmas holidays. On Fri
day they propose to take recess
until the 7th of January, when
they will resume the work Of leg
islation. Very little has been yet
accomplished, and beyond the cleo.
tions of United States Senator
and Judge OF the 5th Circuit, and
the passage of the Tax bill, the
proceedings show but little work
done.
The excitement over the Senate.
rial election has subsidized, and proba.
bly, we shall hear nothing more Of
the bribery prosecution. The use
of money in elections is now sc
common here and elsewhere, and
sins Of the sort are 80 much wink,
ed at in this fast age, that we sup
pose nothing could grow out of 6
Judicial investigation. Patterson
| is neither better nor worse than
some of his competitors 30 far as
moral principle is concerned, whilst
in ability to do the State good ser:
vice, he is perhaps ahead of them
Iall.
The election of the new Judge
of the 5th circuit, r. B. Carpenter.
seems to be generally acceptable.
His competitor, Mr.. Youmans, was
the first choice of the Democrats,
but they cannot be dissatisfied with
one who was the standard bearer
of reform in the canvass Of 1868.
He secured the tull Republican
vote, and seems now to be restored
to full fellowship. He is On able
man, and has m unsullied judicial
record.
The election to fill the vacancy
in the Bench of the 9th Circuit,
caused by the resignation of Judge
Orr, is now on the carpet, a joint
resolution having been adopted to
90 into the election on Friday.
The most prominent names before
the legislature, are Murray and
Prescott of Anderson, and General
McGowan of Abbeville. Murray
seems to carry the largest Repub-
lican strength, and his friends ap-
pear to be confident of bis election.
The new State Government has
gone into office with fair promises
of reform, and 20 far they have
shown a disposition to redeem
them. They have always said that
reform should come at the hands Of
the leaders of the party, and that
they alone had the ability to effect
the good work. Governor Moses
has now an opportunity of making
a bright record for himself: No one
doubts his talents or his influence
and let Kim but carry out the pied
ges of his inaugural, and achieve
much more than we could expect
from one who had less influence
with the party.
The keynote of the policy O.
the new administration was struck
by the present Treasurer, Cardozo
in his application for an injunction
against the late Treasurer Parker,
in order to control the expenditures
and prevent the wasting of money
upon bogus claims. The Treas
urer is an able officer, and of un
doubted integrity, and let the Leg
islature only do their duty in the
way of reform, and there will be
little danger of any waste of pub.
money.
The office of the State Auditor
lit will be recollected, is now abol
ished, and its duties are discharged
by the Comptroller General, Judge
S. L. Hoge. He is man Of recog'
nized capacity, and the breath Of
calumny has never whispered a
word against his integrity. With
the late increase of work in this
Office we learn that there has been
no increase of compensation. This
should not be so. The laborer is
worthy of his hire, and the only
way to secure honest and capable
men, is to pay them i'll proportion
to their services-the more work,
the more pay.
The Attorney G General 6. W. Mel,
ton, late Judge Of the 5th circuit,
lis one of the pillars Of the new