Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-23
Legislative Proceedin::>

On Tuesday, tho 18th, the Senate and
House met in Joint Assembly, andwcnt
intu ui election for Judge of the Eighth
Circuit. From the Columbia corrcspon-
dence of the Charleston COarier, we Gull
the annexed account of this election:
The main feature of to-dav's session
was the Joint Assembly fer the election
of Judge of the Eighth Circuit to fill the
v.u'l.,rv .'e..: .si,,nsl by the resignation of
.l...t. Ur.. Ti.c c,'iltl.t WAS II close one.
ia - .ya> thought lv m:uiv that Gem
era. X McGOwan. WHO WAS the choice of
r... members uf the Circuit, would have
iIeen elected; but tho result delnonstra
ted haw SLIPPERY are the promises OF our
legislators. who, under II vigorous appli-
cation vi the party whip, entirely diSre.
sardst the wishes of the people NJ the
Circuit ANA irnln"rtaiiZr.i themselves by
elr,tinS "a Rrnui,iic:in.' That w:,~ the
cry III the c;lliciIS it w,,S diEnud INTO
the o,:S pt the cJnred members, c!ce::
:, .iriniiiii1tn. tn!u:i::h ;i.r coi:iiiinS =.
the papers the sane cry was repratc.s.
"elect II Republican," IN the Joint A>-
.mlAy il WI. id'nr,i nh %:ih afhil hc I'll
q. A:ui:';. .,,,t'it',', ice: ;l it-;Mi.i;-
...:..' az ~" !.....t :i..l hi.a.iy t".,.,'$
~ th.. D:.i - Il .=rr Na> ir.t.".! "u' III
all its ghaiLln>,s> a:,d made u tio yi1'iiul!
service, and I'll cry "ut III l'',."s h'i I, he
forgotten or diSie .araed. "tatct II Re-
publican" Even shep,or convicted ku-
klnX We're again pressed into service
am,, join in thr universal shulit, "elcrt 4
R..i".b.:r.n
Ani Su ii Republican WAS elected, and
II n,ny bs calculat.r, with ii reasonable
sl,
;.n. hnlwa-k a. liberty iN question teing
X. publican Oi the u,ni"nhrd simon
pure unwaslied species. Tie election it,
/; MI >onic". hat stormy III it> cliAru'-
:.r. anl ;'r Il rini* tl,r prc>idin" officer
ti,r ;uint ~ h,Minh!y hn,i ii job on his
iiani> that MAS NOT srt down IN the bills.
The nniuiii:,liuns l,rstetl tur three good
hours, during which time the members
t.nk Occasion to air their rlrqurncc in
support of their I:,vuritc can,iidaies
ssuuator w. al. Jones, uf Gcorgetow n,
'rlD IT, generally known hercahOuts by
TIE ,ui,Driquct "f Civil lights Jones,
frorn his uncoinprOmising devotion to
the doctrines OF equal rights, 'tained
the floor first. and nominated Gen. w.
j. Whipper, in IL speech In which he ap-
penled To the black members to stand by
their own color and elect colored Cir
cuit Judge.
Humbert, u coi0red member from Dar-
lington. who has a long head, and con-
tines himself in the discharge OF his leg
islativo duties to calling the previous
question. and offering resolutions for the
iinusc t1 meet daily at II instead Of II
,'ciork, nominated Mr.. Thompson II.
c ,oka. of Orangrhurg. Thisnomination
Wis eniliuSia-. .icuily seconded by Sena-
Inr NJ 'iiuv n stn nv
of Orangeburg.
Ellison, of Abbevillc, nominated Gen.
=. MCGOWAN, and urged his election on !
the ground that he was the choice of the |
!,eoplc OF the Circuit. This nomination
WIS earnestly and eloqnently seconded
liy Mr.. Robertson, q Scotchnan, from |
Beaufort County, who made m able.
speech in support of Gen MCGOWAN, but
who weakened when 1t became apparent |
that Cooke WAS elected, and changed his
vote in favor of the successful candidate.
Mr.. Boston, of Newberry, who never
misses al opportunity Of making speech
and who sometimes makes very good
speech. nominated Mr.. s. ID. Go0dlett, of
Pickens, which nomination was second
I'd by tho Rey. w. n. Thomas, Of Collie
ton.
Mr.. John r. Cochrane made vigorous
speech nominating Mr.. J Scott Murray,
Of Anderson.
This closed the nominations, md the
Joint Assembly proceeded to ballot. Up
on the call of the roll it became evident
that the frequent and vigorous applica-
tions OF the party lash had had no very
great effect. for when the lust name OH
the roll had been called the vote stood as
follows: MCGOWAN, As; Cooke, 10; Muir
ruy D. yVhfy,nar Eno.1att
There was of course no choice, and had
another ballot been held it is probable
that General McGowan would have been
elected. But the men who had heen cry
ing Republican 40 loudly were too shrewd
to permit second ballot to he held. !.
member arose in his seat and changed
his vote from Whipper to Cooke. This
was enough to turn the tide towards that
gentleman, and in less
time than it takes to describe 1t, there
was general turning over from Whip
per to Cooke, and from Murray to Cooke.
In fact everything turned to Cooke, and
from the yells and shouts and noises, one
would have imagined that th- un..ca ho1
been converted into mass meeting OF
scullions and pot boys.
In all the dreadful melee that ensued,
the President kept up vigorous appli-
cation of his gavel to his desk, and
glance at the face Of that officer did con-
vey to your correspondents mind the
impression that he would like extremely
we'll to have applied the instrument to
the craniui. , of the noisiest OF the crowd.
Still the changing OF the votes continued,
and Mr.. Cooke II he was present, must
have been extremely astonished to find
himself elevated to a popularity that ri |
vailed that OF Old John Brown. Member
after member changed to Cooke. The
color Of Whipper. the Republicanisnl OF
MURRAY, and the legal talents OF G0odlett
sank into utter oblivion, and were hastily |
thrown aside for the more favored Cooke. |
When the ballot was counted it way
found that Mr. Cooke had received s.
votes-69 being necessary to choice;
Gen. MCGOWAN, 43; Goodlett 4; Whip
per 2, and Murray2.
Mr.. Cooke wax therefor declared elect
ed.
The Joint Assembly then dissolved.
On the 18th, in the House, the Bill
providing for the extension of time for
the payment of taxes for the fiscal year
commencing Nov, 1872, was ratified. This
Bill leaves itin the discretion of the Gov
ernor and Attorney-Genera to extend the
time for payment of taxes In any county |
when collection is impracticable.
Bills to refer to the voters OF Barnwell |
the location OF the county seat and place
for holding Courts Of the county; to set
apart jury fund in each county, passed
their third reading, and will be sent to
the Senate.
In the House, the Committee OH the
Judiciary, reported favorably on the fol-
lowing Bill, which had been presented
in the House OH tho 18th, by Mr.. Paris
Simkins:
A Bill to Punish any Person or Persons
who shall sell and Convey any Real or
Personal Property OH which 4 lien of
any kind may exist, without giving