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

On Tuesday. tho l4th, the Senate and
House met in Joint Assembly, and went
into un 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 uain feature Of to.day's session
WAS the Joint Assembly fer the election
of Judge of the Eighth Circuit to fill the
vu.,....v .c.: ,Sion,N 10y the ruSi iyrlatiOn of
J,..t: Or. Inr c.,ii;1,t WA, nclnIe one.
ia. !. "a> Thought 10y many that Cen
era. X MtGowan. WHO WAS the choice III
IT,. members uf the Circuit, would have
been elected; but the result dem0nstra
ted how SLIPPERY are the promises OF our
legislators. who, under vigorous aprll-
cation uf the party whip, entirely disrc.
.:ard,.i the wishes of the people ~ the
Circuit ana inui"rtaiizr,i themselves hr
eirttin:s "a Rrnui,iicin.' That w:in the
cry III the c.lucrS it WAS diI;nsd INTO
the m..S pf the c,iured members, "clre:
:, .ic,nli,i;,.:tn. ti,ui::h ;l.r r1l:.ninS =.
the papers til. ,,ne cry was r"prat".!.
"elect Republican, In the Joint A.
! mlAy il wu- idrn"i nh H:Iii afIil lieut.
q. A;u,:,;. :. :.jtt.t,', '-i."': iiri'n'.E-
,.:, ;ir ~. lodi :i.nl li.""ii i".tts'
| ~. ti.r D:.a :I ."..r Ma> ir..t.".! '.n' IN
all its ghaIllin>s~ a:,ii nIatc t,,to yiN'iIiui!
| service, amt rI cry out III l,'it'~ ii'i /. he
forgotten or disie yar1ed. "tatct Re-
| publican. Even Ihep.Ior convicted ku-
klux were agliii prrssc,l into service
.l,, Join ii the universal shout, "elrtt -
| .'p.b.:r"sn
And So u Republican WAS elected, and
| it inay bn calculat.Di with n reasonable"
| tni1iint a.: safety that the country nsaie;
~. bnlwa-k u: liberty iM question being
| X. Oii,icnn Ot the unii,'nih,'d simon
pure unwaSlied species. The election it,
/, w.I.. >;inicm lat stormy III IL, clIara'-
ar. AMI i.rr Il riiiia tii. prr>idin. officer
- tue ;uint ~ -@rInh.y l~l II job ON his
hau.ls that waS nnr srt down III the bills:
The nominations l,stetl tur three good
hours, during which time the members
i.mk Occasion to mir their rlcGuencc in
support of their f;,voritc cs,n,iitia'es
Senator W. al. Jones, uf Georgetown,
who j. generally known hercahoutS by
the Sulbriuurt "f Civil Rights Jones,
ffom his uncolnprOmising devotion to
the doctrines OF equal rights, 'talned
the floor first. and nominated Con. w.
j. Whipper, in IL speech In which he ap-
their own color and elect u colored Cir
cult Judge.
Huml,ert, y colored member from Dar-
lington. who has q long head, and con-
tines himself in the discharge OF his leg
iSlativo duties to calling the previous
question, and offering resolutions for the
:tntlsc II meet daily at II instead of ~
r'rlnck. nominated Mr.. Thompson III.
c ,okn. ot Ornngrburg. Tsiis snomination
.r.,- enthusiastically seconded by Sena-
tor Jorvcy, of Charleston, and JuinisOn,
of Orangebnrg.
Ellison, of Abbeville, 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 eloquently seconded
liy Mr.. Robertson, ScOtchlnan, from
Beaufort County, who made III able.
speech in support Of Gen MCGOWAN, but
who weakened when 1t became apparent
that Cooke Was eloctod, and changed his
vote in favor of the successful candidate.
Mr.. Boston, OF Newberry, who never
misses HI opportunity Of making speech
and who sometimes makes very good
speech. nominated Mr.. s. ID. GoOdlett, of
Pickens, which nomination was sccond.
I'd by the Rey. w. NJ. Thomas, Of Collie
ton.
Mr.. John R. Cochrane made vigorous
speech nominating Mr.. j Scott Murray,
of Anderson.
This closed the nominations, and the |
Joint Assembly proceeded to ballot. Up
on the call of tho roll it became evident
that the frequent and vigorous applica-
tiOns OF the party lash had had no very
great effect, for when the last name Oh
the roll had been called the vote stood ny
follows: MCGOWAN, As; Cooke, 10; Muir
ray, q; Whipper, 20; Goodiett, 6.
There Yves 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 been cry
ing Republican 80 loudly were too shrewd |
to permit a second ballot to be held. I.
member arose in his seat and changed |
was enough to turn the tide towards that |
distinguished gentleman, and in less
time than it takes to describe 1t. there |
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 imaCincd th-Ath~ un~na ho3
been converted Into a mnss meeting OF
scullions and pot boys.
In all the dreadful melee that cnsued,
the President kept up vigorous appli-
cation of his gavel to his desk, and a
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 craniums of the noisiest OF the crowd.
Still the changing OF the votes continued,
and Mr.. Cooke II he was present, must
have been extremely nst0nished to find
himself elevated to 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 Goodlett
sank into utterobliviOn, and were hastily
thrown aside for the more favored Cooke.
When the ballot was counted it was
found that Mr.. Cooke had received IS
votes-60 being necessary to choice;
Gen. MCGOWAN, 43; Goodlett 4; Whip
per ., and Murray >.
Mr.. Cooke wax therefor declared elect
ed.
The Joint Assembly then dissolved.
On the 18th, in the House, the Bill
providing for the extenHion 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 Acknowledgement To extend the
time for payment of taxes in any county
when collection is impraeticable.
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