Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-01-16

Llleutentapt-G sde!t Governor, members Of the
General Assembly, ard other State end
Federal Officers, At this election Will
liam Pitt Kellogg, member of the Senate,
sf the United 81 States, and 6, g, Antoines
a collector of the port Of Shreveport, we're.
candidates FOR the office of Governor and
Ieypttsspaantt7Goycrnor, yts apd we're. opposed
'by John Ml|c;tlirpery, and Davidson I,
Penn, The present pr Governor Warmoth
was not g candidate fpr gi.,lection. -,
Second election was conducted
without th riot or disturbance, or violence,
end the number of votes. cast vas, un7
usually large: The, returns Of the; cleo,
'ipn were made to board appointed for
the purpose. This board was composed
Under the law, of the Go:e,n mr., War
moth, the Licutc:iant- Governor, the Sec
rotary of State, and two other, persons
named in the law, John Lyn a and Thos.
G, Anderson. Tie office Of Secretary Of
Sia,e was filed af the tine By T.tJ, Her
ron, who bad been appointed BY. Cover.
|por, Warmoth to fiji the. vacancy caused
by the removal, several months before, of
George E. Bovec, the legality of which
removal and appointment was, then in
contest before the, States c court. The
board met, and it was, i * resolved that An
Leson and Piclback were VI re- disqualified
by reason Of their being candidates for
office Warmoth then removed Heron,
whom he had appointed, and commissions
ed Wharton in his stead. We have no
reason to believe that the action of Gov
ernor. Warm stl in the removal of Her
ron, was based upon desire Is. Co commit
frauds, refii lll., e tsas ..i
no necessity for frauds. It wns prompt,
ed by his discovery Of plot between
Heron and Lynch to fslsi:y the returns
and defeat the will of the people. This
is manifest from facts developed in the
evidence before the court, that Heron,
q tici. at;ng the, thwarting ofhis scheme,
had several days before, ordered .du.
plicate of the seal Of the State to be en-
grsyel, by which means he hoped to pre-!
serve the insignia of Office in the event of
hi. removal by the Governor Omitting,
further details, Warmoth and Wharton,
OIL the one hand, nssumingtu to be a major
ty Of tie Board, and in the presence Of
Lynch, proceeded TO elect Hatch and Du
pontc to fill the vacancies caused by the
withdrawal of Pinchbacl. and Anderson;
while Lynch and Heron afterwards us
sembled, and under the same assumption
elected Lpngstrect and Hawkins. Thus
there. came to be 1.-TWO bodies, each claim.
ing to be the returning Board, one pre-
SIDED over by Governor Warmoth, the
highest executive officer Of the State, aud
Under. the law the presiding officer of
the Board, which had possession of the
election, returns, and everything neces-
sary to ascertain the result; while the
other, consisted Of Lynch, the removed
Secretary Of State, Heron and their ap-
pointees. After these. proceedings, the
State Supreme Court elected that the re-
moyal 2l,! of Blovee and the original appoint
mcpt Of Uerron were illegal, and Boyec
were re,ipsntcd in his Off c, Whatever
may be said of those contcsting boards,
it is. CLEAR that the courts OF the United
States had no, scmblanec Of authority to
decide between their conflicting claims
I'd Office.
p Thirrll5TAftYer bird i had become probable
that the candidates, William Pitt Kcl-
logg and G, G, Antoine, bad been defeat
ed, and that theeir, opponents would be
declared elected, they respectively filed
bills in the Circuit Court of the United
States for tie District of Louisiana for
injunetiou and relief. the Governor of
the State. the membe.s Of the canvassing
board, and, other citizens of the State
connected with the promulgation of the
returns, and certain persons elected or
claiming :obe elected to the Legislature
and the CIoyernorship were n,ade flo