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

On Tuesday, tho l4th, the Senate and
House met in Joint Assembly, and, went
intu un election for Judge of the Eighth
Circuit. From the Columbia corrcspon-
dence of the Charleston COa'ier, we Gull
the annexed account of this election:
The main feature of to.day's session
was the Joint Assembly for the election
of Judge of tlu Eighth Circuit to fill the
vu.i.,rr .a':,Sion'N by the resignation of
.J...t.. Or. ri.c r.iliI.t WA, !, CLOSE one.
.,.. i. "a> Thought hv ul:uIV that Gtn-
era. X M,.GOwan. w:.o WAS the choice uf
c;.. members ut the Circuit, would have
been elected; but the result delnonstru
ted how slippery are the promises OF our
legislators. who, under vigorous appli-
cation of the party whip, entirely disre.
sird,sl the wishes of the people M the
Circuit ani! iriul"r1aiizr,i tiirui>,'lvcs hy
elr,'tn:, IA Rrtui,icin.' That w;i~ the
cry III the Caucus it w,lS tiiInud INTO
the CARS ST the cJ.ured n"mtcrS, "ci'r:
i, .n.,nliii.yln. ti!ui::t, :i.r ruiniil;,S =.
| the papers the i,Iic cry WAS repeated.
"elect II Republican, IN the Joint ~
! S.,mily il wn- tti"n"i nh n:!ii afuil lic W
| q. A..u';. :. s,,tt'it"' '-',"': L it'';ihi'ii-
r.:. :r -, lodi s.,.! l.i."niy i".i,.>
~ th. D:,.i -. ..,.r Ma tr.t.".! ,!u' III
all its ShaSllin >'s. a:ti nIldr T., t.u yiHIIiuI,
service, ami cry out III l,',rs n.'t Il he
forgotten or disle ,araed. "l4tct Re-
| publican Even thep.Or convicted ku-
klmx were again prrsscl into service
li,,, Join III the universal Shutt, "elrrt =
Republican
:insi Su II Republican WAS elected, and
tniJnnt a.: safety that Ihr c.Eintry xsaie;
IA. bulwa-k ~: liberty IN question being
K publican Oi the uininnlh,d simon
pure unwaSllea species. The election it,
Ii wi. >0nic" i,.,t stormy III its cldr;u'-
:,,r. AMI i''r Il fii;2 tlit. prr>idin. officer
u tnr ;uint ~ -sclnh!y hmd II job on kis
iani> that MAS n"r srt down ia the bills.
The nominations l,,stetl for three good
hours, during which time the members
i.nk occasion to air their rlnqucncc in
support of their i:,voritc canditia'es
Senator w. al. Jones, ut Georgetown,
who is generally known hercahnn.s by
the su,ibriuurt "f Civil Flights Jones,
frnm his uncoinpromising devotion to
the doctrines OF equal rights, o 'tained
the floor first. and nominated Gen. w.
J. Whipper, in speech In which he ap-
penled To the black members to stand by
their own color and elect u colored Cir
cult Judge.
Humbert, u colored member from Dar-
| liugton. who has long head, and con-
tines himself in the discharge Of his leg
islativ. duties to calling the previous
question. and offering resolutions for the
itousc t0 meet daily at II instead Of u
r'cnrk, nominated Mr.. Thompson II.
c nka. of Orangrhurg. characterization
| WIS cufliuSia. .icuily seconded by Sena-
t,r Icrvcy, of Charleston, and JamisOn,
| Of Orangeburg.
Ellison, of Abbeville, nominated Gen.
:. MCGOWAN, and urged his election on
the ground that he WAS the choice of the
people of the Circuit. This nomination
WIS earnestly and eloqnently seconded
iy Mr.. Robertson, q Sc0tchlnan, from
Beaufort County, who msde III able.
speech in support of Gen MCGOWAN, but
who weakened when 1t became apparent
that Cooke Was elected, and changed his
vote III 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. Go0dlett, of
Pickens, which nomination was second |
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 closet 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 last name Oh
the roll had been called the vote stood as |
follows: MCGOWAN, As; Cooke, 10; Muir |
ray, q; Whipper, 20; Goodlett, g.
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 been cry |
ing Republican 30 loudly were too shrewd |
to permit second ballot to be held. + |
member arose in his seat and changed |
his vote from Whipper to Cooke. This
was enough to turn the tide towards that |
distinguished gentleman, and in less |
time than it takes to describe it, 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
been converted Into mass meeting OF
scullions and pot boys.
In all the dreadful melee that ensued,
the President kept up vigorous appll-
cation of his gavel to his desk, and
rlance 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
tho craniums of the noisiest OF the crowd.
Still the changing OF the votes continued,
and Mr.. Cooke If he was present, must
have been extremely astOnished to lind
himself elevated to popularity that ri
vailed that of Old John Brown. Member
after member changed to Cooke. The
color Of Whipper, the Republicanisn OF
Murray, and the legal talents of GOodlett
sank into utter oblivion, and were hastily
thrown aside for the more favored Cooke.
When the ballot WAS counted it wax
found that Dir. Cooke had received s.
votes-69 being necessary to choice;
Gen. MCGOWAN, 43; Goodlett 4; Whip
per 2. 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 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 III 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 q iury fund in each county, passed
their third reading, and will be sent to
the Senate.
In the House, the Committee on the
Judiciary, reported favora6ly on the fol-