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

FEDERAL gs sIah Ioatthicer5ys er5so this election VIII
liapml Al PITT Kellogg, q Pember ,of.heS Senate,
sftfbe Unitsd a. States, and {, {, Aptoinss
a follectoT Of tbe port of Shreveport, were.
candidates Cor the office Of Governop and,
NeatepantlGoyeEao M apd wsrs opposed
sa} yphn McEEpeTy EEgp and p lDq lDqviason, l{l IA B.
Penn, The pSssept IS e1t G(eyerpoE yyer Warmoth
second-IhHlSsi Hsi, ELECTION Iec o was conducted
without 9W ,sb ,Fiob pr M Mdist!irbanse 81 yioense .
efd s Tie ..nuP9 nsPPber ef votes Is east pn7
uiqslly large; Ehe, Fetnrps $ of ths; cleo,
,iph we're S'f made 8 to e a a Board appointed for
the purpose, This board was composed
phdeF the, Jaw, Of ,he Ge;es mr., war;
moif,, the Tieutehaht Governor, IT, the Sec; Sec;
fetary of State, and Two other, I7er persons lls
hha%sa m't 'the law, John eIyn ;b and fhos.
q Anderson Tie office ofI secrstary sa tar Of o5f
sfa,s vas fIlsd "a, afthss | - tn tine by ~. Her
grdh, 5,l yhp f''9,is had Rssp appoiRted;bS Cover
Ep9T yyarnoth % Gil the sacapcy caused
aY ths removal, several months before, Of
George E. Bovesca, sa't the legality W Of which
removal and appointment wqsr then in
contest befafe fEc" States ttsssa,s court. The
board met and It Was, Ssii resolved solved That An
tegon and PiclbdaeE We're n rs'' disqualified ii
by reason of Their being candidates for +
office Warnioth then removed Heron,
whom he bad appointed, and commission;
ed Whartpn in his stead. we have no
reason to believe that the action Of Gov
ernor; Warm stI i'll the ifemhioyyail aoif Her
ron, was based 1pohia desire Is esa commit init
frauds sliii 81. { ssss
no necessity ile for frauds. It was prompt
ed by his discovery, Of q plot between
Heron and Lynch to fslsisy the, returns
and defeat the will Of the people, This
is manifest from facts developed in the
evidence before the court, that Heron.
9 ticii at;ng the fwarting Of lhis, scheme,
had several days before, ordered n du-
pFfcates Of the seal ofthe State, 70 Be en,
graYel, by which means he hoped to pre-!
serve the insignia Of Office - the. event eve Of
his removal hy the Governor. Omittiinggi
further details, Warmoth and Wharton,
,en the one hand, nssumingto be q major.
ity Of, the Board, and in the presence Of
Lynch, proceeded 70 elect Hatch and Du
ponte to fill the vacancies caused by the
Withdrawal of PinchbacE and Anderson;
while Lynch and Heron afterwards us u.s.
sewhled, and under the same assumption
elected Lppgstreet, and Hawkins. Thus
there. cal came peSto to etwo bodies, each claim.
ing tq bss the returning Board, one pre-
SIDED over by Governor Go IWarmoth, the
highest highllees executive officer Of the State, aud
pndesrl the law the presiding officer of
the Board, which had possession of the
sleGti2p, returns, returns and everything neces,
sary. TO .ase ascertain, the result. while. the
other, consisted Of Lynch, the removed
Psecretary of State, Heron. and thar ap-
Epoilnttees ,Alfter. lthese, proceedings, the
State SuplemP, Court elected that the re-.
noyals IF IBsovee M. tbe original appoint.
ment M. Of ' HerrFqn 4 1weere Illegal and Boyec
we're reiinstatcl in; hi. off ., ,Whateycr
may be said Of those contesting boards,
4 fl Us; eleag that A. theP e9grts of the United
StateS haa ,nq sseqmblanee sqn Ian , of authority to
decide between ppt their HiFs S Sf0nAfieet'ng nAfieet'n claims
l}si / had become, com s'ps probable
-. si.Sail hii.i,in6n {I3n,. IIi0T} frsSr i y