The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-09-18

SC.e was had i'm tho south Carolina Repub-
lfran convention and David II. Chamber
laiu. aged tlrirty-soven, native of Worces-
ter, Massachusetts,, attorney general dur
ing the administration of Gov. Scott. of
Chi1, was nominated by vote Of seventy
two 10 fifty. Moses was practically with
dam On Friday, and threw his influence
for Judge Green, man of honest and fair
ability aud a native of the State, but not
acceptable TO his party. Mr.. Chamber
Ea!u's nomination was made in convention
hy State Treasurer Cardozo (colored), who
said that he did so ut the recon- mendation
OF President Grant. We copy from the
telcgraphic correspondence of the Nc1o
IorE Tl.iJ4He an account of the proceed
ings that followed:
Green and Winsrnith were then nomina-
'cd, and their friends began attack, not
only on Mr.. Chamberlain but on his sup
pOrters. The latter rctorted, and there was
elimination and recrimination, and the eX-
oitcment rose so high that free fight SEEM
cd imminent. At one time, motion for a
recess being declared adopted, Gen Elliott
(co.orcd), n member of congress, disputed
tile decision of the President and attempted
70 put Congressman Isainey in the chair.
ltaiAey advanced amid great disorder, when
The President, also Il colored man. advanced,
daring him to come on and declaring that
ten men could not move him. This firm
ness brought about peace, and the decision
OF the chair was sustained. Nearly every
member who spoke for either of the candi-
dates was openly accused of crimes An
honest republican who sat by me remarked:
Apd the worst OF it is that it is all true"
I NCardoZo, who nominated Chamberlain, was
charged with fclouious abuse of his office as
state treasurer, and asked TO give an account
uf $50, ,OGC missing from the sinking fund
commission, of which he was n member
General Whipper (colored), who seconded
the nomination. was charged with stealing
from the state $40, 900 a member of the
/ land commission. These men, in turn, pro-
duced papers showing that Lee, DIR. Win
smith : nominator, who made the charges,
had drawn pay and travelling expenses as
d-,c-camp of the governor, while he was
also paid by the United States government
ana DONG duty as policeman at the ex-
ecutive mansion in Washington. They
! showed also that Hayne, n prominent sup
porter of Green, had drawn 81, zoo a month
for services as reading clerk OF a branch Of
mo legislature, and wanted reform because
he could not get more
1t was hard to determine which side had
the best of these arguments. The lie was
exchanged again and the treasurer, shalx-
ing Els fist IN the face of another member,
said: 81 have the papers here to put you
IN the penitentiary," when the member
TINS threatened ran across the room and
I times dozen men were claiming the floor
at once. Members arose from their seats
ana assumed threatening attitudes and the
NOISE was so great that il was utterly i'm
possible to tell what was going on. These
: scenes continued, with occasional intervals
OF comparative quiet for hours. At length
the Chamberlain party, confdcn: of their
strength, determined to cut off discussion
and carried a motion to that effect. but the
minority refused to abide by the decision,
ana Tor nearly an hour managed to stave off
( The vote by speeches, drowned by the cries
ol the opposition and the continuous rapping
OF The gavel, and which nobody could hear
nut themselves. Chamberlain and his sup
porters were alike denounced. Loud COM
paints Of gag law were made and u bolt
: was planned and threatened, but tho vote
cainc at last, for the opposition could not
/ y; Green, 30; Winsmith, 10.
The nomination of Chamberlain, says
the Harrisburg Patriot, is the triumph of
the carpct-baggels. His election will Sc
cure to Patterson and other persons of
the same disreputablc character the results
/ of thoir industrious robberies. The ad-
! ministration and the army and n heavy
/ majority vote being in favor of the Cham
bcrlain combination, it is altogether pro-
bable 1t will be successful. Moses is dis
continued rs a law giver, but his princi-
( pies remain and his associates in infamy
/ continue in undisturbed possession of the
field.