The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-04-09
South Carolina at the Federal Capital.
(Sneciak to the Charleston News and Courier.


WASHINGTON, April J..
The memorial of the central executive COM
mittee of the Republican party OF South Caro-.
lima, intended as a reply to the memorial OF
the Taxpayers Convention, was presented IN
the House of Representatives to-day by Con-
gresham Rainey, and was referred to the
Judiciary Committee A rejoinder to this re-
ply has been prepared by the delegation from
the Tax-Payers' Convention, and exposes its
disingenuousness and positive misstatement OF
well-known facts AS both memorials are now
before the judiciary Committee, it is expected
that the whole matter will be considered on
Friday.
The Star, of this evening, says: Thought
full members of Congress, of both parties, ex-
representations of the delegation as to the dis
tressed m ed condition of the taxpayers of South
Carolina, and there is no doubt the committee
will give the matter attentive consideration, to
see if Congressional action can be constitution
ally applied for their relief"
WASHINGTON, April 8.
The case of the South Carolina taxpayers
was considered to-day by the Judiciary Com
mittee of the House, who appointed SUD sub
committee, consisting of Tremaine, Of New
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Alabama, to hear the petitioners and their op-
ponents. The hearing will take place on
Monday. The taxpayers delegation have
appointed Messrs. Porter, Kershaw, Elliot,
Lathers and T. Y. Simons subcommittee to
conduct their case. The rest Of the delegation
will return homeward tomorrow. The point
now aimed at by the taxpayers is to induce the
Judiciary Committee to recommend the ap-
pointment of an investigating committee, so
that Congress may become officially cognizant
of the condition of South Carolina. This is
considered an indispensable preliminary to
Congressional action.
The delegation from the Taxpayers Con-
vention and the Charleston Chamber of Com
merce, upon reviewing calmly the occurrences
of the past week, are both hopeful and encour-
aged. They are assured on every side that
their visit has been already of great benefit to
the State, and the indications are that the final
result, in view of the difficulties and embar-
rassments of their position, will be satisfactory
| to their constituents.
It is evident that general disintegration Of
National political parties is likely to be caused
by the bitter fights present and future, on the
currency question, and the signs of the times
pretend close alliance between the South and
the West against the East. The wider the
split between the hard-money men of the East
and the progressive fnanciers of the West, the
greater will be the consideration paid to the
Southern States. Gen. B. F. Butler, for exam
pie, is preparing formidable speech in favor
of imitation, deeming that the winning card tx
be played by candidate for the next Presiden
tial nomination. Butler has been remarkably
civil to the South Carolina delegation, and ha:
put himself out of the way to show them atten
ton. 1t is easy to put this and that together
The delegation were magnifcently enter
tained this afternoon by MIR. W. W. Corcoran
at his residence.