The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-12-23

time they were awaking to their rights ;
that eyery one knew that the colored peo-
pie expected colored man OH the bench,
snd that they Intended g have M g one Ell that "a
Sarty.wtio. did not vote Tor Mhipper.
Elliott seconded the nominate min asNio-
lent and bitter speech, saying thatst the
Golored men had ,been kept cut okthe
Ehigher positi ionsw when they were eosipe-
tent to I'LL them THAT Gen: Whipper was
as competent as the present Judge, and
that was paying him but poor conpli-
ment; that he would hereafter consider
every man a Republican or not by his
voting for his nominee. Jervis, of Char
aeston, nominated E. B. Seabrook. Maj.
fMelchers, of Charleston, nominated Maj.
-Meetze,- & represents sOf-Ee1ingto
County. Humbert nominated M. B.
Allen, ex-Judgs of the Inferior Court OF
Charleston, who is q scolored man: There
was considerable excitement during the
: ballotting, and at the end the vote stood:
Whipper, sS ;. Meetze, "a; Seabrook, 20 {;
Allen, 8; scattering, 2. :. 2a.' =" =
.jThere is feature in this part that the
people should look st, .and after looking
at it., they should remember it., The fol-
lowing White Men yoted for Whigper for
Judge of: the Charleston Circuit; An
drews, Cochran, Hollingshead,, Owens
and j. NJ. Smith in the Senate; and. Bar
ker, Bates. "Copes, Couch, Gufin, Johr-
/ storl, of Sumter, Leslie, Mclaughlin,
Robertson and Wolfe, in the House OF
Representatives. .i... H.: 49,.
:" What doyou think Of them :?
- When Judge Reed was q candidate for;
this Judges6ip last Winter, Chamber
lain, at a Republican caucus; said that
Whipper was totally; incompetent and
;unworthy of the position, 81 and in that
.opiniony most Of the best men in that
party agreed with him. What has come
oyet the spirit of their dreams race,
party and money! I" '''' -.
HITie Second Circuit came up. for the
election of Its judge Hon. John .. Ma
her has filled the position for four years
as ably as any man in the State could DO,
and this was not denied,;, but he was q
Conservative, and as Swails said, "they
would place none but true end tried Re-
publicans in any position" they there
fore sacrificed him, aud one p. Il. Wig
gins; a third-class lawyer hut true Be
publican, (meaningi a. Radical who de-
cides everything according to party pre-
judice, was elected, being nominated BY
Whipper in a violent speech against the
CONSERVATIVES. h1lcu WOO uSpAh kuhS
and received FIVE Sotes..! 2i-' u 80
I i, For the Third, Circuit johnson nomi-
mated F. J.. Moses, 'jr.; r and Williams
nominated Judge "A. ~. Shaw. Moses
was elected by about the same vote that
" Ex,Governor M Moses a Judgei Can the
| people believe til? Ye gods T. He Is mo-
toriously the. most corrupt man in the
United States, and dyet he.is forced upon
the judicial Bench of the State by. the
Republicans Of this State. Such. things
cannot be stood, and il this does not
arouse the white people, and the colored
| ones Who Desire Better. governments, then
| nothing will do it.. Moses. received '75
|. votes, Shaw 50, and lAllen72.i:t ':h NJ Z
/, Townsend was unanimously reelected
to the Fourth Circuit. R. B, Carpenter
was reelected to the Fifth. =, For = the
Sixth Circuit Mackey; received 90 votes,
A.. b. Know1ton IS. For the Seventh,
| N0fthIopi was elected without opposi-
ton, and IT. IA. Cooke for the Eighth
T. Circuit. - E:uH:yr@f = f,'.:E.'.
?, The Tax Billthas passed and become 6
Law, and the. Little Bonanza" has pass.
ed the Senate with an addition of 2-l6tt
| Of mill tax levied. -, =. ;.,d
The Legislature win probably adjourn
on '22nd or 23rd inst. for the holidays.
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