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

~ The -Eleetionlofl Judges. a,>
On Monday, 18th instant, the. .senatc
passed a resolution tc. elect Judges ON
the 18th inst The House on, Wednes-
day defeated the resolution, but on
Thursday, a short time before tile hour
to SO into the election, the action upon
theresolution was re-considered, and the
election was proceeded with almost inn
mediately. This was q piece of manage
ment on the part of Whipper, Wiggins
and Moses, and upon its successful exc
cution their election in some measure
depended. The following was the re-
sult:i ~ %i.f.; .-s.r- - r.!
IN..:;1,ii SUPREME COURT. 80. -,
For Associate Justice. j. j. Wright,
S. J. Lee, Speaker of. the House under
Moses administration, and Macon B.
Allen, ex.judge of the notorious Inferior
Court of Charleston, (all of them col
ored, were nominated. Wright was
elected on the first ballot, receiving i12S
out Of the 1873 votes. cast 80.
~ .s,., THE FIRST CIRCUIT. T,.3.,.i,e, b,
:. lSor the First Circuit, composed of the
Counties of Charleston and Orangeburg,
W.. j. iWhipper, E.aB., Seabtook and
Hon n. A.A Meetze were nominated.
E,Whjpper was elected on the: first ballot,
which resulted as follows - Whole num-
ber of, votes cast 1SS. "a Whipper, IS (;
Meetze; ,32 |; Seabn,ok, %; Scattering, j.
1.-The Senators lwho voted for W:sJ.
,Whipper. are 80 Messrs. Andrews, Cain,
Carter, Clinton, Cochran, Green, Hayne,
Hollinshead, Johnston; Jones, Martin,
Maxwell, Myers Nash, Owens, J:s M.
Smith, Swails, sWalker Marley, White
:. Those who .Noted for Hon: a.. A.
Meetze, ares Messrs.r Bowen, Donaldson,
Evens, Hope, Jetet, Keith, .Ward-A ~:
4, Those rho voted for E.rB.- Seabrook
are.i Messrs. Gorwin, Gaillard, jerry,
O. Smith,. s.:;.nr;'s., 80 81 = .ai,r5
Mr..Whttemore voted for: M. B. Allen.
. House.-Those who voted flor W. j..
Whipper are: r. B. Elliott, speaker, and
Mesars: Bampield, Barker, Bates, Boston,
.Brabham,; Bridges; Coksr, EaC. Coleman,
rS.- Coleman, Collins, iGopes, Couch, Cur
it's, Davies, Davis Duncan, Farrow, Gai-
:ther, CAN'T Gary, Gibson, Graham,
Greeh,. ..Gruf6n, 3 Hamilton; Henderson,
Hhfriott, g. II. Holland, w. N. Holland,
A.H. Howard, ,E[udson. Hunter Jack
SON; Johnston, r. E. Jones; Jordan,
Keith, Leslie, Milton, Morgan, McLaugh-
lin, Peterson, Pinkney, Ramsey Richard
sonl Robertson, Rush, Scott; A. Simmons,
b Simmons; H., Simmons, Simons,. A.
Simpkins,, Spencer Steele, .sumpter,
ThompsC--,, Weldon, Weston, Wideman,
Wolfe and Young-63., ,,'.el'"! ~.
Those who voted for Hon. H A,
Meetze are 3. Messrs.,.Austia, Barnwen.
Beatty, Bomar, Bradley, Cannon, Cos
grove, Crittenden, Ferguson, gdaillard,
Grant, B., G. Howard, johnson, Lewis,
Livingston, Melcher, Muller, Orr, Red
fearne, Sessions, Sloan, R. NJ. Smith,
iVapdiyer, iWallaer, Weatherlg, Willis
and; WoodruE-2T.ap = -. 10
These who voted. for E. b. Seabrook,
Esq, are: MeSsrs. Altman. Bright,
Burckmeyer, Doilley, Freeman George,
J Jefferson, a. 81. Jones, .Nesbitt, Reddish,
RUSSELL P. SimpEins, Yanderpool, Wes-
berry, Williams and Wright-16. ,:., !:
ii s,f, THE SECOND CIRCUIT. ~ i
Judge Maher, the present incumbent,
Solicitor P. j.. Virgins, of the same cir
cult, and Macon B:nAllen were nomina-
ted. Virgins was elected on the first
ballot, as per programme, the vote stand
ing as follows Whole number of votes
cast, 14S. Virgins, So; Maher, 4S; Al
Ian, g.; Scattering,,'1. This Circuit is
composed Of the Counties Of Beaufort,
Colleton, Barnwell and Aiken.'pJ a. &;
T'l!e THE THIRD CIRCUIT.
FL. Moses, Jr., the Ex-Governor, and
Judge Shaw, the present incum Dent, were
The only nominees, and here again the
programme was carried out. Only one
ballot was held, with the following re
suit: Whole number of votes cast, 1856.
Moses, rs; Shaw, At; Scattering, II.
This Circuit is composed Of the counties
U CuulJGT, OldEcuuOuy w Aii"aoDoA 81,
Georgetown Horny, and Marion.
,,, THE FOURTH CIRCUIT. .,, =.
Judge Townsend, the. present jncum.
jaent, was the only candidate nominated
for this Circuit, and was elected unani-
mously.r The Circuit is composed of the
counties of Chesterfield, Marlboro and
Darlington. .oi-;
ii 7a:s THE. FIFTH CIRCUIT. " .
Judge R. B. Carpenter, the present in
cumbent, was the only candidate nomi-
mated for this circuit, and was elected
unanimously. The Counties of Rich
land, IKershaw, Lexington, and Edge
field compose the circuit.
''''' THE SIXTH CIRCUIT.
T.. Judge T. J. Mackey, the present in
cumbent, and Alb. Knowlton, of Orange
burg, were, nominated for, this circuit.
The ballot resulted as follows: Whole
number of votes cast, 131; Mackey, 80;
Knowlton, Al. The circuit is composed
of the Counties of Lancaster, Chester,
Fairfield and York. /, s.n ,ra -,
THE rrvENTu cIpturr: -.i