The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-12-07
NEWS FROM COLUMBIA.
DOINGS or THE LAWFUL AND UN.
LAWET1. HOUSES.
E+c1' the C1iumbia Register.
COLUMBIA, Friday Dec. |, 1876.

haincu ln Inc Hall 0f the House OF Rep
reScn.ativcs Gen. Wallace, the Speaker
"; the lawful House, rcmrining AT his
post alnos. continually, hcing relieved
for short periods only by the Democratic
members. Mackey, too, wa' on hand,
and occasionally changed places with
some OF the sable statesmen Of his own
way of thinning, oi acting, at any rate.
About hnlfpast 3, Judge 7. J. Mackey,
OF the Sixth Circuit, entered the hall,
walked upon the Speakers stand at the
request Of some personal friends, and de-
livcred speech Of an hour and half in
length. Many OF the members we're
asleep when the Judge began, but were
pretty wide awake by the time he got
well under way.
After this speech, many Of the mem
hers resumed their snoring, and c0ntin-
ucd ut the pleasant pastimc until long
after day while others moved about the
hall, chatting, smoking, and come writing,
while others read.
Numbers Q. the low country, "rurial"
members, continued to deliver speeches
upon all sorts of subjects until just pre-
vious t. II O'Clock IN. yesterday, just pre-
v"'is to which hour a1r. Austin, Of
Grccnvillc, moved All adjournment. The
hN'l'it ".'N I'ul W bcIcTil NHlIucc ana
carried. the Democratic members alone
voting. Mackcy's i,ogu. cro.d we're pitt
through the same process, and both
bled, the Clerk of each WAS ordered to
call the roll, which they did at the same
time.
After the calling of the roll, General
Wallace ordered the minutes Of the pre-
vi0us days session to he read, when sur &c
one moved that HE reading be dispen. ed
with.
Mackey issued the same order for the
rump with similar result.
Mackcy's rump House had No G iorum
General Wallace called for oils, re-
ports, resolutions, motions, prcsentnents
OF grand jurics. &c, as the first thing in
order. There was no business under
these heads.
Hamilton, Of Beaufort, came inio the
ball about this time, and in reply to an
''insinucndo" uttered in an undcrtonc.
remarked that this business WAS going
too far, and he Was afraid it would break
up in Il row.
Reed, the raving membcr, didn't want
any row, bit il there WIS to be any, he
wanted to be found thar"
Hamilton obtained the floor and made
sensible and earnest appeal to the Re-
pubiicans Of the rump 10 beware of what
hey were doing. He again denounced
their conduct i'll admitting the unheard-
OF delegation from Barnwcll, and I'M
pl0rcd them to do what Was right. as he
intended tJ do.
During the whole time OF the delivery
of Hamilton's speech, which was quite u
long one, he was weeping, bis manner
evidently convincing every one around
him, of both parties, of his sincerity and
honesty Of purpose.
Mr.. Robert Aldrcll, of Barnwcll, a
iine-iooking man and good speaker, next
took the floor, and appealed to the Radi-
Gals to agree to submit to some sort of q
compromise. He paid glowing com
plimcnt to Hamilton, whom he termed
~ brave, honest and patriotic man"
lie then offered resolution. ~h;c!. he
stated had been inspired by Ham:lton's
evident sincerity and nobleness of nature.
OF which he had given such stron. evil
dcncc In his appeal to the less intellect
ual members OF his race and party. The
resolution was to the effect that com
mlttee Of three Democrats and three Re.
puDiicans De appointed from the House.
with like number from each party in
the Senate, forming in all committee
of twelve, to Immediately assemble and
confer for the purpose of seeing if all
matters of difference could not be solved.
The resolution WAS read and sent to
the Speakers stand.
Immediately after its reading, CAN'T.
OF Beaufort, which county seems always
to send its quota of bad men to the Leg
islature, moved that the Committee on
PRIVILEGES and Elections be requested to
make tn ir report.
Ihis fellow CAN'T is one of the ultra
Radicals of the House, and is not only
one OF the worst representatives of his
race, but about one of the worst their in
terests could possibly be entrusted to.
lie Id tull-blooded negro, ignorant.
coarse and brutal in appearance. He
presents the appearance OF one who edu-
cation and contact with superior race
will improve but slowly, if ut all.
Old "Shuv-'em-up" Humbert. of Oar.
lington, now arose for one of his long
winded talks such an one as he has been
famous fo- during the eight years in
which he has been member lob dis
House" and an attempt to report it YER
tatim would ruin the understanding OF
the best stenographer on the continent.
He wanted to know, among other things.
what had become OF the white "Rcpub-
likins" "Dey is all fleeing from us"
What we gwine do if you 'bolishes our
schools and our universities, and puts
the chilun outen de doorf" His remarks.
which were pretty much in keeping with
the above, occupied about an hour and a
half, and everybody seemed glad when he
got through. OLD ''Shuv-em-up" il one
of Cadetship-seller Whittcmore's pupils.
AT the close of this tangled up ha-
rangue, MIR. Orr offered resolution that
1t was not the purpose of the Democratic
of this House to in any way in
teriere with the electoral vote of the
State, and disclaimed either the disposi-
ton or authority TO do 30. This resolu-
tioh was prompted no doubt by knowl-
edge that some such idea had gotten into
the thick heads of the Radical members,
and their minds should be disabused of
It at once; but you might rs we'll have
talked to the bubbling waters of the
muddy Congaree and bid them cease to
How, for all the good it did or effect it
had upon them.
Keith, of Darlington, an ultra Radical.
then got the floor, and rambcd on for an
hour hour or more, quoting passages from the
Bible, and lining out hymns, in the old
plantation style, concluding with the
song:
"A charge to keep have,
a nigger to maintain"
His remarks were highly gratifying to /
he rice Geld member
The hour of 2 having arrived, which
hour had been designated rs the time Mt
which the vote for Governor wouid be