Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1876-11-30

,tsrpi nOurS aiterWuruS, OF course we III lSt
make it brief And not only will it be
brisf, -ses.ssS-raantary r. and spasmodic;
tfrooks + this day, it were
write calmly OF
ssfs''o"s, arrived in Colum
,f.a aight and even at
iii.S the city profound
.ift. L. $ later-at mid
{tts;tv .,f li'.f Federal soldiers
< ~, - State House. of
a and IN. At l2o'cltc
The assembling OF
earate ;etield 6elega.
ID by the Demo-
;y5s,tsss ie~-themselveS for
liosns ter frontdoor. Gary,
lai.3S Callison, Allen, Jen
tSp.6 esent. Just within this
,S5ss In 81 Iellog, Lieut.. Hoyt and
4, de-, icy Were the guardians
q tffe- er,~>z kellogg and Hoyt are
ythe two men who superintended the vot-
4 ing at Macedonia Church in Edgeteld.
Alter considerable'delsy, our delegation
were admitted witkln this door, and or
!, tered the lobDies 2of the State Housr
They presented the certificates of elcc
ssued to them by the Supreme Court
~ iembers from Edgeiield and i4au
iad only these. All other merl bers
Sss;sct, as is we'll known, had certificates
:om Secretary OF State uayne, of the
Board of State Canvassers. The mem
bers from Edgefeld being admitted into
2 the lob6ies, all,S&Ssr members now en-
tered in regulS ch one presenting
h.s certificate ilogg, who que
-ried him as he was armed.
II he had pis must give it up BIZ
,,..si17s2 Esi17s passing in: hing entered without
,.dificay as a men Ss&Sf the press, We
z-i9embess had pistoisS Shose who had
immedia:iy surrend5ged hem.
But thisyas oniXyaa Ming into the lob
bies. The dGsi> Swns-tie door
of the Hall of Representatives.. Within
the lobbies and corridors stood files of U.
8. soldiers with rifles and fixed bayonets,
while sentries marched up and down in
every direction. A file Of six soldiers
with fixed bayonets, stood on either side
OF the door Of the Representative Hall.
Officers, in uniform and with swords
kept tho crowd from pressing. forward
too eagerly. And now came Tie taia.
moment. And tho Edgefeld delegation
presenting the certificates of the Su
preme Court-were point blank refused
admission!
Hereupon, as had been previously de
termined upon, the whole body of Demo
cratic members withdrew in q body from
the State House, and marching Gown
Main Street, assembled i'll Military Hall.
Previously, however, TO quitting TIL
State House, Mr. John c. Sheppard o.
our delegation, read IN loud voice. from
the steps, a formal protest against The
violent and unlawful proceeding whicl.
had just taken place. This protest had
been prepared in advance by Gen. Ger
Cap, OF Georgia.
Upon entering Military Hall, The g.
Democrats resolved themselves into
caucus, elecSys-aL1- 2 o. AIdlicb. of the
Parn,seH delegation, as Chairman. THIS
donc,sG 'Gordcn stated that hc
had .bst received messag6 from Gen
Gnger,tha the gnard a. the State House
had mistake.. Meii. orders Gen Gordon
said be had no doubt Gen Rugcr intend
ed to be honest, but the truth was the
guard had received their orders from
Gov. Chamberlain instead Of Con. Ru
ger, and that they had obeyed them to
the letter. It was now moved and car
ried that committee should be appoint,
ed to hold conference with Gen. Ruger
and that in the meantime the Democrats
should do nothing whatever. In fact
they adjourned until O'Clock in the af
ternoon. The committee consisted OF
Gen Gordon, Gen. Hampton, Gen. Brad
ley I. Johnston, of Maryland. and Judge
Coke. Both Judge Cooke and Judg,
Mackey followed the Democrats into
Military Hall.
Ats, p. M, the Democrats me. again
and after sitting for one houl, adjourned
again until tonight. The proceedings
at the 8 o'clock meeting being in strictly
secret session, we are unable to report
them.
AS to the organization of the Senate,
we cannot speak so accurately. Gen
Gary was quietly admitted TO his seat
upon the certificate of the Supreme Court,
but not S'roTs in nor al[o'ced to vote. This
was also the case with Senator Todd, Of
Laurens, and Senator Maxwell, of Alb
hGx-i r1,,
vote throughout tho proceedings was ls
Radicals to u Democratic. The negro
Swails, OF Williamsburg, was elected
President pro tenn. . S,e body formed
their regulsr committees, and notified
the House that it was ready to proceed t.
business
The Radical House of Representative:
WAS called to order by the Clerk, Mr.. A.
o. Jones. They then went into an olec
lion for speaker. Mr. E W. ". Macke.
ana Mr. n 3 Myers, of Beaufort. Were
p!:t in nomination for that office. Each
member voted as his name was called
A. the conclusion it was declared that
Mr.. Mackey had received SO votes and
Mr. Myers 2, Mr.. Wallace declining t.
vote.
The clerk duly announced Mr.. Mackey
to have been elected speaker of thehouse
of representatives. The new speaker
was conducted to the desk by Mr.. My
ers, who administered the oath Of office
Mr.. Mackey delivered brief speech,
thanking the house for the honor con-
ferred upon him, and assuring the body
that he would perform the duties Of the
Office impartially, without regard to race
or party
The names of the members were then
called by counties and the members adj
vanced to the bar and were sworn in by
tho clerk.
The counties of Anderson, Abbavilio.
Aiken, Barnwell, Chesterfield, Claroil-
don, Colieton, Edgefeld, Greenvllle,
Horny, Lanca .er, Lexington, Marion,
Marlboro, Ocon oe. Pickens, Spartan burg.
Union and Yori were not represented.
Mr.. Jones was then put in nomination