Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-04-20

counter cheers Mackey, amidst intense ex'
element, added: eve meet here to-day, face
to face and eye to eye, the banded robbers
that have plundered the State"
swails, rushing up to Mackey, said: "Who
do you mean ?"
Mackey replied: "You are one of them,
and to-day will we send all of you to everlast.
ing defeat You have come here to trample
on the honest people of South Carolina. We
can send you all to Jail, and We mean to do it. y
Elliott now came face to face with Msckey,
the two being separated only by the desk, and
asked Mackey who he meant
Mackey, his strident voice rising above the
din, said: "You are one of them; you are
their head and front"
Elliott said: "Youre liar" and, drawing
a pistol, moved around the desk to get at
Mackey, who, with his hand on his weapon,
awaited events Tables were upset in all di.
rections, chair was brandished over the
head of Chamberlain, who sat unmoved. The
delegates huddled around Elliott on the one
side, and Mackey on the other, and the con:
fusion was heightened by the hysterical
screams Of Mrs. Elliott, who was in the ball.
Patterson made for the door. Worthington,
with his hand on his pistol, kept on the edge
of the crowd, which had drifted to one corner
of the hall. Whittemore, looking very pale,
raped vainly for order In FIVE or ten min-
utes something like order was restored, and,
the fight being over, the roll call was renewed.
Cardozo and some others raped on the
tables so that the names could not be heard.
Swails suggested that the Governor had
better issue a proclamation to protect the
public property.
Judge Mackey rejoined by saying that the
Governor had already issued twenty veto
messages for the protection of the property OF
the people.
The call of the roll was continued, and when
this was finished, Cardozo moved to amend
the roll by adding the names of the contesting
delegates.
Winsmith, of Spartanburg, declared this
out of order, and the chair so ruled. Cardozc
appealed, and the chair was sustained by q
vote of 104 to 13.
Lieutenant-Goyeruor Gleaves (colored)
nominated Swails (colored) for temporary
chairman.
Nash (colored) nominated Governor Cham.
berlain.
The result of the vote was, Swails 80, and
Chamberlain 40. No prominent Radicals, ex.
cept Cardozo, Nash and Cochran, voted for
Chamberlain; but Elliott, Smalls, Worthing-
ton, Patterson, Bowen, Carpenter and Dunn
voted for Swails.
Upon being conducted to the chair, Swails
said he was not a success as a speech-maker,
and proved this by making long address,
saying, in conclusion, that the time had come
when Republicans must hang together, or they
would hang separately.
Elliott moved the appointment Of CONF
mittee on credentials, consisting of one froni
each county, except the counties having conl
testing delegations. On this committee Cham|
berlain and Cardozo were appointed, but thu
overwhelming majority in the Elliott Patterf
son interest includes Elliott, Whittemord
Carpenter and Gleaves. 1t is assumed that 4
will report adversely to every delegate who i
opposed to the thieves.
The Convention took recess till Z ?. M!
EVENING SESSION.
When the Convention re-assembled at P.
NJ, the committee on credentials announced
that they were not ready to report, so the
Convention adjourned until l P. M. tomorrow.
The feeling against Judge Mackey runs
very high, and some talk Of attempting to i'm
peach him tomorrow.
COLUMBIA, April IL, 1876.
The Convention reassembled at l o'clock.
Congressman Smalls called attention to a
published statement indicating that during
the row yesterday, the Governors life was
saved by the Intervention of reporter, and
moved that the Union Herald reporter be re-
quested to inform the Convention where he
obtained the information he had published.
This provoked long discussion, which re.
suited in Governor Chamberlain making Z
statement that if any attempt had been made
on his life, he was not aware Of it.
Elliott then presented the report of the COM
mittee on credentials. This report excluded
the contesting delegates from Beaufort, Col
Teton and Charleston.
A minority report was read, recommending
the seating of the contestants, and signed by
Chamberlain, Briggs of York, and by Car
dozo, except as to Colleton.
The majority report, excel as to Barnwell,
Charleston and Colleton, was adopted, and
the report as to these three counties was like
wise adopted ultimately, with very few dis
senting votes.
The discussion was very bitter on the part
of Elliott and Cardozo. Elliott charged Car
dozo with having made combinations with
the Green party, and with having confessed
that he had done so.
Cardozo contended that he had control of
the regular printed tickets and could have
defeated the party if he had chosen so to do.
He declared Elliott's statements untrue, and
asserted that no improper proposals had ever
been made to him, and that the regular tick.
cts we're sent by him to Charleston to Senator
Gailliard, with Elliott's knowledge, the object
being to get as many votes as possible for the
State ticket.
Elliott declared this false, denounced Cardo.
20 as traitor, and said that, ifhe had to Dor.
row money as charged by Csrdozo, it was
because be had not had the opportunity to
grab as much as Cardozo had.
In the midst of the excitement, and after
the vote had been taken, Leslie, Of Barnwell,
said, pointing to Cardozo, "We don't intend
to have the party sold out by such damned
scoundrels as you"
Leslie was brought to the bar of the Con-
vention to apologize, and said that he knew
that his remarks we're not decent or respecta-
BILE, but his soul was worn out with fighting
the Democracy and such men as Cardozo.
Governor Chamberlain made clear and
logical defence of the minority report; but
he might as we'll hase spoken to the waters of
the Congaree, for the whole matter was deci-
ded against him and his friends two days ago.
At o'clock Swails was elected permanent
chairman, and the convention took recess