Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-11-30
HORRIBLE OUTRAGES UN.
EARTHED.
SOUTH CAROLINA.

COLUMBIA, November 90. The Senate is COM
posed Of thirty-three members. Three of these
being excluded left thirty only of that number.
Eighteen are republicans and twelve are demo-
Gratis. Three of the republicans will vote with the
democrats which makes dead lock in that body
The three excluded are all democrats, who have
the best prospects of being admitted.
NEW YORK, November 20. One o'clock des-
patch from Columbia to the Herald has the fol-
lowing summing up of the situation:
The detection of two republican members Of the
legislature, one of whom partic ipated in the
Chamberlain legislature to-day, and who helped
to make up the alleged quorum of so, leaves the
two legislative bodies with So qualified members
field and Laurens thrown out by the board Of
canvassers.
With the latter the democrats have majority
of seven and without them neither side has
quorum. In consequence of this, the Chamber
lain house will be unable to hold q session to-
morrow.
The probability is that tomorrow the democrats
will rectiv such other accessons from the repub-
licans that the latter will be utterly incapable of
holding 9 session, and leave the democrats mas
tiers of the field.
In this event il is not improbable that the dem
ocrsts will 60 in body and capture the Chamber
lain legislature and vote in members from disput-
| ed counties a. they please, which would leave
them good majority on joint ballot. The dead
lock in the Senate gives the democrats an advan.
| tage which they will not be slow to use, and alto
| gether the situation looks encouraging for them.
COLUMBIA, November 20. The situation to-
day is unchanged with the exception that the re.
publican House has been in session all the Imorn-
ing, but were unable to transact business on &C.
| count of absentees, which leaves it without quo
rom.
The Senate is discussing the concurrent resolu-
ton passed BY the House yesterday to begin the
canvass Of the returns for governor and lieutenant
governor.
The democratic House went into secret session
in Carolina Hall after receiving the report of the
committee appointed yesterday to obtain the re-
turns from the Secretary of State for governor
| and lieutenant governor.
The committee reported that the secretary had
| surrendered the returns to Mackey, the speaker
OF the republican House.
The military still garrison the State House.
The supreme court met and adjourned without
transferring any business, the lawyers being en-
gagged IN making q return to the habeas corpus
| case OF the board of canvassers in Judge Bonds
United States circuit court
The sergesnt-at-arms of the republican House
| is engaged in looking up absentees, but without
success so far
The only matter of importance which has trans
pired since noon is that the missing member Of
the republican legislature has been discovered and
brought in, which gave that body their alleged
quorum of SO.
testants to the seats for Bsrnwell county for
which certificates had previously been given to
the democrats.
There were no contests. 1t is probable the re-
publicans will be seated. The Senate, which
seems to be recognized by both houses, passed q
resolution appointing u NJ, Friday, as the hour
TO commence canvassng the vote for governor
and lieutenant governor and adjourned till that
time. Nothing has developed from the demo-
Gratis.
protest signed by all the democratic senator's
was entered upon the records of the Senate, de
nouncing the acts of the republican house of rep
resentativcs, and declare such house is without
constituted quorum, and therefore wanting in
organic character of the house of representativ
of South Carolina.