The daily gazette., 1876-11-29

atives, with the delegation from Edge
manded admission on the certificates of
election taken from the records Of the Su-
preme Court. Six soldiers were ranged
on either side of the approach to the door
with the officers in the centre. The GER
tificates of Edgeield and Laurens dele
gates, being presented, were decided in-
valid by the doorkeepers, whereupon the
entire body of Democrats withdrew.
When the Democratic members with
drew the Radicals completed their organ
ization by electing Speaker. Mr.. E.W
NJ. Mackey and Mr.. Nj Meyers two color
ored members, were nominated. and
Mackey, of Charleston. received fifty-sev
en- out of the fifty-nine votes. Jones was
then elected Clerk. One Democratic
member who bore certificate of the
Board of Canvasers went into the hall
and finding the Republicans organized
with Speaker in the Chair and Clerk at
the desk, returned to the door and was
refused egress until he threatened prose-
cution for false Imprisonment. At the
same time William ii. Reddish, a prom
inent Republican member, refused to en-
ter the hall with Federal bayonets at the
door and is now acting with the Demo-
Gratis.
During the excitement created by the
refusal to admit the Democrats an inn
mense crowd had assembled in front of
the State House, when the Federal officer
in charge approached General Hampton,
who was in the State-House, with re-
quest that he would prevent the crowd
from pushing in.
CROWD.
The General Immediately on the re-
quest being madeappeared upon the front
steps of the Capitol and addressed the
crowd as follows:
My FRIENDS: / am truly doing what
have done earnestly during this whole ex
citing contest-pouring oil on the troubl-
ed waters. 1t is of the greatest import
ance to us all as citizens of South Caro-
lima that peace should be preserved. i
appeal to you all, white men and colorod
as Carolinians, to use every effort TO keep
down violence or turbulence. One act Of
violence may precipitate bloodshed and
desolation. implore you, then, to pre-
serve the peace. beg all of my friends
to disperse, to leave the grounds of the
Capitol, and advise all the colored men
to do the same. Keep perfectly quiet;
leave the streets and do nothing to pro-
woke riot. We trust TO the law and
the Constitution, and We have perfect
faith in the justice of our cause.
The whites Immediately dispersed, and
their example was followed by great
many of the colored people.
TIE SENATE ORGANIZE.
While the proceedings above described
were in progress the Senate organized, re-
fusing to recognize the Senators from
Edgefield and Laurens counties, and ex-
cluding the Senator from Abbeville on
the technical grounds that his election
had not been properly certified to by the
President of the Senate. The two branch
es of the Legislature then exchanged
messages and proceeded with the regular
order of business.
The troops were in the afternoon with
drawn from the door of the Chamber, but
still occupy the halls of the State House.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE DFMocRArIc
HOUSE.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Nov. 2s.-The DEM
ocratic members of the House were in
secret session all day, and did not open
the doors until to night, when, with six
ty-four legally elected members present,
holding credentials from The state Su-
preme Court, they formally organized the
constitutional House of Representatives
of this State. The members, when the
roll was called. were sworn in by Circuit
Judge Cook. When Orangeburg county
was called, Mr.. Reedish, who has been
elected on the republican ticket and re-
fused to join the organization of the bay
oDet House, came forward amidst over
whelming applause and was sworn in.