The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-05-03
d GLORIOUS DAYS WORK
TfEH tS0U4'H GaR0LINA, SENATE
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This theEiirst fdag :; ;offhes sessioh. hi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of thegyeatsse,n
iesess anu ;uunosr porfahee. 20 the peo
pie iofotfe l6tate. noA victory, tas Beet
won; which Mas as perfect az isalas pbeei
peaeeabfe,and which was, moreover, bu,
the earnest of tgluhphs yet 10 be- iacuonn
pEsiledibg she champions of the people
in their -ccntess with tho ddes, Of, Rel Cors
and good G6vernmvntr lWheurthe Sen
atsiW&s called 10 oEder thatbedypresent
ed the toufthiliaN spectacle, of 9 prout
aEdH unserapulous majority rejoicing il
fhei7 strength tbGdb evil, and to ioppos,
eeersthing nfgnnd ithiclr might ,he' sub
nnitted 10 tneir,asiEGffags 1pHTLsi. il!hs
gavel,fen toi auhbanc9 ths .ho1fi Of id
joslnmentl the sameohallI presented tki
no 1ess Etri6iDg- gceue' of that came ru,l
joriGy, no longer defiant and arrogant
bat oowed and btfembting asanen Fwhe
feel that the finger Of Fato has been laid
upon them, sandswlfo reakze. that the stal
oftthcir evil prominence has fadell away
in. che light ofaucwer and brighter day
Ag the hourappointed for the conven.
ing OF the General Assembly drew nigh
the members and claimants fer seats In
the House and Senate began gathering
at the Stats House, together with hun.
dreds Of tho interested 'populace! At IL
m. precisely Speaker Wallace and CLERK
Of the House Sloan lascended the stand
aceompaniederonl ' by their assistant
clerks. y e. W. M Mackey made his ap.
penranee during the earlyiportion of the
day, blit Withdrew towards noon. Neithel
was Jones present, both Of these Worthiea
having sought; as they i;sagined, more
quiet fields in the Senatorial Chamber
Tho leftiof the hall was occupied by the
Democratic. representatives almost fex.
'clusively, while the right Of the hall was
solely occupied by the members of the
late Mackey House, the only two white
Republicans present being Ferrites and
Johnson; of Euniteygb AsfoW meinsnte
past noon SpeakersW Wallace sounded tie
gavel and announced that che Hot3e 81
Representatives would come to ;5sId Der
tEhe clerk thenproceeded to cali elie roll
OF tho Constitutional House Organised
and sworn under Speaker Wallace In No
'vember,iast, the meInberg of the. Mackey
House remaining unnotieed in sheir6eats.
Sixty-nine names were called, all Of
whom answered, Gibson and Bird alone
of the Constitutional members being un.
cahed, Gibson having backBlided and
then resigned, and Bird having back.
slided! and being in contempt. After
prayer by Rev Mr.! Martin, the Speaker
announced that Q quorum being present
the House was ready to proceed TO btfsi.
ness. At'fhis stage of1the proceedings
to the utter establishment. of tae ignored
Mackeyites, who had by this time become
cnl,siderably bswildored III the rapid IN.
folding of!events, Mr.. Shaw, OF Edgefieid,
moved an Immediate adjournment|o Of the
House. Befors the Boguses had time tl
take breath the motion was put and car,
ried unanim6uSly, and the House was de.
claEed adjourned until II m. to-morroY
= ali these important events had trans
pired within the space Of ten minutes
and already half of fAthe members, hao
risen from their seats and started for the
Senate Chamber, where was to be The
battlefield of the day. The most Cynical
coi'ld find no reason TO- duub5 Demo.
cratic organization and concentration
here e.aaEverythipg was prepared before
handI :ant the programme &ak carried
out without vafiatiof1s! In the early
portion of the morning Mr.. Browne, oi
Barnweii, tie constitutional sergeantlat-
srms,t assimed possession without oppo.
s;si-n, and placed the door under ethe
CONTROL of D. B. Elkins, of Fairfield
There were, no files of scuryy negro con.
stables With Sludgeoris, but the icrowMd
nevertheless were excluded easily. only
Shose PERSONS with passes being ali aiiot.seed ~
entrance, besides the members and. these
Claiming to BE members of the J Jiouss
The hall Of Representatives, wore a
.reSlIer Sntf clearler sannnarauce fhot,' :.