The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-05-03
From Il; ~ Charleston Ns,rs and Gii.rier.
sic,o11,1r,fIBI1I,A 81 s. C.. April "A, 1877.

dreds of the'interested populace. AT ~
M precisely Speaker Wallace and Clerk
of the House Sloan iascended the stand,
accompanied only by their assista -
clerks: E. w. M Mackey made his az
pearanee during the earlyportion OF the
day, butt withdrew towards noon. Neither
was Jones: present, both of THESE worthless
having sought, as they imagined, more
quiet fields in the Senatorial Chamber.
The leftof the hall was occupied by the
Democratic representatives almost fex-
'clusively, while theiright of the hall was
solely occupied by the members. of the
late Mackey House, the only two white
Republicans present being Ferriter and
lJohnsong of SUMTER Asfew moments
past moon SpeakersW Wallace sounded the
gavel and announced that the House Of
Representatives would come to order.
The clerk thenEproceeded to call the. roll
of othe. Constitutional House organized
and sworn. under Speaker Wallace in No
:vemberlast, the members of the. Mackey
House remaining unnoticed in their seats.
SixtY-nine names were called, all Of
whom answered, Gibson and Bird alone
of the Constitutional members being un-
called, Gibson having backslided and
then resigned, and Bird having back
slided. and being in contempt. After
prayer by Rev. Mr.. Martin, the Speaker
announced that quorum being present
the House was ready to proceed to BUSH
ness. At this stage of the proceedings,
to the utter astonishment of the ignored
Mackeyites, who had by this time become
considerably bewildered in the rapid I'm:
folding of events, Mr.. Shaw, of ofEdgefeld,
moved an. immediate adjournment Of the
House. Before the Boguses had time to
take breath the motion was put and car
ried unanimo mously, and the'Housefwas de-
clared adjourned until 12 m. tomorrow.
ALI these important events had trans
piredi within the space of ten minutes,
and already half Of the members had
risen from their seats and started for the
Senate Chamber, where was to be the
battlefield of the day. The most cynical
could find no reason to doubt Demo-
cratic organization and concentration
here. Everything was prepared before
hand, and the programme was. carried
out without variatioA1s.i In the early
portion of the morning Mr. Browne, Of
Barnwell, the, constitutional sergeant-at-
arms, assumed possession without oppo-
sition, and placed the door under the
control of d. B. Elkins, of Fairfield.
There were. no files of scurYy negro coz
stables with bludgeons,, but the crowd
nevertheless were excluded easily. only
those persons with . PASSES being allowed
entrance, besides the members and. those
claiming to be members Of the House.
The hall Of Representatives wore q
fresher and cleaner appearance than it
has done since the days of reconstruction,
the absence of six dollars per day at.
taches being eonspicuously noticeable.
After the adjournment the. Mackeyites
hung around for a while and then crowd
ed into the Senate chamber. The objects
of the Democrats in Immediately adjourn
ing can be readily understood. In the
first place the Senate, having a Republi-
can majority, was uncertain, and past ex-
perience had taught the Democrats that
every precautio1' must be taken against
political trickery by their opponents.
The Hour; having organized without
swearing in. the Mackeyites, by adjourn
ment held matters in allegiance until they
could discover how the Senate would act
towards them. Ia short, they were pre-
pared to fight the devil with FIRE, and by
displaying a bold front succeeded in gain
ing vantage ground not occupied by
the true representatives of South Caro-
lima since ante bellum days. Had the
bold and inscriptions majority in the
Senate refused to recognize the rights of
the minority, Or had they, by a strict
party vote, refused to seat. except under
obnoxious conditions, the legally elected
Lieutenant Governor of the State, then
would the House of Representatives. have
had it in their power to pass with equal
rigor upon, the credentials of the now
subdued and covering members of tie
historic. Bayonet House. Subsequent
events in the great victory of the day
will show, however, that once more, with
out doubt, the destiny of South Carolina
is in the hands of her own, sons. .i ,..
at IL a. m. ex-Lieutenant- Governor
Gleaves appeared in the Senate chamber,
and, taking the chair, called the Senate
to order. The clerk was directed to call
the roll, which was done, and the follow
named members we're found to be present,
to wit: J. Byrd, (Rep.) R. E. Bowen,
.(Dem.) VIM. L. Buck, lDem.) A. P. But
ler, (Dem.) G. Cannon, lDem:) F. Car
ter, (Rep.] F. A. Clinton, (Rep.) ]. r.
Cochran and H. G. Corwin, (Reps. s. S.
Crittenden, DENY S. l.. Duncan, Rep.
w. A. Evans, (Rep.) S. e. Gaillard,
(Rep.) Samuel Green, (Rep.9 r. G. How
ard, Dem. r.. B. Jeter, Dem. J. ".
Livingston, (Dem.) II. J. Maxwell.
(Rep.] H. A. Meetze, dem. W. F. Ny
ers, Rep.) w. B. Nash, (Rep.) S. A,
swails, (Rep.) VIM. N. Taft, Rep.) J.
D.. Warley, (Rep,) B. Fl. Williams
(Rep.) J. D. Witherspoon, dem. B. F.
Whittemore. (Rep:l Absent: ". p
Johnston, D. j: Walker, in Jail, and
Jones NJ. Williams, deceased. la. =; :.
Gleayes announced thai. a Quorum was
present, and then delivered the following
address: -, -, ~, .o...., ,.,:-
-i Senator's: We have met to-day, as q
Senate under peculiar circumstances, cir:
cumstances which I need not recount al
length. Since. we. last met events have
taken place which change the political
aspect Of our, State and affect my relations
to YOU as Senate. We meet now under
call of a gentleman who has not hereto
fore been recognized by this body as the
Governor Of, South Carolina. If that
gentleman is to be. regarded as the actua
Governor of the State, it has occurred te
me that. I should no longer exercise my
right to preside here. In reaching this
conclusion I desire to place on record, il
~, . ,,,o,t ,,uh1;o ond t,noro1;f,ed manner