The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-05-03
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! Senator Withefspoon .D az move tha
the Senate reconsider it's vote 10 swear II
Lieutenant Governor Simpson, and ]
think | can make an explanation yhict
j will appeal TO tue honest 'copgictiohs o.
| every Senator present. 'iioa - !ia @1E
! Nash said that, vixen the question fol
:es9asdefSittiiob fpaTRe Up j. would be time
7 enough for explanations. Swaiis then
i put the motion to reconsider, and, pend.
ing the roll call, Mr. WieheIspo0fi said
TI would like to offer atho following e x.
planation,, On yesterday there was q
/ conference between tine former Lieusen-
ant Governor Of the State and the pres.
ent Lieutenant Governor of the State
and the President pro TEN. cf the Senate.
| was requested 10 be present, simply to
know what was going on, TO provide
4 against this very species Of political
ttfUhhery. I was there, aud il was agreed
| that we should bridge over che change
between tho new and the old administra-
4 ton with harmony. We asked 4 If you
| intended to 60 into this matter in good
faith, and 10 was distinctly understood
that everything. was to be In good faith.
The Same question was. rgised then, and
to the credit of the Lieutenant Governor
he positively asserted that he would not
stultify himself by taking that oath again.
A fer the consultation upon the othor side
| this morning he again reiterated. his pur-
pose Of not taking Tie oath q second time.
1t was agreed in so many words thaa this
body would not require thatihe should be
put in'such position. / hopo that you
! will not continue to force Mr.. Simp-
con to do what you would not do If you
were In his position
/ Swails: "There have been two consul
ta.ions held, aid ali the matters stated
here are. matters OF fact, with one excep-
tion, and that is this; .Tha. N.ii..e xe met
| in consultation. it was we'll understood
that our action could not, in any way,
| bind the Senate as O body on either side.
| believe the Senator from York made
! the remark himself that we went there
| as men for the purpose Of making some
Arrangement for getting into corners. II
there is difference betwean the Senators
| here, it Ia no more that tiieYe was in the
consultation, hold thasI am only hare
'as an officer at your bidding. I am here
to do what Is right, and pretend to do SO.
| hope that We may ge6 this matter eet-
tied in some way harmoniolsly, for there
| tis'not man on the. floor of the, Senate
/ more anxious for q harmonious and
! peaceful settlement than I anu, i hope
that we will arrive at some conclusion, IL
| not to-day, at some early period, for this
| now is the only bone Of contention"
| = Witherspoon '"The statement of the
President pro tenn, that the agreement
arrived ut in the consultation was not
binding upon the members of the Senate,
is correct, but he cannot deny that an ad-
journment was had from yesterday to this
morning to settle that vesy matter, and
to consult our respective friends. ."riI i>s
! Mesh said that he vna nnk aga-e thas
any such arrangement had been made.
IF the Senator from Y0rk speaks correct
ly, and l do not doubt that he does, il
such is the arrangement, consider my
self bound by it, and, if i had been
aware of it, I should have been the last
man to have arade such motion as
did: am not disposed 70 l-esk faith
with any oue." -t'i' "n; 81 tiiie'
! Whittemore: ri have not been aware
'Iof any arrangement being perfected py
any one, No such thing was ever pre-
sented as this that we are now at variance
! upon, that this Lieutenant Governor
Simpson should take possession without
being sworn in, I understand from the
Ex-Lieutenant Governor that no under
standing Of this kind existed between
these parties yesterday; or mt any other
time. understand from him that the
matter was spoken of, but neither OF the
parties could pledge the action of their
respective friends. l recognize that Mr..
Simpson must be the Lieutenant Cover
nor of the State, and that as such we are
to obey his orders, but while the gentle
man has said there is no power upon
earth that can make him take the oath q
second time,it appears to me that while
he asks courtesy from us, there is some
! courtesy due to us from him. When we
ask that he shall take the oath, we ask
no more than we would ask from Re-
publican officer. It is tTue' that the Ssn.
ate was invited TO wituess his induction
into Office, bus the majority which com.
prises the active energy of the Senate
wes not there."' ~ ~ y '' ''i
| Maxwell, who generally runs on the
outrage line, said that there was no one
moro willing and ready than he to bridge
over the bloody chasm, and no one more
willing to stretch forth his hands for the
olive branch Of peace, an, sent here
by constituency which stands right and
square and adheres to compromised, bui
when look over the country, and ses
poverty staring us in the face, when ]
sec that the dearest rights of the people
have been tra,npled upon, and wheii ]
see tho dire wants around me, lam read,
f. S:ct, S;:::ccti5 nft that / have been convinced
but yield in behalf of the poor down
trodden people. AS the honorable gen
tleran has said, he has already taken til,
oath and no power On earth can max,
him take it again. Gentlemen, the Chic
Executive Of the State. who has been in
stalled in Office, was sworn in in the sam,
manner aud at the same time and pikce
and am willing TO reconsider. the mo
I tion, knowing that in doing so it does no
alter our minds one. iota from. what W,
conceive to be the letter and the spirit O
I law. 'a ~ - 2Hi .s'An9el s.t! hAQ5.
AT this stage in. the, debats q salute o
100 guns in honor, of the day began peal
ing forth which, while II called forth ap
plause from the galleries, had q mos
1ubduing effect upon the naughty Sena
tors. The vote on the question of O re
J ! eohSideIation was then taken, and reaul
ted p TO 4 in favor of decentralization
J the four dissenting being Whittemore
Ibwails, Duncan and Taft. This nantes
symptom Of weakness was hailed viii
applause from the galleries. Nash lthel
J gracefully Withdrew his amendment tha
the Lieutenant Governor be sworn In
and the original motion tflats coniInittei
OF throo conduct es:.s es:ss LiSusenatit GoFerho
4 to his seat YES next put, and carried b,
h O. vote Of. 20 to 7..a,,..o .,,,,.,.F.
q ms Swails then said: ~ have the hono
now to Introduce to vou uentJemen n