The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-09-19
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Paaadelphia Times.

PHILADELPHIA Times.
| "Well, Senator, what disposition dc
you expect will be made of the Corbin-
Butler contest for the Senatorial aeat this
Winter ~
"Well, It Is a pretty even clip, and
Senator Davis vote Is the one thipy
which we can't tell anything about; but
/ reckon the votes that put Mr.. Butler la
there will retain him In bis seat. The
repo,S of tho Committee on Privileges
and Elections will be made, If Corbin
pushes the matter, early in the next ses-
sion. They have decided that Butler
was seated on Pri'na Jacie evidence and
right, and they will not report. Now, to
analyze the result. The Senate stands
thirty.six Democrats, thirty-nine Re.
publicans and one Independent, Senator
| Davis, who did not vote before. Butler
was seated by one majority, Conover and
myself voting with the Democrats. II
the resolution is presented that Butler is
not entitled 20 his seat Da7is may vote
for it, and that will oust him. Then Ill
follow o resolution to seat Corbin. /
don't know how the vote will stand on
that; I will not vote for it, nor 10 I
think Conover will, although no has not
told me so. If he is consistent La can't
vote for him. tell you it's very even
thing; but, as said before, suppo:.
we can hold Butler in by the same vote
we got him there. The only thing we
can't count on and provide for Ia death.
He's fellow we can't get away from.
Well, If there's q tie vote the Vice -Presi-
dent will cast the deciding ballot, and
that will seat Corbin, sure"
no REPUBLICANS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
"You are not taking much interest in
South Carolina politics now?"
"Oh, the Republican party is gone for
ever there. There's no use, anyway, of
fighting the Democrats any more down
there. I fought them till the last min
ute, and what's the reward for South
Carolina? After Hayes was inaugu.
rated, aud the matter about the Return
ing Board was still pending ia the Supe.
rior Court, Hayea gave the Democrats 90
much that there was no use e,contesting
nor fighting any longer" Here tue Sem
ator threw the striped stockings over the
rails of the bed and plunged his face into
the pillow, ne though he were burying
there old recollcctions that were painful.
Then he Strengthened up and went on
Hampton made u fight and came TO
Washington a conqueror7-no less than o
conqueror, strand Hayes, the President
Of the United States, got down aud licked
his feet. That was all right for Hainp-
ton, but bad for our man. Bad2 Itwas
disgraceful. Oh. yes. great fellow.
Il Hayes is."
II "How about civil service p.
II The Senator'S arms went over his head
that now lay peacefully upon the pillow.
Bs answered meditatively "Greatthing,
that civil service. 1t don't exist. Grant
did try to enforce it, know. We have
talked it all over together, and he told
ms himself that the frat nan appointed
under its rules won't to the penitentiary
in short order. I forgot the fellows
name; it was out West, though"
NOT BIT AFRAID OF ARREST.
d "Now, Senator, say something about
yourself; the probabilities of your arrest
you know"
"I dca't know anything about (. ey,
cept what read in the newspaper. Nv
friends down there tell mo there's moth,
ing in it at all, and that it has never beer
contemplated to send requisition aftel
me-"
"If you back down do you think they
would arrest and try you?"
"Well, If / went back they probably
would arrest and perhaps bring me fol
trial. " ain't going back.r The Senator
read Ia mis- pillow and spoke with EN-.
phasis, and presently added, CAT least
, not just now" "Because of the likeli.
hood of arrest?p "No, too hot; Pva goi
no business there just now; it's bot
enough here" "You were there last
Summer, though p, "Oh, yes, ! had
business there then 2" "You don't look
after your constituents at short range
then, eh7" ''They are able to look out
for themselves. couldn't do any good
there to the party. Itis beyond redemp-
ton In the. South. do not believe,
however, that it has been seriously
thought to take mo back to South Caro-.
lima: My information, and its source il
good, is that all such talk originated in
Washington. W hen it was first heard
OF my friends at Columbia asked me BIZ
wire what it all meant answered
them, you are down there, you ought "a
know They didn't know, though. and
l definitely found out that il was Wash.
ington talk, the whole of it."
GIVE YEARS OF GOOD STEALING YET"
j "Woll, how abou. :hs saying, arhsse,.
five years good stealing down here yet 7'
H% glad yen mentioned that.
never: used that expression at all. Twas
an old expressions kind of popular
slang phrase IN South Carolina wher
Scott was Governor, from 1868 20 1879
} but this was the way it ran !. sThere'i
/, eeveral years more of good stealing vet.
Everybody used it. Well, In 1876 judge
Mackey was making speech at Chester
aud revived it AMI attributed its origina
to me, saying used 1t in speech Ia th,
J State Legislature. Now, the truth Is
was not in Columbia that Winter
Mackey was supporting Chamberlain ant
, was opposing him at tho time. Cham
berlain got the darp-fool notion of eivi
service reform into his head, too. and a
} the very time of that campaign, was try
iIb " ss.. o,.. = .hio oo:,ise-r side Ok
! know all about that, you'd better believe
: He prepared the State for Hampton.n
, "Is Hampton to be the next Goyerno
. OF tho Statei" i,7,g +.
? "There is no opposition. His govern
ment has given universal satisfaction.
] think he wants to do right. BY the way
Zee that q colored ex-Jndge of Carolinl
paid his respect to me the other day Il
4 an interview published in the 1S;as.
, All right. Tho Garkeys wanted a rcyYe
. sentative in every branch Of the govern
Ties and Wright i5vs IN =. tho en-
{ bench. He's disrepntabie niprer. cor
3 rqpt on the bench and drunk every
f | where"
"How about che statement by Won
r son, Silas, in Washington, that Ea aay
: Pauline Markham seated on Goyerno
{ Scotia knee in the Fifth Avenue Hotal
: New York, and kissing him each time Il
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