Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-01-31
with the assurance of my good wishes for you,
personally and officially, am, very respect
fully, &C., .- WADE HAMPTON, Z
Governor.

with the assurance of my good wishes tor you,
personally and officially, am, very respect
fully, &C., WADE HAMPTON, Z
Governor.
To Hon. T. ]. Mackey.
Under date of the 26th instant, Judge
Reed also rendered his resignation. stating in
his letter of resignation, that be has hesitated
to do so on the ground that his title has once
been tried and decided by the supreme court
whose judgment concludes with the emphat
ic words that he was clearly entitled to hold
for term of four years from bis election te
succeed Judge Graham. Judgment filed
June 7th, 1877. Under these circumstances
he has been advised that he might with great
propriety submit it to further decision of The
legislature or of the courts to determine
whether he is included by the opinion in the
case of Judge Shaw; but on due reflection
he has determined that he will not, even ir
appearance, stand in opposition to the judg
ment of the court or the policy of the legis
ture. ...
Judges Townsend and Cook have also
rendered their designations, which have beer
accepted by the Governor in the same terms
as expressed in his note above. ....
The Election Of Judges. ..
- After the promulgation of the decis
ion of the Supreme Court. ousting q number
of circuit judges, the Senate, on Thursday
last, made the House resolution to 60 into ar
election for Judges, the special order for to
day, in order to allow action on the bill nov
before the legislature to redistrict the State
and increase the number of circuits to ten
A bill has also been introduced in the House
to reduce the pay of circuit judges to $4,000
per annum. The names of the following
persons are mentioned i'll connection with the
vacancies .... 81
First Circuit: Col. B. c. Presley, Gen
JAS Simons, Thos. M. Hanckel, Col. Sam
Dibble of Orangeburg, and Judge j. P. Reed
Second Circuit: Col. W. Elliott of Beaufort
and Judge Aldrich Of Barnwell. Judge
Maher declines to be candidate. Third
Circuit: Judge A. j. Shaw appears to be tht
only candidate as yet. Fourth Circuit: Col
Blue of Marion, Col. J. H. Hudson of Marl
boro', Gen. Harlee of Marion, Col. Jos. Walsh
of Horny, and Judge C. P. Townsend. Sixth
Circuit: VIM. A. Moore of Lancaster, Jame'
Hemphill of Chester, l. D. Witherspoon o.
Yorkville, and Judge T. J. Mackey. Eight
Circuit: Col. Thos Thompson of Abbeville
and Judge T. H. Cooke. ...
Under date of last Saturday, the Columbis
correspondent of the Ne,us and Courier tele
graphed the following in relation to the cleo
ton: ..:
"Messrs. Presley and Hanckel seem to bt
the tavorites of the First Circuit, but, as be
fore iutimated, it is impossible to form def
mite conclusion as yet. Judge Mackey is ex
hibiting dispatches received BY him from
Chester, assuring him that memorial. signed
by fifteen hundred citizens of bis circuit, ask
ing for his reelection as Judge of the Sixth
Circuit, has been prepared and is on its way
to Columbia. I can vouch for the receipt o.
the telegram" .'
The following dispatch of Saturday seems
to be the latest phase of the judicial elections
The chances in the judicial race remain
about the same, and it is still very hard to pict
out the successful candidates. The election
of Judges Cooke and Mackey for the Eighth
and Sixth circuits respectively is advocated
by many, and it would not be matter Of
surprise if they we're reelected. Gen. Samue
MCGOWAN, of Abbeville, is said to be in tht
field as a candidate for the Eighth circuit, and
Col. Hemphill, of Chester, (the father Of the
Hon. j. J. Hemphll,) is announced as 9
candidate for the Sixth circuit. Both o.
these gentlemen are deservedly strong, and
their candidacy will materially affect the re-
suit. Judge Townsend's chances for a re-
election are falling off, Gen. Harllee and
Representative Blue seem to be the most
prominent candidates opposing him. In the
Second circuit the contest lies between Capt
VIM. Elliott and Judge A. P. Aldrich. In
the First circuit there is very little change
in the relative positions of the candidates
The friends of Messrs. Presley, Hanckel and
Dibble appear to be equally confident, while
the friends of Judge Reed claim that he is en-
titled to reelection. ... ..