Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-02
col. WILLIAM ELLIOTT.
The Now Congressman from South
Carolina.
From the Philadelphia Record.

Carolina.
From the Pb5l3deiphia Record.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-"Col. William
Elliott" SAID the South Carolina Colonel,
.will howl with rage when he finds out
mai the New York Sun advertises MIN as
. darkv. Col. Bill is not easily upset,
mt think this will set him hopping,
Tre sun Office cat evidently mixed him
~ vim Col. Bob Elliott, the smarLest
nff,oer Of tuem ali, who once ruled the
Srntn Carolina blacks with rod of iron.
CnI WuIiam Elliott comes OF one OF tue
host low country families. His grand
taiher was an Episcopal Bishop. II s
HroIher commanded at Sumter. H
birself has fine war record, and
&c universally liked for his genial, h, arty
hnmor. He is great hunter and fisher
man. He had a large law practice, and
could have made a handsome fortune II
no had stuck 10 ii. But, If one or mis- Gro
nj scame into court In the middle OF the
,no.t important case of the year aud
whispered to him: The fish are biting
lively today up on The creek and we
want you to go after them with u.s. he
would lay down his brief, abandon his
case and 20 Tor those fish, and get them,
I'm. He will be well liked here, as be is
rVH mere elSts liz 10 COuI dbINSlN
vouug. absolutely handsome, able, bright,
cnlllyaltd and courteous. He has fae.
ciuAtlng manner. Now, Col. Bob Elliott
was as Iepulsive as Col. Bill Elliott is al
trqclive. He was good deal
blacker than any ace OF spades
Won ever saw, and had Il
rank niggerness about him that was posi-
uyely offensive TO any white man. H.,
was not much more pleasing to the
HACKS than TO the whites. He had never
hppn slave: he had come to South Caro-
Ina with d Massachusetts regiment just
at the close OF III war, with no partIcu-
Ia. sympathy wild the blacks o. South
Carolina or of any tiny state. He knew
be- had ability, AMI - was thirsty for
mower. be NauCei 0tfi9. just as Blalne
wants the PresIden y, "a al ne was not
BIT more or less scrupllous about the
methods Of =, ttIng IL Ht was NOT a
popuiar man--n0 one loved hin-but all
Inc blacks feared and respected Hun iust
as mucu as he desplsrd them. his control
over tnem was Il splendid exhibition OF
moral pc +, for he had nothns
IN common with them but his color.
TDey sent niM t. tue National House
OF Representa- .,-Ht ii is D. ma he served
Two terms, resi4nlng liz 'lly To become
Sneaker OF the South Carolina House OF
Rep tsenlatlVes. he look tuat pI9 Il
poplng 50 to utilize his ability ami the
parliamentary kno" ledge ne had &C
CURED in Washington AS 10 I'LL his pocG-
ets with money a Blaine, Speaker of
the National House Of RepFes MA ives,
aud Moses Speaker Of the south Carolina
House ul Representatives. But GOV.
CHAMBERLAIN kept mis- eye so closely upon
him tnaJ TINS was render ed impractical
bic, All thai he got out of the position
was NE additional experience. He en-
ployed mis- pal lIamentary skill very
adloltiy 10 the Legislature " 1877, when
Joan G. sheppard, now Governor of South
Carolina, Mas 81 aker OF Inc House.
Sheppard had never served in u eIsIa-
tive body before, neither had the
great majority OF thu whlte mem 0ers
Of the House. Some thirty of them
had served IN former LEGISLATURES, but the
rest were absolutely ignorant OF parlia-
meGtary affairs, whereas the lOTUy niggers
Ia the House were ali oid mem beTs AID
understood all the tricks of the trade.
Added TO this they had the advice of Bob
Elliott. He used 10 come into the House
every day. Getting on sofa behlnd the
Seals he would beckon :, Of the blacks
10 him, tell him 4 NO glveu motion,
summon another a d b lie him back It up
Win speech, and keep this up unit De
heu Sot tuS NuOIS QOuSS lHbO n TAU gle.
Asan and again Speaker Sheppard ad-
oufned the House because he uId not
know what else TO dc WI 1t. AS last
resort the Committee on Rules
deliberately reported that the ru ee
Oh the House snUuid be done away
with, and hat the proceedings should
lhencetorth be conducted under genera
parAamen'ry law. Aud this report was
ADOPTED, so that tor a year the House OF
Representatives OF South Carolina was
run liz town meeting. Elliott went 10
louisiana alter that and got a Fedora
once tie soon pushed his way 10 the
front among the blacks there as ne had
among the blacks in South Carolina. He
suIred Item up to protest against the
0leQua! distribution of the Federal
patronage OF the State. under when he
GAINED the whites got about twice then
snare FINAL y he was sent at tue head
u committee OF negroes TO present thea
grievances 10 President A thur. He Wrute
'l- azure which he git OH on that Occa-
sion standing before President Al thur ne
leeled Il oil 50 Extensively tina, when ne got
through Arthur simply turn d on ms
useI ana walk d cut OF the room. Elliot
came out at the head of his committee
mauder Than March hare. Arthur was
mau TOO, lie asked some one from Louisi-
Nv bdpptneu 10 De lDere VINO Jnat
1THP0dtnt darky was. That was Bob
S@.nN' was the reply, 'the smartesi
u9IhY IN The country 'Wuat is hef
%@ei the Presidents; what does be do?'
ne Is an Inspector of Customs in Loulsl.
ana 'Neii,' said Arthur, he can't be
NUN l0nger' With that ne sat down
uu wrote an order 10 the SeCre tary o.
treasury to dismiss Robert Elliott,
d",pecIor oil Customs in Louisiana, that
Jay and to notify him al once. The next
We! E'liott went back TO louisiana broken
S%SlliII, and before the year was out