The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-10
THE LOAvES AND FISHES.
The Offices the L. g,slsture Wll FIJI and
tho Candidates.

The Offices the l. glslaturo VIII fNi ehu
tho Candidates.
The Columbia Register says the next
Legislature will fill numDsr OF lmpor-
tant Offices, and tho election will furnish
something for the members of tho Gem
eral Assembly to % thinking over before
they 60 to Columbia.
The first and most important of all the
Offices is that OF United States Senator.
OF course Governor Tillmen will be
elected with practically no opposition
and will take his seat in the United
Senate on the 4th of March, 1895.
The terms of office of Judge Fraser,
of the Third Judicial Circuit, and Judge
Norton, of tho Eighth Circuit, will ex.
pire early next year and the Legislature
will have to elect successors. Great in.
terest will DO manifested in who will fill
these places.
It is presumed that Jugde Fraser will
be candidate for reelection. The only
other man mentioned as candidate
for the Same position ls Attorney Gen.
eral Buchanan, and If he wants the
place be will g.t It. He is considered
the brightest lawyer Of bis age In the
State and has successfully coped with
men Of many more years Of experience
aud age. He has been the legal back
bone of the Stste administration in its
many fights.
Ju1go Norton will bs q candidate to
succeed hinselt.au his friends will mako
a hard fight to keep him on the bench.
Several able mcn have been mentioned
as Opponents of Judge Norton, but 1t is
not positively knowu whether they Will
he lu the race. Col. Joseph II. Earle,
cf Greenvllle, ex Attorney General, is
one of the men msutioned, and Repre-
sentative Breszaale, Of Anderson, is
another. Mr.. Breazsale was intrusted
with the difficult task Of completing the
codifcation of the laws Of tho State aud
did his work thoroughly and SATISFACTORY
ly.
With General Buchanan on the bench
the Office of Attorney General would be
left vacant aud the Legislature would
have to fill tho vacancy. Anticipating
that there will be a vacancy several per
sops have been spoken of as successors
to Mr.. Buchanan. Assistant Attorney
General Barber will be put IN the field
by his friends. HIS familiarity with the
work of tho ofics aud his ability as u
LAWYER will give him strong lead over
other candidates. Senator 0. G. Jor
dan, of Aiken, is prominently spoken of
for Attorney General and would have
strong backing. 1t would be close
race between Messrs. Barber and Jor.
dan.
Tie Legislature elects the Superlnten-
dent Of the Pepltentiarv. There Is no
doubt but what Col. w. A. Neal will
succeed himself. He has made himself
indispensable to the State in that posi-
ton aud no Legislature could afford to
defeat him. 1t is doubtful if there will
be a candidate against him. His loyal
ty to the Reform movements proverb
and is the admiration Of all Rsformers.
The Register mentioned few days
ago that r. M. McCown, the we'll
known young Reformer Of Florence,
would be a candidate for Clerk of the
Senate, and would probably not have
opposition. Since that statement was
made it is said that ex-senator Hemp
bill, of Abbsville, will be candidate.
He will 70 hard man to beat. W. g.
Wolfe, ex- Representative OF Orangeburg,
is also said to be candidate.
For Clerk of the House IL ls supposed
that Clerk Gray will be a candidate tor
re election. Rev. j. A. Sligh is also
mentioned. Several others have been
spoken Of but 1t is not known whether
they will be in the race.
For reading Clerk of the Senate tho
illustrlous Collsrds Caughman, OF Lsx'
lngton, whose sonorous voice has r9ng
for four years in the ears CT honorable
S,uators, will 60 the way OF all those
who can't get votes enough. Tnere are
no openly aYowed candidates TOR that
place yet but Collards is doomed.
Reading Clerk Withers, of the House,
will likely bs a candidate to succeed
himself and will stand fiue chance OF
being elected.
Killed by Shark.
MOBILE, Ala, Oct. 4.-Pilot Ed Allen
reports that yesterday two sailors at'
tempted to desert the ship EVaresC 10
the lower bay by swimming to sklH
tied to a lighter at some distance from
the ship. Before they reached the