The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-08-21
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from tho torn VS. who u have been
prosecut ting the i Tegistration law test
cases in the u United States Courts on
behalf of the negroes of the State, and
ltsnow gives very fully and compre-
hlenslyely The present status of tile le- III
gal fight. 1T tells the exact condition
OF affairs In regard to tho cases, and
explains tho course that tho attorneys
intond to pursue. Here is tho letter
however, tospealS for itself 81
-s W ashington, j. G. Aug Z, 1895. i
y Lion |e1 { ". w. Murray, Rombcrt, S. Oh
ssD,ear Sir; Our Mr.. Obcar returned
yesterday afternoon from Richmond, 4,
wlierc hes had been To argue the Cow oSwy-:S
1.27 case. j udge Golf limited the argay
mcnt to the question as to tho mate.
riality Of the differences between the
two cases; and after hearing full ar.
gumcnt filed tho opinion, which 1 pre-
sumo you have, ere this, seen in the
papcrs. lie found that tho GowdyH
case has the same scope and effect
rs The Mills case, and is governed by
the decision Of the Circuit Court of (
Appeals in the latter cause. It is man
ifcst that it will be impossible to bring
any suit in the Federal courts touch
ing the registration laws which would
moi nave the same scope and effect"'
as the Mills case and the proper steps
now are to bend our energies toward
getting, as speedily as possible, a de-
cision upon the questions involved
from the Supreme Court of. the United
States; and we arc in better position
to accomplish that end in the present
condition of things than we would
have. been if Judge Golf had decided
IN our favor. Had he done so the
State would, probably, have adopted
ono OF two courses: either have dis
obeycd the injunction, or have in.
duced Mr.. Chief Justice Fuller to call
q special term of the Circuit Court of
Appeals, appeal the case to that court,
and have tho injunction dissolved as,
before. If they had disobeyed. !,> e - tlS,s1.S
junction we would have ~ .,ss >..1,er-
visor ], arrested, tSs q ~, - .tdthorfties
ret',,t x. of. s.ol8 the Circuit Court of
!, ,asr1siGnsfrs, induced the Chief Justice
to sit again, and have had that court
turn. tho supervisor loose. Had thip
contingency happened we would have
been at The END Of our row. because
there les no appeal to the Supreme
Court from the Circuit Court of Ap-
peals in habeas corpus. proceedings.
Had the State authorities taken the
ether course we would have had to
take our appeal from the Circuit Court,
OF Appeals to the Supreme Court, and,
at bcst, the appeal from the Circuit
Court " I. of e appeal is haFnpered by many
not go into now-but which exist But Bsut
as matters now stand wo will our
selves appeal tho Gowdy decision di-.
rectly to the Supreme Court Of the
United States, and so got the whole
case before them. The thing to do is
TO got the appeal ready at once. The
expense Of getting it up will be COM
paratively worry small. II will take
about $50 to print tho record not our
argument that we can attend to
later, and then $50 more, fee of the
clerk of the Supreme Court, for docket
ing. Have This much money raised
for this purpose and send to us at once.
We herewith enclose you blank ap-
peal bond. Have it executed by Mr..
GoWdy and sureties as was done in the
Mills case, and send lis as soon as
signed. We ourselves expect to got to
work today upon the assignments Of
errors, and you will push at your
end we will have this appeal perfected
and docl1etcd before this month has
passed,
Wo have received no money on ac-
count of the balance Of our fec and
the expenses we have heretofore in
CURED From what you said in your
last letter, we fully expected that by
this time we would have had q remit
tance from Beaufort, and arc disap-
pointed at neither receiving remit
tance or hearing from you as to the
cause OF the delay. Wo hope you will
now give this, and the other equally
important matters mentioned in this
letter, your speedy attention Having
embarked upon this sea Of registra-
ton litigation, let us not rest until we
reach the haven of q full decision by
tho Supreme Court Of the United
States. Yours Truly, .3S.S.
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