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ESTABLISHED 1865.
complications. which might arise
about the matter.

ABOUT tho matter.
| He then read an extract from the
Governors message in which it was
stated that the award Of the State
printing had been made by the cleo
tion Of Mr.. Chas B. Calvo as State
printer by himself and the chairmen
of the printing committees of the
two houses. The extract reads rs
follows:
During the year the Office Of pub
lie printer having been declared va
cant, the committee provided .or by
law, consisting Of the Governor and
the chairmen of the committees on
printing Of your honorable bodies
met and elected Mr.. Charles B. GAL
vo public printer"
AS chairman of the printing com,
mittee Of the House he wished to
say that he knew absolutely nothing
about the election of Mr.. Chas. B.
Calvo. He never received any notice
from Governor Ellerbe or from any
body else. He said that he simply
wished to set himself right, as he
knew nothing about the matter until
he saw it published.
Capt Blythe, who acted on the
part of the House in the selection of
Mr. Chas. B. Calvo as State printer,
said that on Friday night, about 8
o'clock, he received a telegram ask
ing him to come to Columbia on a
very important matter. He did not
know what it was about When he
arrived in Columbia he was advised
that he had been summoned in re-
gard to the appointment of the
public printer, Mr.. Chas. A. Cslvo
having been declared non compos
mentis. He was told that he had
been asked to consider the matter as
chairman of the printing committee
on the part of the House. He said
he did not think he was chairman of
the committee, but he seemed to be
80 regarded. During the last ses-
sion he attended but ono meeting of
the committee, and his recollection
was that there was but one bill be-
fore that committee during the en-.
tire session, and he was not familiar
with the members Of the committee,
most of his time being devoted to
committee work on the judiciary
committee, when committees were at
work. His recollection was that the
committee did not meet but once last
year; if oftener he was not present.
Senator Mcdaniel was in the same
predicament, but he was informed
that the chairman Of the committee
had resigned from the Senate.
1t seemed to him that the Gov
ernor should have largely the ap-
pointment Of the State printer, and
he regarded the call upon him as
being largely advisory. He thought
the Governor had right to call on
him for his advice and cooperation
if he SO desired. ...
Mr.. Ilderton: "What is the law on
the matter?" ... .
Capt. Blythe replied: II do not
know. ! simply thought we were an
advisory board, and tho Governor
was responsible; feeling that way,
and thinking him responsible, we
acquiesce in his act. We saw no OBJ
lection to what he had done. Tho
Governor was willing to take it."
AS soon as he returned to Green.
vile, Capt. Blythe said, he looked
into the Journal, and found that he
was not chairman Of tho committee.
Ills name was printed as chairman of
the committee on some Calendar or
booklet about the House, and that
was how tho mistake probably oc.
cured .
Both Mr.. Kinard and Capt. Blythe
spread statements upon the journal
OF tho House relative to the matter.
The point made was that Mr. Mo.
Daniel, Of the Senate, and Mr.. Blythe,
of the House, who acted with Gov
ernor Ellerbe, had no legal authori.
ty to elect q public printer for the
interim, and that the said election il
illegal.
Why NOT ADVERTISE?
Mr.. Crum presented a concurrent
resolution providing for the printing
Of ! 900 extra copies of the report of