The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-02-02
From the STATE Capitol.

MIlA, ). {. Jan. 81, lsHs.
Mn EnIron. During the past week
some very interesting events have
transprcd in the meeting, Of the Gen
craI Assembly The latter part Of the
rrcccdin. wccl. it was decided to hold
the election for I'nitcd States Senator
! To I'LL the uncNpircd term oI the late
Genera. Jos. H. I,arlr Oh Tuesday,
aud on Wednesday there were to he
an election for Comptrollcr-':c General.
two members Of tic State Bnari Of
Control, aud two directors of the Pen
itcn.ary. All interest was ccntcrcd
on lie election for ComptrolIcr-ticn-
cral On Tue ,day the Hon .Ino. l..
Mrl.aurin was elected IT, :. Senator
to fill out the uncxpired term Of the
late senator Earle. There was only
one dissenting vote and that was east
! hy the nrgrr representative from
Beaufort, who voted for George Wash
ington Murray. As regards the ccc-
ton Of members Of the State i;oard Of
Control, IT was Il quiet affair. Mcssrs.
u. Il. Cooper and j. ID. IIascldcn
were elected. Mr. G. T. II. Garris,
of Colcton. and Mr. VI. q. I'atum, Of
Orangchurg, were elected directors Of
he l'cnitcntiary. Then came the tug
of war the election Of Comptroller
General. As is well known, Mr. Der
ham, OF Horny County, who was chief
clerk under Gen. Norton, was retain
ed, after Mr.. Eptor's appointment,
long enough to make out the annual
report and then abruptly dismissed to
make way for Mr.. w. w. Bradley,
auditor OF Ahbcvillc County. A few
days previous to the election Mr. Der
ham began to look after his interests
which eventually eliminated in hap
ny fruition. The race was close, but
MIR. Dcrham was elected. lie has
| given bond and has taken charge Of
the office
Several members of the Legislature
have an i'll feeling towards Governor
Ellerbc and they took this occasion to
slap him i'll the face by ignoring his
appointment by clccting another per-
son to tho Office A number Of them
have pressed themselves rs being
sorry for MIR. Epton in his defeat, but
they wished to show the Governor
some tangible evidence of tho hand
writing on the wall as regards the
coming campaign, and hence they
could not allow this opportunity to
pass unacccptcd Mr. Epton has an
nOunced himself as candidate for
Comptrollcr-G in the coming
campaign. What he will do in the in
tcrim is not known, but rumor has it
that when Mr. Brcwton name is sent
up to the Senate for confirmation as
Auditor Of Spartanburg County Scra-
tor Archer, of Spartanburg, will hold
it up. thereby hoping to give Mr. IEp-
ton his old job. But the latest re-
port, and to this one many people are
giving crcdcncc, is that Governor III
lcrbc is not going to send Mr.. Brow
ton appointment to the Senate for
continuation. From the manner in
which the local press speaks of the
matter it seems to think the report
savors of truth. However, in this
connection, it must be said that Mr..
W. w. Bradley, Who succeeded Mr..
Dcrham as chief clerk, displayed
much wisdom in not giving up the
Authorship of his County. Unlike
his friend, Mr.. Epton he is States
man with job.
The Legislature has been in session
every day and one or two nights dur
ing the past week. The members
have evinced willingness to work
! and complete the calendar. Notwith-
standing this, the probability is that
they will not adjourn for some time
yet.
The free pass bill bobbed up in tho
House on Saturday and was actually
passed. The leading advocates of this
bill arc having much fun poked at
them, but they are unruffled and un-
danntcd and say that their bill will
| pass the Senate. A.B. S.