Report Of The Senate Committee To Inquire Into Alleged Frauds And Violence In The Elections Of 1878

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Download or read book South Carolina in 1878, Vol. 2 written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from South Carolina in 1878, Vol. 2: Report of the United States Senate Committee to Inquire Into Alleged Frauds and Violence in the Elections of 1878, With the Testimony and Documentary Evidence; South Carolina and Mississippi The Chairman. I want to offer in evidence the 3d section of the act of March 1878, relating to elections and the appointment of commissioners in South Carolina, which reads as follows: "It shall be the duty of the governor, and he is hereby authorized and empowered, at least sixty days prior to any such election, to appoint two boards of commissioners of election, consisting of three members each for each county: both political parties shall be represented. One shall be appointed and designated as commissioners of election for members of Congress and Presidential electors: the other as commissioners of election for State and county officers." Question. Where do you reside? - Answer. In Columbia. Q. How long have you resided there? - A. Except with temporary absences, since October, 1870. Q. Did you take any part in the late political campaign? - A. I was secretary of the Republican State executive committee, in correspondence with each county of the State. Q. Did you make any application in behalf of the Republicans for an appointment of commissioners of election in the various counties? If so. state what you did. and the result of your application. - A. I did make such application. By direction of the Republican State executive committee. I corresponded with the county Republican chairmen of each county in the State, requesting them to send to the State committee their choice as commissioners to represent them at the election. On the 4th day of September, I think that is the date, we had the list completed. and I took it down to the executive office to present it to Governor Hampton, through his private secretary. I was informed by his private secretary that the governor was absent, I think, at Cash's Valley. I was referred by him to General Kennedy, chairman of the Demopratic State executive committee. He said the appointments were discretionary with General Kennedy. I asked, "Does not the law require the governor to make these appointments?" He repeated that the matter was left discretionary with General Kennedy. Q. Did you understand him to say that General Kennedy was to make the appointments, or was to recommend the appointments to the governor? - A. He said the appointments were discretionary with General Kennedy. I remember his exact words. Prior to seeing the secretary I had gone into the office of the secretary of state, and learned that during his absence they received and forwarded his mail: and I learned from the secretary's clerk that most of the commissions, if not all, had been made out for the commissioners. He showed me the list. I saw the list of Republicans. I remonstrated against those appointments, stating that they were not representatives of our party. I told him that I held the only list. He said he had no voice in the matter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.