The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-12-05
QUE THRIFTY GOVERNOR.
What .hif Former Neighbors In Ohio
Think Of his Savings and Invest
mentg.
tRrom the roledo lohIol Times.l

In view of the attention which Is being d.
rected to the finances OF the State OF South
Carolina, it may not be amss for us OF the
State of Ohio, the home OF 4. K. Scott, TO say
| q word. That veracious statesman has had q
great deal to say on Wall street for some days
past; and his sayings there have been very
we'll advertised better, probably, than he eI-
pected. BE has also had q word or two to say
| in Ohio. without the benefit Of so great pub
lshing, and without any desire for 1t. We
dislike, however, 10 see his modesty ruin him,
and will do him the favor or advertising an
else, and may be Of great advantage to him.
It is generally understood In this region
that MT, Scott, of Napoleon, Ohio, was not an
overly wealthy man when he espoused the
cause of the United States ''against all foes,
foreign or dc 'estio." careful cyphering,
according to the moat approved rules OF arltn-
metic, show The reward OF that enthusiastic
espousal to be about as follows Two years.
service as brgader-general United States vol
unteers and chief of the Freedman's Bureau for
South Carolina, at about $500 per year, $1,000;
three years loyal and most valuable service
as Governor of the State of South Carolina, at
$4,000 per year, $4,000; making grand total
of the reward of loyalty TO tne extent OF Sz5,-
900, which is not too much for the extraordl-
nary loyal services which have been rendered
to the government by this soldier and states.
man. And 10 chow that this distinguished
son of Ohio is q fnancier as well as States
man. we venture upon the ventilation OF q
few figures, Just to show what prudent use he
has made of the twenty-five thousand above
mentioned.
Of course we will pay no attention to the
ordinary expenses of himself and family du-
ring this long period. for they are domestic
affairs, and are none of our business, except
as government money pays for them; and We
may rest assured that government money.
after 1t came into Scott's hands, never paid for
anything that he could avoid. 60 we can
take IL lor granted that our worthy South
Carolina Governor, starting out In our great
civil war without penny, did not expend
penny during that war, or the revulsions that
have followed it, even for the maintenance OF
his family. go we give him the advantage OF
$22, 900, the whole Of his pay and emolHments
since he began to be brlgadier general, In
Guiding all the time that he has furnished dis
ciplIne for the State of South Carolina.
What has he done with that S22, 900 he
has been in the State of Ohio since the expo
sltlon In the public press Of the South Carolina
bond frauds, and has Invested his S22, ,006 as
follows: he Is building In Napoleon, Ohio,
where he expects to live after bis South Car
olina contract has expired, $40, 600 house Tor
his sister. He has taken stock In new ma
tional bank In the City Of Toledo to the
amount OF nearly fifty per cent. more than his
whole pay as an officer Of the army aud iov-
ernor OF South Carolina during the whole time
that he has occupied those positions. A
prominent business man and Capitalist from
Canada, well known to capitalists In this
vicinity, visited Williams County and other
adjoining counties, since Governor Scott was
here, tor the purpose of purchasing timber
land with view Of getting out large qnant.
ties of ship timber. BE found that all the
available timber land OF the country round
about had been purchased only few days
previous by Governor Scott.
1t has also transplred that, during his Visit
here, he left In the hands of some of his
friends fully 5000. to be invested In safe real
estate. That money Is, to-day, In the hands
of business men In this vicinity, awaiting in
vestment.
And this makes about 100000 which Mr..
Scott of Napoleon, Ohio, now acting as Gov
ernor Of South Carolina, has Invested, within
the last two months. In this immediate vicinl-
ty, out of the $4,000 which has comprised the
whole OF his pay and emoluments since he
began to be o government officer.
Tho paltry cum of tl06 900 tJb bsYau'1e
III comparison with the So 000, ,009 extra fraud on
the South Carolina bonds, 1t is true. But Gov
ernor Scott denies having made anything out
of the bonds; and, as far as his OHIO specula-
tions are concerned, we give him the benefit
of the doubt. We will charge him only the
s22, 900, which has come to him In the shape
of pay and emoluments-which Is all he claims
to have received-and credit him with the
slOO. 900 he has saved out Of IL to investln
Ohio, at one pop, Within the last month.
We would merely suggest that 1t Isn't fair
for one man to have all the money; and that
the Governor, having feathered his nest,
ought TO stand aside and give some other
loval man q chance. #