The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-01-10

Land laugh their thseats to scorn. The
i highest price,,iL attn siniorped,a ri that
l,was paid for a vote by the Governor
Twas $l5,Q00,band that the recipient
was Dennis, the Statehcuse furniture
man. Jimmy, belt remembered, was
the chairman ofsthe committee from
lsvhose, report 4havs just cited, andsas
lspSh pigRed stheTepott depounoiug the
frauds, and Recommending that its
perpetrators boy bought to Justice.
1.-Two days, before the, adjournment of
tho Legislature, Scott sent for Dem
mis- to ,oall OF his ofice.t The aoonver.
,sation that followed is reported near
|5y:as follows: s4ai .oabfi iR1Njn9 ,
A RICH ENUMERATION. (
Governor Scott. 3" Well, Dennis,
what the hell do you mean to do about
Ethis ilnpeaohment business7s's NtSsl2 I
Dennis with a wink!) Well, II
don't, know Cove rpor, but I guess the
House means business. g,;izIg. a,.5.
Governor, Business, tho devil {!
Don't the scoundrels know that / can
send one;halfof them to the peniten-
;tary2s Have theyanot call received
their share of the moneys from me q
What is the matter with that dt-d
rascal .Hurleys?a:'Wky 10 he raising
sYeh, aShowl3 =, ,,sy ,s% rg = "A gyy
ELDsnnis. 81 don't know hut Hur-
7 lcy'is hand IN glovo with Bowen, and
means to show fight.
Governor. Did you delay that re.
| MORT on 90 70 pro,ark -. roo ob;oo A.
Houss until after the holidays
Dennis. TRat'ssall right, but the
House threatens the committee with
expulsion unless report is handed
them in the morning.
Il Governor. 4 Wellj you have to fix
up d report, and If you do the proper
thing I'll give you that check, and
keep mum about your offer to sell out
to me in New York last summer.
(It should be stated here that 10
pursuance of this agreement Dennis
did, on the following day, submit an
informal report from his committee,
whlch whitewashea'the Governor, and
reported that there had been no
\ fraudulent issue of bonds.)
Dennis. I'll do:it but you must
manage to keep Bowen silent by
springing some job on him. 1t will
take about 100000 or $4,000, more to
do the business. ">W''i<3
Scott. I'll attend to that. You
| lookout for the report.
The servant (eptering.), Mr.-
Of tho New York Sun; would like to
, see your Excellenoy.
: Scott. h"ITell him Pm not ii. ) Go,
Dennis, now, and look sharp after that
report.
This terminated the interview, and
on the following day Denpis did ,ac-
tually present the whitewashed re.
port, and voted against impeachment.
- TIM HURLEYioN THE WAR ,pATH.
!. Ouraold friend Tin Hurley, who
| was from frat to last arrayed on the
| side of the impeaohers, is exceedingly
wroth ut the result. The Governor
offered to~buy him off, but other fail
ed to Lid high enough, OR else Timo-
| thy has struck On honest groove, and
! refused to BIZ bfibed. Hs swears that
he will write to the Sun and expose
the entire affair, He has, however
Uttered into IN agreement with those
mem berS whom SCOTT bought. Soott
is to be subjected to the bleeding pro
cess s3er the rsmainder ofithe session.
durleyiagreesto oiihtfoduoes at stated
times resolutions of impeachment
WHICH the majority will agree to en-
tertein. Mepntime AN agent. Of the
equalization will wait upon the Gov
ernor and receiv6 proposals. AS soon
as ,hisExoslleney shells ont, the 'reso,
ldtions will be v6tsd down, This
programme 10 to be repeated at sta.
ted Intervals during the session. BY,
thia ~ cans Hurley proposes ts res
venge himself.on3Scott, and the impe,
ounious members will be enabled to
pocket some Of tho proceeds of the
oyeri,,issue Of bonds. This plan is
nicely conoooted, and all the details
are arranged. sShouldsit be carried
out according to agfeement, the Coy
ern6f will, be in 4 Bad way. The men
Whose votes he. bought are perfectly
Iunscrupulous, and will not hesitate
to bleed him,to tbs last ceht..
'T.g"2 ~. An HdNksr' NxaRo.3s 3's's !.,., re
/ Not aM fsthe yr members, however, Yer
are of tho stripe Of Dennis. Among
the col ored men are to DO found q,
few who are honest to the baokBons..,
Ioee f4s 81 of these men Oame to tyour por-;
respondent stbet aday sthe Legislature,
i !Iadjodrned,to borrow Ave dollars to
iIpay his way home. Said he 10 sao!1a'
| 81 codld have had my pay certifl-
oaSeeaghsd snfishad ash9ndtel dollars
In ny Pocket to-day, If I would have
voted for dat damn rascal, Scott.r
Bat, afoNo Gadso Laradder, ,my0 litbieI.
Ichildren :atarga than to takel hig dsmi.
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