The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-09-25
The Moses Branch Of the Fam
ily-Some more Light for the
People.

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People.
A great deal has been written
and spoken about the enormous
and, to p large extent, fraudulent
issue Of pay certificates by +. J.
Moses, Jr., as Speaker OF the
House, during the last session Of
the Legislature. Lis friends at
first confessed his misconduct (to
use mild term) in this regard,
and attempted to excuse it, by
pleading that the money had been
applied to relieve the wants Of the
poor victims Of the bloody ku
kIux Khan. This explanation otfc-
ring but 4 lame apology at best:
and being Furthermore shown to
be g'ariDgiy inconsistent with the
facts: has lately been dropped, and
a general denial put in by Moses
instead. lie says he hasissued no
fraudulent or Illegal certificates,
and challenges investigation and
the production Of proofs, OF rea-.
sonahle evidence to substantiate
the charges made against him. lie
assumes the. role of an innocent
man, and demands that his guilt
| be proved before lie be condemned.
This is an absurd position for q
candidate for public Office to take,
for j, results in the mapitestly false
proposition that any man who IS
not, or cannot, be convicted OF
crime. is fl; to be . ruler and to be
entrusted with the dearest inter-
est OF the people. But can Moses
sustain himself even on this shall.
low pretext? We think not. His
vcnality and corruption have cea-
sed TO be questions longsince.
More than this, we are now able
to furnish additional facts in re-
Iation to Legislative expenses and
to the issue of fraudulent pay
certificates, which we make bold
to say cannot be explained upon
any hypothesis consistent with
honesty and fidelity on the part OF
F. J. Mcses, Jr.
There are now on hand in the
Treasurcr's office, filed away as
vouchers, pay certificates, issued
by Moses alone, as Speaker of the
House OF Representatives, during
last winters session, amounting to
S576,541.4O. Pay certificates issued
by Ransier, or the President pro
tenn. Of tho Senate, amounting to
| s3iG,o29.S8, and certificates, signed
| by the officers Of the two houses
Jointly, amounting to ST. ,44l.l5.
The total amount thus expended
from the State Treasury, up to
the 18Th of the present month, at
which time the Investigations
upon which these statements arc
made were ended, was s959,9l2.43'
For the larger part Of this out
rageous expenditure, +. J. Moses:
Jr., is solely responsible.
Now the members Of the Gene
raj Assembly, Senate and House
together. number, we believe: just
1856. The last session continued
1O7 days. The per diem Of the
members is Sc. 1856 multiplied by
s gives 936, which is the number
Of dollars required to pay the
members for one day; and 93t
multiplied by lO7 gives the tota
amount for the session-Sl0O, l52
Instead we find that actually over
nine tines this sum has been paic
out, besides, there are certificates
still outstanding which are estl
mated at several hundred thou
sand dollars more.
Furthermore, 107 days being
the length Of the session, sS42
with an inconsidcrabIe addition
for mileage, would be all that any
member would be entitled to. Num-
, bers OF the members, as appear
by the vouchers ia the Treasurer
office, received certificates for up
! wards Of ttco thousand dollars
: But VIC are not done yet. III
cream Of the thing is yet to come
We wish to introduce to on
readers the Moses branch Of th
, interesting Mooney family. Pa,
, certificates to the following osten
, siblc parties arez on file in tn
Trcasurcr's Office, signed by +. )
Moses and countcrsigncd by A. Z
Jones, Clerk Of the House:
:1osenb Mover r........... 81 ,537 4
. Peter Emminrer' S43 /
: .Iobn Sfercr 973
. Gpo S;nrSr .. l,440
; pr Nay.;Ir .. SAT 4
= r I:.t.t ,... iQ4 z