The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-16
Hogo Hastens 10 Explain,

C6uC, tuo bppcATAuC6 OI QlS name among
the list of happy recipients of executive
bounty in his generous distribution OF
s'drmed force" favors. Mr.. Hoge ac-
knowleG 3es that he received money from
Gov. Scott from draft given him upon
the armed force appropriation, and that
;the amount. as stated in the list pub
lished by us yesterdays ,O00-is cor
rect His only cause Of quarrel seems
to be that the names of Messrs Pope g.
Haskell, whom he alleges to have ro-
ceived fees from the. Governor. were not
also published. All we have to say about
that ia that we neither added nor sup
pressed any name nr names, but the list
was published just as we received it from
careful hand. who copied it from the
records. If the names of Messrs Pope
& Haskell, or of any other persons, no
matter what their politics may be. had
appeared upon the records, We should
have published them without hesitation.
Whether Messrs. Pope & Haskell have
'or have not received fee from Gov.
Scott, or some other State official, for
legal services rendered. we have no
knowledge. They surely deserve foe,
and very handsome one. They have
really rendered valuable service to the
State, by bursting the bond scrip bal-
loon and saving to this devoted State up
wards of $4,000, 900, about to Ego up"
therein
What Mr.. Hoge has done of value to
the State does not 80 readily appear, and
he does not deign even to attempt to
show. We think Mr.. Hoge might GER
tainly, when he has condcscended to ex-
plain at all. have informed the public OF
the nature of these legal services for
which $1,000 of the peoples money was
paid him. That amount would keep two
first claes public schools open the entire
year-a thing unseen so far in this State;
or it would assist very materially in fur
nishing bread and meat to the poor lu-
natios, who are kept in imminent peril
from starvation. We hope Mr.. Hoge
will reply more fully. not only for his
own sake-about which, however, we
are not particularly solicitous-but also
Tor the satisfaction of the public, which
interests us more. That r. X. Scott
has defranded the State is very clear; for
whatever may have been the nature of
Mr.. Hoge's professional services, they
could certainly form no proper item OF
expense in tho organization or equip
ment Of an armed force. Mr.. Hoge's
profession is law, not arms. What we
should like particularly to know of Mr..
Hoge is, whether his professional SER
vices were employed in the impeaoh-
ment case by the Governor.
r. B. Elliott, at the time and still
member of Congress. is the generally
accredited attorney of his Excellency in
the impeachlnent case-if that may be
called q case-which WAS STAYED of by
bribery.
We had never heard or suspected be.
fore that Mr.. Hoge was associated with
Mr. Elliott in the business. The latter
received $l0.500 from the armed forcs.
We presume that he. too, can, with
much truth, say that the money accre-
dited to him was fee for professional
services Quite handsome fee. too, by
the-way, for case which never even
came up for trial. $l0,500 is a good
years profit for the best legal talent in
the State. We should be glad to hear
from Mr.. Elliott on this subject. He
had right, of course, to receive q fee
from r. 4. Scott, and it was no matter
of his where or how SCOTT drew the
money. But he owes it to his constitu-
ency, OF which we are an humble part,
to explain. There is a dark or white
spot, whichever would show best, in his
escutoheon here, which it may be benef-
oial for him to wipe off if he can. The
columns Of The PHOENIX are open to him.
We are curious, too, to know what
claim F. J. Moses, Jr., had upon the
armed force fund, allowing that there
can properly be any such fund under a
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