The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-09-21

| Ut QUO auu Cnc same tlmo treasurer oil the
Greenville Road at three thousand dol
lars per aunun, auditor of the State at
twenty-five hundred dollars, and member
of the, Legislature at abput,one Thousand
dollars. 1t was said that about that time
Tomlinson had gone to Corbin and told
him that there was terrible lot of steal
ing going on around him, and he thought
he had better resign, and that Corbin
had said, Yes Reuben, you had better
get out Of that Scott isa thief, Parker
is a thief, Neagle is thief, Cardozo is
thief, they all are thieves. You had
better slide out, old boy, and get away"
But if they had discovered all that why
did they not stand up and denounce the
frauds as they were bound by their oaths
as senator and representative Of the
| people to do. Just about that time
another little job was sprung, by which
the right tn mine the whole phosphate
deposits of this State was given to a
private corporation forthe pitt ul royalty
of one dollar per ton. Tomliuson was
member and Corbin was a member of
that conspiracy. 1t required fifty thous.
and dollars to get that bill through thc
Legislature, because it was swindle,
aud Tonlinson and Corbin were the
men who put it through. Then Gov
Scott vetoed the bill Tonlinson up to
that moment had been the friend and
spokesman OF the Governor, but that
day they had falling out, and they
never have been friends since. 1t re-
quired $4,000 more to pass the bill
over the Governors veto, and he
charged that Tominson was engaged in
that. Ii charged that when the sena-
tors refused to trust the promises of
future paymcnt made to them by the
man who was employed to lobby
through the Senate, Reuben Tomluscn
caue forward and pledged his personal
faith and credit that the bribas Should
be paid them. That, he said, he sto
ready 70 prove against Reuben TomIin-
sou whenever aud wherever he choose
to meet it. lie also charged that when
he lett the Office of the State auditor he
lett first, to take charge Of the Green
vile aud Columbia Railroad Ring, and,
secondly, TO pnt up the phosphate job,
l,.t I. t,,r L. N
worth oi phosphate stock and the trc,s
nrcrship of the company, OF ,hich d.
/. lorbIn was the president aud uttorn-
cy.
Judge Melton closed with an appeal
to the audience in support OF the regular
candidates, and Sheriff Mackey, after
another interlude by the band, introduced
General Moses as the nominee Of the
regular Republican party CT South Caro-
lima for shcir next Governor.
Mr.. NJ .scs was received with n perfect
ovation of cheers, aud made IL spirited
,nd effective speech. lie repeated the
pledges of the regular Republican party
and promised their faithful fulfmcnt in
the event Of his election, and he then
proceeded IN make an answer 10 the char
yes which had been brought against him.
II said Tint if he were there as indvi
dual he would not open his lips in
explanation or denial, but rs the canl
date of the Republican party, he believ-
ed it u duty which he owed to the party
aud the pcop'e to meet aad rclutc thos,
charges. He said Fl st, that although
he had been connected with the state
Government since 1863, he had never
been in such position rs TO have con
troll of one dollar Of its finances. Those
finances were managed By regularly con
stituted boards-the finanical board. the
land commission board, the 81 hiking fund
commissioner. His name was 90 be
found among none Of them! and he de
clnred, upen his responsibility and hon.
or as a man, that there had never during
his official life been, an occasion when
one dollar of the State money had to
pass through his haads, directly or 10.
directly, For inany months, however,
all the little dogs lin the party, Tray,
Blanche and Sweetheart had been bar
king at him, and Oh that day little pl.
per i'll Charleston had propounded ter
riblc string OF questions for him to an
swer that evening. He would not shrink
from answering all those questions, and
he challenged that paper to search the
record Tor themselves aud ascertain if
his answer Was in the least degree false
or equiyocal. He then read from The