Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-10-15

that they never assert. They never say that
he did didn't know anything about these rob-
berries. Attorney-G General Melton says Cham
berlain was a hard student and didn't have
time to look after these things closely. The
kind of law. He was studying how he might
sell the State stock in the Greenville Railroad
for ridiculousy small sum of money. |
have the testimony of Mr.. John Moore, who
is now in New York, who states that he
(Moore) was the bidder and nominal purcha-
ser of the State stock in the Greenville Rail-
road that he bought it, not for himself, but
for party of twelve, of which D. H. Cham
berlain was one. have also seen letter in
which it was stated that this Ring was offered
$4,000 each for their stock purchased from
the State, making total of $4SO,OOO for
what they had nominally paid the State $751;
900. / have asked how much Chamberlain
got, and have been told that he only owned
the half of twelfth interest in the concern,
and that he consequently only received S2O,-
900, while the others received $4,000. l
can't prove what Mr. Chamberlain stole, but
to honest men l should say this looks very
much like theft. This is the honest man that
Cardozo and Patterson have taken up because
he says he will not pay single dollar on any
claim against which suspicion of fraud may
rest. If he is made Governor don't think
that he will pay any claim at all except those
on which he is paid commission, and think
he understands the commission law we'll, be-
cause he studied it under the instructions of
his bosom friend and college companion, the
cherubic Kimpton. Cheers. In his letter
recently published he pleads not guilty, in
spite Of the fact that every statement IN 1t is
contradicted either by himself or by the tes:
timony of those who now support him. l
can't 60 over this in detail; it would take too
long. A voice: You've told good deal
any way."] And then the sanity Cardozo,
who did such noble fighting to protect the
doors of the treasury! Who we're the thieves
that he protected the treasury against? l
have never heard of a Dig fraudulent claim
that wasn't paid, but have heard of poor
men and boys who worked for five long
months in the Statehouse, and who were COM
PEELED to 60 home without their money.
When Cardozo told me last fall that he in
tended to make Chamberlain Governor, /
asked him his excuse for taking up man
with such surroundings. And his answer
was, "Well, you see, Mr.. Dunn, we haven't got
much material in the Republican party out
of which to make prominent men,"
This is the summary of my report, and |
hope the jewsharp of the Ring will be graft
fed at it. They have said that this move
ment was headed by knaves. Why any man
can call another knave behind his back or
at distance; but they can't prove it, as we
have proven that all the members of the f.
nancial board we're set of unmitigated
thieves One more word and am done. /
have heard that Attorney General Melton, in
speech in the up-country, has charged me
with proposing to Chamberlain plan to re-
cognize the conversion bonds. l here public
ly say that, if that be true that Melton dared
to say such thing, che is liar, and the
truth is not in him." [Cheers, and cries of
"go for him" from the crowd.] I have found
that whenever man chooses to stand up
against these rascals, and they can't do any
thing else, they begin to lie about him. I
hope they will get the liars reward on the
Sd of next November. What I say here
want reported, and I also want Attorney
General Melton to fully understand that when
he next meets me he has got to retract that
charge, or it will he the last word that one of
us will speak. Tremendous applause.] Here
the speaker wished to conclude his remarks
but the crowd insisted upon his going on, and
he proceeded: Who is it that is trying to
keep up this war of races? Not any honest
man from the North or East. believe, as l
stand here, that only by the Inauguration Of
this movement was it possible to fend off the
impending conflict between the two races.
[Cheers. In two months time the land would
have been drenched in blood if there had not
been found some men with the manhood to
come out and invite the people to help sweep
out the rascals and unite in all effort for hon
est government A voice: Sweep them
outr] I believe the propertyowners of the
State, if they had the courage think they
have, would never have permitted the Ring to
be fastened upon them for two years longer,
and believe that the people of the United
States would have bid them Godspeed in the
work. A voice: "Go for them solid''] If
this movement is success there will be such
shout of joy in South Carolina as was never
heard before, and may God speed the day and
God protect the right. Tremendous ap-
plause.
Ina speech at Abbeville, Attorney-General
Melton is reported as follows in regard to the
charges to which Senator Dunn refers:
In alluding to the bond ring, Judge Melton
charged that he and his friends represented
the anti bond ring, and T. G.. Dunn the bond
ringin New York. That Senator Dunn, elec.
ted by democratic votes in Horny county, had
fought the funding bill in the legislature for
seventy.6ve cents on the dollar, and that had
it not been for this fight, they would have put
the scale down to forty cents. That Dunn
had secured the passage Of a resolution to ap-
point committee to investigate certain parts
of the debt. That he was appointed as sub
committee to go to New York and conduct
the examination. That in order to secure evil
dence to enable him to prosecute certain par
ties, he, as encouragement, had paid Dunn
$500 to pay his expenses to New York; but
with that $500 in his pocket, Dunn and his
committee had secured a pay certificate for
$1,000 to meet their expenses. That, when
Dunn had returned, all the information Of
real value that he brought him was that there
were some 100000 worth of the Morton,
Bliss & Co. mandamus bonds which had been
issued after the time authorized by law, and
that these bonds were, therefore, illegal, and
that the funding bill ought to be repealed, in
order to exclude them. That he r'f.;scd to
yield to Mr.. Dunn's solicitation :::.,i take out
proceedings to "injunct" the operation Of the
funding bill. Mr.. Dunn applied to Mr.. Car
dozo, the treasurer, and then to the governor,
who both refused. 1t afterward leaked out
that the purpose Of this breaking down of the
funding bill was to accommodate the ring in