Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1875-05-29
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The tJic bill which. iwes, roturneilj
yesterday hy 1heiagraniij jury against,
ex-senator ltnbrri. Snul,s; in el!i.ct.,
that he did advise, cot, s4-land procure
Observation-Disclosures, cirtk Of thelteh:,tc,
and y. 9. Jones, clerk, Of The houJc
of representatives, f. sign amd ccr:Ify
to The allowance Of a claim FOR 81
25o, thcr2h,, to cpmm;, II Breach ! Of
trust with y iraud.ilcnt intent.
The invcs;is;i,i,:n made l,y 'tlic',
grand jury is The rss,lt Of cc'xS cxpao:;u,rs
contained il M arlicAc in III: tnion
Ns'~iI Of ApriI !. We .!,ria, ss::a.r,lin
effect that We had positive knowledge
that a bold fraud hal been, comlnit- q init:
ted; that 8 claim had been ccrtifri
to by the clerks Of tic general :,sscm-
bly, as having been a!lowyGc,l and passed !,
which in reality had not ,hcrn passed
by either house, that subsequent III
vc tlgailon showed tii;tt not only had,
M such claims passed, but that the
pay certificate upon which Tic Clerks
had acted was il. Itself fraud hay
Ing been ra:d year before To ihe
person holding i. We explained
the ease with wi,ici. such fraud
could be successfully prncticcd, by,as
scriing the fact lila, there was no l,ro
vision compelling the clerks to can,
cclPay certificates RECEIVED in *
change for passed claims" and that,
therefore, nothing prevented the Ger
tiiic:,tcs from being preserved, ready
to appear again, ii, new or old hands,
claims" i &" A.,.'.' 'fln"
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clerks hurried '.rpm Charleston .
Columbia. purchased the "passcd
claim" from Il person owhom it had
dccn sold, and caac,tlcd it, wi;h
great parade of coniri,ior for having
made such . mis'ahr. Unfortunately
trr them there is some cvi,lcnc. that
they made precisely similar mia"hc
i'll he cas- Of the claim OF n. T.. Ed
wards. We are assured that. although
\. q. Jones has certified to list con
tanning Edwards claim, it ,li,lno, pass
the house Of representatives, or sen
ate either, for the amount Us it appears
in The published list. III words,
it was also !, raised claim
We are unable to sec why bill
should be sent 10 the grand jury
a.aidst Mr.. SmallS, unless ii WAS ne
conlpanicd by bills against Woodruff
and Jones. To coanc1 a breach Of
trust is, Of course, unlawful and dis
honest; but to commi a breach OF
trust Is greater crime. We insist,
then, that the grand jury is hound to
present the clerks Of the general as
>cmblv, ana We call their attention 10
the case Of Edwards. A careful sirt-
Ing OF the transaction III regard to
Ills passed claim, business in ali its
ram'iica,ions is due 70 the people who
have hc;n robbed for years by means
OF pay certificates. con;ingents, claims,
and q dozen other contriyanccs, not
on2 Of which will be found without
the names Of the clerks Of H.. senate
and l.ouSc upon it.
We arc assured by those who ought
TO know that the pul LEFTY given to
tliiS claims bvsi,eS inthc columns Of
the i"io"- Xr"M resulted in despair
to rs many ;,S a dozen members, who
came here to meet the clerks and li-
vide around thirty thousand dollars
worth Of raised claims" Quite that
mnch was offered Tor sale in advance
OF getting the bits Of paper from Joe
and Jones, and great was tile .lisap-
pointmcnt whcl those worthless de-
clarcd that for once Thy were scared
of by that "damne | inion Xcrah1."
Never pay old debts settle them.
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