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Tha.Uass of Trea easarsr Carlosp.

ThasCass OF TroaS1esR CArloxp, ~
AT tie evening session of The Hou4s
Of Representatives.. last evening, tie
charges against the State Treasurer
and his reply to them we're discussed
to late hour. Mr.. Brayton. Of the
Joint Special Committee, claimed for
it that it had made thorough and
complete investig stion, aud disolaimed
for it any, intention to impugu the
Executive or embarrass his administra-
tion. They we're not novioes, they
were not packed, they were not moved
by malicious motives. as the Treasurer
had recklessiy said. They had re-
ceived sGant oourtesy from him from
the start. hu. they had acted towards
him, Notwithstanding. with indul-
gence, favor and impsrtiality. He
then proceeded to discuss und explain
the points made in the report. saying.
amongst other things, that the Trea-
sursr had little reason to boast Of hav-
ing drawn the bill to reduce the vo-
lurne Of ahe- public debt. after baving
admitted to funding under it bonds
and coupons which we're not valid
claims against the State. Certain Of
the bonds funded were Of those which
werS ipvolyed in the AISrtons Bliss &
%. suit, in Which it has often been
ramefet} with. what truth Tho would
posI undertake. to soy. that the Trea.
suref was himself concsrned.i In re.
ply to the figures and pleas OF the Trea-
surer as to the interest coupons, he
quoted from the reports made to the
GehaAL Asssmbly9 Cor the gysass Of
1868. go. 10 aud II, that it was
true. es said by Mr.. Cardozo. that
oi >'Janps5y i. 1871. thote wis
outstanding interest claims to the
ahoaht OF $685.. 900: On the con.
trary. the reports show that the
payment of interest for shreo years
almoa,nntad al 10 $500. .2os-being q differ
encc OF S47, 7,023 q. betweeu actual pay
menta Of intsresAand the Trpasurer's
statements. z This was either a wilfully
false or grossly Observation-Disclosures
The reports show tha. the interest of
those years had all been paid. and the
coupons could not be a valid claim.
And yet. during this period, 1920. 900
of. such coupons had been funded, and
must be considered fraudulent In
conclusion, the member. for Aiken
dwelt upon the faot that one man, aud
q Senator, had funded as much as
8286, 900 OF these coupons, was snongh
to raise suspicion. These 'codpons
muss. in some way, have been alb
stracted from the treasury-how or by
whom. it was not for him to say. He
also treated the admissions of the
Treasurer as totthe diversion Of funds
and The lpttsr Of Major Melton. as a re-
coenition by them both that the law
hsn been violnted, and that it vns done
at the risk and upon the responsibility
OF the Treasu rer. -. Et }.
A motion of Hamilton. of Beaufort,
that the report be received as informa.
ton and the committee be discharged,
was indefinitely postponed.
Green, of Beaufort. sustained tue
report. skirmishing rather, and not
touching. as he said, "the magnitude
Of the subject" He was for putting
the Treasurer on trial. So was Keith,
Of Darlington. A member from
Orangeburg. and Boston, of New.
berry, wore understood to side with
the Treasurer.
The House adjourned at 1880.
John z. Sloan. Jr.. presided and kept
the House in good order.
To day. a resolution. as We are in.
formed, will be offered. to appoint a
Committee to frame an address to the
Governor, asking the removal of the
Treasurer, according to Article 7, Sec.
ton 4, Of the Constitution OF the
State, This will require vote of two.
thirds OF each house OF the General
Assembly. The cause for such removal
must be stated at length in the address,
and the officer intended to be removed
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