The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-02-10


took upon himself to 60 North and see
the publishers Of the different school
books. E[c went to see all the principal
ones, and represented himself as the
most influential Republican in South
Carolina, and said he could have their
books adopted by the commission if they
would make his nephew their agent, and
allow him twenty per cent. on the books
sold, besides paying all expenses that
he would use his official position to force
the books into the schools, and that he
would work for tho books, but could not
take the agency in his own name, &C.,
showing fraud of the most glaring ma
ture. Now, this twenty per cent. would
have paid only twenty-five thousand dol
lars per annum! A very nice little ar
rangement, don't you think? Fortu-
nately it was found out before the books
were finally adopted, and Gov. Chamber
lain and H. L. Shrewsbury, members of
that commission, were appointed a sub
commission to examine into the charges.
So they wrote letters to all the houses
with which Robertson had been dealing,
and got very full answers, among others,
four or five of Robertson's own letters,
which convict him conclusively. 1t was
by the commission referred to the House
of Representatives, and by the House to
the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tions. After waiting month trying to
get Robertson before them, they sum-
moned him peremptorily, examined into
the matter, and found him guilty by a
vote of five to two. The next day the
chairman of the Committee did not re-
port to the House, but for some reason
called another meeting to reconsider the
vote. Mr.. Orr, one of the committee,
finding this out, made known the report
to the newspaper reporters, to prevent
them going back on their former conclu-
sion, and this in measure thwarted them,
to the great disgust of some of the COM
mittee. The Speaker of the. House said
it vas reprehensible to speak of anything
that took place in the committee before
it was made public. Mr.. Orr replied
that the committee had prepared re-
port, and he did not think they would
stultify themselves by going back on it,
but if it was wrong he stood entirely re-
sponsible for it. 1t remains to be seen
what the House will do with one of it's
members who has been guilty of open
propositions of fraud and corruption, and
he convicted by committee of that
House. One of the letters to the com.
missioners from q publisher expresses
the proper idea in the following way
eff the South Carolina Legislature will
dc its duty, Robertson will be relegated
to that obscurity from which he should
never have emerged"
The Tax Levy for lS76-77 has been
placed before the House by the Ways
and Means Committee at eight and one
fourth mills on the dollar for all State
taxes, and the two Bonanzas. You are
no doubt surprised that the Committee
styled "Nine Radical Rascals" by the
News and Courier, should have come out
this strong for lower taxes, but the secret
is not in their reformed intentions, but
that Gov. Chamberlain went before them
the day before they reported it, and in
an hour and half speech laid down the
law to them, and said it should not be
more. He whipped them in, as this is
election year, and small tax is necessa'
ry to keep the people from boiling over
But, alas they won't pass the Appropri'
alton bill until the election is over, and
there may be three or four hundred thou
sand dollars deficiency for the next year
If they are in earnest let them pass both
now!
wH1pPER's spERcH ExPUNGED FROM
THE JOURNAL.
After decent man sits in the South
Carolina Legislature while, he loses
that feeling of being damaged by hear
ing ignorant and indecent talk on the
floor of the House, but the oldest stagers
could not help feeling somewhat degra'
ded after listening to the fight between
Whipper and Elliott on the 4th instant
Whipper charged Elliott with taking
privileges which he denied to others, and
various other things which were not very
complimentary, so Elliott retaliated. he
said he could not call Whipper a fool
but he was certainly acting the part o.
the knave That the world had already
stamped him with the word Migrate, but
he would stamp upon his forehead, with
chalk, suppose, as ink wouldn't show,
in burning letter., Falsiferl and he
would prove it, &C., &c. A nigger fight
at a constructing would not beat it
Whipper's speech was expunged from the
Journals of the House by vote of &C
to II.
would like to tell you something
mere about the fight which Chamberlain
ha, wagcd against these fellows, but ]
have beon too long. Suffice it to say,
that the worst of them have surrendered
to him, "foot, horse and dragoons," and
he is master of the situation, with Grant
at his back.
The Radicals are playing reform as
the election approaches, so they are 60
ing to sacrifice somebody to appcase pub
lie opinion. Who it will be don't appear
vet. though Judge Montgomery Moses