The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-03-16
And Still They Escape.

P'"i''ly expressed our conviction that
the reform Of this administration is
hollow and only designed to quiet the
p"olc mind 10y fair promises and
line appearances. To>day we are
more firmly convinced os the correct
ness Of this view than ever before, FOR
Notwithstanding the protestations tina,
the public plundercrs were to be
prosecuted and punished, we find
Niles G. Parker living a. ease in Jcr
sey City and Dublin j. Walker cccu
Pying a scat in the State Senate. al
though both OF them have been con-
victcd by a jury of their countrymon
Tor ombezzling public funds. We
have repeatedly charged that the Re,
publican party docs not dare punish
any political thief, and facts bear us
out i'll the assertion. There have
been some miserable mock trials, but
between Judges skilled in the appli-
cation of habeas corpus, Governor
ors ready and willing in the use of
The sacred trust imposed by the pow
er to ardon which is vested in them
and Solicitors ignorant or careless in
tho structure of their indictments and
the development Of their testimony
all the important prosecutions have
resulted in the liberation Of criminals
and granting them the security of an
acqnital or pardon to protect them
from any further danger on account
of their crimes.
The most recent instance Of this
mode of procedure is the case of the
STATE ys. James A. Bowiey, indicted
for receiving u bribc as chairman of
the committee on ways and means
in the last General Assembly. The
proof made for the State was that an
agreement was en- cred into between
Bowley and John B. Dennis, then
Superintendent of the Pcnitcntiary,
that he, B)wlcy, was to receive one
sixteenth Of the amount appropriated
Tor the Penitcntiary in order to se-
cure his Influence for an appropria-
ton of $4,000, The indictment
charged that the appropriation bill
was referred to the committee on
ways and means, and that Bowley
was elected chairman of such CONS
mitteo. The proof was that Bowley
was appointed chairman, but that
the committee had the right to elcc,
its own chairman. There was 70
prof offered to show that the appro, j.,
priation bill was ever refeire to the
committee on ways and means -
Therefore, in consequence Of Il failure
OF the proof to support The indictment
in these two particulars, which were
Of no importance to the merits OF the
main issue, the defendant was ac-
Quilted. Such proceedings as these
are not calculated to inspire any very
great confidence in the integrity OF
the promises of the Republican par4
ty to reform. We know that an oc-
caSional mishap will occar to the
most vigiIant prosecuting attorney,
but when overy Republican ollicc-
holder succeeds in eluding the law
by some device or other, thCrc can
be no doubt left that the effort to
punish criminals Of this amp is not
a very vigorous one. Leslie, Whip
per, Moses and others have been
charged with grave crimes by officers
in high position, and yet they arc
not indicted. Why is this2 The an
swer is plain. The whole Republican
party as such is 80 utterly corrupt
that there is nothing pure enough
within its ranks to do The work ot
publication. The leaders fear invcs
tigation or prosecntio;, for when i
begins they know not where it wil
ond.--Andcrson lntclligcncer.
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