The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-13
THE souTH CAROLINA TBrEvEs.
Gov. Hampton Telling How the state wns
I'uhiushinaIy piundcrcd.

CHICAGO, Sept. II. Gov. Wade Hampton
OF South Carolina stopped hcre to-day, on route
to Rockford. ILL.,. where he is To- deliver an adj
dress tomorrow before the Winnehngo County
Agricultural Society. In n conversation this
forenoon. he said that his life had been threat
cn.d hy certain persons in this locality. should
he dare to attempt to- address tho people Of
Rockford hut he WAS rot at ali npprchensive.
The Governor then driftcd into politics. and
touched upon the confession Of Miles c. Parker.
cx. state Treasurer OF South Carolina. regard
ing the iniuuitirs of Chambcrlain's administra-
ton They ara all conicssing now" add
ed Gov. Hampton. Parker he said.
was once arrested. tried. and con-
victcd. nu, escaped from the State. Some of
the newspapers. he added wcrN cndcavoring to
create the impression that this inquiry amounts
To- n systematic pros" ruton of innocent persons.
This was great injustice 10 the people. and To
tho administration of which he tHainptonl was
tnc head. The committee WIS appointed on
Republican recommendation. a mgloriy Of It
were HcpuDlicans. and the Grand jury before
which the facts are being laid are nearly all Re-
puhlirHns. The inquiry. in short Is essentially
u Republican measure: and whom all the cvi-
donrc against the Ring s,ealrrs H. brought
cut. there Will not he Rcpul lican in
m,tre and the Grand Jury The crimes
which those fellows have hron guilty Of sail
Hamilton " far nNcecl the corruption amt
rogtrry uf Tweed" H. thcn referred to the
appropriation nt one session of the lagisluturc
of $3jO.UJn for State printing. nearly the whole
NJ which sum went to the Ring styled the !, -
publican Printing Company. which \, pt two
complete SETS of books. one set designed tO de-
c"ivc III" public and the other showing lust
whore the stcalings went to. The invest gaiing
committee have discovered that of this s3jN.OOO
tn" sum of sl22.OoO was paid out in hr'hes To
procure the passage of tn" bill FOR the apprOpri-
alton.
u have recently said Hampton. "been
shown Il list of thirty or forty legislators who
have accepted bribeS. Opposl tie each name ws
the amount asked by the brihc taker and also
the sum paid him. Under the single head II
legislative expenses. over $4,000 WAS disbursed
i'm the interest of corruption. There il plenty
of evidence that the faces Of the warrants We're
tpmperod with For example. one warrant
issued hv the state called for sll 600. The first
two figures were deitly converted into ~.
swelling the amount tn four times the original.
4 fellow named Il. F. Whittcmorc. who. Won
will rrrolcct. Vas expelled from Congress Tor
trading in cndciships. WIS nnc of the leaders ~
this gang Of plundcrer-, This man Parker,
aided Hampton, can, II he will. let out some
hid NnuS secrets
" Have you reason to think. Governor, that
Chamberlain shared in these steallngs was
a-hed.
Il can't say 10 what extent Chamberlain
realized on these spoils. He was connccted.
know with nearly all thn boards. hut h. says
himself that he wns ignorant Of the vlllainl"S
that were being perp.trated on tn" u"orlc. The
colorrd people are heartily in sympathy with
these 'ffnrts To- un over IN" frauds and brint;
the offic;al plund"rcr~ 10 Justice.