The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-09-20

you ask me whether paid this order, !
answer that paid every order for this
scrip made upon the treasury by Senator
Patterson as President of the road. l did
not see that ! had any authority to with
hold the scrip 30 long as it was drawn IN
accordance with legal provisions. II the
scrip was afterwards misapplied ! had
nothing to do with this subsequent hand
ling of it.
"As financial agent ofthe State, Kimp.
ton had in his possession all bonds 0fthe
State that were ever issued for raising
money. He was not obliged by law to
exhibit his accounts to the State Treasur'
er or to the Financial Board, nor to rend
vouchers thereof,and he never did 80 un-
til his final settlement. When hisfinancial
settlement WAS made in accordance with
a special act he received from the Finan-
cial Board due.bill of about $l5O,00Oi
and settled with the beard upon what is
stated to be fraudulent set OF books.
Chamberlain was a member of the board
and took an active part in all that per-
tains to the issue, management, and set
Element of its finances. Judge Willard
told me that KimptOn had manufactured
a fraudulent set of books, but cannot as
sert it of my own knowledge, l suppose
this statement will show my hand to him,
but do not care much Chamberlain
signed the settlement and papers in that
matter. and took part in all other trans
actions Of the board.
The Printing Swlndlc.
"The appropriations for the benefit Of
the Republican, Printing Company were
in the maiu a gigantic swindle, Woodruff
and Jones, who ran the Oompany,will be
compelled to tell how the money was ap.
propriated,
"Qhe following despatch to the Charles
ton NelCS and Courier supplements Mr.
Parkers prediction in regard to Messrs
Jones aud Woodruff:
"The agreement with Jones and Wood
ruff, the late clerks ofthe House and SEN
ate, is that a nolle pros. shall be entered
on the indictments against them, they to
testify in behalf of the State when called
upon to do so. Each surrenders $4,000
ofbonanza warrants and all claims against
the State for printing, &c. Jones also sur.
renders his Beaufort property, valued at
| $4,000 and Woodruff surrrnders the Re-
publican Printing Companys building
and fixtures in Columbia, valued at about
81 900, and also claims against the bank
of the State for Sl30,0O0 Both Jones and
Woodruff saved their respective residen-
ces in Charleston as settled upon the wife
in Woodruff's case, and the children in
that of Jones'"
"As to the Thomas W. Price Printing
Company" continued Mr.. Parker, Il
know that Thomas W. Price is mer-
chant in Phila lelphia, and l am quite
positive that when his claim for printing
was first presented it was for $4,000, and
was afterwards raised to SIG 900. James
Thompson, Chamberlain's right-hand
man aud the editor of the Daily Uaton
Herald, acted as an agent between Price
and the treasury.
Chamberlain Directly Charged With Corruption.
81 don't wish to say anything which
may appear like personal attack upon
Chamberlain, though | acknowledge that
have been offended by bis treatment Of
me. l do object however, to being made
the scapegoat of the ring, and / am by no
means willing that Chamberlain and
Kimpton should fOist off any of their
load upon my shoulders. am tired Of
hearing about what Parker did and how
he acted in this trans action and that,
when know that my share in the ques-
tionable doings of the ring from 1868 to
1874 was no greater, to say the least, than
| the other members with whom l acted.
During these six years the corruption
and peCulation increased yearly, and it is
idle to attempt to paliate or deny it. If
the present Investigation in South Ciroli-
ma is pushed, the extent of the corruption
will be laid bare and all who were parties
to it will be brought to j1dgmel 1t. l wish
it to be understood that | do not shrink
| from this investigation. l desire rather
that it be madeas thorough and searching
as possible, and | am ready to hold my.
self responsible for my share in IT, If |
have sinned in the matter l am ready to
make the amends which the State shall
direct. All that ask for is that the part
which each one of the Ring took in the
transactions of those six years shall be
exactly determined, and condemnation
meted out in proportion to the extent of
the offending. For Chamberlain and
Kimpton to deny that they were privy to
what was going on is simply absurd.
Some things, undoubtedly, Chamberlain
had no hand in directly, though they were
done under his nose and he must have
known about them. In other transactions
his name did not appear, but there can
be no question that he was concerned in
them in some way. In other cases still
he reaped direct benefit from his cO.op-
Grafton.
Take the case of the Marine and Riv-
er Phosphate Mining Company. The
shady transaction connected with the
management of this company and the
bills lobSied through the Legislature for
it's benefit are quite generally known.
The measures by which the interests Of
its stockholders were subserved in the Leg
islature have been published in the
Charleston papers, but Chamberlain's con-
nection with it has not heretofore been
stated. The stock of the company was
owned largely by members ofthe ring,and
Chamberlain held one. fifteenth of it. 1t
was $500 QUO, / believed n al 80 that Cham
berlain's share of the stock was $32 000
Tim Hurley, Chamberlain's right-hand
man, and the Treasurer of Charleston
County lobbied the bills for its benefit
through the Legislature.
"Then there was the Greenville and
Columbia Railroad. The bills passed in
connection with this road were notorious
ly disreputable. It's capital stock was held
in twelve shares, tbink, of $25, 900 each,
Scott, Neagle, Patterson, Chamberlain,
CORDOBA, Kimpton, Hurry, Crews and my
self were stockholders.
ABlt Of Direct Corruption.
Il know also that Chamberlain receiv.
ed So 900 direct for his connection with 8
transaction which l do not care yet tC
make public. 1t was the same transaction
alluded to in the letter which Elliott read
Il, tho Iaat nouinatinU nonUnnti0n Hf