Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-09-20

berB with whom L acted. during these Six
years tho corruption and population in.
creased yearly, and it is idle to attempt to
palliato or deny it. If the present invcsti.
cation in South Carolina is pushed, tho
extent of the corruption will bo laid bare,
and all whow parties to it will be brought
to Judgment. l wish it to bo understood
thRt do not shrink from this Investigation.
l desire rather that it be made thorough
and searching as possible, and am ready
to hold myself responsible for my share in
it. IF [ have spncd in the matter ] am
ready to make the amends which the State
shall direct. All that | ask for is that the
part which each ono Of the Ring took in the
transactions Of those six years shall be ex.
actly determined, aud condemnation meted
out III proportion to the extent of the Of.
(fcnding. For Chamberlain and Kimpton
Ito deny that they were privy to what was
going on is simply absurd. Some things
Chamberlain had no haud in
directly, though they wero done under his
nose, anG he must have known about them.
In other Transactions his name did not
appear, but there can &c no question that
ho was concerned in them in some way.
In other cases still he rcapcd a direct
benefit from his co operation. Like the
case of tho
MARINE ASD RIVER PHOSPHATE MINING
COMPANY
for instance. The shady transactions con.
nected with tho management of this com.
pany, and tho bills lobbied through the
Legislature for its benefit, arc quite gcne
rally known. The measurcs by which the
interests Of its Stockholders were subverted
in the Legislatures have been published in
the Charlcston. pnpcrs; but Chambcrlain's
connection with it has not heretofore been
stated. Tho stock of the company was
owned largely by members of the Ring, and
Chambcrlain held one fifteenth Of it. 1t
was S500,000, l believe, in all; SO that
Chamberluins share Of the stock was S32,
200. Tim Hurley, Chambcrlain's right
hand man, and the Treasurer Of Charleston
County, lobbicd the bills for its benefit
throug gh the Legislature. Then there was
the " ~ RatanaEa 9s
aREENvILLE AND COLUMBIA RAILROAD.
The bills passed 10 connection with this
road were notoriously dsrcputable. Its
capital stock was held in twelve shares, !
think, $4,000 each. Scott Ncaglo,
Patterson, Cham bcrlain, Cordozo, Kimpton,
Hurley, Crews and myself; wcro stockhold.
ers. s.s ..aF
A DIT OF DIRECT CORRUPTION.
know also that Chamberlain received
$4,000 diroct for his connection with a
transaction which do not care yet to make
public. 1t was the same transaction alluded
Ito in the letter which hIlictt read in the
last nominating convention. lie rose in his
scat, brandshing this letter and threatening
to make its ooutents public. An agree
}mcut was thercupon patched up between
him and Chamberlain, and he made the best
he could Of his previous threats against
him. He read tho letter, omitting the
nqmes of the persons concerned, one of
%hom was Chamberlain. have spoken of
audited by tho financial board Now, when
Kimpton was appointed financial agcn. on
agreement was made between him, Cham
berluin aud myself that all commissions
accruing TO him should be divided equally
among the three. Scott was left out Of this
arrangement, although he was on the fnan.
DIAL board. Chamberlain and myself were
thus entitled by this agreement to $500 900
of the audited claim. As a matter Of fac!
wc never got q dollar of this amount, for
kimptoD's due bill has never been paid, and
should DO very much surprised if it ever
should be, 10 view Of the coming develop
mcnts 10 the pending investigation. Both
Chamberlain aud Kimpton will deny this
arrangement as o matter Of course, but it is
fact nevertheless. You may remember
the letter from Chamberlain to me published
In the Nc,cs and Courier somc time ago
which reads, as nearly as [ oan now remcm
Der:
"DEAR PARKER How did tho commits
sions turn upY"
What did he care about these commits
sions unless he had personal interest il
their amount? No! Chamberlain kept il
the background as far as he could and
pulled the wires, or employed Kimpton te
act as his proxy. It's too preposterous for
hin, now to pretend blindness and innocence
ma, WHY PARKER SAYS HE FELL.
Tn 1874 civil action was brought agains,
mc before mixed jury, Judge Carpenter
presiding, to recover S450,OQ0, of which
amountit was alleged | had dcfraudcd tho
State by funding coupons wrongfaly de-
tachcd. The sole witness Of importance to
the prosecution was a forgcr clcrk Of mine,
named Ladd, who sworc that | had told
him ono day at dinner that | had funded
that amount Of coupons for Scott, Neagle,
EKimpton, Chamberlain and myself. lie
did not soy that the proceeds were delivered
to Chamberlain as well as to the others, but
that Kimpton received tho amount which it
was understood he was to account for to
Chamberlain. Well tho jury sat on the
trial about two weeks, and finally agreed to-