The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-09-21
NUMBER 81.

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| Woodruff saved their respective residences
in Charleston as settled upon the wife in
| Woodrutfs case, and the children in that of
Jones'"
AS to the Thomas w. Price Priptips
Company, continued Mr. Parker, | know
tnat Thomas w. Price is merchant in
Philadelphia, and I am quite positive that
when his claim for printing was first pre-
sented 1t was for $4,000, and was afterwards
raised to $4,000. James THOMPSON.
Chamberlain's righthand man and tho Ed.
ltor OF the Daily Union Herald, acted n,
an agent between Price and the treasury
CHAMBERLAIN DIRECTLY CHARGED WITT,
CORRUPTION
don't wish to say anything which nav
appear like personal attack UPON Cham.
berlain, though acknowledge that | have
been offended by his treatment of me.
do object, however, to being made tho
scapegoat of the ring, and am by no means
Wiling that Chamberlain and Kimpton
should tolst off any of their load upon NV
shoulders. | am tired of hearing about
what Parker did and how he acted in this
transaction and that, when know that INV
share in the questionable doings of the
ring from 1868 to 1874 was no greater. to
say the least, than the other members with
whom acted During these six years the
corruption and pcculation increased yearly.
ana 1T is Idle to attempt to palate or DENY.
1t. Ii the present investigation in South
Carolina Is pushed, the extent of the cor
ruption will be laid bare and all who were
parties 10 it will be brought to Judgment
L wish 1t to be understood that | do rot
shrink from this investigations l desire
rather that it be made as thorough and
searchlnSas possible, and am ready to hold
myself responsible for my share in it, III
have snncd in the matter 1 am ready
to make the amends which the State shail
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
metcd out in proportion to the extent of
the offending. For Chamberlain and
kimpton to deny that they were PRIV to
what was going on is simply absurcd.-
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 oues-
ton that he was concerned in them in some
H.
rect benefit from his cooperation
Take the case Of the Marine and River
Phosphate Mining Company. The Shady
transactions connected with the manage
mcnt Of this company and the 5ills lobbied
through the Legislature for its benefit are
quite generally known. The measures by
which the interests of its stockholders were
subservcd lii the Legislature have been pub
lished in the Charleston papers, but Cham
bcrlaln's connection with it has not hereto
fore been stated The stock of the company
was owned largely by members of the ring,
and Chamberlain held one-ftteenth of it.
1t was 100000, believe, in ALL so that
Chamberlains share of the stock was S32.
200. Tim Hurley, Chamberlain's right.
hand man and the Treasurer of Charleston
County, lobbicd the bills for its benefit
through the Legislature
Then there was the Greenyillc and Co.
lumbia Railroad. The bills passed in con-
nection with this road were notoriously dis
reputable Its capital stock was held in
twelve shares, | think, of S25, 900 each.-
Scott, Neagle, Patterson, Chamberlain, Car
dozo, kimpton, Hurley, Crews and myself
were stockholders
BIT o. DIRECT CORRUPTION
know also that Chamberlain received
$1,000 direct for his connection with n
transaction which do not care yet to make
public. 1t was the same transaction alluded
to in the letter which Elliott read in the
last nominating convention. He rose in his
seat, brandishing this letter, and threaten
ing to make its contents public. An agree
ment was thereupon patched up between
him and Chamberlain, and he made the best
he could of his previous threats against him
lie read the letter, emitting the names of
the persons concerned, one of whom was
Chamberlain. l have spoken of the $780,
600 due-bili in favor of Kimpton, audited
by tho Financial Board. Now, when Kimp.
ton was appointed financial agent, an agree
ment was made between him, Chamberlain
and myself, that all commissions accruing TO
him should be divided equally among the
three. Scott was left out of this arrange.
ment, although he was on the Returning
Board. Chamberlain and myself were
thus entitled by this agreement to $50 900
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