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

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900, and also claims against the Bank Of
the State for 100000. Both Jones and
Woodruff saved their respective residences
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, l know
that Thomas w. Price is a merchant in
Philadelphia, and 1 am quite positive that
when his claim for printing was first pro-
sented it was for $4,000, and was afterwards
raised to $4,000. James Thompson,
Chamberlain right.hand man and tho Ed
itor of the Daily Union Herald, acted Ms
an agent between Price and the treasury.
CHAMBERLAIN DIRECTLY CHARGED WITH
CORRUPTION
l don't wish to say anything which may
appear like personal attack upon Cham.
berlain, though l acknowledge that have
been offended by his treatment of me.
do object, however, to being made the
scapegoat of the ring, and l am by no means
willing that Chamberlain and Kimpton
should fost 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 l know that nv
share i'll the questionable doings of the
ring from 1868 to 1874 was no greater to
say the least, than the other members VSsS
whom acted During these six yearS5&y
corruption and peculation increased yearly,
and it is idle TO attempt to palate or deny
it. If 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 it to be understood that l do rot
shrink from this investigation. l desire
rather that it be made as thorough and
searchingas possible, and am ready to hold
myself responsible for my share in it. III
have sinncd in the matter l am ready
to make the amends which the State shall
direct. All that l 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 privy to
what was going on is simply absurcd.-
Some things, up1QubtsdiX. Chamberlain had
no hand in directly, though they were done
under his nosc and he must have known
about them. In other transactions his name
did not appear, but there can be no ques-
ton that he was concerned in them in some
way In other cases still he reaped di-
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 BILLS 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
bcrlain'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 oneftteenth of it.
1t was 100000, / believe, in all, so that
Chamberlain's share of the stock was S32,
200. Tim Hurley, Chamberlan's right
hand man and the Treasurer of Charleston
County, lobbicd the bills for its benefit
through the Legislature.
Then there was the Greenvillo and Co.
lumbia Railroad. The bills passed in con-
nection with this road were notoriously dis
reputable. It's capital stock was held in
twelve shares, | think, of $685. 900 cach-
Scott, Neagle, Patterson, Chamberlain, Car
dozo, Kimpton, Hurley, Crews and myself
were stockholders.
BIT o. DIRECT CORRUPTION.
know also that Chamberlain received
50 1000 direct for his connection with
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.
He read the letter, emitting the names of
the persons concerned, one of whom was
Chamberlain. have spoken of the $780,
600 due-bii in favor Of Kimpton, audited
by the Financial Board. Now, when Kimp-
ton was appointed financial agent, an agree
ment was made between him, Chamberlain
and myself, that all commissions accruing 10
him should be divided equally among the
three. Scott was left out of this arrange
mcnt, although he was on the Returning
Board. Chamberlain and myself were
thus entitled by this agreement to $50, 900
Of the audited claim. As matter of fact
we never got a dollar of this amount, for
kimpton's due-bill has never been paid, and