The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-05-31
THE TALE OF 4 LITTLE BOOK.

THE TALE OF A LITTLE BOOK.
| While the House of Representatives
mas having is sensation over Pete:
Papin, the Senate was strained to til
highest pitch of excitement over the
effort to obtain q little insignificant book
which was said to be in tho possession Of
one J. N. Mckay, who was Up to this
time unknown to the public of South
Carolina. Tho contents of this docu.
mont were said to be Of such q nature %
to induce Whittomore to remain in tho
| favored cline Of Massachusetts,; and
hence, the Whittemore- Woodruff inves-
.igatin5 committee Summoned Mckay,
and when ho refused to deliver up the
book the Senate delivered him up to
prison, whereupon he thought it better
to part with the little memorandum than
to choke on the damp Of prison csis
for the sake Of shielding the crimes of
Radicalisn,. The book was accordingly
delivered to the committee, and Mckay
i Wis released from confinement. and will
! beI examined 10 20 the meaning Of the
entriea in it, which hhow that the Repub.
lican Printing Company paid sirty thou
sasd dollars In bribes to eecu1e the pas.
sage Of .a225, 900 for public printing for
tho session Of 1874. The Ne,ns end
Courier gives the following statement Of
the c0ntants OF this mysterious little
document; snir.,5.s!. s,,, igsi /. j,
/ The amouns paid Cardozo, 'for paying
irout the money from che sfaasary," vas,
as tine little book shows, gu, 1856. a: i4..
TIE amoant paid exc Governor Moses,
"Cor approving the hill,n was $40, ,ae4!50.
Tha amount paid to Mash, "sossetviees
| In the Senate and as chairman Of the
| finance cOnmittee," was $1,000. .!i - J,
~ The arnonnts paid Whittemore and Y.
j. P.Oaieus, Hfor services in the Sanatee," !"
was 95 GOO each. 38 X. tir..s
The amount paid Tim Hurley, for Ger
vices that can better be imagined than
described, ws8 o. 500. ySasi ~. fu
Z. ". H. Meckey, it appears, resolved
about 81 900 4for iflportant Fsrvices.n!
The book contains 6 largo number Of
other entries of other amounts paid out
TO memberj, running down as low as Sa5,
.&hiGii ;:sss.ake up the grand eagsegate. ssa
These entries are q TRANSCRIPT from sis
books of the Republican, Printing Com.
pany, made hy their clerk, w. 81. Jack,
son, who has been spirited away To avoid
giving testimony, The committee sso
aites Him, ,kSssvsy, and as soon % ne
can be found no doubt cEininal actions
will be instituted against the members. of
the Legislature who arc alleged 20 have
been bsibed, and against Woodruff and
Jones, the Clerks of the Senate and
House, who constituted the Company,
ani arc said 20 fiha9c done tho bribing.
This matter sliotfd be vigorously pushed,
and she rnissresnts Who nave assisted, 81
plundering the State so eftllly ought
lto racaivo fheirSmuch.mefited. though
long delayed, pdhibhmens. 'ps ls9i973''
There is one featuae about this little
book, however; which. has not, been fully
ventilated, end that Ia she sconnection
which, certain Democrats are said TO have
/ had witb thsss stanS ctious, as shown by
The entriss p,this precious little volume.
1ho afair onghsl TO be freely ventilated,
and fNll publication Of It's contents
Igiyen. 1t was sne. peoples m0psy Tiiies.. hish
;,sas sdpaaseFcd. and she public hayS 8
hight Ia know AL che parties c9Eanspsed
Witks tlssI inattenq ssTlas ne guilty man
estaSa,s ID ii host g eIsehg Q ia5tto,
ill b B apsoa ssl.ils II soi'sh s!6