Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-09-22
MARINE AND RIVER PHOSPHATE
4, MINING COMPANY


this company, and the bills lobbied
through the Legislature for its benefit,
arc quite generally known The
measures hy which the interests Of its
stockholders were subserved in the
Legislatures have been published in
the Charleston papers; but Chamber
lain>s connection with it has not here.
tofore been stated. The stock Of the
company was owned largely bp mem
bers of the Ring, and Chamb bcrlain
held one-fftcenth Of it, It was So co.
900, I believe, in all; so that Chamber
lain's share Of the stock was S32, 200.
Tim Hurely, Chamberlain's right
hnnd man, and the Treasurer Of
Charleston County, lobbied
bills for its benefit through the
Legislature. Then there was the
GREENvILLE AND COLUMBIA RAIL.
ROAD.
The bills passed in come ction with
this road were notoriously disrepu-
table. It's capital stock was held in
twelve shares, [ think, of s25, 900
each. Scott, Neaglc, Patterson,
Chamberlain, Cardozo, Kimpton,
Hurley, Crews and myself, were
stockholders.
| A BIT OF DIRECT CORRUPTION.
know also that mberlain re-
ceivcd 50 900 direct for his connec-
ton with q transaction which + do
not care yet to make public. It was
the same transaction alluded to in the
letter which Elliott read in the last
nominating convention. He rose in
his scat, .brandishing this letter and
threatening to make its contents pub.
lie. An agreement was thereupon
patched up between him aud CEamb ber-
lain, and lie made the best he could
OF his fprevious threats against him
Lie read the letter, omitting the name
of the persons concarned, one IF vi, ON.
was Cham berlain. | have spoken Of
the s150,000 due bill in favor of Kimp-.
ton, audited BY the financial board.
Now, when kimpton was appointed
financial agent an agreement was
made between lin, Chamberlain and
myself that MI commissioners ,ccur-
ing to him should be divided equally
among the three. Scott was left out
of this arrangement, although io was
on the financial board. Chamberlain
and myself were thur entitled by this
agreement to $4,000 Of tic anditc,ls
i'OistIil. As'n rnnLCer or-NlcC we nGvicc-ri'' r
got dollar 0 (! this amount, for kmp.
tons due bill has never been pasd, aid
should be very much surprised if il
ever should be, in view of the coming
developments in the pending invcsti
gation. Both Cha mbcrlain ami Kimp
ton will deny this arrangement rs q
matter of course, but it is fact
nevertheless. You may remember
the letter from Chamberlain to ME
published in the Nrps and Courier
some time ago, which reads, as nearly
rs can now remember:
"Dcur Parker How did the com
missions foot up p"
What did he care about these com
missions unless he had personal
interest in their amount? No!
Chamberlain kept i'll the background
MS far rs lie could and pulled the
wires, or en-. >ycd Kimpton to act us
his proxy. 1t is too prcpostcrous for
him now to pretend blindness and
innocence.
WHY PARKER SANS JIE FELL.
In 1874 civil action was brought
against lne before II mixed Jury,
Judge Carpenter presiding, to recover
sl5O,000, Of which amount it was
alleged had tcfrauded The State b y
funding coupons wrongtully detached
The sole witness Of Importance to the
prosecution was q forger clerk Of
mine, M med Ladd. who sworc that
had told him one day at dinner that
! had funded that amount Of coupons
for Scott, Ncayle. kimpton, Cham
berlain and myself TIc did not cav