Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-09-22
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Motions lay partner, and 50 got. right q
behind thu throne again. One ofths 4:
first acts the j Legislature after /,
Frank N oses became Ct oyernor WAS ss &
an;act directing tie attorney general
55ofthe State to prosecute the late sink -
ing fund commissioners of til State
for corruption. These co mmissioners
were Scott, N eagle; Chnmber lain, the
chairman Of t he fnance committee OF
the Senate and he chairman Of the
ways and means committee of thes5
House. Did Meltond do It now ?IWhat
did he do ?a5 Waited until April1 874, B
al, aid then commenced q prosecution
|, against me. The complaint was made {;
by Daniel II. Chant eflain, then
Governor and exoRcio president Of
the sinking fund commission The.
attorney general brought a suit for the B,
recovery Of. s25.o 700, alleged to have
been bee fraudulent l,l! misapplied: Iwas
nrrestcd and held to Lail. "a: night
or two before my arrest Chamberlain
had been talking to me rs pleasantly
as ever in the theatre, where Anna
Dickinson was lecturing. we had ai:
loving parting, buthe sneaked of. aud I
caused me 10 heiarrested on the next \
day. orWi,hin a Few days at ,any ra te.ss I
When succeeded, however, in press
ling the thing to a suit it was, mol pross-s
Ell by the attorney general. Or, whose
shoulders does the e;blamesfo the Dor. (
rowing ofthe s25 900 lie !? The sink-tj
ing fund commissioners ought to have B
been prosecuted for: cir part in the ].
matter rs we'll rs for other crimes
which they committed. 8 Tho treasury
needed the money and it was none Of
my business: who lent. the amount. IL /
was not my funeral at nj. !. II consulted !,
with Chamberlain, asking him if it$5
sIsos any crime on my part to borrow
this nj oney N d he sud ,"itis nos
crime of yours Chamberlain VIII:
Say now that he was III la minority ON
the sinking fund com mission ands that
.s, to tsae
treasury without his consent. AZ any
rate the sinking fund commissioners
are responsible in this matter and not
,l,o so ,e,,-as
TIE BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD sw1EDLE.
In regard to the Blue Ridge Rail
road swindle, by which the State was
said to have been defrauded out of
81 100000, I can say at least that
had nothin 6 to do with the road, ex-
ccpt when called upon, in my capacity
as State treasurer, to pay over to the
officers Of the road the scrip voted by
the Legislature. When Harrison was
President Of the road, s4,000,0Oo was
voted by tho Legislature, i'll State
scrip, to defray the expenses ofits con-
struction. Harrison applied to Scott,
who was then Governor, for money,
and Scott requested Kimpton furnish
100000 to Harrison for the road in
return for 100000 Of the bonded
stock Of the road owned by the State.
Kimpton, [ believe, still has that
SG00,0 900 Of stock. Cameron succeed.
cd Harrison rs president of the road,
and Patterson succeeded Cameron.
So Patterson came to have control of
the four millions Of stock, less the
100000 which kimpton had gobbledo.
1t is this s3,600,OOO that he has got
now to account for. I know that he
borrowed s325,e00 from gentleman
in this city, Mr.. Il. B. Wesley, giving
100000 of tho Blue Ridge Road
stock rs security. I cannot tell what
disposition he made Of any portion
except Of this amount. [ never owned
q dollars worth Of stock in the
road myself. Scott owned stock in it
and holds it to.;lay. AS to the letter
ofl'atterson to me as Stat> treasurer,
published few days ago, authorizing
me to deliver to II. II. Kimpton re
venue land scrip amounting to $114,
$50, | am ready to admit that it is
genuine. If you ask me whether T
paid this order, answer thatI paid