The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-02-26

vhe'f DOOm--ReVellng in Stolen
Sweets--The Truth Revealed at Last.
The Investigating Committee has
made a report, Of SO startling u
nature that it will scarcely be
credited by parties living abroad
who haVo had no opportunity Of OK
periencing the delights Of Radical
rule Tlo report we'll says that hsto-
ry fails to produce u parallel to this
carnival Of fraud and extravaganza
rcigning in the times of Scott,
Moses and Chamberlain. The
evidence IS taken from thc guilty
parties themselves, and corroborat-
ol by vouchers in the shape of
bills. Woodruff, the engineer of
the stcalago, is the principul in
former. He shows how the cor
ruption increased apacc, until from
tho plifcring of postage stamps and
hmttoons, the thefts reached hun.
ureds OF thousand S Of dollars In
time tho Senators claimed that all
thelr expenses should be paid, or
III the language Of Leslie, "No State
had a right 90 be q State unless
she could take care Of hor states
men Under the head Of 'slcgisla-
tive expenses, sundrics and station
cry" We're included furniture, re-.
lrcshments, groceries, clocks.
horses, carriages, dry goods, car
pets, bustlcs, 'palpitators' and
balmorals. Vouchers in the treas
urcr's office show that in one year
these sundrics reached threo hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars, ono
hundred and twenty ,hvo thousand
OF which werc for liquors, cigars
ard smaller refreshments. These
accounts were all rushed through
tho Legislature, each member fear.
ing to oppose the passage of any,
because his own steal might be in
clulcd i'll the amount. ..
A rcfreshment room was fitted
lY}]p} II Ri in the State House, and kept
four tG2m<nirsl&.o. 4is<o..,s. >..,..;,,.
during which time legislators (some
few Democrats, among them Senac
tors Bicnan, Of Oconec, and Hul-
combc, OF Pickcns, and Representa-
tive r. NJ. Smith, of Spartunburg,
it is aIlegeD entertained friends and
visitors. Several gallons Of choicest
liqnors at twenty dollars a gallon,
and numborless cigars at ten and
twenty dollars hundred were
consumed daily, besides which,
members carried OF cigars and
champagne oa Hbit,tn. Besides,
S3,4S3 worth of liquors and cigars
were consumed, by the Senate in
three days. The House had no
refresLment room, but, refreshments
wcro Indistributtd " nevertheless.
Hardy o Solomon alone furnished
nearly six thousand dollars worth
Of liquors and cigars in two months.
The following is a literal transcript
of voucher filed away:
Columbia Fcburay % 1872.
Gov. A. j Ransicre - DR.
10 Joe Taylor for iLicours and
Scgars and other articulars $3.50
Rcciuvied paymcn ual
'''|'3 Joe Taylor.
Jones also bought for tho House
Two thousand dollars worth in ono
day. The brandy was $40 n gallon,
sherry $40, wlfiskey $S, cigars 800
u hundred, champagne $40 a case,
port wine, $40 a dozen. It is
estimated that tho quota for each
Imember was gallon Of liquor a
day and "a dozen cigals, besides
wine, ale and lager thrown in. IN
In four years two hundred thou
sand dollars were spent for furni-
ture, of which but seventeen thou
sand dollnis' worth remains. Every
session the State House and forty
rooms were gorgeously furnished,
only to ibe robbed at tho close.
-Four thousand yards of the finest
carpets were stolen, while Repre-
settative 'Byas reco;vcd twelve
Thousand T. dollars for; feporting
favorably On Dennis furniture claim.
Dennis Says that an equal amount
was divided between Moses, Jones,
Parker, Hurley and himself Six
|hnndred dollar CLOCKS ind mirrors
,S,e We're, also bought anndd spirited p'ifHitteoSd
Tic following btll shows another
method Of stealaBe by raising
5S9 '' 4 state,9f S. c,,2,st tat,,,,1. .n
81 To James nj, Allen, Df., ! IN / - !, N