The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-02-21

| pay; that tdruuGit Mr.: Gorbin is r,,ar.
ldozpl eotiidi get i0nsy to isg isfesss.
bers 5000 OF their eel arys and tt sgas a,Sl.
urged by rJmber5 OF i!is sfrieEts. az
positively N.I my oath, that iE ssils "a
rally undei-s5od among tie iiofibsSa
thasIif Ar. Corbin was eleuted ,5ge tyniiI
get son1e money $40 10 each OF nlif eriIrv,
and if he was not elected ne moIIid Nh
get any money 81 all and Bfr 1aft1oyo
also nEged, ir1 my intefyiew with i,ir1
that .thst wac the only source from which
he could get any money there VAS none
In the TREASURY. 4 would have voted for
any otner candidate under the ssute Cir
cumstarcsa. was pretty hard up and
did tiGs care w.io the candidate t7as IN
got 5000 q That ideaIs dfeoted the sghoIe
cS5 us.5 y ..5tSg. .,.. 2 -
2. 2, 8ardeen, acting at Che 5tiu,e as
Deputy United Statca Magahei, fastil
That he was q friend of Corbiti's.
ana eieetloneerd for him, and that 1t syaas
yell known saat q. lfr. Cbrt;a acqe steessg
money to pay off tho members olf tbs,
General Assembly $500 on tfieir salsFv.
got nay information ;fron, tlis Tfsaeis.
rer. used that 90 on inSucenaetit foS
them to vote for Mr.. Eorbit aiso that
he had no conversation with Dorbiri
about II, but got his information fsom tie
Il Treasurer. = - gs 8
i p. w. Jefferson, member Of tile M ne
I! ay HOUSE, testiiies--I have no doubt fhat
tue fact that Mr.. Corbiti WIS going Ia
loan the money yaa the reason Of his
election don't think he ...c... have been
elsSted without it.; think he wis rather
weak as q candidate until thea think afT.
Corbin's friends became very much mora
Jealous nffer they kaeg s!.e= ,, z,;,;, b. 3;
paid If he was elected don't remember
to have seen Corbin but twice before ff,e
election Of Senator-both times ID cati-
cus meetings.
! E. w. N. Mackey, Speaker Of the
Mackey House, testifes-Th it was
4 generally believed that unless Mf. Cor
bin furnished the money there was no
other way OF paying the members at thst
nmei Eesc!lect having heard at the
time, though I cannot now recall the
sonrce OF my information, that Mr.. Cor
bin held money belonging 10 the State
to the amount 3of $40, ,1O0 derived from
como phosphate company, which money,
| were he elected United States Bana ator.
no would pay over to the State I'll bttfeT.
Br. Cardozo, bnt if he 1rAre not elected.
he wonld retain possession OF the iifSssley
until the whole thing was settled, dost
OF the members were IN very INDECENT
circumstances, many OF them being gith,s
out o dollar, and but for the fac5 Tint
they wereinformed that the only yynv d, !
obtain their pay was to elect BTf, Corbifs
as Senator, ! do not believe Mr.. Corbin
would hsve been elected, as he sssxss slot.
the most popular candidate. M sf5ssi
Il O. @. Bowen testi iiles--Tiie ,inaeF-
stauding with ,all the mem bers Of the
lLegislatlre, Corbin and Cardoso, with
References To the alectian Of Cnss,.,s &C sls "a
Ua;ted States Senate, waB, That 3if he
ltCorbin) ehould be- elected, fhe rnerl.i
bere of the Legislature were To- receive
5000 each and if The, ,election phonld not
result in bis favor, there v55rtd be no
money tc pay any 6ae. Is was sspokei,
Ief ky s!! gss..s &c Ezd psrihnfaa
ilonger,iprior to, chat. tJorhin would not
he did had It NOT been for tIIst m
Inouncement. I regard The mater il, I I
o bribs, aud go eharacteigsTle eit hafoTo
and after the election. Carioza sy;aB
very industrious as the friend Of Corr
bin, and stated 20 the znetnners thas
nnlass they voted for Corbih, ttlsy. ~,
would not get any money. There is. no I /;
doubt that if 1t had not been for that
money Corbin would not, have besn
sllsessa 4. st.s. .s=::.se.s. e .fs.s=..s
i Senator. ChaRborlaiti aiso atatod HAT
i C6Fbin would furnish fSh y,ioIIS,ssS nj
leletted. Chr5ils loas constdf,sly g,s,Jsss,t
tackep fhe assnrdaces iusyes being made On
| his friends, and am certain that be.:
ifCcsbinI knew oil about it. &
Mr.. Corbil having stated tl1hs Id fsif-i
!niBhed the MONEY To- b. Il. Cyarlnvo m
Treasurer, and the latter having tastifie
ont ne acted as tke nSa1E 81 MI liosSiss'
lthe COMMITTEES. la bIicn an 'iaTss stienf;s,,,,
as this, deemed sc lsRitimats 10 MOVE
the declarations and act OF fJjarTIf ~, 81,
Preference TO the Yhole nattar. ftha.
lcosaraitSae do not sas fow iba staf -
Iments can be Yecoaciled On tsny 44heofyl
creditable TO the partiega rs ss
MANY iof tbs vitnelaas exasaina7 ss:5:
not eesm to have Known 4 asytiiyg ~.
cent that the money Wns pnia Ia sheysn,s;
tEs is.elnbarp over the oonTmtss of .t,sa fIse
n iSIate TeeEsurer F I,.ss [ysrtiSyns si,rfs.
Gaeeflfy ana tn Ill e:,sea =. re-, al I
Eciel acs. and thus thay NAV. Have besl,
kent In the dafE as III Che: tfiie MATURE s,f
bthe transssfion. sT3 &
f. It appears'to the committees tIias 4iie.
Ifoliogitsg facts 3; ore stSblishsa:
That at enc. timos az fha .nrstei,dea
election for United SIates San. 49, M
4 i2sIi Deechlbef. in ~ ,hini, Javis9
Cofhin claims Ia ebays 81 an S6lksffsli Ia
IiiAld In control m rff fyIsp,,sI,ar ~ Sl, Am
,e ~ L.. a, Co.. Con 70 Il n n,