Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-27

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man hardly had bread to eat, while to- day
he is the honored ard coarted guest of q
hundred families where the force of a good
example and the possession of an able and
energetic specimen of carnivora is consid-
cred as an equivalent for his board and
washing.
PATTERsuN's PERFIDY.
The Case against South Carotina's Sena-
tor-His Defense.
Washington Special aug. 22) to Chicago
Tribune.
Judge Youmans, attorney general for the
State of South Carolina, when here few
days since, stated that new attempt would
undoubtedly be made to secure the presence
in South Carolina of United States Senator
john j. Patterson. If the report of the
South Carolina Legislature on the subject of
railroad legislative frauds is true, one need
not look for political reasons to excuse an
attempt on the part of the South Carolina
authorities to secure the rendition of Patter-
son. The story of a very yoluminous rec
ord, in brief, is this:
The ring of officials in South Carolina
which engineered these enterprises is said to
Napoleon, in Ohio, near the home of Presi-
dent Hayes; ex-Gov. Chamberlain, now
practicing law in New York; ex-State trea-
surer Parker; Kimpton, whose extradition is
| now being sought in Boston: Moses. Cardoza
| and United States Senator John J. Patter-
son. The schemes with which The report
| charges these leaders with being connected
| were, among others, these:
| Flrst-''A bill to relieve South Carolina
from the liability of its guarantee for bonds
OF the Blue Ridge railroad, by providing for
| securing and destroying the same This
scheme contemplated the securing Of ST.
| 1000 of Blue Ridge scrip, on the plea of
| relieving the State of liability as guarantor
to the amount of S4 100000 of these bonds.
Second-''A bill relating to the bonds of
South Carolina known as 1.-THE Validating
act.' This, it is charged. was designed to
render valid an illegal issue of $6,OOO,OOO of
conversion bonds.
rhird-A bill relating to the financial
agent of the State, commonly called '.the
Financial Settlement bill: This bill en-
powered the financial board--which consis-
ted of Scott, Parker, and ChamberI4in-to
settlement with Kimpton SO as to account
for the proceeds of the State bonds sold.
In the bill number three kimpton is said
to have been chiefly interested, the results
which, it is asserted, were.a sum of S139,-
| 600, which was to be equally divided be-
tween kimpton, Chamberlain and Parker.
Parker substantially testified to this. Pat
tersons special measure seems to have been
the Blue Ridge bill. Ex-State Treasurer
| Parker, in his testimony, swears that these
three bills were passed by the use of money
| among the members of the legislature; that
l ~ IL
| Patterson in the House.
That money was used by somebody in the
Legislature, there seems to be little doubt
Maxwell, colored Senator from Marlboro
| for instance, swears that Patterson paid him
from $4,000 to $4,000 for supporting these
three bills. Jervey, colored Senator from
] Charleston, testifes that Patterson paid him
$4,000. Twenty members of the House
swear that money was paid to them, or Of
fered to them. by Patterson. These pay
| mentS, or offers, are represented to have
| been made in sums of from 5000 to 81 900.
The aggregate amount said to have been
''oHered' to these different persons is So, 700.
Patterson and Kimpton appear to have
! quarreled about the division afterwards. The
committee, in their report, say:
The labor and ingenuity of Patterson were
still required that is, after the legislation was
accomplished; for, when the validity of the
Blue Ridge scrip was attacked, and the
question came before the Supreme Court OF
the State, he is again found at the post Of
his peculiar duty, attempting to bride F. j
Moses to obtain favorable decision of the
Court upon the scrip.
The report further says:
Again: When a bill was passed repeating
the act providing for the issue of the scrip
he is still to the front, and succeeds in brib
ing Il. j. Maxwell, Chairman of the Sen
ate committee on Engrossed Acts, to with
hold Or destroy the record, which was done
and the act failed for that session; and, last
ly, with courage and perseverance rarel,
witnessed, when the bill for funding the
State debt at fifty cents on the dollar was or
its passage IN the Senate, this wonderfu
parsonage appears, and is found offering
large sums of money to have the Blue Ridge
scrip included, dollar for dollar.
1t is fair to Senator Patterson to say tina
he has always insisted that the action of this
legislative committee was unfair, and with
out parallel; that it was composed of par
tlsans, who suppressed portions of the testi
money. garbled other portions, and perverted
the whole: and that the entire accusations
against himself a part of a genera
scheme of the South Carolina Democrats tt
break down all Republicans of influence, land
If possible, either to drive the leaders from
the State, or to Danish them to the peniten-
tIary. Whatever the facts may be, ant
whatever basis the explanations of Senate
Pattersons friends may have, portions o
his statement are certainly true. There i
manifest. throughout all the proceedings o
the South Carolina authorities, with respec
to the late administration of the State GOV
eminent, bitterness Of persecution and al
unfair and partisan spirit, which has, per
haps, never before been witnessed in tn
proceedings of any deliberative assembly, o
in the acts of administrative officers.