The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-07

Senator Is. +. Whlttemore............ O,UOV
Aggregating the large amount of
$57, 200, paid to twenty.seven Senators
out of thirty-three, and to Lieutenant
Governor Gleaves as President of the
Senate. Woodruff explains, as due to
Senators Cardozo and Dickson, that they
furnished statistics for the immigration
report, and to Andrews that he regarded
the amount paid him as subscription
to his paper, the Columbia Union Herald,
and also that Senator Dickson never
asked or received from him (Woodruff)
any valuable consideration for any vote
he gave as Senator. The committee,
therefore, conclude that whatever was
given to Dickson by Woodruff was only
as a gratuity. Of course none of these
sums could have been paid withoutathe
appropriation. In addition to the above,
Woodruff and Jones swear that the fol-
lowing amounts, which appear on the
books of the company, were paid State
officials on the passage of the bill:
Gov. F. J. Moses. ..................Sl0,5 800
F. L. Cardozo, Treasurer. 1850
S. L. Hoge, Comptroller General. 5000
So the amount paid by Jones, Clerk Of
the House, added to that paid by Wood
ruff, sums up S124,969 expended for
bribes aud commissions" on the above
measure alone. Wooiruff's testimony
and the books of the printing company
show the enormous sum of 1885, ,866. 80
was paid out to State officers, Senators,
members of the House, and by way OF
forced contributions to Republican
newspapers. Woodruff says: With
Cardozo, Treasurer, we made an arrange
ment at first to pay him ten per cent. for
prompt payments, but in consideration
of the heavy payments made to the Gen
eral Assembly, heagreed to reduce it ID
five per cent. The payments made to
Cardozo were always in currency, with
one or two exceptions, when he received
pay certificates belonging to the COM
pany." He further says that the COM
pany was severely black. mailed for the
'Uaion- Herald whilst that paper was
owned by Governor Chamberlain and
Treasurer Cardozo; that the books of the
Republican Printing Company were kept
by w. II. Jackson. The amounts paid
to state officers and Senators appear on
said books, in most instances, with the
initials of their names reyersed-indi-
eating an attempt on the part of said
company and its bookkeeper to conceal
and deceive, whilst they themselves un-
derstood and thus kept record of the
real parties.
The testimony of LeGrand Benedict,
business manager of said company, is
well worth attention as corroborating
Woodruff. He says the term rs. S.
Fund.-" on the books of tho company,
originated, he thinks, with w. e.. Jack
son, the bookkeeper, and denoted gra-
tuities to legislators and public officials
in aid of the passage of the bill and col.
lection of the claims of thu company
against the State; that it was standing
agreement between the company and
Treasurer Cardozo that he was to receive
ten per cent. on all sums paid the com.
pany by the State, and it comes within
my (his) knowledge that under said
agreement Cardozo did receive ten pei
cent. on certain sums paid by him to the
company; thst in some instances he re.
ceipted for larger sums than were paid
him (witness.
Witness also paid very considerable
amounts to Senators on the order O.
Woodruff. The witness examined hi:
Woodruf's account and found it in the
same condition as that of Clerk a. O
Jones. He says that he has no doub
that the entries made on page "a of pay
ments made to certain State officers wer,
correct, and that they we're in the hand
writing of W. II. Jackson. Mr.. Wood
ruff is sustained in his charges by tn,
confessions of Senators themselves (se
testimony of Senator Cain and other
admitting the receipt Of The money.
| Pursuing the testimony of Woodruff, h