Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-03-20
WHOLESALE LIQUOR SUPPLIES.

! 1851 worth OF wines and liquors, an,
on the 9TH day Of the same month lik'
articles to the amount of s1,852.75
aggregating ~s3,4S3.75. This amour
was purchased " for the Senate" with
in three days, aud large amounts wcr,
furnished to tho House at the sam,
time, and still other amounts were fir
nished to the Senate during same weel
by other parties. Other vouchers show
that Mr.. Solomon alone furnished th'
House with S5,S77.15 worth of wine
and liquors within two months. Mr.
Solomon testities that p" he had no diff
Guilty in making collections while they
did business with him. 1t thus clearl,
appears that bills contracted for th,
qualification Of the Legislators wer'
promptly paid ata time when the viles
criminals were pardoned out OF thu
p%enitentiary to keep them from stary
ing" and when the inmates of th,
Lunatic Asylum and other State chair
table institutions were actually suffer
ing from want Of food and clothing
while the free schools were all closet
and their teachers refused any, th,
smallest, compensation for months o
labor.
These fraudulent expenditures were
not confined TO any. u year. OtheI
vouchers for the year 1871 show tina
from the LIST to the 9TH Of March winel
and liquors were purchased to thu
amount ofs3, 1880, an average ofmor'
than $3.50 per day for the Senate [Tb'
number OF Senators in this State il
limited to thirty.threc.
The following is a literal copy of al
account rendered by Joe Taylor, a col
ored merchant politician, who contriveC
to grow wealthy on the spoils which
fell to his individual share in the gen
eral scramble
coLuaBIA. Feb Zach, 1872.
Cor. A J. RAusiERE, Dr.,
To jon TAYLOR
for Licours A sigars and other articulars. $3.50 OF
Rsceiyueid paynen
Jos TAYLOR.
LIBERAL PRICES.
Some Of the prices paid for thes,
supplies were most extravagant.
quote, for instance /: Brandy, $50 gal
Ion sherry wine, $40 whisky, IS
lager beer, $3.50 per dozen cigars, s2t
per hundred champagne, $40 per case
port wine, $40 per dozen. A c~alcula
ton shows that TO use up all th,
liquors that were purchased required
each member Of the House and Senate
to consume n gallon per day, with 1
few bottles of ale and wine thrown il
for good measure. The number o
cigars per day averaged one dozen L
each member, The item OF fruits fur
nished the members at sundry times j,
also a considerable one. One dealer
account for a very short time amounts
10 $1,000.
FURNITURE PAID % BY I'll STATE.
In addition to the evidence already
specified, the frauds shows that ovel
5000, 900 was paid out within four year,
for furniture alone. OF this amount
the dealers who supplied it testify un.
der oath that only aboutsl7,700 worth
appraised at the prices paid for it, j.
now on hand at the State House. Mr.
Berry, one of these dealers, t%estiiet
that he furnished a large number OF so
called committee rooms outside Of the
State House, besides at least forty pri
vate bedrooms of members in different
houses in the city. Among those sc
furnished were the rooms occupied by
W. J. Wbipper, the notorious negro
J Judge elected at the same time with
+. j. Moses. Some OF these rooms he
furnished as often as three times in
succession, while almost all the offices
in the State House were furnished anew
every session. The Sergeantat It. Arms Of
the House testifcs at length TO the
same facts. He does not know what
became of the furniture, but when he
attempted to collect il, he was told by
the recipients that 1t was none Of his
business, and he consequently troubled
himself no more about it," Large
9uah.lucs OF furniture were FURNISHED
peared as soon as the General Assem-
bly, adjourned, only to be replaced al
me OF D speaker or some com,
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