The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-14

v. VIC Oiu f1iSu JONI, 7Ihe GsIahon
sertiiicates ere 10 tho vaults Of tha treas
'eFes's nEiee, E6fceil ID and paid. iTG iiiIso
appears that 5000 certificate was is.
sued to Senator b. +. Whittemorc for the
purpose Of purchasing the portraits of
Lincoln and Sumne: for the Senate.
htosf OF this amount has bean paid him.
but the portraits are not to be found. and
It's presumed that Senator w Vhittemore
5Eo,a st e tssal ,sat when preparing for aight
In reference TO q passed claim certifi.
cate, No. IL, for $4,000, payable TO the
Columbia Union Herald, Mr.. Woodruff
says: vt was one of the mistakes aud
that he believes ]. g. Thompson knew
he had no right TO tho money when he
collected II" Woodruff, continuing,
aays: Certificates issued to J. N. Dob.
son for 9642 and @. n. Smith for $642, es
committee clerks, that no such persons
served; IL they had lie would have known
it.| These certificates were collected by
Associate Justice Wright, and bear the
following endorsements "Per 9. II.
Smith, for j. J. Wright" aud "Per J. N.
Dobson, for J. J. Wright"
JUDGE WRIGHT.
when sulamoned before the committee.
testified as follows: ri know that at one
time, several years ago, I.lot two young
men, who, as we'll as I remember, repre-
sented themselves as attaches of the
General Assembly, have some money.
about twenty-five dollars to ono and fifty
to the other,. and took as collateral secu-
rity pay certificates from each. Tlthink
this was during Parkers term of Office.
+ do not know the name OF, partie8Snor
nave / ever seen them since. ! made in
quiry for them, but could not find them.
l em not positive about the handwriting
ct the endorsement upon these ceTtifi-
Gates, Ny impression is that it is my
aignatnre on the back Of the Dobson GER
tifcatr, and perhaps on the other, but I
do nc. fpeak positively. Inow ask leave
to retraot what said in reference to the
endorsement, since upon q more careful
inspection eouids not have written the
endorsement, for the English is too bad,
the language iB not mine" lAsk
: Your committee leave the matter with
you TO judge where this inan obtained
these certificates, and whether it is a
probable story that young men who were
strangers to him would give him 81 ,284
worth of State paper for $7t without his
ever hearing Of them again. His testi-
meny that he did not know them and in
the, next moment saying he made inquiry
for them, and his confused statement in
reference to the Endorsement, together
with the fact shat he oa!y objected to the
English" and could gee nothing wrong
in law or morals in the act of signing
another mans name, place him in no en-
yiable light before the public.
IL iGRATIFICATIoN CERTIFIcATEs.s
OF the certifcatea presented Mr.. Wood
ruff designated moro than $4,000 as
qualification certificates" issued for the
State officials and senators, and named
Senators Owens Whittcmore. Mash, Gail
iari and others rs recipients OF portions
of them. By reference to Woodruf7s
evidence 1t will 5e seen that afrauduient
certificate was issued to Senator Robert
Smalls for q allarge amount, Woodruff
testifies that certificates were issued. to
various senators out of the Senate contin-
gent fund aud divided between them.
Senator Cain cor.oborates this statement
in MS evidence, aud duplicates Senators
B. r. Whittemore, Nash, Jervy, Gaillard,
). nj. Smith, Dublin 5. walker, j, Il.
White md himself. Woodruff says !:
"Cs' t'icates were issued for supplies
not Only for necessary articles, but fre-
quentIy "a bonus or qualification to sem
ators." examination of the vouchers,
we fined that this was trle and that i'm
mense sums we're thus annually expen-
died.. A. 0. Jones, clerk of the House,
from 1868 to 1876, says; Ie was made his
duty to attest the signature of tho Speak
er, that he never questioned the right Of
the Speaker Il, order warrant on the
State treasurer; thstI the issue of certfi-
Gates was enormous in number and
amounts, and the pressure upon the pre-
siding officers, by members of the Senate
and House, to have certifcafes isYued
to their friends. political and otherwise,
for sinecures and gratuities increased at
every session. The issue ran to the
hiSheat noinG 3. tie session 1917, wiiiei
the orders nn the State treasurer drawn
by the Gpeaker of the House amounted
,foAoyer- q half million of dollars, two
thirds Of which were for sinecures and
gratuities. Among, the papers. of the
committee, ofSwhioh they desire. on ex-
PLANTATION, / recognize the following
and here he named Eve certificates, Dur
porting to hayetbeen given to clerks and
messengers, for $405 each, collected by
DR.. j, L. Neagle. then comptroller
general He aays = " He gkhows no such
parties, and believes them to begratuities."
Jones makes the same statement in re-
gard to eleven Others of similar nature,
calling for 1886 20. each, tcollected by J.
L. Watson, treasurer of York county.
Sixty odd other certificates issued by the
Speaker Of the House, ranging yin'
from eSee ito S24 each, ana az.
gregating $58, 900, were r.ssented 10 him
for inspection, and he pronounced them
all gratuities !; knew Of no such persons
as those named in the certificates. ard
that no service was rendered for them.
Your committee only presented to
Jones very few OF the large number Vi f
these certificates In their possession. By
reference to his evidence hundreds of
nanaes OF fictitious persons will Be fotlnd
in the body of certificates land described
by him as gratuifi les, sixty of the Ger.
tifieates referred 20 Herey collected By 7.
S. Jacobs, 4. J. Coghlan, treasurer of
Sumter County, j. B. LoiRery and G. w.
Waterman, the two last being brothers-
in.law of Governor gR. K. Scott. The
certificates collected by Waterman and
:. D. LoWery, aceee1iug &c the eeiSence
of +. j. Moses, sore given to Governor
Scott IN cancellatiou os debt due him
by Moses, and that he (Seott) cqnsentipg
" s,i; &, a. ,iviir l,n.uMrH Crows 10 turn
over Bsum OF OF S10,0o0 duo Moses ON o
bribe promised him by Patterson on the
Greonville and Columbia Railroad Con-
solidation bill. Z.
81 THE WAY IT WAS DONE.
Your committee cannot refrain from
presenting you literal copy of some of
the orders given by Speaker Moses, chow