The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-21
BY E. B. MURRAY & C(

the interest OF harQy OOiouun ciaiu'
After the discussion, the members were
invited one by one into private room.
I went in my turn in the room. I found
Hardy Solomon, and no one else was
present. He said if I would vote for his
bill he would give me 800. 1 voted for
it. After the bill passed, / went with
others down to Hardy Solomon's bank.
The crowd went there just like when the
members went to get paid on their pay
certificates, and he gave money 10 the
different members without making much
secret of it. He gave me $50 in city
money; he did not give me any more,
though asked him twice afterwards for
the balance"
John vanderpool, a member from
Charleston County, admits in his evil
dence that he "Yoted for ths passage OF
Hardy Solomon's claim, and Mr. Solo
mon, in consideration thereof, paid 10
methe sum Of 800, as we'll ss l can re-
member"
!. n. T. Spencer voted for the bill, and
in his evidence says: "After its passage,
l got the valle of $500 from him lSolo-
mon) mot in money; part of it was goods
from his store" '"-f''
! J. J. Graut says: "I voted for the bill,
but did not get anything for it. don't
thinksI even went to get anything. On
reflection, 1 think Igot some things from
the store-liquors and cigars. Mr. Solo
mon may have regarded this as favor
for u,Innnrt; nor bis hill u -,..
J. G. Tingman, member from Charles
ton, says he @voted for Solomon's claim,
and was paid small sum Of MONEY and
some goods from the store" -
!, r. A. Turner, member from Charles
ton, says be "voted for the bill, and was
promised $500 by Mr.. Solomon, but was
only paid little over $l00." SOD
~ ]. IT. Gilmore testiies as follows:"'I i
was promised $3.50 by. Solomon to sup.
port the bill. ] voted forit, and received
certificate ofdeposit for that amount on
the bank. ! traded the certificate to
John Lilly for four cows" ad5 <'.t.
6 Senator Jared Marley testihes that he
voted for the bill; that he was member
of the House at the time, and received
500 in payment from MIR. Zealy, on
Hardy Solomoli's order" : "'1-is' as':.s.'
Samuel Green, Senator from Beaufort
County, in his evidence, says: 81 voted
for Hardy Solomon's claim twas o MEM
Der of the House at the time. james A..
Bowley, member from Georgetown, and
Chairman of Committee of Ways and
Means, told me thatI could get $500 for
concurring in favorable report on the
bill to pay the claim. 1.concurred in the
report. / had nothing to do with MIR.
Solomon until after the bill passed.
Bowloy then referred me to Mr.. Solomon.
I saw him and he agreed'to pay me, but
did rot pay it then Afterwards he gave
me about $500, and said he had no more
money then. The remaining $500 was
paid for horses purchased ofMr. John
Long" iia ~ - -.
Representative Riley, of Orangeburg,
testifes that he was paid to support the
"bill." ~ 3. :-fi-.
Senator G. D. Hayne, ofAiken, admits
in his evidence that he "was psid through
q certificate of deposit 1915 for his sup
port of Hardy Solomon's claim, and that
It was placed to his credit in the South
Carolina Bank and Trust Company"
Lawrence Gain, Senator from Edge
field County, testiies that sat first he
was oppoaed to the bill; that Senator
Jeryey, of Charleston; waited on Mr..
Solomon in reference to the bill in be-
half Of himself and other Senators, and
reported that he (Solomon) was willing
to pay the party 5000 and no more.
Finally it was agreed that a party of us
should receive for our support of the bill
the sum of $1,000. I received of this
sum a little more than $500. There
were eight ofus-myself, Senators W. 4.
Jervey; w. E. Johnston, Moses Martin,
J. II. White, G. D. Hayne, F. A. Clin-
ton and Dublin I. Walker. l am satis-
fed these are the parties"
w. E. Jervey, Senator from Charles
ton County, says: "Hardy Solomon sent
for me to examine his claim. I went to
the bank, was shown the claims, and was
asked to support the bill for their pay
ment. I, told. him kSolomon) I would
give him an answer. asked State
Treasurer F. l.. Cardozo what he
thought of shem. Cardozo told me they
were all right and that the bill would
pass whether voted for it or lot, so l
went up to Hardy Solomon's with Car
dozo and told him I would vote for it; ;
he told me he would help me in return.
Cardozo asked him what be thought he
could do for me. He said he did not
know positively; that his pile had run
down pretty low; that he thought he
could divide $1,000 between four or FIVE
of us, Tor perhaps he said eight of u.s.
which would give each of us about $625
apiece. Some time after the bill passed
he gave me q certificate of deposit Of
the South CaTolina Bank and Trust Com
pany for about the amount stated above,
saying that it would show that / had that
amount deposited in the bank. took
the certificate aud transferred it after.
wards to General Gurney for q debt I
owed him. 1 think that Senators Law
renee Cain, J. II. White, F. A. Clinton
and D. I. Walker, were among the eight
referred to above"
Moses Martin, Senator from Fairfield,
says that he ."vcted for. the bill and re-
ceived from Hardy Solomon $500 in con-
sideration of the same"
Senator Gaillard testified as follows ::
81 was offered $500 to support the bill,
but refused to accept it. Before the
final adjournment Of the Legislature,
Senator Nash told me that Hardy Solo
mon said / was man, and that / had
stuck to my word, and that he would
like to make the friendship of man
like me, and would deposit something to
my credit. Nash also said I had better
see Hardy. I saw him aud he told me
he had placed the sum of $500 TO my
credit at his bank. I drew the money on
my check"
S. J. Lee in his evidence says: "At the
session at which the claim of Hardy Sol.
omon passed, Hardy Solomon discovered
that be could obtain a portion of it out
of different appropriation, amounting
to something over $4,000, and desired
the vacuum to be created in the $l25, 900
by the withdrawal of the claim to be thus
otherwise paid, to be filed up by the
issuance of pay certificates. was then
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