The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-14
in which, howeysr, their initials are pro.

served, end though tFansposed ar Tera.- rS
Sdd, aroi Sleafly iGellil 3 Isfr y syl1sSai
run, continuing, says that "he Is sat;sfied
that J. @. Hope did not receiye the on.
4 made ont 20 order of q. j. HafriI,. % Chs
Leasurers books show that Senator w
4 r. Jeryeys collected. his, md .that Cav
Scott collected those drawn in Che narae
OF p.'p sHigbsys "a q. Andlon. and =
few otIfeIaoE thislof. Senator Iohn 4 a.
sold his TO VIM. Fine. (See his evidepcS
The evidence of Meesrs. Woodrufr and
Lee proves that d Legislative paygcestiI;-
cate drgWf payable 10 The order Of O. T.,
Frankfort for s$4, COO, Che Initials fs
which ar: those of +. L. Cardozo.l yna
Issued at theenggeetion of Treasurer z.
l.. CardoIo, and was divided equally be-
tween Cardozo, Lieut. Gov, Gleaves.
Speaker s. j. Lee, Josephus Woodruff
CLERK OF the Senate, and A. II. Jones
clerk OF the House." Leo testifies that
"he and Lieut.. Gov. Glcaves received
f$S0O each in certificates of indebtedness
OF Republican Printing Company, from
.F.J'. Car9oLo at his (Cmdozoa) houus.
and he told them that he had his own
ahare." Woodruff tesli6es chat "he re-:
celpted 70 Cardozo for $1,000 in certifi.
Gates Of indebtedness, aud took the depis-
latiye pay certificates, leaving o balance
of $500 each for Clerk Jones aud him.
SELF" The books of the treasurer show
that the certificate was paid February 8.
1914. Inc books Of the Republican
Printing Company chow that on Februa-
rye 8f4, the. account of Woodruff vss..
credited VIII $500, and that Of Jones for
like amount, Opposite the entries 10
written "'one certificate for S4. .900." ThA
credits also appear on the day. book and
ledger in the handwriting of tho book.
Keeper, Mr. Jackscn.. Mr.. Cardozo has
been tried il this case an' was convicted
by an impartial jury, a majority of whom
we're OF his own race and party. When
the witness Woodbury. was shown a GER
tihcate purporting to be for O claim pass-
ed by the Legislature for 81 900, PAYABLE
to the Republican Printing Company. he
said sit was one Of mady isaued in a
batch amounting TO $l8IAl.94, which
were divided and shared between the
Company, State officials and Senator'S"
Among this number We find one paid to
Senator w. B. Nash.
:. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS A DAY.
IT also appearsftoh, the evidence that
each member of the committee appoint
ed to annually examine the books Of the
treasurer and ccmptroller general almost
invariably received . $500 certificate
tor work. performed In six days, or one
hundred dollars per day. the evidence
and certificates in The treasurer's office
prove that many Thousands of dollars in
certificates were issued to defray the inn
aginary expenses Of the.
= aHIGH OLD JOINT ooMMfrTEE,n
for clerks, experts, room rent, &C., not a
dollar of which was an honest claim.
We refer to the evidence of Gen. Dennis.
wherein he Gays . 'rThis committee were
for while paid out of the 'arl ed' force
fund. They departed departed ioI soI Nov Iork ON
the 9th of june, 1871. They called on
the financial agent, Kimpton, and, thersi
met Attorney General Chamberlain. At
ter consultation with them both il was
agreed that Kimpton should pay all ex-
penses of the committee; that, in order
TO give Kimpton little recreation, they
took q recess for one month. Hurley
went to Boston; Whittendoro 20 East
Woburn. Mass; .Swails to Elmira, N. Y:
ant iie =. inks GaIlher went 10 Saratoga
with Kimpton." Thus our represents.
tives whiled away their hours az fashion
able resorts, planning and scheming to
rob the people who were compelled to
pay their bills The published reports
show that Kimpton paid the committee
more than SIT 900. Gen. Dennis testifies
that only $l2, ,59l.82 of, this amount was
!aotually paid the commistse, including
Incidental expenses, room rent and clerk
hire; that the highest amount paid any
member by Kimpton was $3.108 aud the
smallest 81 ,284. In addition to amounts \
paid from the Armed Force Fund and
from Kimpton, your committee lind that
other large sums were paid to the several
members of the committee, by legislative
pay certificateJ Dennis, Jones and
Woodruff testify that large accounts were
made ont and rendered against the State
for alleged services on this committee,
some OF. which. arein the handwriting Of
Senator b. F. Whitemore. BY adding
the. amounts paid out QfAthe Armed
Force Fund, and by Kimpton, to that
paid ia legislative pay certificates, we
find that the members Of this coJlmittee
we're paid for the time actually employed
from $40 to $50 each per day. Although
there was no authority Of law to ;ustify
these payments by tie financial agent,
they Here evidently inspired and advised
by Attorney General ChambeFlain, him
self member of the financial board.
A margin of time was necessary to "co0k"
the books of the agency, and to, make
them ready for the inspection of this
virtuous committee, all the more impor-
tant, not to avoid exposure, but to de-
prive the members Of the opportunity
and lrzete1t for. .blacknnils THAT the
books of the financial agent we're seni0dis-
elled to suit the emergency will appear
in another portion of the report. II
would have been che very height and
depth OF viiiainy on the part of the
creatures to have paid for this Acduit- !
tance ont of their own nnrighte eons; gains
and commissions, but goes beyond ex-s
preston when we know that every dollar
or this expenditure was included In
Kimpton'a account against the State, and
balanced in the settlement made with
him by Scott, Park Sarfd Chamberlain
as they left their Offices in 1872.
FRAUDULENT CERTIFICATES. a
z We now present for your confederation
the evidence of Gen. Dennis and Ex-
Governor Moses, in 1kich it. .is shown
that fraldaieht'p pay certificates, anount-
ing to 5000, we're Issued in the riulne of
j. G. Gerahon, and were divided between
Speaker Moses and dLieutenant-G Governor
inanoior. Grpnis says: Tne Speaker
thought he ought to have something, and
made out bill for $500, which, as
chairman; 1 approved. When the leer-
tificate was presented to Lieutenant Gov.
Ransier, Presidents of che Senate, for HIS
signature, he refused 90 sign it unless be
(Ransier) could be paid an equal amount.
/ was sent for, and vent down, to the
State House. and found Ransier and