Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-02-28


ind that during ono session the State was
charged 366 new locks, where thore ore
only l64 desks in tha,sSenato and House
thus giving moro ftht 6$tEx locks to each
desk. We submit d lew Sccouuts for wood
aud coal. Upon q close calculation we find
that during one session moro than
ONE THOUSAND CORDS OF WOOD
aud one thousand throe hundred and twenty
tons OF coal were charged for, and at the
same time there was not single wood
etovo in use at the State House. Sergeant
Williams in his evidence states that not n
fourth of tho wood and coal purchased was
consumed at the State House. He also
says that MIR. Crows furnished and delivered
to any OF the mombers who asked for it,
this necessary commodity.
From the account of Mr.. Mayrant
it appears that he furnished Senators
Whittemore, Maxwell and others with wood.
Tho bills rendered show that thousands
OF dollars were spent annually for stoves to
heat tho State House aud committee rooms.
Sergeant Williams testifies that the com.
mitteo rooms wore furnished with stoves
every year and that whom he called for them
tho members told him cit wes mono of his
business"
Mr.. Palmer states that tho stoves in the
State House are worth $1,000 at this time;
and that he does not find one eighth of the
stoves at the Capitol which ho furnished.
We will not attempt to give the amount
Of soap,
HAIR BRUSHES AND TOWELS
furnished, but will simply state that the
accounts amounted to thousands of dollars!
Verify, thoy should havo bcen oleansed.
We respectfully call your attention to
tho accounts designated as Nos. 8la, 80,
823, 83, "a, IS, SO, 81, SO and 80, 10 tho
evidenoo of A. o. Jones, aud G 7 aud A l
in the evidence of Mr.. Woodruff, in which
it is shown that State officials, members of
the House and Senate, clerks and attaohces
were furnished with most of tho leading
daily papors of the State aud large number
of weekly country papers. In addition to
the above the accounts, vouchers und evi-
dcnoe show that novels, law aud other books
we're furnished to the members in order
that they might while away their idle hours
10 improving their minds at the State
expense, though thousands of their consti.
tuent's children were unable to attend
school for the want of books. In evidence
OF the above VIC refer you to accounts desig.
mated as A 2, w 5, and others Of similar
kind, and the evidence Of A. o. Jones.
The accounts of w. X. Greenfield, Hardy
Solomon, NJ. j. Calnan, and others, show
the amounts paid by tho State for the use
Of so.oalled committee rooms. These rooms
General Assembly, but wero often occupied
the entire year at the extravagant prioo Of
ONE DOLLAR PER DAY RENT
for each room. Add to this the cost of
furnishing, gas bills, refreshments, &c.,
and this Of itself would prove to the world
that South Carolina was cursed with the
most extravagant and corrupt class of legis
lators known in ancient or modern times
We refer to accounts designated Nos.
to respectively and No. 70, included in
A. 0. Jones's evidence. 1t has been clearly
demonstrated that sufficient sum has been
paiG in fvo years for rent of upper rooms
in moro than one building to have purchased
the entire building. We call your atten
tion to what seems to US most palp able
fraud, designated as No. 65 in evidence ol
A. 0. Jones, where r. X. Scott certiies
that an account for room rent, amounting
to 3,249 go, sis justly due" Mr.. Jones
in his evidence, says this is ana account O
Il. K. Scott, for the rent of q cottage fo1
one year
1t could not be sold for that amount to-
day. Mr. Greenfield says, in reference tt
this matter, that he rented tho cottage ir
rear of McKenzies building to r. X. Scott
! ta be used as resort or
CAUCUS ROOM
during his candidacy for the United States
Senate, that he was paid by Governor
Scott, and that he has no knowledge
of pay certificates being issued in payment
| thereof.
The voucher designated by Woodruff as
No. 26, is for rent of the residence of Johr
j. Patterson, for the use of Senators Whit
temore, Owens, and others who rcveled il
stately mansions, enjoying their gal stolen
from an impoverished people while thci1
poor dupes in their lowly cabins we're suf-
fering for the necessaries of life.
THE ROLL OF RAscALs.
The private bills of State officers, Scna
tors and mombers of the House, referred ,c
in the evidence of Woodruff aud Jones
include the names of those who were the
recipients Of supplies and are as follows:
Lieutenant Governor Ranser, Licutcn-
ant Governor Gleaves; Senators G. p. Les
lie, l.. Wimbush, Frank Arnim, II. T.
Hayne, B. F. Whittemore, II. j. Maxwell
G. D. Hayne, Y. j. p. Owens, w q. John
ston j. NJ Allen, j. Hollipgshead, Robert
Smalls, w. B. Nash, S. A. Swails, Geo. T.