The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-09-05

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with me. Neagle then left and stood
and talked with Kimpton short time
Kimpton advised me to 60 into the mat.
ter and use my influence for the passage
of the bills; said I had better do it as !
could make some money by it. de-
clined very positively, and the matter
did not proceed any further.
SENATOR POCKETS $4,000.
Hon. Henry J. Maxwell, being further
examined, deposes on oath as follows: !
was State Senator from. the County OF
Marlboro from 1868 up to the early part
of October, 1877, when 1 resigned. l
was solicited for my support in the Sem
ate for the Blue Ridge bill, the Validat-
ing bill and the Financial Settlement
bill, all of which were acted on and
passed the Senate in the spring of 1872.
I think Mr.. H. Fl. Kimpton first spoke
to me about these bills. Kimpton did
not make q direct offer of any money,
but said would be taken cure of if l
would support these measures, and told
me to see Patterson (meaning John j.
Patterson and it would be all right.
Afterwards Patterson and G. P. Leslie
spoke to me about the matter. Patterson
offered me at various times various sums,
between $4,000 and $1,000, if I would
support these bills. Leslie urged me to
support them, and said that l would be
taken care Of. ! objected to the Vail
dating bill, and stated my objections to
both Mr.. Patterson and Mr.. Kimpton.
At the final passage of these bills in the
Senate, I voted for them, and John ].
Patterson paid me for my support Of
them something between $4,000 and
5000 in money. I cannot call to mind
the exact amount. Hespaid it to me all
at one time in the State Capitol building,
and it was shortly after the bills had
passed and became acts.
ONE WHO WAS COY.
F. A. Clinton, being sworn, says: That
he is resident of Lancaster County, S.
c., and am farmer by occupation.
Was elected to the State Senate from
that county in 1870, and have been q
member ever since. o. P. Leslie told me,
in reference to the Validating bill, to
come down to Mrs. Mordecai's, and told
me the party wanted to beat him out of
the bill, and he wanted me to support it /;
that it was just. / told him l would see
him next morning. I told him / could
not support it if it was not right, and he
said it was Just and should be passed,
and he said that he would take care Of
me. I do not know what ne meant by
that. After the passage I never saw
Leslie any more until he went back to
Barnwell and was elected to the House.
THE SENATOR WHO WENT TO LIBERIA
IN THE AZoR.
s. E. Gaillard, being sworn, says: I
am resident Of the city of Charleston,
and hold the Office of State Senator from
Charleston County, and have 80 held
since 1871. was in the Senate at the
time of the passage of the Blue Ridge
Scrip bill in the early part Of 1872. At
the fnal passage of the bill in the Senate,
over the veto, VI. P. Owens, then SEN
ator from Laurens, said to me that Pat
terson said that if l continued TO vote as
I had been voting for the bill / would
get $4,000. Patterson was sitting on the
sofa in the rear of my seat attbe time; /
looked around, and Owens asked him if
that was not right, and Patterson nodded
his head, which I understood to be Pat
terson's confirmation of Owens's propo-
sition. I. voted for the passage of the
bill over the veto. Afterwards Twas in
formed Patterson wanted To see me at
his house, and / went there the same
night that heard he wanted to see me-.
This was between the times of passage of
this bill and the passage of the Vail
dating bill. Patterson told 1ne then that
the money had run out, but as soon as
the scrip was ready he would fix the mat
ter all right. He told me, too, that he
was busy, and he would see me the next
morning. The next morning, when he
saw me, he asked me about voting for
the Validating bill. He said it wasn't
his measure, but he was only asked by
his friends to get some of his friends in
the Senate to support it; that they THAT
is those who were interested in the Vail
dating billy had helped him in the Blue
Ridge, and he wanted to help them in
return. He called the names of two or
three persons who were interested in the
Validating bill, but / am only certain
about the name of II. H. Kimpton being
mentioned by him. I told him could
not vote for. the Validating bill, and
then he spoke of its not being his meas
ure, but that of his friends. Shortly
afterwards, think on the same day, Mr..
c. G. Bowen came to me and asked me
if was not going to vote for the Vail
dating bill, and l told him "no." He
told me that it was going to pass, and if
made up my mind to vote for it to let
him know and he would get some money
for me. I told him all right. The next
person that spoke to me about the Vail
dating bill was @. P. Leslie. lie told
me if I would vote for the bill that he
would put $4,000 in the hands of j.
Woodruff, clerk of the Senate, for me
before I voted. ! told him that / had
given out publicly that I wouldn't vote
for it, and 1 didn't expect to, or words to
CuaI eueCt. AlItT tuc duJOuluucuI 0HIc
die of the General Assembly, either the
next day, or day or so after, about
seven senators were up in the clerk of
the Senate's room, over the Presidents
room, in the State House, on the front
side. 1 was among the number, and
George F. Mcintyre, Senator from Col
Teton, and F. A. Clinton, Senator from
Lancaster, were complaining of Leslie
not coming up to his promise; Mcintyre
swearing, and saying he would go after
Leslie and kill him if he didn't pay him
what he had promised him on the Vail
dating and Financial Settlement bills.
l think these two bills were considered
as one matter, and got in with this
crowd because I had supported the Fl
nancial Settlement bill after it had been
amended. The party agreed that McIn-
tyre should 60 on to New York to see
Leslie for the whole party, and L. Vim.
bush, Senator from Chester, was not
there, because he was sick at his house
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