The New York herald., 1878-03-05

wants u. 70 &c. Mckinney tcardozo's chci clerk and
brother-in-law) piano out of that Propose TO draw
$1,000 out o. oince funds for Cardozo
FkB Zo-Iod Le Grand to send Tor piano ior
Mckinney. He though, II was musical eradication.
FEB 2l.-Tne Senators mad because helped
Mcintyre 10 s5, 900 Tor his 'Colleton Gaxefte" "
FEB % -lney are strik NJ for more money. Owens,
Nash aud Gsilarc are after me with sharp stick.
swaiis wants me 70 do something Tor Dr. Moore. THIS
is passing sringe The idea OF tSenator) Palerson's
brother-in-law wanting pay certificate Is something
Delightfully."- funny.
FHp. "a - . Charlie Greer ana sperry of tho
House, came Tor money. Sperry said ne IN dis
lress ana had lost everyth ny he had. That
lsgood considering he never mad anything. Promised
TO heap them.
FEB. 25-Very heavy demands were made on mo
tins morning by I'm Hurley aud Others.
Wnitteinorc told me humber OF friends getting
up something TO surprise mel Owens Is probably head
IN This afair. Ordered bg Oyster SUPPER at which
were present Nasn, Cardozo, Gaillard, Mclatyre,
Owens, Jones, Clerk Of The House ana otuers 1t WAS
jolly alair, but no presentation !!
Feb 20 Ibis Is tne day for adjournment sine die
Wha relicil Saw CardVzo and he promises
10 pay $4,000 OF Benedicl's ccrtincites Was
peled 70 ward oil good many senators. (The reader
Will do well to recall The TACT OF who is speaking here)
The President OF the Senate was puzzled how ,ct
as to preserve peace IN the family. Alter finishing
business had grand supper, furnished 10y Pollock "a
ceiebraiod caterer Q. ColumDa). Present Leutehant
Governor Judge Wright (cf The supreme Courll SEN
ators Nash, Jcryey, Cain, NcIulyre. Lee, Hague,
Clinton, owens anu others. tNeary all OF Tho gcntic-
mcn mentioned as being pressnt AZ TINS jubilee were
autobioa rapher Woodrun.)
MARCH 22-blade trade with Hoge Comptroller
Generull giving hun The Republican Prntns Com
pany's biIl ior 1000 ana taxing $500 Tor it, Itwas
big thing.
APRIL To- > Several Senators called Can't
do anything for them. IL VIII be, tear, II dry
summer Is " not About ume Tor tnem 10 dry apr
am getting tired oil tins continued pressure.
The ioIio~iDg - certainly an Ingenious soliloquy
FOR our ex repvrter:--
APRIL 26 Had qune a lesson to-day Since pur-
chase oil Board oi trade House oil my old
quainances who had renamed friendly now ignore
me- among tue latter Cap, am Courlenay II cau't be
haIped. suppose he tninKs have made my money
ny some imposition on the pu0lic. There may be
something IN II!
NAY 3O.-Hoge (Comptroller Gcneral) proposed to
pay bill Of Republican Printing Company by warrant
GU his contingen iund lor 5000 aid TO gvc him q
receipt ior 81, 900 viii have do 10 get along
VITA business ana keep peace III the family. Hoge
huge hog.
Nov. 2o.-G.ve Benedict order Tor $500 to pay
no's OF senator JONES ior Grecnusd's buggy.
: DEC. 6.-Pad I. G. Dunn Comptroller General
tori 81, ,ooo; John wilson, $500, anu others D,a my
best ~ please everybody but the appropriation is ex-
hausteu.
DEC. 6-Everybody double on u.s. l would like
to leave The Comptroller General out ~ tho cold.
DEC S-raid Senator Jones III 5OO Clinton, 81, $50;
Hurley, $1,000 oorwu' 900; Hose $1,000 White
cheeky.
S2, 400. Pud Johnston 5000; Martin, 500; Swails,
$4,000 Judge Hoge appeared well pleased and came
intu our Office.
pressure has been very great ou guess wo viii got
through by degrees.
DEC. 1l-Pald Nash s5,ooO ana suppose ne feels
corresponainely happy
DEC "a Will not pay a cent hereafter to any one
unless they vote anu help me pass he appropriations
,Sry IN, oa Y Was glad to Ca hsa
gone 10 New YORK. We have done all can or
lht 10 lor Governor Noses says tho Clerk OF tn
HEaEs KIcuNEss.
SUNDAY, Dec. 2s-* Tho wolves are
charia
rrue Ecot omy" II was not At ali applicable to the
Luaisiaturel
State Treasurer. Would at once conmouce studying
finance In surnest. My first payments would be The
accounts oi the Republican Printing Company Prin-
ters ure the light 81 world should be taken
care OF us preferred cfodltorsl
Tnis close the list vi extracts from the CLERKS
diary, though much inight be added. Enough hus
been gwen u suow now thoroughly he master of
tue stu.,on south Carolina ut that time w virtue
Of the money which lie had III command.
JONES TELLS SIMILAR TALES.
The story tOd Jones, The Cierk Ol tho House, is
very similar IN mud, anu rs details would only be
repetition oil what has gone before, the OF those
brlbed only beng cnangcd. One instance only Is
worthy Of oeing specified here. "ln order to obt,n
the money on our claims," sayo Jones, 1--WE were
forced BY Governor Chamberlain and Treasurer Car
to support the Union Herald while II lasted. We
deemed pohtc 70 satisfy NJ ucur as po sable these
demands Instead OF following the Practice oi placing
iunu tho hands OF lew individuals we unaertook
tho Distribution OF our iavors and 10 make them gen.
eraln From all OF which IL appears that the
entire government Of South Carolina, from Tue
Governor down 10 the most Insignificant member
OF the General Assembly, wero tne reg guar anu coL-
tessed recipients OF tho fraudulent bounty which
daily dispensed by these Two cuuaibg adventures.
Clerk Jones gives tho following as one Item oil his
individual expenditures IN addition to those already
gwen coming from woodrun 10 secure tho pas
0i an appropriation ot $780, 900 by the Legislature Tor
checks issued by Clerk Jones. indorsed. .$l5 1876
Cnecxs, payable to bearer not iudorsed. 5000
Estimated amount pad Ia currency... Is los
Making total oi.........- -.............. $50 800
WHOLESALE BRIBERY.
The above testimony Is sustained by the evidence oil
numerous mDcrs VI the senate and Honse " ho
knowledge receipt OF the amounts charged to tncul
respectively Also In regard to the Day made
State oncas, Governor r. j. Noses Ia his testimony,
says ne pad $l5 200 lor SIGNING the bill apprU-
pratiug 500 OOO for pubic printing. ihe Illuminating
fact stands boldly cut lhat IN the Housc Of Repre-
scDtatIves alone, consisting OF ia membsrs OF the
session Of 1928 orty ane members have been con-
clusIvcly proven to have been briDcd, by their own
ndCrscml OF checks received that IN all according
70 account sept ny Clerk Jones' there were nty three
craft and other members were paid III CASH, OF which
no account was Kept For the sessIon OF 1894 AN
Appropriation Vas passed Tor $3.50 O00 for puUic PRINT
ing, at cost Tor bribery OF members Oi the General
Assembly Vi SAL 219, which was paid TO seventy seven
members, scventy-iour oi whom were republicans
aud throe democrats All the names ot tho mem Ders
So bribed together with the amounts each received
ranging from So TO 5000 each are given with bus-
ness-lixe accuracy
now NEWSPAPERS WERE BoLsrERgp.
Tho manner IN which the publc treasury was
robbed in order support the several newspapers of
and other oicius Is also narrated wilh p,iuiul
cxactness A lew examples VIII sCiIce how 10 iuui-
cate tue manner IN which II was done. from Novsm-
Der, 1870, 10 May 1873 there was due L. Cass Carpen
ter, the proprietor of the Columbia Daily Unton,
$l7l74 % Tor publishing the laws passed by the Cen
eral Assembly ana Tor Official advertisements. The
vouchers in the Ifeasurers oicc show that MI Car
pentcr was paid In that lme the sum oI S59,0S7 u,
or *33 526 80 more than due HIM, Ia less than
three wears. He also paid IN tho
time $4,000 for furnishing copies oil his paper
u tue members anu state officials. La other words
the State was compelled to pay Iof the SUBSCRIPTIONS
OF those 10 whons0evcr lie chOse 10 send MS paper.
Eighteen thousand hundred ana nlty nine dollars
was paid 10 them also Tor the publication ol the State
Insurance laws during tue same period. These laws
occupied about one ana half columns. In the month
OF December, 1871, these acts were inserted tho
Duly Union iour times, while the vouchers that
the State paid ST. 72O Ior such publication Tue plan
pursued IN these instanccs-and they were numer-
0us--wus 10 charge certain am0unt Tor such adveI-
Using, aud the bill Ueing approved the lgurc III was
prenxed 10 the original amount, thereby raising
each charge bill just ST. 000 On thcsc charges
Carpenter was tried and convicted and sen ionccd to
j, ior two years Tor forgery. His pardon and release
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