The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-15

stssTA9foNBRY."
slii' si
or '6ht and paft OF Mr. Oafdozos, up to
the time of specific appropriations, pay GER
ti6cates for stationery which included
almost everything, and for other aafbunts,
were issued to such an extent that hey sold
on the streets for from ten to tzGfy cents
on the dollax." The evidence Shows that
the average member never Aeccived over
ten dollars worth of sstatif fhery; but tho
bills rendered and paa by the State in one
session amounted to 1000 for this COM
modify alone. A
tionery included refrS kments, dry goods,
groceries, carp@, furd dture, horses and car
riages, and miscellaneous articles of NOR
chandisc, apa tho names used in tho accounts
GENERALLY MYTHS.
To further illustrate the frauds committed
under this. head, VIC refer to vouchers in
evidence of A. 0. Jones, designated rs Nos
st, 81 and 81 amounting in the aggregate
to $3,6GG. MIR. Jones says: "lt is asser-
ted that these accounts were for books and
fine stationery furnished the members. p
Attention is called to accounts numbered
from 104 to IA, inclusive, where it will be
seen that in January alone one firm fur
nishcd SG,6S3 90 worth of stationery" or
moro than fifty dollars worth per month to
each member. In addition to the above,
the accounts Of Messrs. Bryan e. McCartcr
and Mr. Stokes, we'll known dealers, who
reside in Columbia, and who furnished
stationery to the House and Senate, arc
itemizcd, and, from appearances, include
most of the stationery actually used.
Clerk Woodruff says (and the vouchers
prove it) ahAt during one sessfoneschss9l
ator received copy of
wEBsTER's UNABRIDGED
Dictionary, and a calendar inkstand which
cost S25.
The accounts of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, together with Mr..
Woodruf's evidence, will show that even
the private kilograms of the senators were
paid for by the State.
According to evidence snd accounts, the
Senate often used 80 worth Of postage
stamps per day. Gold pens at SO; ink
stands at S25 Wcbster's Dictionary and
fine stationery certainly afforded our
Statesmen" every facility for an extensive
correspondence.
JEwELRY.
We cannot refrain from commenting
upon the large accounts Of MIR. Isaac Sulz-
bachcr, a well known jewcller of Columbia;
and call especial attention to tho accounts
designated as "No 27" and "B B." men>
toned in Woodruff's evidence, where Jew
clry was furnished to Senators Whittem ore,
Maxwell, IIayne, Rev. VIM. Johnston and
Representative Tim Hurley. He also fur
nished fine gold pens costing as high as SO
apiece, and, Judging from the bills render
cd, from five to ten pocket knives to each
member during the session.
The accounts of Mr.. Hayden, Ga jcwelcr
Of Charleston) designated A l, by Wood
ruff, clearly demonstrate the manner in
which bills were raised, the amount being
for five call-bclls S12, and raised to SIP,
by inserting the figure one o. We quote
from Mr.. Woodruf's diary in reference to
an account of Mr.. Hayden for watch for
Senator Whittcmorc "wednesday, JAN
uary Is, 1873, collected certificate for S945,
and paid Hayden for Whittemore's watch
GRACIOUS GOODNESS!
Whittcmorc must have somewhere about
ten thousand dollars this session. That
ought to be satisfactorily He is always,
though, after one more"
1t has long been a mystery to the unini-
tiatcd where the matchlcss diamonds which
flashed their rays Of light in the halls of
the Capitol, the snowy watch chains and
expensive watches came from; but an in
spection Of Mr.. Sulzbachcr's accounts, and