The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-02-28
roota in the Capitol, they enp!oyed q
porter. 3 who had charge of the "Refresh-
J. WIS PRIVATE BAR.poos

nent room."
J.w.'s PRIVATE BAR.RooM.
The porter states that for six years the
State House bar.Toom was eenArajlv
opened at O'Clock Ia the morning. and
Kept open until from TO 4 the next
T morning; that during that time some
one was constantly there eating. smokinp
or drinking, end that Sunday formed mo
! exception to the rule. He says: "He
never saw Q bar-room equal to the State
House refreshment-room for drinking
smoking aad talking;" that O largo ma, a.
Jority OF the members who ASSEMBLED in
the room were Republicans, but that
Democratic senaton and representatives
were there also, He mentioned the
names of Senators w
BIEMAN AND HoLCoMBp.
and Representative r. NJ. SmitI, as daily
visitors; "that many of the members
would be Mt the room before breakfast
Hunting q drink or eye.openern He
could not estimate the exact amount of
liquor drank, but asserted that il aver
aged several gallons per Jay, with con.
siderable amount of wine, ale and porter
thrown in. The best. cigars md winea
were furnished, aud that often what he
considered q good article would he reiec-
ted. He could not keep a sufficient
amount of cigars on; hand TO supply the
demand, as many of them
FILLED ONE OR TWO OF THEIR POCKETS
upo' leaving, end would frequently carry
OIL bottle of champagne in the same
way. he is porter now, and says that no
refreshments are served, as that business
stopped when Governor Hampton took
charge of the State House.
1t will be observed that the State fur
nished room, o porter and refreshments
for our Statesmen" while they were
plotting how to rob the people they pre-
tended TO represent; ready to vote for
any measure that would enrich them
selves at the public expense. II addi-
ton to the refreshments furnished aa the
State House, large quantities of wines,
liquors and cigars, and other things were
sent to the hotels, boarding houses Snd
residences of State officials, senators,
members and their friends. This is
/ shown by the vouchers and accounts.
rendered and the evidence of Woodruff.
who says that "the matter of refresh
ments, like Others, assumed the largest
| proportions, and Orders were given for
| HquolS ANU cigars, Wnlcn were
BENT TO THE HOTELS,
boarding houses and residences of the
| members and their friends" Clerk
Jones says the most extravagapt accounts
were rendered for refreshments for com.
ulittee rooms, and that he found it useless
| to demonstrate.
Sergeant-atarms Williams testifies that
the House did not keep q refreshment
| room, but he was ordered to buy wines,
Liquors, &C., for the members, and thai
he did buy them from Mr.. Gibson and
NJ. Solcmoa. His evidence is corrobo-
| rated by Mr.. Gibson, and the crders
given him, few Of which We submit
with this report.
Among the members thus furnished
we find the names of T. Hurley, member
from Charleston; P. Simkins, from Edge.
field; j. d. Boston, from Newberry
James A. Bowley, of Georgetown
Speaker 8. J. Lee, Of Aiken. We SUBJ
nit specimen order given to Mr.. Glib
son for
JAMES A. BowLEY,
which was delivered in one day: "One
box champagne, one box port wine, one
box whiskey, one box brandy, one box
sherry wine, three boxes cigars" MIR.
Bowley was one of the leading colored
members Of tbs Hous5, and chairman CT
the committee of ways and means, and it
is easy to understand why he reported
favorably upon the enormous tax leyies
and appropriation bills of the House.
We append an order to Mr.. Gibson from
Rev. w. II. Thomas, member from Col
Teton and chairman Of the committee on
claims "Mr. Gibson, there ID mistake,
the order. calls for two boxes of wine,
please send the other. w. II. Thomas.b
MIR. Gibson in his evidences says: "He
was paid in Legislative pay certificates
for all supplies, and that &c c:a..y fuf-
nished the best articles" We also refer
to the evidence of VIM. NJ. Fine. who
kept restaurant in this city, and who
says he furnished ennnliea consisting &C
"eatables, wines, liquors and cigars to
different Legislative committees, for.
which he received pay certificates, and
Fst the largest amount issued to him, at
one time, for these supplies was 81, ,800."
HARDY SOLOMON,
dealer in groceries, has numerous large
accounts among the vouchers. He testi-
fies that he furnished Woodruff and Jones
with supnliea, but not az clerka of thei :.
respective houses, and that he was paid
by the State Treasurer on presentation of
the pay certificates, which were issued to
him for his accounts. In connection
with the evidence of Mr.. Solomon, we.
call attention to his itemized account
which was sworn to by him, and annex
ed to his evidence under the head of
Supplies" wherein appears she names
of the following persons to whom he fur
nished
"REFREsHMENTs -
F. s.. Jacobs, Senators John Wilson.
W. E. Holcombe, d. Bieman, J. II.
White and @. d. Hnyne, Governor r. X.
Scott, Comptroller General John L. Nea-
gle, lLieutenant- Governor Ransier, State
Treasurer Miles G. Parker, Speaker F. j.
Moses, Representatives @. @. Bowen, j.
Fielder Myers, s. L. Duncan, r. II. Hum
bert, DR.. B. A. Bossmon, --- Miller,
Mclaughlin, John B. Dennis, B. Byas,
w. J. McKinlay, r. NJ. Smith, W.H.
Jones, Nelson Davis and Gen. William
Gurney, County Treasurer of Charleston.
Your committee also find On the ex-
animation of this itemized account and
the evidence adduced before us that
airssrs. Jones anu W WUoiIun n,ll1U pay
ments on several occasions by check and
cash; nevertheless, on examining tha
payments made by the State Treasurer to
Mr.. Solomon, on pay certificates issued
to him, it is shown that he has draw six
thousand dollars over and above b.. en-
tire account, and, worse still, these cor
tificates were all issued before the first of
March, 1873, after which time no was
Maid otherwise