The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-02-21
SHARING OUT THE sPo11s.
The Trus Inwardnesss Of tho STAGE Rond
Ring.


The Trus Inwardnesss Of tho 6taae Ron,
Ring.
The evidence Of ex.Treasurer Parker
before the Bond Commission, exposes th,
character of the arrangements among tn,
Republican State officers for dividing tb,
public spoils. 1t is more shocking thai
anything of the same kind heretofor,
made public. 40 III
8x.TREAsURER PARKER's TESTIMONY
Mr.. Parker testified that the acts pro
viding for State loans were, In most in
stances, if not oil, "shown to him before
they we're preseuioait ito the General Az
senibly." He understood thew were
drawn by Mr.. Chamberlain, then Attor.
neg General. In eome instances Kimp.
tor brought rough drafts from New
York, but always to Dir. Chamberlain
He said: 1 do not know the amount oI
the proceeds of the sale of bonds made by
Kimpton. The yeports made by Kimp.
ton to the Comptroller General were not
made for the purpose of giving informa.
tion upon that matter, They were made
so as to show. each year an increase Of
the debt as little as possible. This was
by concurrence and arrangement with
the financial board here. / meyer exam
ined Kimpton's books. I often endeay-
ored to sec them, but never could.
Finally, Z gave up trying to see them,
because l learned he had prepared a new
set to meet the exigencies of the case. I
always knew Kimpton's reports were not
correct, and The board always knew they
were not.
Governor Scott wanted Kimpton re-
moved in 1871 from the financial agency.
1 concurrcd with the Governor at first.
but we found it impossible to find apy
one who would take mis- place and ad-
vance the money which he claimed to be
due to him without making an erpose of
the financial condition Of the State.
which we did not desire 10 do, and the
idea was then abandoned.
Mr.. Chamberlain never wanted Kimp-
ton removed. 1t was through his influ.
ence that Kimpton was appointed finan-
cial agent Of the State. Governor Scott
proposed Mr.. Cameron, of Charleston,
hut. not heing on personal terms With
Cameron, and having no choice, sup
ported Chamberlain in the choice of
Kimpton. - '.
Mr.. Cham 5erlain informed me before
Kimpton's appointment that Kimpton, if
appointed, would divide his commission
between us three, Mr.. Kimpton, Cham
berlain and myself, and MIR. Kimpton
made arrangement to that effect with us
two-Mr. Chamberlain and myself-be-
fore his appointment. We had him ap-
pointed on the strength of that agree.
ment.
MIR. Kimpton carried out this agree
ment only partially. Mr.. Chamberlain
admitted TO me that he had received some
money from Kimpton on this account,
but never owned to having received az
much as did, which was about $52, 900.
Our shsres would have been about $780,
eco each; the total amount Of commits
sions allowed MIR. Kimpton being about
$3.50, goo, being yearly II per cent. on
the amount he reported he had sold all
the bonds for, in addition To the commis-
sioEs paid by him to other brokers and
ths7 per cent. interest on loans.
There were no terms made rs to VIII 4
Kimpton's commissions should be ut the
time of his appointment nor until III or
'72. Kimpton .epeatedly wrote to NJ.
Chamberlain and myself about fixing his
commissions, and they were finally fixeu
by the financial board Addressing letters
to pr .ties vhtsn Kimpton designated in
New York as TO the commissions which
would be iair TO be allowed to Mr.. Kimp-
ton for selling such bonds. sGd making
such loans as he fKimpton) had effected,
ana on the answers made by these parties
to these letters the financial board fixed
the commissions to be allowed him.
The drafts of the letters / addressed to
those parties were prepared by Kimpton
and sent to tho financial board from New
York and presented to me by Mr.. Cham
,herlain, Mr.. Kimpton having, as he
stated to me, had previous interviews
with these p.rties in New York
At the time the settlement was made
with the financial board and Kimpton,
he (Kimpton) reruiyed due. bill for
about S139 900 from the financial boar,
as the balance Of commissions due hitn.
This according 10 our agreement would
be divided equally hstween Chamberlain,
Kimpton and myself, and just before
Chamberlain addressed his communica-
tion TO the public in the summer of 1874,
concerning the charges made against him
with reference TO the public debt and
other matters connected with Governor
By THE, side of his sick red h!his own
house, thet if / waald permit that letter
which he had prepared TO &c before the
public without contradiction, and he
should be- nominated and elected as Gov
ernor, I should be paid my share OF the.
Sl39,000 aBsexpressed is' said due bill,
and, that too at,an early day,
The financial board made the settle-
ment with the financial agent, by virtue
OF the authority conferred upon it by the
sctcf Gensrai Assembly PasseIi n Feb,