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What Chamberlain Says About 1t,
T From The Mem York; Tribune. I


What Chamberlain Says About 1t,
from the Ne,o Yorh; Tribune
A reporter for the Iribu,ae oallod
upon ex-Governor Daniel II. Cham
berlain to speak with him relative to
the Indictment said to havo been
found against him in Colu pbia, S. G.
"Mr. Chamberlain" asked the 70
portor, "have you received any OIL
cial notification Of an Indictment
said to have been found against
yourself and others at Columbia on
Wednesday last 2"
II have no knowledge tho eY~
Governor responded, prospecting
the fact of an Indictment having
been found against me, excepting
what 1 have scon in special dispatoh-
es to Democratic newspapers. T
was in Washington yesterday on
business in the Supreme Court, and
read the announcement in the Post
of that city. This was my first init.
nation of any purpose to bring an
indlctment against me at this par
ticular time But if it is true--and
] have no rc:.son to doubt it-that
an Indictment has been found
against me for alleged frauds in
connection with the land commiss
sion in 1870, it is simply revival of
one of the most tLreadbare of the
charges which have been repeated
against me for eigh" years, There
are no fGcts-thcro can be no facts
which support any charge Of
frand ag linst me, either in tho land
commission Or any other matter in
South Carolina. What some de-
graded villain, willing to commit
perjury to save himself from punish
ment. may have sworn to before the
grand jury, I do not know. If y
small fraction of the information
which has rcHcilel me since ! left
South Carolina is true, their So
called investigations thcre, have been
principally ii ON the start II hunt
for some ground for IN indictment
ag,;inst ne. TAry ave had full
kn ,wlel &c Of a, D .:aHa colnHrte.l
with tnc IAN, co.A.ui,slJu since
1912. Way have t.eY waited until
now to proceed against me It
will be found that this Indictment
rests solely on tho word of
men whom everybody knows to be
common pcrjurers, ready to swe =
to anything to save themselves.
The dispatches do not make it cionr
what the precise charge is in this
Indictment, but what I have now
said applies to amy cnuge Of fraud
against ne. They are one and all
false, and res only upon the unsup
ported statements Of the most
shameless liars, W 10 have been
manipulated for this purpose. When
I know tho exact facts which are
embodied in the indictment, I can
speak more specifically regarding
those facts. At present the most
I can say is that there are no trans
actions of any kind in South CARROLL
na which can afford any possible
ground for criminal indictment
against me-"
"What is your opinion as to the
motive which prompted the finding
of this indictment O.
"There has been, in the first place,
at all tim es a special vindictiveness
felt toward mo on account Of my
public political course IN the cam
paign Of 1876, and the events which
followed pending the decision of
the Presidential election. The
Democratic newspapers, Legislators
and stump-speakers everywhere in
South Carolina haye beon demand-
ing that Chamberlain should be
punished. In the next place, I have
[ suppose recently given them two
causes Of offence, the first being the
defence of Kimpton in Boston
against the requisitior Of Hampton,
and the second, my agency in Sc
curing the appointment of a receiver
of tho South Carolina Railroad and
my connection with proceedings
now pending in the United States
Circuit Courtfor South Carolina for
the appointment of a receiver for
the Greenville and Columbia Rail-
road. This last case is to BE heard
by Judge Bond during the last week
Of the present month at Columbia.
/ am under engagement to be there
to represent the. Northern bond.
holders. who are moving for O re-
ceiyer. = These railroads have, Of
course, always been in the hands Of
sprominent Citizens of South Caro-
lima. They have been managed SO
ns TO be of no unll1a to THAR Grad; .