The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-14

BY il. B. MURRAY &
in which, however, their initials are pre-.
served, and though transposed or reyer-
:ssd, are7 clearly iden6fed essir.s Wood:
ruff, continuing, says that che is satisfied
that; j. C. Hope did not receive the one
made cut to order of @. J. .Hurrin." The
treasurer's books show that Senator w.
b. Jeryey- collected his, and that Gov.
Scott collected those drawn in the name
of :D.sG. sHigoey, o. Il. sAndlon, and 9
few Others of thislot, sSenator John Lee
sold his to VIM. Fine. {See his evidence.
The evidence of Messrs. Woodruff and
Lee proves that legislative pay cersi6.
cate drawn payable to the order of. @, l..
Frankfort for 81, 900, (the initials OF
which are those of F. L. Cardozo,) was
issued at the suggestion of Treasurer F.
L. Cardozo, and was divided equally be-
tween Cardozo, Tieut. Gov. Gleaves,
Speaker s. j Lee, Josephus Woodruff,
clerk of the Senate, and' A.. T. Jones,
clerk of the House,, Lee testifes that
1Hhe and Lieut.. Gov. Gleayes received
$500 each in certificates of indebtedness
Of Republican Printing Company, from
f. L. Cardozo at his (Cardozo'sl house,
and he told them. that he had his own
SHARE Woodruff testi6es that she re-
ceipted to Cardozo for $1,000 in certifi-
c,ltes of indebtedness, and took the 4egis-
'Iative pay certificates, leaving g balance
oil $500 each for Clerk Jones and him.
self" The books of tho treasurer show
that the certificate was paid February 8,
r1,s74 The books Of the Republican
Printing Company show that on Februa=
'ry5, 1874, the account OF Nv Woodrufs was
credited with $500, and that Of Jones for
a like amount, Opposite the entries is
written aore' certificate for 81 ,e00." The
credits also appear on the day:book and
ledger in the handwriting of the book
keeper, Mr.. Jackson. Mr., Cardozo has
been tried in this case and was convicted
by an impartial Jury, majority otwhom
we're Of his own race and party. When
the. witness (Woodruff1 was shown a GER
tifcate purporting to be for claim pass
ed by the Legislature for 81 600, payable
to the Republican Printing Company, he
said "it was one Of many issued in a
batch amounting to- $1S,74l.94, which
,weres,diyided and shared between the
Company, State officials and Senators"
Among this number we find one paid to
Senator w. B. Mash.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS A DAY.
It also appears itom the evidence that
each >memberof the committee appoint
ed TO annually examine the books of the
treasurer and comptroller-general almost
invariably received a $500 certificate
for work- performed in six days, or one
hundred dollars per day. The evidence
and certificates in the treasurers office
prove that many thousands of dollars in
certificates were issued to defray the i'm
aginary expenses of the
aH1aH OLD JOINT ooalMIrTEE,n.
for clerks, experts, room rent, &C., not a
dollar of which was an honest claim.
We refer to the evidence of Gen. Dennis,
wherein he says !: ssThis committee were
for while paid out Of the armed force
fund. They departed for New York on
the 9th of June, 1871. They called on
the financial agent, Kimpton, and there
met Attorney General Chamberlain. Af-
ter consultation with them both, itsWas
agreed that Kimpton should pay all ex-
penses of the committee; that, in order
to give Kimpton, little recreation, they
took recess for one month. Hurley
went to Boston;s Whittemore to East
Wobprn, Mass; Swails to .Elmira, N. T.,
and he thinks Gardner went to Saratoga
with Kimpton." Thus our representa-
tiyes whiled away their hours at fashion
able resorts, planning and scheming to
rob the people. who were compelled to
pay their bills The published reports
shov that Kimpton paid the committee
more than SIT 900. Gen. Dennis testi6es
that only $l2 ,59l.32 Of; this amount was
actually paid the committee, including
incidental expenses, room rent and clerk
hire; that the highest amount paid any
msmber by Kimpton was S., 10S- and the
smallest s. ,2S4. In addition to amounts
psid from the Armed Force. Fund and
frpm Kimpton; your committee find that
other large sums we're paid to the several
members of the committee, by legislative
pay. certificates. Dennis, Jones and
Woodruff testify chat large accounts were
made out and rendered against the State
for alleged services on this committee,
some of which, arein the handwriting @
Senator B. F. Whittemore. By adding
the, amounts paid out--ofAthe Armed
Force Fund, and by Kimpton, to that
paid in legislative pay certificates, We
find that the members of this committee
were paid for the time actually employed
from $40 to $50 each per day. Although
there was no authority of Law to justify
these payments by the 6naucial agent,
they we're evidently inspired and advised
by Attorney General Chamberlain, him
self member of the financial board.
A margin of time was necessary to "cook"
the books of the agency, and to make
them ready for the inspection of this
virtuous committee, all the more impor-
tant, not to avoid exposure, but to de-
plive tie members Of the opportunity
and .pretext for blackmail: That the
books of the financial agent we're remod-
elled to suit the emergency will appear
in another portion of the report. 1t
would have been the very height and
depth of villainy on the part Of these
creatures to have paid for this acquit-
lance cut of their own unrigbtecus gains
and commissions, but goes beyond ex-
preston when we know that every dollar
OF this expenditure was included in
Kimpton's account against the State, and
balanced in the settlement made with
him by Scott, Parker >and Chamberlain
as they left their Offices in 1872.
FRAUDULENT CERTIFICATES.
We now present for your consideration
the evidence of Gen. Dennis and Ex-
Governor Moses, in which it is shown
that fraudulent pay certificates, amount
ing to $1,000, we're issued in the name Of
J. G. Gerhon, and were divided between
Speaker Moses and Lieutenant-G Governor
Ransier. Dennis says: "The Speaker
thought he ought to have something, and
made out bill for $1,000, which, as
chairman, approved. When the GER