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same week by other parties, all of which
Is shown by the vouchers.

Is shown by the vouchers.
=, we also call attention 10 accounts in
the evidence a. O. Jones. designated
rs numbers 25a to 26a, inclusive. where
it is akown that MI. Golonon alone fur.
nished the House with $5,S77. is worth
OF wines and liquors within two months.
Mr: Solomon says he had no difficulty in
making collections while they did busi.
ness With him. Thus it clearly appears
that bills contracted for the deratifica.
tion" Of our statesmen" were promptly
paid; while the yilest criminals were
pardoEed TO keep them from starving.
ana turned out upon an outraged people !:
the unfortunate inmates of the Lnnatic
Asylum were at the same time Gathering
from want Of proper food and clothing !;
the free schools were closed and teachers
unpaid. These fraudulent expenditures
were net
CONFINED TO AMY PARTICULAR YEAR,
as will appear by the vouchers turned
over to your committee. We now call
attention to the accounts of George Sym.
mers,. mentioned in the evidence of Mr..
Woodruff, designated "a A." ga B,n
"A q" "a .H,' aggregat;ng $3,l67 so,
from March ], 1871, to the 7th day Of
same caonth, amounting to moro than
four hundred and fifty dollars per day.
for wines and liquors for the Senate
alone. The evidence and vouchers are
not confined TO Solomon, Fine, Gibson
and Symmere, but prove that Messrs.
Cooper and Taylor, -Wm. Kennedy and
Joseph Taylor, citizens of Columbia, also
furnished supplies of the came character.
We insert q literal copy of one of the
bills found among the vouchers of the
clerk of the Senate:
COLUMBIA. February %. 1872.
Gov. A. J. RANsIERE. DR..
To Joe Taylor for Licours and segars
ano other articulars, $3.50.
Reciuvied paymen, JOE TAYLOR.
This trade was
NOT CONFINED TO COLUMBIA,
8 is uhoHn, by the vouchers of Messrs
Klinck, WickenbeFg & Co., of Charles
ton, and others, or to the State, as proved
by the accounts Of Kuhn & Co.. Of Phil
adelphia, dealers in wines and liquors
We call especial attention to their &C.
counts, designated &c 15," in the eyi-
dence of Woodruff, amounting to $l,6SO.
furnished to Senate at one time, and to
No. 83, in evidence of A. o. Jones.
amounting to $2,0S8, for use of House
and delivered in one dag also to account
of Mr. Symmers, in Woodrufr's evidence.
designated as No. 16, by Woodruff. in
which sweetmeatB and delicacies of every
kind that could tempt the epicure were
supplied. This is only one of many such
ia our possession. In addition 10 the
parties above designated we find that
numerous other persons furnished "re-
frcshments" under the head of "Sup-
plies" and rendered bills against the
State for amounts ranging from one hun
dred dol]ers to three thousand, as will be
seen by vouchers attached to the eyi-
dence.
< THE PRICES PAID s se
for thess supplies .were most extrayagant.
In Woodruff's evidence there is an ac-
count designated as No. IL, in which Mr..
Symmers charged $20 per gallon for
brandy; sherry wine, $40; whiskey, SO; ;
cigaro, $40 per hundred. In the itemized
account of Mr.. Solomon the prices are
equally uncomfortable. Lager beer,
$3.50 per dozen; brandy, by the dozen,
(9uarts) $40. cigars, 500 per hundred
champagne, $40 by the case; port wine,
$40 per dozen. An estimate cannot be
formed of the amount of wines, liquors
and cigars used in single session, but
enough 10 shown by the bills rendered
and the pay certificates issued to demon
sssato that &c have ased az that was pnT.
chased, every member of the House and
Senate must Lave consumed
UNE GALLON PER DAY.
with iow extra bottles of ale and wine
thrown in, and smoked not less than one
dozen cigars within the Same time. Duc
ring this era of elevation" while the
average Statesman" was deprived of the
enjoyment of hiu accustomed luxury, the
eucculent watermelon, it is not strange to
finT him seeking the luscious fruits OF
tropl;al climes-hence the bills of Messrs.
Brookbanks & Go. Brookbanks says in
his evidence "that he was connected with
. confectionery and fruit store, that ho
furnished such articles as were usually
kept in such establishments, and that he
rendered bills made out under the head
OF Sundries,' and received in payment
Legislative pay certi6cates.''
We submit O portion of these accornte.
and refer to those designated as Nos. 81,
56, 60, SO, 50 and "a, aggregating $1,OS0.
Woodruff says these accounts we're for
"FRUIT AND CIGARS
furnished the Senate.n We also refer to
the evidence Of a. O. Jones and John
Wiilisms, concerning other accounts of q
Similar nature.
We cannot better illustrate the effron-
terry of Carolina's
r ..3t{. LEADING 'sTATEsMEN"
at that time than by referring to account
designated as No. 213, in evidence of a.
Q. Jones, when it appears that Gen. VIM.
Gnrney, treasurer of Charleston County,
claimed to have furnished refreshments
TO the e,nount OF. $500, but, strange to
say, the iteniized account of Hardy Sol
ONION proves that Gen. Gnrney was the
recipient of supplies from Solomon's
store, and that the State paid for the
same.
Sergeant-at-arms Williams says ofthis
bill: ~ know of no supplies being furn-
ished by Gen. Gurney, nor do know
anything Of No. 2l3, referred TO in A. Q.
jones' evidence" 49,
We now proceed TO show the enormous
expenditures for other purposes, The
first We shall consider is that of
FURNITURE.
We find that there has been paid out
within foar years for furniture alone over
tW0 huiidtr,. Thousand l1iiiaI5. anu vf f
this amount Mr. Berry end Mr. Fagan,
furniture dealers, testify that at the pres
ent time there is at the State House only
seventeen thousand seven hundred and
fifteen dollars worth, appraised ut the
prices paid for it; q lfss OF which was
sworn to by 4hein and ie attached to their
evidence. This includes three hundred
and twenty-five dollars worth of fiirni-
ture purchased by ATTORNEY. General