The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-07-25

'nI ~ ~ eo"n se the eiectiun was over; senator Z.
hot PSt.a-Uon az osr, TI% & nosI W a6" "r sEtt snes
y, ,nIuencc ann mor.nngtGn, VINO was present tried
W per'uaae hliu niso, sayinS Nc Wonid elect rat
.e.ao, ne my no" no e u tiie money 10 90 u wlth
~. W.. ": hamsay, meinoer rom sumter. trSttics
.Ias d raersJa M oaerca Sln si1o lor MS vote anu
Ineh @ raiseu nus oner 10 sZou. Ramsay Tpted for
Elliott. Isaac Miller, member from Fairfield tes,l
.eo .nas Go'IIeu % l'ii WI" was IN rattersoh m
.e,eSc. ninue nun an oner OF money II he would
sose ior faIIels1, nc yoleu !or Eiiott; :. An
eeiSon, sehstaoie hsPresrhtatEe from kefslaw,
J h snas he WINS n'en,oer Oh me enureh, and
Sor NAM vsors That he ,ras no. Euristan me
,or an nns he wns nnt intimate nor on
hanam. % mia s Win .ue members generally
sTs.I ne ri Sot nos I.noaoh .heir haolts !" ois-
,,au ha ,s oeias nno"n us proessea chris
he nnv ona so Nr "a Sa oo my n,omSy ios ms vote
one occosinn when bav,nn toll ~ pu,, eAeep. , On
he eynccted 10 Vote FOR bis, s,r ,hn Ir.ten E .a
Sonote Patterson tols him tba, ,fho Al s sn ~ n.at
pive hin, Sim THAT pattorenn d,d w., hi, hi.'
fba r,onor nor rwonId ha hsr, a.tad p.,.s ea.s Hs.n
n ait he boJ hosn starvjur IN ,ha iys
po.tarson Thom1sn, wv r,sn,he, s,e 'Sou. S W."
ron. testies that he yo,rJ Gor Paterson ~ ~
sJ.,ation Of nromise nj 'Jr% 5r, 'TS wrh 10 cGh
s4O1 for his vote Tint he snnIIsJ ~ Wp ~ grns
a. ,n.,mords r.. ,ha ns,ne ~ spr.ep " "vssnle
Winton Who ,pas daori-ccneyy y, un% aso 70
nnarter, hnt n.rer recisvs, orS n"1, nesi
amount ID. G. Wolfe member from p onc,.t.r y. tue
n f0r hat D.,
said TO him. few days be6,re the sIsct,nn ,bS,
for his support and influence. Patterson ,rnmIi ruI
take care oil him and hjs frends onJ ,ha, er,a.
the election, Patterson banded him an cnreIon..
containing $3.50 Levi Lee member from Eair.
field, who voted for Elliott tcstIiles that Worth
iueton offered him $3.50 If he would vot,. for poi.
terson. Senator j. D. Marley. of CInrendnn tss.
titles that Worthinctop offered him S4(0 n h..
would vote for Patterson which he decIynod IL
voted for Elliott Isbnm Greenwood ynsm,har r,or
Newberrr. testIGes that Scott ros Lis srst ohn,.o
hut thnr Ia voted for pn,tarson Thai ha s,".
promised anvtbin. bnt recaived frnn1 W.r.an
MInton n small o,5ount NJ moner "a n I,.n n.hIsi
he never renaiJ and that oftc,,rorda ba ,"amod
Minton s5 Tbot N ,roe ,anoronr ,nS.S.,"ei Ssns
among the members that Patterson yss nasine Sor
votes and buyinc his woy TO the Initial State
Senate. j. 4 Smith. memhsr from Dos,,na,n"
testi6es that he voted for Patterson. vas nsithar
promised nor paid and received nothing for bis
vote. Samuel j. Keith. member from Dsr,nc.
ton testIfles TINT Patterson offered him s9oo for
his vote, and paid him 5000 AZ his house and thar
his colleague, B. A. Smith. went with him 10 Pat.
terson's house. and told him the newt DIV that h.
had been paid BY Patterson. That another cnI.
league, Richard II. Hines, had told him that Pal.
terson had paid him 1900. md had not nnij wha,
he was promised. John Boston member from
Darlington. who voted for elliott testi6es thot
no offer was made to him to vote for patterson
The following testify that they voted for Patter.
prar,,, Io 10y rS rpo.an " Pay; VIZ. ihomaS
snSr, rTsn o pe1sEsD1 and Rsru EGunf es;
nen'Ue,o ,etnu nIl. m,apspuIe, be1JaInin II; MID
oieto,', menue, tLypi oafIWeii ana jacob altman,
MelnoeI from aaIooro; II is proper To state that
tnis portion 9l tno ertuehce nPpfoprately closes
VIII tne testlinonH OF zen. u. y; Worthington.
VINO was On acu,Ve lrienu Oh Mr.. PATTERSON In bis
e,ectlon ana VINO testlnes tnnt ne never heard
MIR. PATTERSON speak OF using money to secure his
election, ana that he lias mo knowledge or infor
nation that money was used to secu!e his elec
tion save tnst ne hearo runors oil that klndon the
streets, anu tnat ne kept open honse for tile enter
tantneht OF ar. rattcrsons friends" Concerning
this, IL is enough 10 STATE tnat Sixty witnesses,
resident IN various parts OF the State, anil exam-
ined ns dinerent times, have furnished the COM
inittee Win the information which Gen. Worth.
,ngt9n testines ne does NOT possess. MIR. Patter
son did not hesitate TO attempt more perllons ad
ventures: Elliott as we have seen, was his most
formidable opponent. TO Gen. John B. Dennis
was entrusted the delicate mission of an of.rr
from Patterson to Elliott himself. Gen. DennI,
testifies that Patterson authorized him to offer