The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-03-14
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On the third page of this issue of the
DEMOCRAT will be found one chapter of
the robbery Of South Carolina. This was
done upon grand scale, and with a
boldness unexampled in history. Dur.
ing this whole period of rascality the
scoundrels in power in this unfortunate
State were sustained by the strong arm
ofthe United States Government. Dur
ing all this time, too the carpet bag rule
was defended by the Republican leaders
and Republican journals, while Demo.
Gratis everywhere and at all times de.
nounced carpet bag rule as the rule of
thievery and ruin. The Carolina Print.
ing company was one of the instrumen.
talities that plundered at high rate, its
members being j. W. Denny, Governors
r, X, Scott and D, II. Chamberlain,
Treasurer Niles G. Parker, and j. W.
Morris and L, Cass Carpenter, the three
untitled individuals being connected
with the three leading Republican pa
pers in the State, the Duly Union, and
Union Herald of Columbia, and the Re.
publican of Charleston. During the leg.
islative session of 1928 this set of vii.
lains drew from the treasury of South
Carolina $3.50 l90 for State printing, and
during the session of 1884 they drew
S3S5OOO more, making for those two ses-
sions $S95,lS0 For the first session,
mentioned above, the cost of printing
exceeded, by Sl22932 13 the cost of the
same printing in all the following veal
thy and populous States: New York,
Massachusetts,, Pennsylvania, Maryland
and Ohio The rascals divided this
money by the hundreds and thousands
among themselves, other State officials
and members of the Legislature. The
record of this division is partially given
in the expose and exhibits, state of
corruption unparalleled in history, at
least in this country. Almost every man
in Office was thief, these thieves run
the State and the State ran empty. 1t is
the most horrible record of official vii.
lainy yet developed in American his
tory. Volumes would be required to tell
the whole story, and the South Carolina
newspapers continue to publish the re.
ports of the committee that have been
investigating the frauds under the carpet |
bag governments. The pay certificate
business occupies much attention at |
present. Over half a million dollars
worth of these certificates were issued
during single session. The names in
most cases were fictitious, but the real
oenefciaries were members of the Leg.
stature and State officers, and it is re-
marked by witness that "those issued
oy known persons will not bear too
much light" Of one hundred and fifty
issued to persons called
clerks, not one person served the State
n that capacity. The House only en-
'loyed eight laborers and from five to
en- pages, yet certificates were issued for
SO laborers and 124 pages at that session
nd at another, when the actual number
II employees was no larger, certificates
we're issued to 24O persons as messengers.
he largest transaction in these certifi-
ates was done by Patterson and Moses
'hen the former was candidate for the
enatorship. Patterson obtained from
ne Governor certificates, blank as to
ames, amounting to $4,000. Moses f
as paid $4,000 for the lot, and the GER.
ficates were divided by Patterson
mong the members who gave him their
otes. One day the Clerk of the House.
hose diary has played a prominent |
art in the investigation, wrote in that
ook, after hard days work making
Ut these certificates: "To-day almost
gned away the State"