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

gstefat certain QfderS tk2o now
ahoWh to the, alI lhSJa JaGohs' handWriting,
which I identify has bignea BY mo q
Speaker / dssitnctIy recognize them as
having been gisei8Sby me ia Carrying uut
the contract fesredlto ~ between Pat
terson aud myselGp ;aTonea corroborates
Moses as to the handwriting Of Jacobs,
the; issuing. of the Certificates and their
delivery to Jacobs. We refer ia this con-
nection TO the evidence of John Williams.
Mr. Tappan, Q clerk in the Office Of Treas
urer Parker, examined tho certificates
paid TO +. s.. Jacobs and gave his opinion
b4 follows s'rhe' handwriting ih the
body of the certificates, as we'll aa the Gu
,dorsements on the. backs, is that of Mr..
Jacobs; although the writing is disguised,
some of the endorsements arc anquestion-
ably made by Jacobs" i'' Z,
The evidence shows that strangera often
came to Columbia, eome times from ether
States, who would remain day or two
with their Office holding frienda, rsceiye
O legislative pay certificate and leave
i,aS. j. Lea (ex-Speakerl testihes that
certificates were issued ia payment for
carriages and horaea, and designates some
such certificates In his evidence.
5. j.. Keith, q member from DARLING
ton. says in his evid66c6 bsfofo the corS.
mtttee that Senator b. +. Whittemore
collected q number of fraudulent cortifi-
Gates through the treasurer 0fthat county,
Your, committee also have evidence
that $25, 600 and $50, 600 worth Of fraud
ulept certificates were issued and deiiv.
cred to Hardy Solomon, which he col.
lected and distributed to various State
officers and members, through what was
known as the 'fclsims of the South Car.
olina Bank and Trust Company" under
which head you will find the evidences In
T5iefencoto this most infamous swindle.
BY way Of comparison we refer to q
tabular stateEens .1ai sedd Exhibit -. 0.
ID" in which it is shown that during one
session certificates were iasucd to 465
committee clerke, and to moro than 400
other officers and attaches of the General
Assembly, while OF the present time there
arc only fifty employed. BY oct passed
during special session cf 1877 the num-
Der Is reduced to less than thirty.
Through this nsfariouB practice lepisls-
tive expenses absorbed almost every dol
lar of the tax moneys, and made serious
inroads en- the proceeds Of the said OF
bonds, leaving every department of the
During ore session alone certificates
were issued TO the amount of Si.i68. .255.
and more than $500. 600 of this amount
was receipted for on the books of the
treasury during that fiscal year. Allow
ing $lz5, 600 aa tho legitimate exponses.
and dedncting SI02, $50, being $3.50 per
diem, aud mileage for 166 members. there
remains $72, ,040 for the payment of, the
rayttIQrlvy fn1 - y
actually employed, and incidental ex-
penses necessarily incurred. Deduct this
from the amount actually issued and the
result IS the enormous sum of 1898, ,255
robbed from the State in one term for the
s!e%ee f::;scsS vf anitiHg and hHrmon-
izing the friends."
The following are q few extracts from
Mr. Woodrufi's diary bearing on the
mater OF issning pay certificates ~
9 "Wednesday, january 8, 1873. Car
doEo informed me that Owens had drawn
that ?1,887 certificate. The rascal did
not tell mo that. Gave Owens Joint
Certificate tc collect. I expected to get
! .Thursday. January 8. 1878, Len y
800 certificate. with Mckinney, which
Cardozo promised tc rsy .oo tomorrow. ;si iFo11 .
Ihat will relieve me to this extent.
Will send Klinck, Wickenberg & Co.'S.
draft for $485, and Johnston SI6l, max
ing $646. Ihe reat / will kept for loose
change. 2ScciEasa. e letter fErola Klinch,
Wickenberg q Co. stating they had
stf:Hped goods to MIR. Johnson"
,.s " Wednesday, January %, 1873. Fig
urel up contingent expenses of Senate
vnce commencement OF session. They
amount to thus fa- About S25,e0O. That
ls pretty stiff. Gave Jamison check for
SlO0, which makes him $500. Received
Q letter from Leslie relative to his safe.
Cannot do anything for him. Will prob
ably, have to let Charles p. severely alone
this time, he is out of, office, and there
fore no good.n s',...
Tuesday. January 81. 1879. Owens
wants mo to make pp more pay certiti-
Gates, but don't want to do t."
MONDAY, February 10. 1873. Made
out certificate for the President Of 5000.
Told John Owens j would draw tiilosS ho
ordered as soon as possible.n :.gs.8
Thursday, February IS, 1872. Car
dozo says, Jones and myself will be re-
sEonsible and legally bound for any over
issue OF pay certificates. If 80 our print
ing appropriation would be exhausted
.;se..oss actually passed. Luckily we nave
no bondsmen -fo-- the wolves to go to.
Che liquor bills are very heavy, and i am
puzzled what To do about them. I" b Il n /
tuesday, December 8, 1873. Took or
,receipted for $2, 400 from Cardo1o to-day
IN the nature of 9, certificate frnn, E.an..E, a..
fort for $4,000"
friday, January %, 1874. Got Car.
dozo to cash pay certificate for $500 for
postage stamps for eenatofs.n ..
UNaRATEfUL coLoRED MEN.
Saturday, January "a, 1874. 1t il
strange, but my experience is that col.
orcd men are inclined to be ungrateful
to their best friends. But Bowley is not
much OF . epecimen of q man, rather
more Of the onrang.ontang.n
!, Saturday, February. Z, 1874. The
pressure on Gleayes and seifis ir,menas ns
l hope, he will resist like MAJ, and re.
fuse TO issue certificates for Stnalls, Nc
IutyFe and the rest.n sstss -
the certificates for WhitteElore and will
ask the President to let me-. .w.them.
De not know what Owens, lairman
Tuesday, March 8, 1874. Don't like
Smails' idea of renewing an old certif-
cate for s2,nnn of last year for one Of tkia
year. mcintyre wants the same thing.
Both member: : !. committee to examine
into sinking fand and desire to bink lit
tie more in their poskets.p Artsisia 81
Tuesday, March 10, 1874. Received
. threatening letter from Finnega5, who
says his maine has been uSed in q certifi-
cate without authority; that hs knows all
about it, and that Briggs got them for
MIN. know nothing abont Il. Tho