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same week by other parties, all of which
10 ahou,n hv the vouchers.

is shown by the vouchers.
We also call attention to accounts in
the evidence Of A. o. Jones, designated
as numbers PSI to 263, inclusive, where
it is shown that Mr.. Solomon alone fur.
nished the House with $5,877.15 worth
of wines and liquors within two months
Mr.. Solomon says he had no difficulty in
making collections while they did bust
ness with him. Thus it clearly appears
that bills contracted for the "gratifica.
ton" oil our statesmen" were promptly
paid; while the vilest criminals were
pardoned to keep them from starving
and turned out upon an outraged people
the unfortunate inmates of the Lunatir
Asylum we're at the same time suffering
from want of proper food and clothing
the free schools were closed and teacher;
unpaid. These fraudulent expenditure;
were not
CONFINED TO ANY PARTICULAR YEAR
as will appear by the vouchers turned
over to your committee. We now cal
attention TO the accounts of George Sym.
mers, mentioned in the evidence of Mr.
Woodruff, designated "a A." ga B.
"a c." IA a." aggregating sS,157.sO
from March l, 1871, to the 7th day Of
same month, amounting to more 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 Symmers, but prove that Messrs
Cooper and Taylor, VIM. Kennedy and
Joseph Taylor, citizens of Columbia, also
| furnished supplies of the same character.
We insert a literal copy of one of tue
bills found among the vouchers of the
clerk of the Senate:
COLUMBIA, February %, 1872.
Gov. a.. J. RANsIERE. DR..
To ice Taylor for Licours and segars
and other articulars, $3.50.
Reciuvied paymen, JOE TAYLOR.
This trade was
NOT CONFINED TO COLUMBIA,
as is shown. by the vouchers of Messrs
Klinck, Wickenberg & 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 ac-
counts, designated &c 15," in the evi-
dence of Woodruff, amounting to S1,680,
furnished to Senate at one time, and to
No. S3, in evidence of A. O. Jones,
amounting to $2,0Ss, for use of House
and delivered in one day also to account
of Mr.. Summers, in Woodruff s evidence,
designated as. No. IL, by Woodruff, in
which sweetmeats and delicacies of every
kind that could tempt the epicure were
supplied. Fhis is only one of many such
in our possession. In addition 10 the
parties above designated we find that
numerous other persons furnished "re-
| freshments" under the head of "Sup-
plies" and rendered bills against the
State for amounts ranging from one hun
dred dollars to three thousand, as will be
seen by vouchers attached to the eyi-
dence. .t..,...a. % .fs
+ G4s THE PRICES PAID
for these supplies were most extrayagant
In Woodruf''s evidence there is an &C.
count designated as No. II, in which Mr..
Summers charged 500 per gallon for
brandy sherry wine, $40; whiskey, $S
cigars, $40 per hundred. In the itemized
account of Mr.. Solomon the prices are
equally unconscionable. Lager beer,
$3.50 per dozen; brandy, by the dozen,
(quarts) $40; cigars, $40 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 is shown by the bills rendered
and the pay certificates issued to demon
strate that to have used all that was pur.
chased, every member of the House and
Senate must have consumed
ONE GALLON PER DAY,
| with few extra bottles of ale and wine
thrown in, and smoked not less than one
dozen cigars within the same time. Du.
ring this era of Elevation" while the
average Statesman" WAS deprived of the
enjoyment of his accustomed luxury, the
succulent watermelon, it is not strange tc
find him seeking the luscious fruits o.
tropical climes-hence the bills of Messrs
Brookbanks & Co. Brookbanks says in
| his evidence "that lie was connected with
a confectionery and fruit store, that hs
| furnished such articles as were usually
kept in such establishments, and that hi
rendered bill, made out under the heae
of 'Sundries,' and received in payment
legislative pay certificates"
We submit portion of these accounts
1 and refer to those designated as Nos. 81
Sc, 60, 6S, 50 and "a, aggregating $1,OS0
Woodruff says these accounts were for
"FRU1T AND CIGARS
furnished the Senate" We also refer t.
| the evidence of A. D. Jones and Johr
Williams, concerning other accounts of {
1 similar nature.
We cannot better illustrate the effron
terry of Carolina's
LEADING STATESMEN"
at that>time than by referring to accoun
designated as No. 213, in evidence of A
o. Jones, when it appears that Gen. VIM
Gurney, treasurer of Charleston County
claimed to have furnished Refreshments
to the amount of $1,000, but, strange Il
say, the itemized account of Hardy Sol
ONION proves that Gen. Gurney was th'
recipient of supplies from Solomon
store, and that the State paid for th'
same.
Sergeant alarms Williams says of thi
bill: II know of no supplies being furn
ished by Gen. Gurney. nor do l know
anything of No. 213, referred to in A. 0
Jones' evidence"
We now proceed to show the enormou
expenditures for other purposes. Th,
first we shall consider is that of
FURNITURE.
We find that there has been paid ou
within four years for furniture alone owe
two hundred thousand dollars, and o
this amount Mr.. Berry and Mr.. Pagan
furniture dealers, testify that at the pres
ent time there is at the State House onl.
seventeen thousand seven hundred ant
fifteen dollars worth, appraised at tn
prices paid for it; list of which wa
sworn to by them and is attached to thei
; evidence. This includes three hundret
and twenty-five dollars worth of furni
ture purchased by Attorney Genera