The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-07
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WEDNESDAY, December 10, 1873
Benedict paid out good deal on my ac-
count to-day. Paid Dickson 5000, Max
well $2,50O. The pressure has been very
great, but 1 guess we will get through by
degrees. :,
THURSDAY, December II, lS73.-N&sh
was paid off to-day ST, 900, and Isuppose
he feels correspondingly happy.
FRIDAY, December 26, l873.-Will
not pay cent hereafter to any one unless
they vote and help me pass the appro-
priation for printing. If they do that
then I will get whatever they call for.
Will have to let the Senators pay their
own bills. Was glad to hear that Car:
dozo had gone to New York. We have
done all we can or ought to for Governor
Moses.
SUNDAY, December %, '1S73.-Had a
visit from Colonel Montgomery and
Rouse. Received letters from Benedict
relative to injunctions. The wolves are
after our blood again. Read Beecher's
sermon on "True Economy. Il was not
at all applicable to the Legislature.
FRIDAY, July II, lS74.-Wish Elliott
would support me for State Treasurer /;
would at once commence studying finance
in earnest. My first payments would be
the accounts of the Republican Printing
Company. Printers are the light of the
world, and should be taken care of ss
preferred creditors.
Attention is called to the testimony OF
A. o. Jones; clerk of the House and a
member OF the Republican Printing
Company, on this and kindred subjects.
He says that the printing was first award
ed to J. w. Denny, and afterwards to the
Carolina Printing Company, composed OF
Gov. r. K Scott, Attorney General
Chamberlain, Treasurer Parker, Comp
tfoller General Neagle, State Printer
Denny, Auditor Tomlinson, L. Cass Car.
penter, editor of the Daily Uqion, and
Morris 4 Fox, of the Charleston Repub-
kcaa. The law then provided that the
public printing should be paid out OF
any moneys in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated" He says ne were not
aware at that time that this fund was
looked upon as source of revenue for
State officials and influential members OF
the General Assembly; it soonS became
apparent, however, that unless we made
an agreement to distribute the profits,
1ce ,could be cleaned out. This necessa-
rily caused the bills for the work to be
greatly increased. "Mr. Woodruff's ex-
perience with the State officials was much
larger than mine (Jones'). The passage
of the printing claims was special OBJ
ject of attack by an army of blackmailera
composed of State officials, senators,
members Of the House, editors, lobbyists
and other hungry hangers-on Of the Cen
eral Assembly, "In order to obtain the
money on our claims" says Jones, 1--WE
were forced by Governor Chamberlain
and Treasurer Cardozo to- support the
Unson-the Union: Herald while it exist
ed. We deemed it polite to satisfy, as
near as possible, these demands. Instead
of following the practice of placing q
fund in the hands of a few individuals,
we undertook, the distribution of our
favors and to make them general" The
witness (Jones) also submitted large
number of checks, now in the hands OF
your committee, most Of them endorsed,
representing amounts paid to different
members of the House in consideration
Of their votes, or non-oppositiop to the
printing frauds that. were being perpe-
trated under the guise of legislation.
Your committee deem it proper to ap-
pend list of names and amounts, so
that the people of the State may see how
universal and bare faced this business OF
bribery and corruption had become in
reference to appropriations for public
printing. The following members Of
the House we're paid by check on the
South Carolina Bank and. Trust Com
pany, and endorsed for the amounts an
nexed to their names for their support OF
the joint resolution appropriating $3.50,
600, approved December q, 1872:
Levi Lee 500, ]. @. Hngman $25, Aug.
Sinkins $50, j. G. Wolfe $50, D. P. Nc
Laurin $50, John Lilly $50, John A.
Barker $3.50, John a. Barker 800, %ohn
a. Barker $50, Charles Simo3s 50, w.
a. Frazier go, 81. 81. Ellison so, r. B.
Artson so, r. B.. Artson 80, r. B. Artson
So C. Minort 400, G. Minort 100, Prince
Young so, B. 81. Nerland so, Edward
Petty so, D. Graham so, Nelson Davis
so, J. D. Boston 250, ]. D. Boston 500,
J.D. Boston $50, P. R. Rivers 100, Hen
ry Riley so, James Young so, J. T. Gill
more so, N. t. Spencer 80, N. T. Spencer
100, Paris Simpkins 100, Thomas H.
Martin 25, Robert Tarleton so, Robert
Tarleton 100, Robert Tarleton so, Gloster
Holland 100, J. Fielder Myers 500, j.
Fielder Myers 500, r. W., Turner SO,
Sherman Smalls so, Sherman SmallB 100,
E. n. Sumter so, E. NJ. Sumter 90, E.
Cain go, J. G. Wilson so, s. Green 200,
S. Green 200, S. Green $50, S. Green 100,
VIM. Dannerly 25, G. II. Sperry 250, G
81. Sperry 100, Richard Bryan so, Rich
ard Bryan 100, @. D. Andell 100, Thomas
Hamilton $50, Cesar Sullivan so, N. B.
Myers 100, N. B. Myers 200, John Bos-
ton so, J. A. Bowley 400, j. A. Bowley
300, James Mills so, @. F. North so, S.
J. Keith so, S. ]. Keith $50, S. S. Keith
so, S. S. Bridges so, T. Hurley $500,
Lewis Simmons 80.
Jones further says that "the foregoing
checks were all made out in the order 81
the parties named, and are endorsed by
them tkat check 101 for 81, ,250 was given
to Mr.. Benedict for DR.. B. A. Bosemon.
No. 1O3, payable to Carolina. National
Bank, for $500, was to take up note for
G. s. Minort, held by said bunk; also
check No. 49, payable to R. N. Smith or
bearer, for $3.50, marked loan in paren-
thesis, not endorsed" He says that in
addition to these checks, about the same
amount MAS paid to members and State
officers in currency, of which there is a
memorandum. To sum up:
Checks issued BY Clerk Jones, 195
Checks payable TO bearer, not endorsed...... 5000
Estimated amount paid out In currency.....- lS l95
Making total 500
to pass an appropriation of $3.50, 900
through the House of Representatives.
The above testimony of Clerk Jones is
sustained by A. Simpkins, R. s. Tarle-
ton, P. R. Rivers, Abram Dannerly, G.
F. North, Levi Loe, S. J. Keith, David
Graham and others, who admit that they
were paid in checks for their votes and
sunnort of the printing bill: also by