The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-03-14

for similar purposes, drawn by j, L.Wat-
son, Treasurer of York county; sixty 9th
ers, aggregating $4,000, in sums from
1921 to $642 all gratuities, &c Some
sixty of these obligations, collected by
Jacobs, Cochlyn and others, were given
to Scott by f. j. Moses in payment OF a
debt, Scott Consenting to this arrange
ment, and turning over $4,000 as brlbe
promised him by Patterson on the Z.
and G. Consolidation bill. A letter by +.
]. Moses, then Speaker, is given, wherein
he asks Jones to make out and send by
bearer before 10 o'clock ten certificates
for mythical clerks, messengers and pa
ges, whose names are given, to date Nov.
28, 1871. 81 will not ask for any more"
he adds. Again he writes, Feb; %, ~
My Dear 0sCeola-Please send me by
bearer certificate for $1,000, in favor OF
]. H. and NJ. L. Kinard for "aundries fur.
nished," and one for $1,000, in favor of
Hardy Solomon for sundries. furnished,
and oblige
F. ]. Moses, Jr,, Speaker, &c.
And again Hurley sends.a memoran-
dunn as follows
Frank-These are the Cusses. Make
an order to A. 0. Jones.
Note-Charles Rede, David D. Cooper,
Andrew Smith, messengers; John Blur
ner, Amos Barmis and Elias Woodrow,
clerks.
Ofthe late Joint certificates exhibited
to Jones, $l3l 094.30 issued by the House
and 500. .425. SO by the Senate, not one, he
says, would stand good upon close scru-
tiny. About $4,000 would be thrown
out as having been issued to myths, and
of those issued to known persons, $50
900 would not bear the light Sergeant
Williams, of the House, found in l5O Ger.
ti6cates for $4,000 issued to "clerks,"
not one in the name of an actual servant
of the House. There were eight porters
employed; certificates were issued to 235.
About ten messengers were employed,
certificates we're issued to 140 one session
and 212 the next. The House employed
eight laborers and five to ten pages, Ger.
tificates were issued to 159 laborers and
124 pages. For many sessions the child
rem of members, to the number Of fifty,
drew pay as pages Mr.. Williams pro
nounced 25 certificates for $68O0O for
"sundry supplies" fraudulent and about
nine in ten of those drawn in his Dame
fraudulent The largest transaction Of
this kind was between Senator Patterson
and +. ]. Moses. Patterson proposed tc
pay Moses $4,000 for $4,000 worth Of
pay certificates to be signed in blank
Moses accepted, received the money
signed the certificates and gave them tc
Patterson, who returned them. filled ou
in the handwriting of F. S. Jacobs
Cashier of the South Carolina Bank anC
Trust Co., and drew the cash. Twelve
of these Moses identified. They vary il
amount from $843 10 to So 22476 and arr
all payable to fictitious persons for ser
vices never rendered. They were pait
to Jacobs and credited on the books o
the company to Patterson. The confes
sion of Moses is corroborated on al
. points relating to these warrants by tn
then Clerk of the House, Jones.
: The evidence disCloses that stranger
: often came to Columbia from distance
even other States, and after spending
3 day or two with friendly officials, dreV
r legislative pay certificates and left. Dur
+. ing one session certificates were ISSUED
to AIS committee clerks, and to NOR
! than 400 other servants of the Genera
Assembly. Now less than thirty are au
" thorized by law and employed. Th
0 amount of certificates issued for the sef
/. sion was $l.168 255.16. Allowing SIZE
9 900 as legitimate expenses $l02,96O a
: the legal per diem allowance and inc
e dentals it Will be seen that during tha
: session $999. .255.16 were taken from tn
9 Treasury for the avowed purpose OF 'uni
8 ting and harmonizing the friends
s Before giving some extracts fror
J; Woodruffs diary, let me summarize tn
], elaborate table of legislative expense
;. with which the report of the committe
q concludes. In 1901 these amounted
}. 1894. .397, in 1912 to $l.341.255 16
} 1928 to $838.623, in 1884 to 1927 ,85
!. These were years of Republican admir-
:. istration. The session of 1877, undC
y Democratic rule, cost $77'1l9, Compare
s by items, the Republican session of l8l
e and 70 shows in the matter of salari'
V beside the Democratic session of 1877
d follows: