Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-03-20
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Astounding Catalogue Of the RObber-
les Under Carpet Bag Rule in
South Carolina.
The Whole STATE Government
Fed, Housed, Clothed and
Intoxicated at State
Expense.
THE Widest WORK OF THE
TWEED RING ECLTPSED.
stationery that Covered Horses. Carriages,
Jewelry and Pianos.

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gate alleged frauds and irregularities
against this State has submitted a par
tial report. The commission has been
in session for nearly one year and has
accumulated q mass OF vouchers and
other evidences bearing upon the sub
ject oftheir labors which dcfes arrange.
ment and classification within the short
space Of a week or ten days allowed
for the preparation Of their report, and
they sud themselves compelled, there
fore, to restrict their Efforts to the pre-
sentiment of their discoveries IN one
field alone. The report is confined to
a statement of the fraudulent and ex-
travagant expenditures authorized by
the General Assemblies and various
State officers under the head OF " Sup
plies" This title is truly a general
and comprehensive one, but the reader
will find that il is e%minently appropri-
ate rs a designation of the infinite
variety and amount Of articles and
transactions covered by the term.
The entire evidence, il must be TO.
membered, is derived from the sworn
testimony of cx.officials of the late Re.
publican Administration and that OF
hundreds of the members of the several
Legislatures who were themselves the
guilty recipients of articles paid for
" by the State" on the warrants Of the
officials who were charged with the
duty of protecting her interests.
now THE ACCOUNTS WERE PAID.
One witness, ~Josephus Woodruff, the
late Clerk of the Senate, states simply
that "under the head OF supplies was
embraced anything that a Senator
chose to order. These orders were
generally given through the Clerk of
the Senate, and the accounts were rem.
dered against him. AT first the orders
were moderate and included only sta
tionery and postage stamps, but they
gradually increased until they assumed
gigantic proportions At first the
amounts were ordered to be deducted
from their pay, but very soon the
oruers iargeiy eAceeueu .ho'r ~ auu
inc were lneh mcluueu ~
tingent Accounts, and pay certificates
were mus issued loI every variety "
merenanulse. 40 ADDITION 10 'n's' pay
o~er'iuca.cs "ere uramn "nu ouineu
oyer W .ne chairman VI 'ne oonn.. Ve
on Voh.ingen. accounts ior ooi'oo.'on
anu u~is'riout'on AS tnese MATER
became u inc clailneI
.na. al ,hc'r expenses snou'u DC paiu
oy inc o'a,e' or, IN tne anguhge ~
. Oh mem ,ne o,a'e nau no r'gn,
70 oe u oua'e unless sho couiu pay rnu
JAKE care OF her statesmen, ~
Cierk Oh the senate t~estincstnat gra'i-
ncatlon certihcates tor gus were ire-
dueht'y issued ior loe dement, OF inc
senators senators ballard Jenny,
OF Onarleston, TESTIFY 10 inc truth Vi
tnis statement ana ackno"ieuge mat
lhoy received c~eriincates so issued
Inc vouchers iound IN inc otalc treas
urers once SHOW ina IN one session
there was expended, under q heads
OF supplies, sundrles and incidental OK
600 of which was spent for refresh.
ments, including the finest wines,
LIQUORS and cigars. The practices
a5ova rocsrred - ecom 80 General
as 10 embrace nearly every Republican
member and several Democratic Sena.
tors. Such accounts came to be re-
|garded as privileged matters, and the
Senate rule recurring all reports TO lie
over one day was generally suspended,
and the report considered at once and
the accounts ordered TO be paid with.
out a dissenting voice" Senators left
private accounts with the Chairman Of
the Committee on Contigent Accounts,
and they were returned to them set
tied and reccipted. To preserve ap.
pearances the accounts were generally
presented in the Senate. together with
one or more good ones, and the titles
and amounts of the latter being read
aloud the fraudulent ones were included
in the phrase, "and others" and all
were ordered paid together.
TuE LyaIsLArIyy BAR ROOM.
A room adjoining that OF the Clerk
of the Senate in the State House was
fitted nm wherein to,serye wines. liouors.
catables and cigars TO State officials,
Senators, members of the House and
their friends at all hours OF tho day
and night. Several witnesses testify
that this room was visited daily a by
State officials. Judges. Senators, mem.
bers of the House LAWYERS. editors,
nowspaper reporters and citizens gen.
orally. lrrespective of marty. and that
thew discussed matters State and Ma.