The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-15

the time of specific appropriations, pay per-
tificatcs for stationery which inelddcd
almost everything, and for other so6unts,
were issued to such an extent that hey sold
on the streets for from ten to twdty cents
on the dollaS." The evidence shows that
tho average member never received over
ton dollars worth of .Stati( (hery; but tho
bills rendered and paid blythe State in one
session amounted to $6s, 900 for this com.
"Voisy clerk a:fnst Jones, insi, saws "s,a.
tionery include refr kments, dry goods,
riages, and miscellaneous articles of mer-
ohandisc, aTa tho names used in tho accounts
were
GENERALLY MYTHS.
To further illustrate the frauds committed
under this. head, wo refer to vouchers in
evidence of A. o. Jones, designated Us Nos.
5&, 81 and 81 amounting in the aggregate
to $3,666. Mr.. Jones says: cit is asser-
ted that these accounts were for books and
fine stationery furnished the members."-
Attention is called to accounts numbered
from 104 to IA, inclusive, where it will be
seen that in January alone one firm fur
nished $6,683 20 worth of Stationery" or
moro than fifty dollars worth per month to
each member. In addition to the above,
tho accounts Of Messrs. Bryan & McCarter
and Mr.. Stokes, we'll known dealers, who
reside in Columbia, aud who furnished
stationery to the House and Senate, arc
itemizej, and, from appearances, include
most of the stationery actually used.
Clerk Woodruff says (and the voucher,
prove ID ahat, during one. .sessfoneNchss4
ator receiv ed a copy Of
wEBsTER's UNABRIDGED
Dictionary, and q calendar inkstand which
cost $25.
The accounts of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, together with Mr..
Woodruff's evidence, will show that even
the private kilograms of the senators were
paid for by the State.
According to evidence nd accounts, the
Senate often used 80 worth of postage
stamps per day. Gold pens at $40; ink
stands at $25 ; Webster's Dictionary and
fine stationery certainly afforded our
Statesmen" every facility for an extensive
correspondence.
JEWElRY.
We cannot refrain from commenting
upon the large accounts of Mr.. Isaac Sulz-
bacher, we'll known jewcller of Columbia;
and call especial attention to tho accounts
designated as "No. ~" and "B g." men>
toned in Woodruff's evidence, whore Jew
elry was furnished to Senators Whittem ore,
Maxwell, eHayne, Rev. VIM. Johnston and
Representative Tim Hurley. He also fur
nished fine gold pens costing as high as $40
apiece, and, judging from the bills render
ed, from five to ten pocket knives to each
member during the session.
The accounts of Mr.. Hayden, Ga jeweller
of Charlcston,) designated A l, by Wood
ruff, clearly demonstrate the manner in
which bills were raised, the amount being
for five callbells $12, and raised to S112,
by inserting tho figure one Q) We quote
from Mr.. Woodruff's diary in reference to
an account of Mr.. Hayden for watch for
Senator Whittemore "wednesday, jan
uary Is, 1873, collected certificate for S945,
and paid Hayden for Whittemore's watch.
GRACIOUS GOODNESS!
Whittemore must have somewhere about
ten thousand dollars this session. That
ought to be satisfactorily. He is always,
though, after one more"
1t has long been mystery to the unini-
tiatcd where the matchless diamonds which
flashed their rays Of light in the halls of
the Capitol, the showy watch chains and
expensive watches came from but an in
spection of Mr.. Sulzbacher's accounts, and
those Of a similar nature, will reveal the
startling fact that they were furnished by
an impoverished State.
We submit q portion of Mr.. Sulzbacher's
account for
REPAIRING CLOCKS,
Nos. 25l and 263, aud referred to in A. o.
JoneSs evidence, which will show the
amsnptto bs several hundred dollars Mr..
Glaze, another jeweller of Columbia, has
several accounts, some of which are desig-
mated as Nos. 61. 62 and 63, by A. D.
Jones. Instead of jewclry We now have
gorgeous military trappings for our legis
lativo heroes, who belonged to well equip.
ped but badly organized militia. These