The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-21

Aiter the discussion, the members were
invited one by one into private room.
Hsnt IN my taFn In the room. ] found
Hardy S0.onon, and no one elsa va,
present. He said If / would vote for his
bill he would give mo 800. voted for
It.. After the bill passed, / went with
others down to Hardy eoiomon's hank.
lie crowd went there Just like when tine
members went to get paid on their .ay
cersificates, and he gave money 10 the
different members without making much
secret Of 1t. He gave me $50 In citv
money; he did not give me any more.
though l asked him twice afterwards for
the balance" -
John Vanderpool, member from
Charleston County, admits in his evil
dence that ne "yoted for the passage OF
Hardy Solomen's claim, and Mr.. Solo
mon. in consideration thereof. paid 20
me the sum of 800, as we'll as can 70.
| member"
II. 7. Spencer voted for tho bill. and
In his evidence says: carer its passage.
got tho value of $500 from him (Soio-
mon).not in money; part of it was goods
J. J. Grant says: "I voted for tho bill,
but did not get anything for it. don t
thir'. even went 20 get anything. On
reflection, think l got some things from.
the store-liquors and cigars. Mr.. Solo
mon may have regarded this ao O favor
for supporting his ill."
j. O. Tingman, member from Charles.
ton, says he "voted for Solomon's claim,
and was paid small sum of money and
some goods from the store"
II. A. Turner, member from Charles
ton, says he "voted for the bill, and was
promised $500 by Mr. Solomon, bus was
only paid little over $780,"
j. 7. Gilmore testifes as follova ssI
was promised $3.50 by Solomon 70 snn-
port the bill. voted for 1t, and received
certificate of deposit for that amount on
the bank. / traded the certificate to
John Lilly fol four cows" fet
Senator Jared Marley testiGes that he
voted for the bill that he was member
of the House at the time, and received
500 in payment from Mr.. Zealy, on
Hardy Solomon's order.n iD -
Samuel Green, Senator from Beaufort
County, in his evidence, says: II voted
for Hardy Solomon's claim (yzas usen-
Der of the House ct tho time). James A.
Bowley, member from Georgetown, and
Chairman of Committee of Ways and
Means, told me tlat / could gst $500 for
concurring in 6 favorable report on the
bill to pay the linn. honoured in th o
report. 1 hat ,othing to do with Mr..
Solomon until after the bill passed.
Bo6ley then referred me to MIR. Solomon.
saw him and he agreed to pay me, bat
did not pay it then. Afterwards he grve
me about 5000, and said he had no more
money then. The remaining $500 was
paid for horses purchased Of Mr.. John
Long" t.4
Representative Riley, of Orangeburg,
testifies +, that ho was paid to support the
Senator G. D. Hayne, of Aiken, admits
in hiE evidence that ho "was paid through
q certificate Of deposit e575 for his sup
port of Hardy Solomon's claim, and that
it was placed to his credit in the South
Carolina Bank and Trust Company"
Lawrence Cnin, Senator from Edge
field County, teatifes that sat first he
was opposed to the bill; that Senator
Jervey, of Charleston, waited on Mr..
Sc.cEnol IL reference 20 the bill in be-
half of himself and other Senators, and
reported that he (Solomon} was willing
to pay the party $1,000 and no more.
Finally it was agnced that q party of US
should receive for our support Of the bill
the sar, CT $51199oo $5,1199oo. -ssccHH:-ed. cs this
sum little moro than $500. There
were eight of us-myself. Senators W. r.
Jervey, w. e. Johnston, Moses Martin,
J. 81. White. G. .. Hayne, F. A. CIin-
ton and Dublin I. Walker. L am salts
fed theue are the parties"
4 w. Il. Jervey, Senator from Charles
ton Ccunty, says: Hardy Solomon sent
for me- 70 examine his claim. Z went to
the bank, WAS shown the claims, and was
asked to support the bill for their pay
ment. l., told him ,(Solomon( I would
give him an answer. l asked State
Treasurer f. l.. Cardozo whist he
were all right and that the bill would
went up to Hardy Solomon's with Car
doso and told hin would vote for Il !;
he toid me ne would help mo in return.
Cardozo asked him what he thought he
could do for me. He said he did not
know positively that h;=fpiIe had run
down pretty low; that he thought he
could divide Sc, 600 betwoeu four or I've
of us, Tor perhaps he said eight Of us,)
which would give each G: "a about 1926
apiece. Some time after the bill passed
he gave me certificate of deposit Of
the South Carolina Bank and Trust Com
pany for about the amount etated above,
saying that it would show that had that
amount deposited in the bank. I took
the certificate aud transferred it after
wards to General Gurney for 8 debt 4
owed him. think that Senators Law
renee Cain, J.. H. White, T. A. Clinton
and D. !. Walker, were among the eight
referred To ahovnu
Moses sdsrtin, Senator from Fairfield,
says that he, "voted for the bill and re-
ceivef from Hardy Soiomoh $500 In con-
eideration Of the eaa3." l.s,, %E
Senator Gaillard testified 90 follows ::
II was offered $500 to support the bill,
but refused TO accept It. Before the
final Adjournment Of the Legislature,
Senator Nash told me that Hardy Solo
mon said I Has o msn, and that had
stuck to my word, and that he would
like to mako the friendship Of o man
like me, and would deposit something to
my credit. Nash also saie I hadt%tter
see Hardy. I saw him and he told me
he had placed the cum of $500 to my
credit at his bank. I drew the money on
my check. - aA49 sa
s. J.; Lee,in his evidence says: "At the
session at which tho clafhi &c EAr6s Sol
oraoE passed. Hardy SO Eapn: discovered
that he could obtain portion of it out
to something over $40, COO, and desired
the vacuum 70 be created in the $125, ,0G0
by the withdrawal of the claim to be thus
otherwise paid, to be filled up by the
issuance of pay certificates was then
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