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

hundred dollars, and MIR. Glaze still holds
the certi ete as claim against the State
In the ccount of w. j. Whipper, attor
ney at ! designated as G 13, he charges
the Stat the modest sum of
30 DAY FOR FORTY, THREE DAYS
professi0 al services rendered the committee
appoln.sp q ., 3. !. g ,nyss..gass sbs,; ths
tive @. G. Puffer, receiver, whereby the
State lost large amount of money, by
commissions and other means.
For years largo accounts amounting to
several hundred dollars, annually, have been
paid for
| CLEANING THE HALLS
Of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives, while hundreds of convicts were in
the city entirely idle. To illustrate the
economy practiced now, we will state, that
not one dollar is paid out for such work,
convict labor being utilized.
| We have examined the accounts for fit
ting locks to the desks of members, and
find that during one session the State was
charged with 3G7 new locks, where there
arc only 1Gl desks in tho Senate and House,
desk. We submit few accounts for wood
and coal. Upon close calculation, VIC find
that during one session more than
ONE THOUSAND CORDS OF WOOD
and one thousand three hundred and twenty
tons of coal were charged for, and at the
same time there was not single wood stove
in use at the State House. Sergeant Will
liams in his evidence states that not fourth
of the wood and coal purchased was con-
sumed at the State House. He also says
that hir. Crews furnished and delivered to
any of the members who asked for it this
necessary commodity.
From the account Of Mr. Mayrant it ap-
pears that lie furnished Senators White
more, Maxwell and others with wood.
The bills rendered show that thQasaasx
OF dollars were spent NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
1hest the State, House apasS6 -
fSergt. Williams testfies that the Committee
| rooms were furnished with stoves every year.
and that, when he called for them, the mem
bcrs told him cit was none of his business"
Mr.. P~lmcr states that the stoves in the
State House arc worth 81 500 at this time,
and that he does not find one-eighth of the
stoves at the Capitol which he furnished
We will not attempt to give the amount
Of soap,
HAIR BRUSHES AND TOWELS
furnished, but will simply state that the ac-
counts amounted to thousands Of dollars .
Verify, they should have been clcanscd.
We respectfully call your attention to the
accounts designated as Nos S14, 80, S24,
SO, 81, S5, Sc, 81, SO and SO, in evidence
Of A. o. Jones, and and a l in the ev-
idcncc Of Mr.. Woodruff, in which it is shown
that State officials, members of the House
and Senate, clerks and attaches were fur
nshod with most Of the leading daily
papers af the State and large number of
weekly country papers. In addition to the
above the accounts, vouchers and evidence
show that novels, law and other books were
furnished to the members in order that tho V
might while away their idle hours in i'm
proving their minds at the States expense,
though thousands Of their constituents
children were unable to attend school for
the want of books In evidence Of the
| above VIC refer you to accounts designated
as A 2, w 5, and others Of a similar kind,
and the evidence of a. o. Jones'
The accounts Of w. X. Greenfield, Hardy
Solomon, NJ. J. Calnan, and others, show
the amounts paid by the State for the use
Of so-callcd committee rooms These rooms
were not only used during the sitting Of the
| General assembly, but were often occupied
the entire year at the cxtravagant price of
ONE DoLEAR PER DAY RENT
for each room. Add to this the cost of
furnishing, gas bills, refreshments, &C., and
this of itself would prove to the world that
South Carolina was cursed with the most
extravagant and corrupt class Of legislators
known in ancient or modern times.
We refer to accounts designated Nos. 2
to respectively and No. 7S, included in
| A. o. Joncs's evidence. 1t has been clearly
| demonstrated that sufficient sum has been
paid in five years for rent of upper rooms
i'll more than one. building to have purchased
the entire building. We call your atten.
ton to what seems to us most palpable
| fraud designated as No. G5 in evidence of