, 1880-01-10
mHy deem necessary for the protection IF tho
public property. j. T.. CtfAstngItf.Ais.
TlN administration Ut Gcm. Chamberlain is
heartily commended.


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,,:,, not .l,at $780, h., ,',' oerasa', ,,,''.'o.'
r. nhsm,t thn,,,.,i.soa tx'. .,,a t1..,'"" -
nrnrpsf,,s,tiyns sn ,,,,t ",' n"or,,, ,,.,,,td
i te'!"eS'''t"'4ses, NJ t'mt ~ a""l"n' "."l"
| DE- present on tile ttrSt wednesday Uf .JAll-
',,s;,, uno; '."'es ;" .I,e evening VI 1s'lt. u
tilis IIo,tse, informed me tint Wallace Il. T.
White, uf Wint]rot,. had caItu1 ,,p,n him. md
! offEisEn I11,i 81 900
In casl, 10 deliver up Ills certificate anil re-
sign ay member Of the I1ousc, wl,iell he l,ad
formed lin, tl,at lie wantrtf three ,uore men
to resign. nutl rcoue,tpi lin to scc mr.. linn,
this information 1 went at once ia The
Augusta 1fo,,se md fount The 1tou. r. II.
Cove, Secretary Of State, and told him what
knew about the matter, Cove md uyself
| then went ont and fouut Soon CHASE. In
their presence | hastily tIrcw md signed Nh
| affidavit cnntyEuE INV statement of bribery"
fThis affidavit was printed Oh "Wednesday
mUrt1jnp1
II then went and reaucstcd the gcntlema1,
| WHO Ind been offered the 81 900 To see White
| In TIM ,nnrn,n, mud tnfn+1n lin flint + ,vnu1,l
| rcsIon fnr Z, In Tia xow Wh,ta In, ,,ayt
nor,'n W1,1t. sant ,'art, hm r.ut nu ~ ~ 1"s "a"
to mecl hin Mt tile Court-llouse ut 1oo n. III.
went there at about that time and met
White, WHO tool, ,ne upstairs into corner
foitows:
AUGUSTA, Jan. Q. 1sso.-7a ge Chairman " the
DemosrMife az Gre,'iclt Caucus: After. mn
telre de1ilcrntlon hnyo concluded TINT It Is my
ennsfrcI I'M cc'c ~ thn .nT.m S trini tn1H a
Court. c,n,lut thorcfnrc, lend My lid to keep.
Ing out of tlIclr ssats tho Republican I,enrt-
scistatiyes-e elect wtom tho SIpronso Court has
ees @ ettfa ,hat M foseto et e. gly pull
ystiu,, ;1' W IL" ts nv. ain ~ 49,, ano fa,
tfotsrmiutsl to try thn tMna,a,,. ~ III" C.",r}}
toth To my party and tho grcut Interests Of tho
Stntc. Thomas ii. SWAMI
| 1Tr fufnr,rctl ma tfu+ s1,,ul. have II, ,vr;to
"',u ss,. ". tl"s a''o' H. a'e ~ ",!.e
statement ilko 1t and sign tllc sa1le; also,
ssn resignation S ', and ., deliver up NY eertl
G1tH u lllfk. llE Nn1H tl1Ht Eflfl111H 111t wait
tn ,,s, tho rc1.,,,,t,, h,t ,n,,.a1 - ~ y, s,'',,.
~ "eo 'uo tes4h""'".' W. ""l'u" ~ - '''u"
tlaat acted III EootI faltll, mid that after tic
lI0usu was organized
| COULD TAKE MY SEAT,
al,al tile Republicans would put me upon Inn
1nrtnut committees. | Informed him that /
wn,,ld sirn the miners. onI i" au,,I t,,nt In
"o".' o's" a.,o p"pI,o' "ipt no Tt,'' l'Me ~
l'aa 10 s1 ailu get tne h'nileS. l!e 'eft the
and said 1t was NIL right. 1ie then read to the
Msnl ! copied III my, Owl, hnn,t letters to
tho Chairman Of the Democratic nntl
tho resignation, which 1 copied. I then
put saltl papers, without my signature, int0
nly pocket. We then counted the money antf
and took tie money. l1e sald III wanted
some men, md wanted to know II knew of
any hH could gut. told lin I thought ,e