The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-06-26

nl=nced the Attorney General WAS
made the adviser Of the department,
except in this litigation, and that was
specially exempted from the amend
nents TO the law. This should be sat
isfactory to the most rabid Iillmanlte.
FACTS OF TIE PHOSPHATE SUIT.
Second. "Judgments with costs for
$7G,S74 was obtained against the Pa
citic Guauo Company when the COM
panv failed, which was probably 4 ruse
to get some legal advantage. Its prop
erty Was then attached under the .iudg-
mtnt, when a compromise WAS made
bv which the Pacific Company paid
$5l ,224y and costs. The amount turned
into the State treasury Was S3l ,::'96 and
the department kept Sl2,lG to repay
the cost of lawyers fees, etc, making
S43, $50. This is $500 less than the
amount received" Then follows the
inSinuation that somebody got that
81, $50 who was not entitled to it.
The statement Of the settlement of
the phosphate litigation, furnished by
the Hon. y. T. Smythe, leading coun-
sci in the case, is as follows, and an
swers the charge and infamous inSinu-
alton without further comment:
Amount received in settlement of
PaciIiic case .................$jl,2I ,2I9 &3
! Amount received for disbursements
on account Pacific caSe................. LII II
| Amount received In Piucknry Gust. 7US NJ
Total. ss:iE;U72 10
| Counsel fees Pacific 500 10
! 4 I',,II,, Il ft,ISi ~ l.IEi an nIBE
| cr>,. ..........'. 300 %
| Suudry cash expenses ................... j.: Uj
! Turned over To State tte;lSury Tor
State 1l,3Jb ~
| Turned over To state Treasurer Tor
- Az" ~
If Capt. Tillman can distort these
! figures again SO us to show -, ,OoO or
one cent short he is welcome to do so.
This phosphate litigation has eN-
! cited so much interest and comment
that | may be pardoned for saying that
when it was begun it was exceedingly
doubtful if the State could ever recover
anything. The conclusion Of the case
was the recovery Of property valued
at about Sl0) 1000, and cash turned into
| the treasury S3l, ,396.79, without the eX-
penditure of one cent Of the peoples
money, for every dollar expended in
, prosecuting the case was recovered and
paid back into the treasury and a part
of it is now being used to build ana
equip the Clemson Agricultural COL
lege.
Third. ain 1889 the Experimental
Stations cost $3.50, cost Of the chem
ist and laboratory and sundries $4,33337,
making $685."
This statement, charge, or whatever
it is, is set up without comment, SO
that AM in the dark rs to Capt. Till
mans particular objection to the eN-
penditure. | cannot conceive Of any
that he has, because he expects to do
the same thing at the Clemson College.
Possibly the anticipation Of similar eX-
penditures there caused him to change
his mind and forbear comment. At
any rate will wait until he makes it
before answering it.
The $4,000 Hatch fund, as Tillman
we'll knows, was given to the Universi-
ty, and | know nothing whatever OF
its disbursement. Perhaps DR.. J. NJ.
McBryde, the president of the univer-
sity, who is also the director Of the
stations, will explain or give any infor-
nation the public may desire in regard
to that.
Fourth. "The net expenditures Of
the departments as set forth in above
are $50, 427. This includes for State
Agricultural Society $500, making Il
net expenditure of 81, ,527." Capt.
Tillman then follows with u statistical
statement charging that there is 4 diff
ference between the amounts said to
have been disburSed according to the
reports Of the Comptroller General, the
State Treasurer and the department of
agriculture.
The figures given in the first two re-
ports are identical to cent and
amount to S333, $685. So far this charge
is without truth. According to the
departments report the amount dis
bursed was S3,272.6l less than the other
two reports show. This is easily eX-
planned. At the close Of every year a
large number of warrants are drawn.
II is possible II say possible because
do not care to stop now to verify this
statement) that many OF these warrants
were carried over from the previous
year and paid within the fiscal year
under discussion. This would easily
account for any differences between
the two offices and NY own, and was
doubtless the case. 1t is 4 matter east
ly settled, however, with time to check
off warrants drawn and unpaid last
year, and will he done whenever it is
necessary.
Under his fourth charge Capt. Till
man again resorts to lnsinuati0n in
saying that prior to 1857 no vouchers
We're shown. There has not been Il
year, nor q payment, for which the
department has not vouchers, 50 that
this charge is malicious and base. With
the exception Of the first year, when
the department was only in operation
for nine months, and the form Of pub
fishing financial statements was unfa-
miliar to me, 4 complete summary of
all disbursements, and itemiZed state
ments in addition, have been published
annually either in our reports or those
of the Comptroller General, as Capt.
Tillman well knows. These vouchers
are now on file subject to estigation
at any time by Capt. Tillman or any
other citizen of the State. SO much
for that base insinuation.
SHELLS RECORD VERSUS TILLMAN's.
This, believe, disposes Of ali of Capt.
Tillman's specific charges. l will not
attempt to reply to the others, save by
witnesses whose honesty and integrity
Capt. Tillman will not doubt. In the
first Farmers or Tilman Convention
held, this phosphate litigation was the
subject of investigation by Il committee,
of which Capt. G.. w. She'll was chair
man. After their investigation had
been made, and the officials Of the de-
partment examined in the open Con-
vention, resolutions completely exoner.
ating the department from the charges
and commencing the officials were
unanimously adopted At the Leyis-
lative Session Of 1885 a committee APP
pointed by what is known as the Eco
nnmic Caucus, with DIR. Sampson Pope,
OF Newberry as chairman, investigated
the department, and again we were
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