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The only remaining item pointed ont by Governor
Tman as being without vouchers is the above stated
item.
slSs:4o.
This amount was drawn by me and expended BY me
personally in the city of Columbia In the purchase nt
different places of sundry articles for the Executive
Mansion. All the bills making up this amount were
rccepted and were filed rs vouchers In the Comp
troller Generals office and should he there now The
articles purchased left in the Executive Mansion
and now presume. in the use oil Governor ILL
man and his f'nily My private secretary; Mr; W.
f. Gonzales has furnished me with his affidavit To
the effect that his attention was particularly called 10
these vouchers by his predecessor, Mr.. L. r. Chazal
and that he filed them with the Comptroller General
STATE OF SorTm CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF HIGHLAND.
Personally comes ". Z. Gonzales, who being duly
sworn says that he succeeded L. K Chuzal private
srcre tary to Governor John =. Richardson. That
among the papers turned over 10 this depunent by the
said L. L. Chnza pertaining TO the Governors office,
we're vouchers for $l9S40, moneys expended by Gov
rrnor Richardson for the Executive Mansion. That
the said L. T. Chnzal called this deponents attention
especially to these vouchers stating To MN tha thrS
were the paid bills for warrant that Governor Rich
arlson had drawn to settle mp a claims against the
Executive Mansion fund-that all other vouchers per-
tanning the appropriation for the furnishing of the
Executive Mansion had been filed with the Comp
troiler General by hm-nnd he, the said l.. r. Chazt
asked this dpp0nent 10 file these vouchers Tor the said
Sl9S 40 with the Comptroller General. That this de-
ponent did file the said vouchers In the Comptroller
| C,eneral's Office W. +. GONZALES.
sworn 10 before Inc this od day of August, 1892.
L. y. MARSHALL, lis
| Notary Public.
All the papers and documents referred to above
have been placed by me in the office nt tile CLERK oi
the Court Tor Richland county for public inspection.
There is other fact To which would briefly call
a.tentinn-the condition of the Executive Mansion
when ! was inaugura ed Governor the ciicuili-
stances under which the various appropriations iur lis
| REPAIR. furnishing lighting, etc, were made.
1t had been rendered almost un:nhnbitnbir by the
dauagrs consequ, mt upon the earthquake "i 1885, $"
much SO that had decided not to occupy II, m lis
condition would likely Render II prrcnrlouS |" health
Without any solicitation ~ suggestion on my part
however the session of that year, the committee u
| rmblic buildings whose chairman WAS DIR. George L.
Dean Of Sparlnnburg. made examination "r the
mansion and reported its condition I" the House
with the recommendation that sufficient nIIr"lria
tion be made for its thorough rcilting repair, furnish
ing lighting, &C which was promptly adopted by th'
crislnture-nnd contrary iu my wish the whole sun
and It's expenditure was placed under the sole contro
Of the Governor to whose order 1t was made payable
The duty thus Imposed by legislative act had L
discharge to the best of my ability. As remember
without the record being hci"rr me, the first upr"
pration WAS S27uO the second 81 0I the third sIa
. and the fourth II similar amount, think-thns dis
ihutin. the whole amount for these vnic and cost
" purusrs through the four years of my alminisru
lion. The result was that insirud "f indinG niue
dapidntrd house. almost bare of everything. Go"rr
a nor Tman could on the day Of his inauguration
r huve dincd ut the Marsiu In n the c"Ininrt nurr
by completely furnished establishment i'll cNccllcn
r % der, by simply taking his servants and provision
# with him.
Governor Tmnns attack me Is Characteristic
the man and of his dsrepuahle methods. 1t Is uttc
ly ineycusabe II is not the result of IN honest mi
+ take into whcIi lie has fa!Ien He is man In publ
life familiar with the course Of official business.
presumably, to say the least, acquainted with tho
laws of The State regulating the conduct of the Exc
utive Department Of the State government, j
knows that by 518 nf the srctt"n General Statutes Il
Comptroller Is required to "examine and annually r
70 port to the General Assembly the accounts of
persons having the distribution Of public money