Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-10-03
CHARGES AGAINST WHALEY.
Committee Hears Testimony and Ad.
-. iourns Until December.

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Mayor John P. Grace Of Charleston
appeared again before the house elec-
tions committee last Wednesday and
had with him number Of witnesses by
whom he expected to establish salts
against Richard S. Whaley in connec-
tion with the latter's alleged corrupt
election practices. Among the witness
es were: Frank Hogan. VIM. Wingate
Scully Sullivan, Mike Barry, Steve
Sergeant and Leon Larissey.
II. F. Hogan, a Charleston police
man, a worker in the two primaries
held in the district before a candidate
was chosen, testified that he spent
about $4,000 in the interest of E. w
Hughes, a candidate opposing Whaley
He testified that Henry w. Friend told
him that Whaley adherents spent $4,000
in the. first campaign.
How much did the Whaley support
ers spend in the second?" Hogan was
asked.
Il don't know" said the witness
Them was wise guys in the campaign;
nobody will never know how much they
spent"
Hogan said Whaley met him before
the first primaries and wanted him tc
Tighten up" in his work for Hughes
He said he was offered $50 to lighter
up. but he refused.
81 met Whaley once on the street.
said Hogan. HE asked me to support
him, and I said I'm a Hughes man.
He said to me, I'm going to congress
or I'm going broke"
Steve Sergeant, an employe Of the
Atlantic Coast Line railroad, a party
worker for Hughes in the second pri-
mary, testified that he had heard the
two factions spent $4,000 in the Nintf
ward of Charleston at the second pri-
mary. He thought the Whaley forces
put up $4,000 Of the total.
"The dialect Of some Of the witnesses
before the committee" according to tn.
| Washington correspondent of the Spar
tanburg Herald. was difficult to un-
derstand, as 1t was a mixture Of the
famous Charleston brogue.' and for.
eign accent. The official stenographel
had to have the witness in one or two
| Instances repeat his statement, saying
that he could not get 1t In short hand
One Of the witnesses stated that he was
proprietor of restaurant and 'blint
tiger in Charleston, and that every
three months his blind tiger was pull.
| ed and he was fined. Several OF the
| witnesses stated, in answer to forma
questions, that they had never beer
locked up or served time except fol
getting drunk and fighting. Mayor
Grace himself, under questioning by
members of the committee, stated thai
his salary was $3,500 as mayor, and
| that it cost him about $4,000 to be nom
mated. He further stated that the ex'
pense of being mayor was somewhat
| more than the salary"
The Washington correspondent of the
Columbia State, devotes about 600 ol
| 700 words to the story Of the investiga-
ton, concluding as follows:
while the witnesses testified to GER
tain money having been passed about
which had the Whaley tag on 1t, and
while much was said about Whaley's
tremendous "swag" and how 1t might
| be gotten, testimony was Of an indirect
| kind and few instances Of direct vote
| buying were brought out which seemed
| to impress the committee.
Summing the whole days proceed
ings up, 1t is narrowed down to the
| fact that $4,000 Is the amount said tc
have been expended in the Ninth
| Charleston city ward for Whaley ant
Hughes-about $4,000 by Whaley and
the remainder by Hughes.
| Mr.. Wha,ey was today a guest Of
| Speaker Clark at an elegant luncheon
served in the Capitol"
| The Associated Press correspondent
throws out the suggestion that Wash
| ington opinion is that postponement tC
| December, means that the whole thing
will be dropped.