The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-10-09
CHARGES AGAINST WHALEY.
Committee Hears Testimony and Adj
jOurns Until December.

CiCStloAS COlllIlilttee last wednesday,
and had with him a numbr of wit
nesses by whom he expected to estab-
lish satisfactory foundation for his
charges against Richard S. Whaley
in connection with the latter's alleg-
ed corrupt election practices. Among
the witnesses were: Frank Hogan,
VIM. Wingate, Scully Sullivan, Mike
Barry, Steve Sargeant and Leon Laris-
sey.
H. F. Hogan. a Charleston police
man, worker in the two primaries
held in the district before candi-
date was chosen, testified that he
spent about $4,000 in the interest
of E. w. Hughes, a candidate oppos-
ing Whaley. He testified that Henry
w. Friend told him that Whaley ad-
herents spent $1,000 in the first cam
paign.
How much did the Whaley sup
porters spend in the second?" Hogan
was asked
Il don't know" said the witness.
Them was wise guys in the cam
paign; nobody will never know how
much they spent"
Hogan said Whaley met him be-
fore the first primaries and wanted
him to Tighten up in his work for
Hughes. He said he was offered $50
to tighten up, but he refused.
Il met Whaley once on the street, y
said Hogan. He asked me to sup
port him, and l said I'm 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, party
worker for Hughes in the second pri-
mary, testified that he had heard the
two factions spent $4,000 in the
Ninth ward of Charleston at the Sec
ond primary. He thought the Whaley
forces put up $4,000 of the total.
The dialect of some of the wit
nesses before the committee" ac-
cording to the Washington CORES
pondent of the Spartanburg Herald,
was difficult to understand, as it was
a mixture of the famous charleston
brogue.' and a foreign accent. The
official stenographer had to have the
witness in one or two instances re-
peat his statement, saying that he
could not get it in short hand. One
of the witnesses stated that ne was
proprietor of a restaurant and blind
tiger in Charleston, and that every
three months his blind tiger was
pulled and he was fined. Several of
the witnesses stated, in answer to
formal questions, that they had never
been locked up or served time ex-
cept for getting drunk and fighting.
Mayor Grace himself, under question
ing by members of the committee,
stated that his salary was $1,000
as MAYOR, and that it cost him about
$4,000 to be nominated. He further
stated that the expense of being
MAYOR was somewhat more than the
salary
The Washington correspondent of
the Columbia State devotes about
coo or 700 words to the story of
the investigation, concluding as fol-
lows:
"While the witnesses testified to
certain money having been passed
about which had the Whaley tag on
it, and while much was said about
Whaleys tremendous "swag" and
how it might be gotten, testimony
was of an indirect kind and few in
stances of direct vote buying were
brought out which seemed to impress
the committee.
Summing the whole days pro-
ceedings up, it is narrowed down to
the fact that $4,000 is the amount
said to have been expended in the
Ninth Charleston city ward for Wha-
ley and Hughes-about $4,000 by
Whaley and the remainder by
Hughes.
"Mr. Whaley was today a guest of
Speaker Clark at an elegant luncheon
served in the Capitol"
The Associated Press correspond
ent throws out the suggestion that