The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-04-26
SPEAkEi; JONES SPEAKS OUT.
lie Denies Major HaIniIton's Charges in
Regard to the Dispensary Bill.

SPEAKER; JONES SPEAKS OUT.
He Denies Major HaIniIton's Charges in
Regard to the Dispensary Bill.
columbia Register end
Speaker Ira H. Jones was up early
yesterday morning, and the first thing
lie did WAS TO look at the dispensary
bill "s passed by the last Legislature.
1t appears THAT Major Hamilton has
madea bad mistake, aud Mr.. Jones
comes out ahead of those who would
w!:ulIy make charges against him of
doing anything wrong. Mr.. Jones after
examining the record sent the follow
ing open letter 70 Major Hamilton:
COLUMBIA. April 81.
Major s. T. Hamilton. Columbia. s. e.
sir: Regarding your .charces Concerning
my actions as Speaker of the House of Repre-
Scntativcs in reference to tho dispcnSary bill,
which charges | have already pronounced
inI-e. make you this proposition: Meet Inc
today ut any hour YOU may name, at the Sec
rcary OF States Office Bling with you rep
rCScntttiyc of each OF the daily papers OF the
State. or IL many OF them IS you choose.
also suggest, and would he pleased, that yoI
bring with you Col. John T. Sloan, Sr.. and his
son MIR w. Mcl. Sloan. who are experienced
in such matters, together with any other cX-
pcrts that you may choose, Snd we Will care
fully inspect the original papers connected
with the di>pen-ary bill in connection with
the journal Of the House and Senate. and
will undertake to so convince You OF your
cgrcIious errors in Your charges against inc
that as al honorable man, You will b" forced
TO retrtct them uncondilionally. l am stop
ping ut The II0lc jerome.
Yours truly, IRA p. JONES.
Mr.. Jones also gave to the press the
following:
Major Ham ilton, while saying that he did
not mean TO charge ne with intending 10 act
cOrruptly with regard 10 the dispnnsary bill,
specifies his charge in The State newspaper
as follows:
That tine bill is 4 mass Of confusion and con-
tradictiOn; TIA: he found q great many entries
on til" margin of the original hill in Mr.. Jones
handwriting; in red ink that ! undertook, on
my own motion, TO strike out Section is OF
said BIZ while no mention of this IS found in
The House journal: that changed the num-
bcrinS OF It great many sections; that in the
cngrOsScd or original bill Section was strick-
IN out altogether, this section being the most
important in the bill; that there was an
amendment to the substitute known as the
Evans bill in the House, but that it does not
appear that 1t was ever sent back to The Sen
ate tor ils concurrence. These are his charges.
Whether the bill is "a mass OF confusion and
contradiction" is 70 concern OF mine as
Speaker 1t is my duty to incorporate such
amendments as the House orders, no matter
duced. That is the Legislatures business. 1T
IS quite true that there are many entries in
red ink in my handwriting on the margin OF
the bill. 1t i my duty TO make such entries.
OF the Senate. would hardly use such ink
to commit forgery. He says undertook Of
my own motion TO strike out Section Is,
whereas the House journal shows no authority
for 1t. This Is unequivocaliy false, j. e., that
took out this OF my own motion. 1t was
stricken out on motion of Mr. Nettles and the
vote OF the House. 1t may not appear In the
journal. ills not usual TO put in the journal a
record OF an amendment unless the yeas and
nays are demanded. The yeas and nays were
not demanded, hence the Clerk made no entry
in the journal. think it is the practice in the
Se..ate for the jonrnal to show all amend
ments. In the House it is not. Interview Col.
John T. Sloan, Sr., an honorable and expe-
rlenced clerk on this subject.
The charge that l changed the numbering
Of the sections is pueriIe. If one section is
stricken out, OF course other numbers must
be changed to make the numbelS consecutive
The Speaker, the engrossiug department, the
printer, may make the change with perfect
propriety without an order Of the House IN
this case. however, the HoDSe ordered the
change TO be made and it is so entered by me
on the MARCIA of the bill.
The charge that Section was stricken out in
the enSrosSed bill is not true. An examination
OF the engrosSed bill, which was ratified.
shows that Section is in the bill. The en-
crossing department omitted to put the num-
ga oPppoor S,nnira ,s SeStioHs'
ever, is no concern of mine, / have nothing
TO do with the cngrossing department
,oant ~ -SSe. s.TstiInte Tao a. o. ~
mem G' " Inc @ suusti.ute s. ~. a Sno"n as me
for noncnIrence 1iSniars denSo ;,1T ;anoraane
on the part or Major Hamilton. There was and
EonSa canno, anand a Senete onoand noe,+ ~
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tne n9use JUuthSi t DoIn eiioM LnaC tns hoMSe
agreed 90 a!l the senate ameHoMents. 1ne
seiate Plopossu put i" am one 10
!De Tue anu Que strlN!hs out al ol the house
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upon the oiIl pecaine an acL: a., w.
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shows nv care to be right rather than any
intention l NJ 10 Gov 90 wrong MAJOR Hamll'on Will
NV actions in the dispensary bill matter
were not only entirely coz -scientious and in
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